The 2010 Tomato LIST!

[jtharper76]

Ok so here is my 2010 list of seedlings. The letters/numbers are my system for keeping trays straight. For each variety listed I started at least 12 seeds and got 87% germination overall. The only variety not to germinate at all was Marvel Stripe. As far as peppers they are still slowly coming up so that list is just what I planted. Also in A1 and A2 are my first attempt at seed saving and all seeds are up and are TRUE TO TYPE (PL) so I think my attempt was a success. OK I know it is a lot of bragging but where else can I brag about this!!!

2010 tomatoes and peppers

A1 pink brandywine pl
A2 pink brandywine pl
A3 black from tula
A4 black from tula
A5 ozark pink
A6 sungold cherry
A7 dr. Carolyn pink cherry
A8 dutchman
A9 jd's special c-tex
A10 neves arorean red
A11 berkley tie-dye
A12 paul robeson


B1- black zebra
B2- green zebra
B3- cherokee purple
B4- brads black heart
B5- creole
B6- mortgage lifter
B7- floradade
B8- brandywine X TAD
B9- black cherry


C1- tigerella
C2- cherokee chocolate
C3- berkley tie dye pink
C4- kellogs breakfast
C5- brandywine sudduth
C6- aunt lous undergroung rail road
C7- omars lebanese
C8- marvel striped (12 seeds no germination)
C9- garden peach
C10- hazelfield farm red
C11- eckerts polish
C12- black from tula

D1- franks large red Tomato
D2- Joe Thieneman's Australian heart tomato
D3- tx wild cherry Tomato

ALL REST PEPPERS

D4- false alarm jalepeno (all seeds have germinated)
D5- early jalepeno
D6- keystone and mucho nacho pepper
D7- zizzler
D8-stoked pepper
D9- california wonder bell
D10- jimmy nardello
D11- peter pepper & sweet banana pepper
D12- hungarian wax pepper

[Karamazovv]

Have a great season

[mtbigfish]

jt
Thats how I do it too
tray 1 a b c d e rows and 1-10 cells for 50
tray 2 f g h i j rows and 1-10 cells for 50
tray 3 k l m n o rows and 1-10 cells for 50
tray 4 p q r s t rows and 1-10 cells for 50

for tray 5 6 7 8 I use aa bb cc dd ee etc

plant 5 seeds per cell

Dennis

[carolyn137]

B8- brandywine X TAD

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Now this one I have to ask about.

Tad Smith sent me seeds from a three way cross that he made and told me what he was looking for and said I had about 1 chance in 64 of finding it. I planted out only 12 plants that first year and found it. It's a small striped fruit and Tad asked that seeds not be shared b'c he wanted to upsize it. I sent seeds to Craig LeHoullier b'c he and Tad also knew each other and Tad said that was fine.

So Craig and I are, I assume, the only ones with Tad.

Craig believes that his Lucky Cross and Little Lucky might well have been a cross between Brandywine and Tad, and it was from selections from that initial natural cross pollination that Lucky Cross and Little Lucky were made.

So, what is your Brandywine X Tad cross and was it natural or deliberate and b'c I'm curious, where did you get seeds for it and what are you looking for.

[jtharper76]

Carolyn,

My seeds came from Craig. It was an offer to see what came out of the cross. There was alot of other information on the seed pack that craig sent out (dont worry I saved the seed pack for information). I didnt get a chance to start any last year so I am trying them this year and gonna report my findings to Craig. I will say this I planted 12 seeds and got 100% germiation (if I remember correctly).

What am I looking for.... I am looking for a 5 lb black tomato with a smoky salty taste that last for months off the vine. KIDDING

I actually have no idea what will come from these seeds. I will keep you and Craig up to date as to what leaf type and fruit show from the seeds he sent.

[Lee]

Sounds like it was some of the F2 or F3 seed from that original growout that
Craig sent out a couple of years ago.
I remember Craig growing out quite a few about 5 years ago, before the
dwarf project hit and began taking up the whole driveway!

Striped Sweetheart is one new variety that came out of my selections from
Craig's F3 growout in 2005. Lot's of interesting things to be found in that
cross.....

Lee

[jtharper76]

Lee that is exactly what it is from. But he sent me seeds at the end of 2008. The packet he sent me as the F # on it but I am at work and do not have the access. I will post the info later.

[carolyn137]

Thanks jt and Lee, now I understand.

Lee, how is your Striped Sweetheart, which I assume is stable, different from Lucky Cross and Little Lucky b'c it sounds like yours is a gold/red bicolor as well, or has it inherited some of the distinct striping that I found with the variety Tad? In which case I think you know what you can do with some of those seeds, which is to send some to the original home of Tad.

And no I haven't had a chance to go on a search and destroy mission for older Custralee seeds. My first priority is getting out some seeds that have to go to a few southerners, then some northerners, then to get my tax stuff done, but right now they're predicting 2-3 ft of snow here, possible blizzard conditions, starting tonight and going through Monday, so I just called Freda, my cleaner and garden person and asked her if she'd have some time this PM to bring up some milk, cat food, Diet Pepsi and some cookies to munch on before we get bombarded.

[desertlzbn]

Here is my list, not complete, I cannot remember all that I have, I still need to go write them down!

Cowlicks,
Brandywine Suddeths
Texas Wild,
Prescott Heirloom
Ciudad Victoria
Chipas Wild
Polish Pastel
Tiny Tim
Berkely Tie dye
Cherokee Chocolate
Gardeners Delight
Alaska
Hawaiian Currant
Marvel Stripe
Black Cherry
Costoluto Geovese
Kellogs Breakfast
Isis Candy-if any are still alive
Marriannas Peace-if any are still alive they seem like they don't tolerate the cold as well.
Sugar Baby Gold
Pineapple
Mountain Fog (not sure if that is the right name or not)
KBX
Royal Hillbilly
Olive Hill
Arbuznyi Watermelon