Country Orange

[Tomstrees]

Hey everyone, hope all is well...

I just wanted to share with everyone the
orange tomato I'm growing in my patch.

The original seed was purchased by
a fellow gardener as "Boondocks" but thats not what came out
for him last season.
What came out was an orange PL plant with beefsteaks.

Well this really caught my interest, as I love "orange" tomatoes ...

So here it is:
Country Orange
Bright orange beefsteaks averaging 1lb
Productive, PL plant
Disease tolerant ...

~ Tom

ps. I'm going to grow it again in 08 next to
KBX (Kelloggs PL), and Sparks to compare.

[amideutch]

Tom, the taste. What does it taste like? I hate cliff-hangers. Ami

[Tomstrees]

Ami -

Taste is like an 8 outta 10 -
Seriously good tomato ~

Tom

ps.
will make the package to Germ. come fall if interested !

[amideutch]

You bet I am Bro. You need anything say the word. Ami

[carolyn137]

Tom, if the seeds were purchased as Boondocks, and clearly aren't, is Country Orange the name you gave to it?

How many plants did you put out and how many were like this one?

In other words is it a few stray seeds in the pack and the variety is already known?

Just curious.

And your commercial seed source was????? Maybe Heirloomtomatoes.net? Just a guess.

[Tomstrees]

Tom, if the seeds were purchased as Boondocks, and clearly aren't, is Country Orange the name you gave to it?

I did not purchase the seeds myself, but yes the person that bought them has given it a working name of "Country Orange".

How many plants did you put out and how many were like this one?

I grew 3 plants. One has slightly smaller fruit, but leaf type / color was all the same (PL).

In other words is it a few stray seeds in the pack and the variety is already known?:smile:

I've looked on their site, and do not think the vendor sells anything like this (well not listed on website).

And your commercial seed source was?????

Wasnt "my" seed source was a fellow gardeners, but vendor was TGS.

~ Tom

[carolyn137]

Wasnt "my" seed source was a fellow gardeners, but vendor was TGS.


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Yes, I see that now. I was reading too fast.

If it wasn't so orange looking I'd consider Aunt Gertie's Gold, but you've grown that one , I think, and would know the color difference.

But with all three plants being PL and fruits the same color it seems to me that it's possible that it's a known variety, not a stray seed, and I do know Linda has AGG, although not yet listed in the catalog.

I have to chat with Linda this next week. Maybe I should ask her what she has in the PL large gold/orange category that might fit the bill?

Mispackaging of something????

Do you know if your friend reported back to TGS about it?

[patty_b]

Not to confuse the issue more, but I am growing the Country Orange also....mine is RL not PL, large 4" maybe 8oz and just starting to turn. DOn't know if it will be orange but most diffinately in the yellow family, very healthy and pretty. Makes me wonder if that might sound like a cross might have happened?? Patty

[Tomstrees]

Carolyn,

If it wasn't so orange looking I'd consider Aunt Gertie's Gold, but you've grown that one , I think, and would know the color difference.

Yup - have AGG 2 plants away ... Like you said if it weren't so "orange" it'd be a match ... But when compared to AGG, (dare I say) - AGG is Gold and not bright orange ...

But with all three plants being PL and fruits the same color it seems to me that it's possible that it's a known variety, not a stray seed, and I do know Linda has AGG, although not yet listed in the catalog.

I thought the same until Patty just chimmed in about having received (I bet in trade) "Country Orange" and hers is RL ...

I have to chat with Linda this next week. Maybe I should ask her what she has in the PL large gold/orange category that might fit the bill?
Mispackaging of something????

Please ask if she has "Kelloggs PL" or Sparks ... Its def. not AGG - and I can't find an orange PL on her site ...

Do you know if your friend reported back to TGS about it?

I don't think he did ...

Patty:
mine is RL not PL, large 4" maybe 8oz and just starting to turn. DOn't know if it will be orange but most diffinately in the yellow family, very healthy and pretty

When you get a chance - could you post a leaf / tomato pic please ?
Thanks ~

Tom

[carolyn137]

I dunno Tom, but I don't see much difference in the color of your AGG and your CO.

Patty, what was the source of your CO. Are you calling it CO b/c Tom is or are you saying that you also bought seeds for Boondocks and got what 's being called CO.

And what are you saying about a cross? A cross that's part of TGS seed offering of Boondocks, or ?????

If Tom is just growing this for the first time, then how could there be seeds to be traded as CO?

Or maybe once again I've missed something here?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I dunno Tom, but I don't see much difference in the color of your AGG and your CO.

Patty, what was the source of your CO. Are you calling it CO b/c Tom is or are you saying that you also bought seeds for Boondocks and got what 's being called CO.

And what are you saying about a cross? A cross that's part of TGS seed offering of Boondocks, or ?????

If Tom is just growing this for the first time, then how could there be seeds to be traded as CO?

Or maybe once again I've missed something here? I guess what I'm saying is that I'd like to know before I speak to Linda about it if we're dealing with a large orange beef that's PL or is it RL, and did all stem from a commercial pack of Boondock seeds?

[bcday]

Will this help?
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=3274

[carolyn137]

Yes, that helps bc, and heaven help me that I couldn't even remember that I posted in that thread.

So it's Cecil who found the orange PL and without knowing what it was has been offering seeds. Got it

The fact that Tom had three plants all the same, and PL, still suggests that it's not a cross or stray seed, rather a known variety that was mislabelled, or whatever.

So Cecil got PL and Tom got PL and Patty got RL. Hmmm.

Hopefully Cecil will see this and share with us what else he grew out from that pack of Boondock seeds and what he got this year from the saved seeds of the orange one, if he saved seeds.

[korney19]

Haha! What a mess! I too got seeds of Country Orange! But I purposely didn't grow it without more info...besides, I have enough going on here without another question mark to worry about... plus a Kellogg's Breakfast Heart cross I still need more info on. :wink:

"Indet Potato Leaf. 16oz apricot orange oblate fruits. An accidental cross or mix-up of seeds from Boondocks (reg. pink-purple fruit) from TGS. Vigorous vines, good flavor, productive. (from Cecil Nxxxxx in PA.)"

[carolyn137]

"Indet Potato Leaf. 16oz apricot orange oblate fruits. An accidental cross or mix-up of seeds from Boondocks (reg. pink-purple fruit) from TGS. Vigorous vines, good flavor, productive. (from Cecil Nxxxxx in PA.)"

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Does this imply that Cecil grew out Boondocks and it was OK, saved seeds and then got the presumed cross that he named Country Orange?

I know that in the other thread Cecil said he hadn't grow it out again himself.

Just trying to understand what's aboot here.