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July 5, 2011 | #1 |
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A possible project for anyone interested next season? Not Indian Stripe.
In 1994 I grew Indian Stripe near a variety called Purple Smudge. I wanted to sell some Indian Stripe seedlings this year, so started some seed - and the plant I chose for my yard ended up as an accidental cross, I believe, between Indian Stripe (medium to large oblate purple) and Purple Smudge (small round pink, but has a purplish shoulder prior to ripening).
check the pics - unripe fruit have the purplish blue blush - the tomato then ripens to a pretty, uniform pink - very productive, 4 ounces, round, with a good, sweet, full flavor. Pics below. So, I will save plenty of seed. I guess the most interesting possibility is a large oblate tomato with the purplish blue shoulder markings - either in a pink or purple fruit. I hope to have a bit of seed to share (small quantities of) if anyone wants to play around with dehybridizing this one! Forgot to add that I had two other Indian Stripe seedlings remaining and put them both in small pots - both have set fruit, and they are oblate. So I seem to have chosen the needle in the haystack to grow out the first time!
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July 5, 2011 | #2 |
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Hi Craig
I'd like to give this a try. |
July 5, 2011 | #3 |
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So would I.
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July 5, 2011 | #4 |
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Me too!!! If you have enough.
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July 5, 2011 | #5 |
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Well, from the PMs and responses in this thread, suffice to say I will be saving plenty of seed! Shouldn't be tough, as there are lots of fruit on the plant!
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July 11, 2011 | #6 |
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I've got a variety of PMs - and am saving plenty of seed, so anyone interested will be able to try this out. The flavor is pretty good, but flavor of F1s should never be the definitive flavor (in the Dwarf project, very ordinary hybrids are giving us wonderful dwarfs) - so don't let the less-than-exciting flavor reports dissuade you from trying this (both Purple Smudge and Indian Stripe have much better flavor than this accidental cross!).
The tomato growth on the plant is very interesting - fruit set is excellent and they appear to spiral up the plant like a helix!
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July 11, 2011 | #7 |
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If you have enough seed I would like to try it as well.
Thanks Susan |
July 11, 2011 | #8 |
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It sure looks interesting. I would like to try some also. Thanks for the offer. Joan
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July 12, 2011 | #9 |
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count me in, too
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July 12, 2011 | #10 |
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I would be interested in growing next year! Though I'm new here and am not sure the protocols for receiving/trading seeds around here.
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July 12, 2011 | #11 |
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Sounds interesting and I would love to try as well Craig.
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July 25, 2011 | #12 |
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Please include me too!!
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August 17, 2011 | #13 |
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OK - whoever wants to try this, please send me a PM with your mailing address. I've got addresses and the request via PM from Neil G, Jeannine, and awaiting mailing addys from Platys and Travis. so I am missing many mailing addresses from those who expressed interest in this thread.
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August 23, 2011 | #14 |
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Not Indian Stripe
Hi Craig
The "Not Indian Stripe" seeds arrived this morning. Thank you very much. Neil G. (Canada) |
August 23, 2011 | #15 |
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I received the seeds yesterday.
Thanks alot. Susan |
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