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August 13, 2017 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New York
Posts: 244
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New Black From Tula Cross
So my plots are always packed with way too many plants so accidental crosses are not unusual. I have a suspect as to who the other parent is but will probably never know. My BFT have always produced fairly modest sized plants with medium fruitset so I found it odd when a friend who I gave one of my seedlings to said that his BFT was twice the size of everything else in the garden. I noticed that my plants also had a heavier fruitset than normal and seemed rounder and smaller than I would expect. Sure enough, I seem to have a new cross. It has the lingering green shoulders of BFT but is rather obviously not. So my questions in narrowing down parentage are:
1. Since it has pink skin, does this indicate anything other than the fact that one parent is black skinned? 2. Are dimpled blossom ends recessive, dominant or neither? Here is a picture. I had one that tasted a little tart but I am thinking that has more to do with the fact that I had it before it was ripe... Working name until I stabilize this tomato: Pink From Syracuse
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Scott http://worldtomatoes.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Solanum315; August 13, 2017 at 02:22 PM. |
August 13, 2017 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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Hi Scott,
I think the other parent must be a pink. Won't speculate about the dimpled blossom end. |
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