Yellow Red Butt request for data

ArcherB · May 4, 2011

I received some seeds labeled "Yellow Red Butt" in a seed trade this year. Unfortunately, I am unable to find much information about this plant. All I can tell you about it is that it is a relatively healthy RL and has failed to set fruit while all the other plants planted on the same day have.

What I'm looking for the DTM and any other information available.

Thanx!

**carolyn137** · May 4, 2011

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Originally Posted by ArcherB

I received some seeds labeled "Yellow Red Butt" in a seed trade this year. Unfortunately, I am unable to find much information about this plant. All I can tell you about it is that it is a relatively healthy RL and has failed to set fruit while all the other plants planted on the same day have.

What I'm looking for the DTM and any other information available.

Thanx!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

I see you asked about it at GW just yesterday b'c Google has already scanned it.

Look at the first link and then the one from Tomatoville and I think you'll see that it's a typical gold/red bicolor. I think it was Barbee in that tville link who you might PM for more information.

Almost all gold/red bicolors are late-midseason to late season meaning around 80 days or so, should be indet and have RL foliage.

Someone with an overly active brain named that one which sets it apart from the about 200 other named similar bicolors.

ArcherB · May 4, 2011

Thanx Dr. Carolyn.

Yes, I did post this at GW, but no one has responded there so I posted here. Looks like this got the response first.

I had tried to Google search, but found nothing about DTM. For that matter, all I got was that it was a bicolor and did well at some tomato fest somewhere. DTM is what I was looking for.

Thanx again.

Barbee · May 4, 2011

To the best of my knowledge, Yellow Red Butt is a family heirloom of the Atwood Village Family Farm in Northern KY.
Here is the home page:
http://avff.org/index.html
According to their website, yrb is a very large yellow/red bi-color, open pollinated, 75 days to maturity. I have grown it for a few years and it pumps out big beautiful tomatoes in my garden every year. And 75 DTM would be spot on here in my garden.
If you dig around in the CHOPTAG forum here at Tomatoville, you will find out that it was the winner at the CHOPTAG tomato tasting a few years back and it's a popular tomato there every year. I believe Amy and Tony post here, too.

ArcherB · May 5, 2011

Thanx for the link Barbee. I was concerned because my YRB was put in the ground in mid February and had still not set fruit. Every other plant that was planted at that time has set and is nearly ripe. Most of the plants that were put in the ground three weeks later have also set fruit and some are even about ripe. So, I was wondering if I needed to be concerned. However, before I started to worry, I needed to know if this was a late season type or not. 75 days? Fairly late, but it should have set by now...

And today, as I was doing my daily walk-through, I saw that my YRB had set fruit.

I have done a yellow/red bicolor before and wasn't terribly impressed. I just wanted to see my 4-year-old daughter giggle when I tell what this tomato is called. It's the little things.

Thanx for the info an link. That is exactly what I was looking for.

Barbee · May 5, 2011

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I have done a yellow/red bicolor before and wasn't terribly impressed. I just wanted to see my 4-year-old daughter giggle when I tell what this tomato is called. It's the little things.

I'm not overly fond of bi=colors either (except Lucky Cross!) but Yellow Red Butt is a fun tomato to grow for sure. In my SW Ohio garden, it is very productive, looks gorgeous sliced and served on a plate, and my family that likes a mild tomato thinks it's great. They always say...is that the butt tomato LoL

JerryL · May 6, 2011

Barbee is correct about YRB being a CHOPATG Taste Fest winner.

I’ve grown it the past three years and yes it is another bi-color. It has more yellow/red streaks toward the top and when fully ripe a VERY red bottom. Two years ago mine had a bit of a lemony after taste. Very unusual. Very good. I put it near the top of the bi-color list for taste.
YRB was introduced to the CHOPTAG folks by Amy and Tony at the 2008 Plant Swap. I grew it that year and won the taste test at the 2008 Taste Fest. I felt a little guilty since Amy brought one also.

zeroma · June 4, 2013

I got a YRB plant at the CHOPTAG plant exchange this year and it is a gorgeous, healthy plant. Looking forward to getting blossoms and fruit.

May 4, 2011	#1
ArcherB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin TX Posts: 200	Yellow Red Butt request for data I received some seeds labeled "Yellow Red Butt" in a seed trade this year. Unfortunately, I am unable to find much information about this plant. All I can tell you about it is that it is a relatively healthy RL and has failed to set fruit while all the other plants planted on the same day have. What I'm looking for the DTM and any other information available. Thanx!

May 4, 2011	#4
Barbee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,818	To the best of my knowledge, Yellow Red Butt is a family heirloom of the Atwood Village Family Farm in Northern KY. Here is the home page: http://avff.org/index.html According to their website, yrb is a very large yellow/red bi-color, open pollinated, 75 days to maturity. I have grown it for a few years and it pumps out big beautiful tomatoes in my garden every year. And 75 DTM would be spot on here in my garden. If you dig around in the CHOPTAG forum here at Tomatoville, you will find out that it was the winner at the CHOPTAG tomato tasting a few years back and it's a popular tomato there every year. I believe Amy and Tony post here, too. __________________ *Barbee*

May 6, 2011	#7
JerryL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: S.W. Ohio z6a Posts: 736	Barbee is correct about YRB being a CHOPATG Taste Fest winner. I’ve grown it the past three years and yes it is another bi-color. It has more yellow/red streaks toward the top and when fully ripe a VERY red bottom. Two years ago mine had a bit of a lemony after taste. Very unusual. Very good. I put it near the top of the bi-color list for taste. YRB was introduced to the CHOPTAG folks by Amy and Tony at the 2008 Plant Swap. I grew it that year and won the taste test at the 2008 Taste Fest. I felt a little guilty since Amy brought one also. __________________ Jerry

May 5, 2011	#5
ArcherB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin TX Posts: 200	Thanx for the link Barbee. I was concerned because my YRB was put in the ground in mid February and had still not set fruit. Every other plant that was planted at that time has set and is nearly ripe. Most of the plants that were put in the ground three weeks later have also set fruit and some are even about ripe. So, I was wondering if I needed to be concerned. However, before I started to worry, I needed to know if this was a late season type or not. 75 days? Fairly late, but it should have set by now... And today, as I was doing my daily walk-through, I saw that my YRB had set fruit. I have done a yellow/red bicolor before and wasn't terribly impressed. I just wanted to see my 4-year-old daughter giggle when I tell what this tomato is called. It's the little things. Thanx for the info an link. That is exactly what I was looking for.

June 4, 2013	#8
zeroma Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 637	I got a YRB plant at the CHOPTAG plant exchange this year and it is a gorgeous, healthy plant. Looking forward to getting blossoms and fruit.