Lithuanian Tomato

[missionrandy]

Could someone tell me the general description for Lithuanian Tomato. I need to enter all the details possible on my data sheets of varieties to be grown in this seasons garden.

Thanks again Carolyn for the seeds!

Thank-you,
Randy
Mission, BC
Zone 7b

[Tania]

71 days, large indet., potato leaf, large pink beefsteaks, slightly ribbed, with first fruits having more ribbing and later fruits being more smooth, quite flattened, 9-18 oz, outstanding sweet flavor, meaty, not a lot of seeds, very beautiful, very good yield, one of my favorites in 2006 garden, excellent sweet flavor even when not fully ripe

seeds originally came from Don Podolia, WVA, introduced by Carolyn Male ( )

[missionrandy]

Tania,

Very nice picture! I received some seed from Carolyn, probably the same variety.

Thanks for posting the pic...

Randy

[Grub]

Took the words right out of my mouth, but think Polish edges it out.

[missionrandy]

Grub,

Do you have the description for Polish?
How about a image...

Randy

[Tania]

I am not Grub , but here is a picture of Polish (not entirely ripe)

[Grub]

Yeh, that looks like a Polish on its way. There are numerous tomatoes with the handle Polish, but Polish C is the one if you want a large slightly ribbed pink with great production and a wonderful deep sweet fruity flavour that turns water into wine and bread into honey and your face, even after a hard day at work, into a sated ear-to-earl (from whom I got seeds [ta]) grin. You just gotta have a Polish in there every year, nq.

[michael johnson]

I have some seed of (Lithuanian crested) is this the same as straight Lithuanian- I dont know what the crested bit is as I havn't grown them yet-until this seasons sowings- should be interesting.

[Tania]

Originally Posted by michael johnson

I have some seed of (Lithuanian crested) is this the same as straight Lithuanian- I dont know what the crested bit is as I havn't grown them yet-until this seasons sowings- should be interesting.

Michael,

Luthianian Crested is a different tomato; it is a pink heart, regular leaf

[carolyn137]

Randy, do you remember when you were looking for a Lithuanian variety I shared with you that there were several and that I had seeds for one called just Lithuanian if you wanted them, and you said you did, ergo I sent them to you?

I list the variety in the SSE Yearbook and here's my blurb:

75-80 days, indet, PL foliage, very large plant habit, huge 2# plus beefsteak shaped fruits with wonderful flavor, sweet yet rich, a new favorite, prone to catfacing on earliest fruits, from my friend Don Podolia in WV.

As for Polish varieties, as was said above, there are many that are just called Polish and some are PL and some are RL and some are pink and some are red.

I picture and describe Polish C in my book, which I love, and I also like Polish ( Ellis), which I just offered in my seed offer here at Tville.

I see little difference between Polish (Ellis) and Polish C and others have said that the Polish from Heirloomseeds is about the same. That is, all three are PL and have deep pink, almost red, beefsteak fruits.

Lithuaniain and Polish C are also listed at Sandhill Preservation with brief descriptions.

When you want to know more about a variety do you Google it first? Just curious. Because most of the seed sources that most folks use are scanned by Google, so it's a good place to start.

TGS also lists a Polish and it's the Polish (Ellis) although the Ellis part isn't included in the name. But whenever you see a variety called Polish and the description says "brick red" color you know it's Polish (Ellis) b'c those are the exact words that Bill Ellis used when he first listed it at SSE.

Bill is an interesting man; he's a Professor of Folklore at a branch of the Univeristy of PA.

[michael johnson]

Thanks Tania- thats very interesting, looks a nice tomato.

[feldon30]

Tania always comes through with fantastic photos.

[missionrandy]

Carolyn,

Thank-you for your generosity, I did recieve your seeds!

When I originally looked at a few members trade lists, I noticed Lithuanian Tomato. I remember posting to the topic, and you wrote me, offering your seeds. Never had a complete description of the variety until Tania and yourself posted, plus Tania has a description on her trade list.

I do google alot of the different varieties that interest myself. Though alot of the time you really don't get all of what you are looking for... At TomatoVille you get precise information, images, feedback, ect... This is important and what is required for my notes.

ps... I will check out Sandhill Preservation.

Thanks,
Randy

[spudleafwillie]

"Bill is an interesting man; he's a Professor of Folklore at a branch of the Univeristy of PA."

Carolyn please correct your records !! Bill Ellis is a professor at one of the Pennsylvania State University satellite campuses near where he lives in northeastern PA.

The University of PA is located in Phila and is a private university while Penn State is a public state university with the main branch in University Park, PA in central PA .and about 8`satellite campuses all over the state. Penn State is a publicaly funded university and is the state agricultural school and a land grant university founded in 1862.

[carolyn137]

Carolyn please correct your records !

*****

You've already done so Bill, so thanks for the correction.

As I sat here typing I just could not remember if it was the University or the State system, and it looks like I picked the wrong one.

My major point was that I don't know too many Professors of Folklore, actually just Bill Ellis, , and I think that's great that he has such an interesting specialty.