Move over Longfellow - a Dr. Lyle pic

[kygreg]

A pile of Dr. Lyle; that rhymes; but I guess it's more like a stack. There is 10-12 fruits here from 6-12 oz, most of which are hidden.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by kygreg

A pile of Dr. Lyle; that rhymes; but I guess it's more like a stack. There is 10-12 fruits here from 6-12 oz, most of which are hidden.

Gary, I LOVE that variety and wish more folks would grow it. Do you find that the blossoms are more ivory colored than yellow and do you also find that the foliage is kind of a grey/green?

They are stacked up b/c normally it's 2 to maybe 4 to the truss and huge red fruits with superb taste.

The original source of this variety is unknown, as far as I know, but I was sent seeds by George Korbel of W VA.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Dr._Lyle

I do think that some of the seed sources listed for 2011 also might have it for 2012 although I didn't check, b'c it's so dificult for Tania to get all the updating done for over 3,000 varieties.

[smileytom]

I also grew this one this year. Absolutely wonderful flavor and texture in my garden. It will be a repeat next year for sure.

[tam91]

Wow those are big. Tania lists it as pink - is it supposed to be red?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by tam91

Wow those are big. Tania lists it as pink - is it supposed to be red?

Tam, it is pink, my error for being in a rush to get back to tennis.

[tam91]

That sounds like a good reason to me

[tjg911]

hi greg,

i think i sent you the seeds?

my dr. lyle often get to about 1.5 probably 2 pounds but 12-16 oz is probably the norm. dr. lyle is an absolutely fabulous tomato, one of my top favorites. sadly i did not grow dr. lyle this year to try a bunch of new ones.

carolyn, my dr. lyle flowers do have an ivory color, not the typical bright yellow.

tom

[JamesL]

Wow. Glad I opened this thread.
I am adding this one to the short list of possibles for next season.

[kygreg]

Carolyn,

The blossoms are a paler yellow than other tomato blossoms and some are ivory colored on the back side. I will check out the foliage coloring tomorrow. I grew this one because you recommended it. And since you had also recommended Red Barn a few years ago and I like it a lot, I figured you might actually get 2 out of 2 right. (<:

I got my seeds from Tatiana.

Gary

[sprtsguy76]

Ok now I want to grow Dr. Lyle next year! Are you guys happy now?!!

Damon

[lakelady]

Dang, that was one on my list that got booted because I just couldn't grow too many varieties but is on the 2013 grow list. Glad to see it's a good one!

[babice]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

Gary, I LOVE that variety and wish more folks would grow it.

Well, this is enough to make me add this to my 2013 wish list!

[Douglas14]

How does Dr. Lyle taste compared to other pink beefsteaks, such as Pink Brandywine, Caspian Pink, etc.?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Douglas14

How does Dr. Lyle taste compared to other pink beefsteaks, such as Pink Brandywine, Caspian Pink, etc.?

Doug, I don't know HOW to answer that question, really, since I've grown several hundred large pink beefsteak varieties. But just speaking to the varieties you mentioned, I grew Caspian Pink many years ago when it was first made available by Petoseed and nothing special as I experienced it.

Brandywine does have what I call a unique kind of winey taste, but it's not the only variety that I think has a unique taste since Prue is also that way for me and Prue is a variety I can also ID by taste alone and there aren't many that I can do that with. Bad sentence there.

All I can say is that Dr. Lyle and Dr. Neal have excellent tastes as grown by me and that they also yield well which is not always the case with large beefsteak varieties.

You know well the two varieties that you got seed for and sent to me and we named them Todd County Amish and Amish Potato Leaf and while very good, don't match Dr. Lyle or Dr. Neal in terms of taste although both yield well, again, as grown by me.

Omar's Lebanese, Large Pink Bulgarian, Tidwell German, and on and on go the list of large pink varieties that I like, and there are so many more, some older, some newer.
Off to tennis, men's semi-finals from Wimbledon this AM so this is the only thread I'm posting in this AM.

[Douglas14]

Thanks Carolyn. I'm tempted to grow Dr. Lyle next season. the picture of it in your book, is beautiful. It looks delicious....if that is possible.

Regarding Wimbledon, I'm rooting for Federer by the way. I usually root for him. Just like years ago, I used to root for Ivan Lendl, when ever he played, for some reason.