ugly ripe?

slugworth · March 12, 2017

The food store had heirloom tomatoes for sale,in the ugly ripe section they had a yellow tomato that looks like an ugly ripe but it is yellow with a hint of red on the bottom.
I thought ugly ripe were only red?
It rang up as an ugly ripe and I got it for the seeds.

dmforcier · March 12, 2017

Nah. I've seen ugly red, green, orange, yellow, and black (or blue in tomato jargon?). Some were meh. Some were outstanding.

Keiththibodeaux · March 13, 2017

I have grown Ugly Ripe (red) off and on over the years. Always found it tasty.

dmforcier · March 13, 2017

Wait, Ugly Ripe is a variety? Cheez.

**carolyn137** · March 13, 2017

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Originally Posted by slugworth

The food store had heirloom tomatoes for sale,in the ugly ripe section they had a yellow tomato that looks like an ugly ripe but it is yellow with a hint of red on the bottom.
I thought ugly ripe were only red?
It rang up as an ugly ripe and I got it for the seeds.

Here is the background info. A lady in FL had a website where she was offering a family heirloom from Italy, a large RED beefsteak. She was bought out in a nasty takeover by the Procacci bros, who crossed it with Marmande, an old French heirloom and changed the name to Ugly Ripe.

You'll also see in the following link how the Procacci Bros in another nasty takeover shut down Andrew Chu who was the first to offer seeds for Santa hybrid seeds he got from Taiwan and they renamed that one Santa Sweets..

Here's the link and if you have any questions please just ask since I knew Andrew Chu very well.

Aha,I forgot to say that when the procaccis took out Andrew they banned sales of all Santa F1's in the US and Linda at TGS was the last to be able to offer them. But Andrew was still able to get some seeds in Europe where sales were not banned.

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=19815

Carolyn

slugworth · March 13, 2017

The tomato I got actually just had a heirloom label on it and isn't really the ugly it was just mixed in with the ugly.The label says heirloom from canada so it isn't from florida.
I tried Marmande last year but it didn't do very well here.

Durgan · March 13, 2017

Looks like a Sicilian Saucer tomato

March 12, 2017	#1
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	ugly ripe? The food store had heirloom tomatoes for sale,in the ugly ripe section they had a yellow tomato that looks like an ugly ripe but it is yellow with a hint of red on the bottom. I thought ugly ripe were only red? It rang up as an ugly ripe and I got it for the seeds.

March 12, 2017	#2
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Nah. I've seen ugly red, green, orange, yellow, and black (or blue in tomato jargon?). Some were meh. Some were outstanding. __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

March 13, 2017	#4
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Wait, Ugly Ripe is a variety? Cheez. __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

March 13, 2017	#3
Keiththibodeaux Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 587	I have grown Ugly Ripe (red) off and on over the years. Always found it tasty.

March 13, 2017	#7
Durgan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Brantford, ON, Canada Posts: 1,341	Looks like a Sicilian Saucer tomato