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July 3, 2016 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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An unusual F2
Last summer I crossed a large striped saladette with an F2 selection from the great orange grape hybrid Zima. This winter the F1 was, as expected, a smallish red cherry. I transplanted 18 F2 progeny as part of a Wisconsin breeding nursery on May 22 and I was back to check on them June 27. This fruit was the earliest in the whole nursery and by far the largest fruited of the 18 F2 progeny - it also luckily got two doses of the gs allele. The size of this F2 fruit is at least as large as the larger fruited parent - unusual; and the largest fruited sergeant was also the earliest - also unusual. Taste is excellent, but so it was for each of the parents.
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July 3, 2016 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Sunol, CA
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That is amazingly fast development! About 40 days from transplant to ripe fruit. It looks flattened, like a mini-beefsteak. Am I seeing things right?
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July 3, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
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Yes, it is a shocker. At this latitude (S MN/SW WI) I have only once had a ripe fruit by July 4 - and it was a small cherry in an unusually warm spring. We've had a normal season this year, and although there were a couple of cherry size sibs that were nearly ripe, and an unrelated currant type with a couple ripe fruits - this one stood out. The fruit I cut open to taste and save seed had six locules - it is a small beefsteak type.
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July 3, 2016 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Newfoundland, Canada
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Looks lovely! Nice to hear of some good luck!
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July 3, 2016 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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Beautiful! What is the stature/size of the plant?
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July 3, 2016 | #6 |
Tomatovillian™
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Small beefsteaks are the new black.
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July 4, 2016 | #7 |
Tomatovillian™
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July 5, 2016 | #8 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southern WI
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Wow, a great tasting, good sized tomato the ripens as quickly as Sungold F1? Exciting stuff!
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