Gary'O Sena

b54red · March 7, 2010

I was in my tiny greenhouse potting up some tomato seedlings when I ran into a problem. I had 4 seedlings of Gary O' Sena but only one is potato leaf. Is there also a regular leaf variety? If not I guess I'll only have one plant of GOS.

**carolyn137** · March 7, 2010

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Originally Posted by b54red

I was in my tiny greenhouse potting up some tomato seedlings when I ran into a problem. I had 4 seedlings of Gary O' Sena but only one is potato leaf. Is there also a regular leaf variety? If not I guess I'll only have one plant of GOS.

As bred by Keith Mueller Gary 'O Sena should have potato leaf foliage:

http://www.kdcomm.net/~tomato/releases/

All those who list this variety in the 2010 SSE YEarbook also indicate PL foliage.

Was the source of your seeds commercial or traded seed?

b54red · March 8, 2010

Thanks Carolyn, that is what I thought. Got my seed for Gary O' Sena from Tatiana's.
I don't know if it is too late to replant and see if I get more potato leaf seedlings. I guess I'll tag the potato leaf one as GOS and ? for the regular leaf ones and see what they look like when they mature, if they do.

**carolyn137** · March 8, 2010

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Originally Posted by b54red

Thanks Carolyn, that is what I thought. Got my seed for Gary O' Sena from Tatiana's.
I don't know if it is too late to replant and see if I get more potato leaf seedlings. I guess I'll tag the potato leaf one as GOS and ? for the regular leaf ones and see what they look like when they mature, if they do.

Glad you've got one plant to get seeds from but you might consider sharing with Tania that the seed you recieved appeared to be cross pollinated. She's very receptive to feedback like that b'c she cares.

I doubt that the RL ones can be IDed, and since there were several, it's not a stray seed and since PL is recessive to RL, it does tend to indicate a cross pollination problem, which can happen to any of us who don't bag blossoms, and most of us don't.

Tania · March 8, 2010

Carolyn, thank you so much for alerting me to this thread!

I checked my records, and I have ~10 customers who may have received Gary'O Sena seeds from the same batch.

Unfortunately I sold out the entire batch that is a suspect, and cannot run any tests on it - so I would like to ask other Tville members who received the seeds from me to report on any off-types you got with Gary'O Sena seed I distributed.

My records show that I collected seeds from the last 3 fruits at the end of August, which means they were 'set' at around the time we did not have any pollinators around (our bumble bees activities were highest in May/early June here in 2010, and I was avoiding saving seeds from early fruits). So it is really a bummer that I got a cross, given the situation

. There is a small chance of a seeds mixup, as my mother-in-law was helping me to collect seeds from the last fruits.

Anyway, I will start my own test with the remaining batch of seeds (from a different fruit), and will report the results here once I get the seedlings to the true leaf stage.

In a meantime, b54red, how can I help you to rectify the situation? Please PM or email me.

Tania

P.S. In case we have a cross, the Gary'O Sena was growing in between the rows of Gail's Sweet Plum and Eva Purple Ball (which was identified as an off-type I called 'Eva Ruffled'). So F1 could be a smaller fruit, red or pink, who knows...

travis · March 8, 2010

Gary'O Sena x Eva's Purple Ball would be a great cross. I'd be happy to take any of those seeds off anyone's hands and give them a happy home.

Tania · March 8, 2010

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Originally Posted by travis

Gary'O Sena x Eva's Purple Ball would be a great cross. I'd be happy to take any of those seeds off anyone's hands and give them a happy home.

Travis,

Only it will be Gary'O Sena X "Eva Ruffled"

- as the 'Eva Purple Ball' that grew next to Gary'O was also an off-type (which I loved more than the actual Eva Purple Ball, taste-wise)

Tania

P.S. Eva Ruffled - http://tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Eva_Ruffled

Karamazovv · March 9, 2010

I will try Gary from Tania too..
The seeds are sowed last saturday..i will see

Tania · March 9, 2010

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Originally Posted by Karamazovv

I will try Gary from Tania too..
The seeds are sowed last saturday..i will see

Thank you Julien!!!

stormymater · March 12, 2010

Will be sowing Gary from Tania this week - looking forward to seeing what we get!

Fusion_power · March 12, 2010

If anyone desperately needs them, I have several thousand Gary'O Sena seed. Yes, that is the way Keith insists it should be spelled.

DarJones

pdxwindjammer · March 12, 2010

DarJones, I am sending you a pm.

Earl · March 12, 2010

Just make sure you grow Gary'O Sena if you can as it was a real find for me last year. Most Excellent taste. A 9-9.5 on the 10 scale. Thanks, Keith.

Tania · March 12, 2010

Thank you all folks who are growing out the batch of Gary'O Sena seeds you received from me - please do report on the results (RL vs PL counts)

Tania

Suze · March 12, 2010

Just a note about the spelling in the yearbook this year for those who are SSE members - I got that changed last year (and explained why), but it has been changed back to the incorrect spelling this year for whatever reason. Grrrr.

Anyway (edit/add) - yes, it is a very good tomato.

March 7, 2010	#1
b54red Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,068	Gary'O Sena I was in my tiny greenhouse potting up some tomato seedlings when I ran into a problem. I had 4 seedlings of Gary O' Sena but only one is potato leaf. Is there also a regular leaf variety? If not I guess I'll only have one plant of GOS.

March 8, 2010	#5
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Carolyn, thank you so much for alerting me to this thread! I checked my records, and I have ~10 customers who may have received Gary'O Sena seeds from the same batch. Unfortunately I sold out the entire batch that is a suspect, and cannot run any tests on it - so I would like to ask other Tville members who received the seeds from me to report on any off-types you got with Gary'O Sena seed I distributed. My records show that I collected seeds from the last 3 fruits at the end of August, which means they were 'set' at around the time we did not have any pollinators around (our bumble bees activities were highest in May/early June here in 2010, and I was avoiding saving seeds from early fruits). So it is really a bummer that I got a cross, given the situation . There is a small chance of a seeds mixup, as my mother-in-law was helping me to collect seeds from the last fruits. Anyway, I will start my own test with the remaining batch of seeds (from a different fruit), and will report the results here once I get the seedlings to the true leaf stage. In a meantime, b54red, how can I help you to rectify the situation? Please PM or email me. Tania P.S. In case we have a cross, the Gary'O Sena was growing in between the rows of Gail's Sweet Plum and Eva Purple Ball (which was identified as an off-type I called 'Eva Ruffled'). So F1 could be a smaller fruit, red or pink, who knows... __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

March 12, 2010	#13
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Just make sure you grow Gary'O Sena if you can as it was a real find for me last year. Most Excellent taste. A 9-9.5 on the 10 scale. Thanks, Keith. __________________ "Seriously think about what you're about to do/say before you do it and the outcome will always be better." Earl

March 12, 2010	#14
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Thank you all folks who are growing out the batch of Gary'O Sena seeds you received from me - please do report on the results (RL vs PL counts) Tania __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

March 8, 2010	#6
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Gary'O Sena x Eva's Purple Ball would be a great cross. I'd be happy to take any of those seeds off anyone's hands and give them a happy home.

March 9, 2010	#8
Karamazovv Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: France Posts: 86	I will try Gary from Tania too.. The seeds are sowed last saturday..i will see

March 12, 2010	#10
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	Will be sowing Gary from Tania this week - looking forward to seeing what we get!

March 12, 2010	#11
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	If anyone desperately needs them, I have several thousand Gary'O Sena seed. Yes, that is the way Keith insists it should be spelled. DarJones

March 12, 2010	#12
pdxwindjammer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 625	DarJones, I am sending you a pm.

March 12, 2010	#15
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Just a note about the spelling in the yearbook this year for those who are SSE members - I got that changed last year (and explained why), but it has been changed back to the incorrect spelling this year for whatever reason. Grrrr. Anyway (edit/add) - yes, it is a very good tomato.