Fried Green Tomato F1 hybrid?

[oakley]

Anyone growing this?

I have two plants. Seeds from HolmesSeedCo. Fantastic tomato. Yet to get good
ripe fruit from my plants.
These are from MasstownMarket in NovaScotia, Canada. I've picked up a couple dozen
fruits almost every year when passing through. Always wondered what they were.
It is a farm market retailer, not the actual farm where grown. The placard just says
'Fried Green'.
Most seed sellers use the same pic. Finally found one sellers pic with cut fruit.

From Parks...
It's all about hold for Fried Green Tomato -- holding up during cooking, of course, but also holding on the vine. These 6- to 7-ounce fruits outperform just about any other tomato we've ever grown when it comes to staying fresh and whole on the vine without cracking, getting mushy, or degrading. It's the same firmness that keeps them neatly sliced in the pan, not sprawling out all over the place.

So you would think all this "hold" strength would translate into a rather dry, rubbery texture, but Fried Green Tomato is a juicy and very succulent tomato. Cooking seems to bring out some of the flavor; we find that although it's great for fresh slicing and eating too, Fried Green Tomato comes into its own when it fulfills its name and begins to heat up!

Sums it up for me as well.
This was a week ago last Friday, my purchased tomatoes, so going on 12 days. Using
them fresh and some started to get the golden color. Long keepers.
Also growing GreenBee that has similar 'crisp' apple type firm texture.

Just this past weekend I found the information of the University breeder, 2012 I think...
no mater what key words I use, even my listed history, I can't find the info....

[clkeiper]

I grow them almost every year. did you have another question about it or just wondering if anyone else grew it? it doesn't turn red. it keeps and keeps and keeps just turning a yellowish green color, never softening up never rotting. I have customers asking for them every year. today one stopped for them but mine arent ready yet and he wouldn't take any other green tomato either.

[oakley]

Thank you. Does mine look the same/similar?
Asking if anyone grew it and likes it as much as I do.

So you answered that. Looking if it was just introduced in 2012 or if I had that wrong.
And where your seeds are from....?

I've been looking for long keepers and crisp GWR. This seems a good find for me.

Nice to hear others like it as well.

[clkeiper]

I have always gotten mine from totally tomatoes. yours looks similar just smaller than the ones I am used to picking.

[zipcode]

Is this an actual GWR or just a long keeper that basically never ripens? (there is actually a 'never ripe' gene)

[clkeiper]

I would say never ripens but I have had seeds germinate from them. Does that mean it ripens? Or does that mean it just doesn't soften up?

[oakley]

Originally Posted by zipcode

Is this an actual GWR or just a long keeper that basically never ripens? (there is actually a 'never ripe' gene)

I've put it in the grey zone. A 'fence sitter' category. But it has to go somewhere and it
is not a 'fried green' that is any tomato picked early and green. It does change, slowly,
from an apple crisp tangy/tart slightly sweet, to a golden yellow, crisp juicy fresh
acidic/sweet.
Thin skinned! another good quality.

A new tomato for me. I am seeing it listed more often in the GWR category over the 'long-keeper'.
Debatable I suppose.

[zipcode]

Originally Posted by clkeiper

I would say never ripens but I have had seeds germinate from them. Does that mean it ripens? Or does that mean it just doesn't soften up?

I assume seeds have to mature, otherwise the gene wouldn't have survived much.

oakley, so it seems to be yellow when fully ripe, maybe a rin/rin. 'Fruits green at maturity, later turning bright yellow, retarded ripening.'

[clkeiper]

I never have seen it get a bright yellow. just a fairly green/yellow in color. very pale yellow. I had some sit on my curio cabinet for months (until December) one year before I finally was done with having fried green tomatoes. they never really softened up just got a bit softer.