Vince P1 from Carolyn 2012 offer

ginger2778 · February 12, 2013

Vince P1- I grew out the 2 that lived and got 1 cherry dark purple and delicious, and one is giving me 4 oz red ones that I haven't tasted yet. What did other people get? I think I am supposed to select for the cherrys. Does this variety have a name yet?
Marsha

FarmerShawn · February 12, 2013

What I got last summer were black cherries that, if picked just before they seemed ripe, were heavenly tasting, but if I waited until they seemed ripe, they tasted off, overripe - not so good. Mine also split like crazy, early and often. I'm going to try a couple in my greenhouse this year, to see if more control over watering will reduce the splitting problem.

ginger2778 · February 12, 2013

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Originally Posted by FarmerShawn

What I got last summer were black cherries that, if picked just before they seemed ripe, were heavenly tasting, but if I waited until they seemed ripe, they tasted off, overripe - not so good. Mine also split like crazy, early and often. I'm going to try a couple in my greenhouse this year, to see if more control over watering will reduce the splitting problem.

Thanks Shawn, that's helpful. I won't let them get too ripe.
Marsha

tam91 · February 12, 2013

I grew 4 plants, all were very large cherries, and all absolute spitters no matter when I picked them, sadly.

kath · February 12, 2013

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Originally Posted by tam91

I grew 4 plants, all were very large cherries, and all absolute spitters no matter when I picked them, sadly.

Sadly this was my experience also and I grew 6. I posted feedback on Carolyn's thread and think others did too. Horrendous splitting issues as well for me.

FILMNET · February 12, 2013

My 3 seeds never came up?

ddsack · February 12, 2013

I agree with the skin splitting issue, but I actually preferred the taste of Vince P-1 to Black Cherry, which I don't care for because to me Black Cherry seems bland. Had no problems with germination or growing.

**carolyn137** · February 12, 2013

Yes, the reports for ALL the varieties I distributed seeds for last year were supposed to be posted
in the Fall 2012 performance thread that I put up and many did so for Vince P1. And I mentioned in the 2012 offer that I would be putting up a Fall performance thread.

But not everyone sows seeds for all they request in the upcoming season, so I would expect to see that in the germination thread for 2013 as well as the Fall performance thread this Fall for those that weren't grown last season.

RobinB · February 12, 2013

I grew three plants last Summer, and the best one produced large cherries that were very tasty. The first fruit appeared around 60 DTM. I also liked them better than Black Cherry, but I also had a big problem with splitting. My three plants were all fairly compact, too, none was over 5 feet. All lasted until frost and they seemed to be fairly disease tolerant.

Robin

ginger2778 · February 12, 2013

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

Yes, the reports for ALL the varieties I distributed seeds for last year were supposed to be posted
in the Fall 2012 performance thread that I put up and many did so for Vince P1. And I mentioned in the 2012 offer that I would be putting up a Fall performance thread.

But not everyone sows seeds for all they request in the upcoming season, so I would expect to see that in the germination thread for 2013 as well as the Fall performance thread this Fall for those that weren't grown last season.

Carolyn

Carolyn

Carolyn, I am still waiting for my other 3 that I got germination from to have mature fruit so I can post in your performance thread for all at once. I promise I will do so. So far ,no splitting or cracking issues but I think it is because I use self watering containers so the flow never varies by much.
Does this cross have a name yet that you know of?
Marsha

**carolyn137** · February 13, 2013

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Originally Posted by ginger2778

Carolyn, I am still waiting for my other 3 that I got germination from to have mature fruit so I can post in your performance thread for all at once. I promise I will do so. So far ,no splitting or cracking issues but I think it is because I use self watering containers so the flow never varies by much.
Does this cross have a name yet that you know of?
Marsha

Marsha, with folks posting such different results for this cross there can't be a name involved yet, b'c nothing is stable yet.

I'll PM Vince and alert him to these results, I don't know how many who posted in this thread also posted in the performance thread last Fall.

Only when someone makes a selection that he or she likes and regrows it for several generations to stability can a name be assigned.

Vince had temporarily called it Purple Sungold in his orginal thread, but that's not a final name.

Hope that helps.

Carolyn

rsg2001 · March 7, 2013

I had posted my Vince P1 results last fall also with photos, but to repeat, I had two large plants for the season, which yielded the black cherry type that many have described. They were very tasty, though I agree that there was a learning curve as to the right time to pick them. The plants did get early blight and didn't fare well after the first wave of harvesting. I did save some seeds from them and intend to grow the variety again.

February 12, 2013	#1
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Vince P1 from Carolyn 2012 offer Vince P1- I grew out the 2 that lived and got 1 cherry dark purple and delicious, and one is giving me 4 oz red ones that I haven't tasted yet. What did other people get? I think I am supposed to select for the cherrys. Does this variety have a name yet? Marsha

February 12, 2013	#2
FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	What I got last summer were black cherries that, if picked just before they seemed ripe, were heavenly tasting, but if I waited until they seemed ripe, they tasted off, overripe - not so good. Mine also split like crazy, early and often. I'm going to try a couple in my greenhouse this year, to see if more control over watering will reduce the splitting problem. __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

February 12, 2013	#4
tam91 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Crystal Lake IL Posts: 2,484	I grew 4 plants, all were very large cherries, and all absolute spitters no matter when I picked them, sadly. __________________ Tracy

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ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	I agree with the skin splitting issue, but I actually preferred the taste of Vince P-1 to Black Cherry, which I don't care for because to me Black Cherry seems bland. Had no problems with germination or growing. __________________ Dee **************

February 12, 2013	#8
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Yes, the reports for ALL the varieties I distributed seeds for last year were supposed to be posted in the Fall 2012 performance thread that I put up and many did so for Vince P1. And I mentioned in the 2012 offer that I would be putting up a Fall performance thread. But not everyone sows seeds for all they request in the upcoming season, so I would expect to see that in the germination thread for 2013 as well as the Fall performance thread this Fall for those that weren't grown last season. __________________ Carolyn

February 12, 2013	#6
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	My 3 seeds never came up?

February 12, 2013	#9
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	I grew three plants last Summer, and the best one produced large cherries that were very tasty. The first fruit appeared around 60 DTM. I also liked them better than Black Cherry, but I also had a big problem with splitting. My three plants were all fairly compact, too, none was over 5 feet. All lasted until frost and they seemed to be fairly disease tolerant. Robin

March 7, 2013	#12
rsg2001 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New York Zone 6 Posts: 479	I had posted my Vince P1 results last fall also with photos, but to repeat, I had two large plants for the season, which yielded the black cherry type that many have described. They were very tasty, though I agree that there was a learning curve as to the right time to pick them. The plants did get early blight and didn't fare well after the first wave of harvesting. I did save some seeds from them and intend to grow the variety again.