What does OTV "off the vine" mean?

As in "Brandywine OTV" or Rutgers OTV ?

?

OTV = Off The Vine; a newsletter that Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male once published.

[QUOTE=Mischka;235525]OTV = Off The Vine; a newsletter that Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male once published.[/QUOTE]

And we called the variety OTV Brandywine for the following reason.

Craig had sent out seeds of Yellow Brandywine and got back seeds of a great looking red beesteak, PL, and a picture with it.

Since I had much more room tha ne did I offered to dehybridize those crossed seeds and had to go out to the F5, aka 5 years, before it was genetically stable.

I know lots of different versions of Rutgers but not one called Rutgers OTV.

I may be mis-remembering the Rutgers OTV, I thought I seen it somewhere in a seed catalog, but I don't remember where.

I understand now, OTV Brandywine is a named variety.

Thanks.
john

[CENTER][U][B]Tomato and Gardening Glossary and Abbreviations[/B][/U][/CENTER]

[B]AGG[/B] -- [I]Aunt Gertie's Gold[/I]; a yellowish-orange or gold late season beefsteak

[B]ARGG[/B] -- [I]Aunt Ruby's German Green[/I]; a green-when-ripe beefsteak tomato

[B]bagged [/B]-- seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization by insects

[B]BB[/B] -- [I]Bloody Butcher[/I]; a productive red saladette regular-leaf tomato

[B]BB[/B] -- [I]Brandy Boy[/I]; a hybrid of Brandywine developed by Burpee Seed Co

[B]BBH[/B] -- [I]Brad's Black Heart[/I]; a large oxheart purple tomato; developed by Brad Gates

[B]BCW[/B] -- [I]Box Car Willie[/I]; a medium red oblate tomato; an off-type exists

[B]beefsteak[/B] -- a traditional tomato shape, slightly flattened with large shoulders that produces large slices

[B]BER[/B] -- blossom end rot; a calcium deficiency remedied by consistent watering and application of mulch

[B]BFT[/B] -- [I]Black from Tula[/I]; a medium purple oblate tomato

[B]BP[/B] -- [I]Black Prince[/I]

[B]Brandywine OTV[/B] -- large red beefsteak tomato named after "Off The Vine", a newsletter once published by Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male.

[B]BT[/B] -- [I]Bacillus thuringiensis[/I]; a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms; marketed as Dipel Dust or BT Worm Killer

[B]BTD[/B] -- [I]Berkeley Tie Dye[/I]; a medium green-when-ripe tomato with red and purple striations; developed by Brad Gates

[B]BW[/B] -- typically refers to the large pink Brandywine saved Ben Quisenberry; or one of the many tomato varieties with the "Brandywine" moniker including Red Brandywine, Brandywine (pink, Sudduth's), etc.

[B]BWS[/B] -- [I]Brandywine Sudduth's[/I]; the "original" pink beefsteak known for excellent flavor and finicky productivity; seeds provided to Ben Quisenberry by Dorris Sudduth Hill; grown since the 1880's

[B]BWPS[/B] -- [I]Big White Pink Stripes[/I] (sometimes marketed by the acronym alone); large pale peach-colored beefsteak with faint pink blush

[B]Catfaced [/B]-- distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower

[B]CC[/B] -- [I]Cherokee Chocolate[/I]; a dusky purple beefsteak tomato

[B]CG[/B] -- [I]Cherokee Green[/I]; a green-when-ripe beefsteak regular-leaf tomato

[B]CP[/B] -- [I]Cherokee Purple[/I]; a purple beefsteak regular-leaf tomato; discovered by craig LeHoullier

[B]CMV[/B] -- cucumber mosaic virus

[B]CRM[/B] -- concrete reinforcing mesh

[B]CRW[/B] -- concrete reinforcing wire

[B]CSA[/B] -- community supported agriculture, also known as "subscription farming"

[B]CTV[/B] -- Curly Top Virus; also seen as beet leaf curly top virus (BLCTV)

[B]DG[/B] -- Dave's Garden®; a garden bulletin board and resource website

[B]Det[/B] -- determinate; a tomato variety that produces in one harvest

[B]DTM[/B] -- days to maturity; time (with ideal good conditions) from transplant to mature fruit.

[B]DIY EB[/B] -- Do-it-yourself Earthbox®. - home-made self-watering plant containers

[B]DWS[/B] -- [I]Dancing With Smurfs[/I]

[B]Dwarf[/B] -- a tomato plant with rough thick rugose-type foliage; a compact tomato variety suitable for container growing; may be determinate or indeterminate in habit

[B]EB's[/B] -- Earthboxes®, a commercial self-watering container

[B]EF[/B] -- [I]Earl's Faux[/I]; a pink potato-leaf beefsteak; discovered by Earl Cadenhead

[B]EPA[/B] -- Environmental Protection Agency

[B]EPB[/B] -- [I]Eva Purple Ball[/I]; a pink saladette tomato

[B]F1[/B] -- a hybrid "cross" between two different tomato varieties; the first generation of a newly made hybrid

[B]F[/B] -- Fusarium wilt; a soilborn fungal disease; "F" after a variety name indicates disease tolerance

[B]Florida weave[/B] -- a trellising method

[B]GA[/B] -- [I]Gregori's Altai[/I]; an early pink beefsteak tomato

[B]GDC[/B] -- [I]Golden Dwarf Champion[/I]; a yellow saladette tomato produced on a compact rugose dwarf tomato plant; from Burpee Seed Co (1899)

[B]GE[/B] -- genetically engineered

[B]GG[/B] -- [I]Green Giant[/I]; a green-when-ripe beefsteak tomato

[B]GH[/B] -- greenhouse

[B]GJ[/B] -- [I]German Johnson[/I]; large pink beefsteak produced on a regular-leaf tomato plant

[B]GMG[/B] -- [I]Grub's Mystery Green[/I]; a green-when-ripe beefsteak tomato; discovered by David "Grub" Lockwood

[B]GMO[/B] -- genetically-modified organism

[B]GRS[/B] -- [I]German Red Strawberry[/I]; large red oxheart tomato

[B]GW[/B] -- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website

[B]GWR[/B] -- green-when-ripe tomato

[B]Indet[/B] -- indeterminate (produces tomatoes over an extended period)

[B]JBT[/B] -- [I]Japanese Black Trifele[/I]; dusky black pear-shaped medium tomato; commercial Russian variety

[B]JF[/B] -- [I]Jaune Flammée[/I]; orange saladette with red interior; French family heirloom which translates to "fiery yellow"

[B]KB[/B] -- [I]Kellogg's Breakfast[/I]; large orange beefsteak regular-leaf tomato; discovered by Darrell Kellogg

[B]KBX[/B] -- potato-leaf variation on [I]Kellogg's Breakfast[/I]

[B]KHP[/B] -- [I]Kalman's Hungarian Pink[/I]; a pink plum regular-leaf tomato;

[B]LC[/B] -- [I]Lucky Cross[/I]; a reddish-yellow bicolor potato-leaf beefsteak; possible cross of Brandywine and Tigerella stabilized by Craig LeHoullier and Larry Bohs

[B]Lucky X[/B] -- [I]Lucky Cross[/I]; see above

[B]LL[/B] -- [I]Little Lucky[/I]; a golden oblate tomato with bright red blush and striking pink internal pink marbling; cousin to Lucky Cross

[B]LGS[/B] -- [I]Lime Green Salad[/I]; a green-when-ripe saladette tomato produced on a compact rugose dwarf tomato plant; developed by Tom Wagner

[B]LPB[/B] -- [I]Large Pink Bulgarian[/I]; medium pink regular-leaf beefsteak tomato of Bulgarian origins

[B]LYH[/B] -- [I]Lillian's Yellow Heirloom[/I]; large yellow potato-leaf beefsteak tomato

[B]MG[/B] -- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer

[B]ML[/B] -- [I]Mortgage Lifter[/I]; large regular-leaf pink beefsteak; conflicting histories abound about a radiator repairman who crossed 4 large varieties and used the profits of either the fruit or seedlings to pay off his mortgage

[B]MP[/B] -- [I]Marianna's Peace[/I]; large pink potato-leaf beefsteaf; originally vended for $25/pack by Gary Ibsen of Tomatofest

[B]NAR[/B] -- [I]Neves Azorean Red[/I]; a large red regular-leaf beefsteak; initially distributed by Carolyn Male, originally from Anthony Neves, founder of Neptune Harvest

[B]NBD[/B] -- [I]New Big Dwarf[/I]; a medium pink beefsteak tomato produced on a compact rugose dwarf tomato plant; Isbell's Seed Company (1900's)

[B]NCP[/B] -- natural cross-pollination

[B]NPK[/B] -- Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium; the ratios of the three major nutrients in a fertilizer

[B]NSP[/B] -- natural self-pollination

[B]OP[/B] -- open-pollinated; a stable variety that will grow "true" if seeds are saved (not an F1 hybrid)

[B]OTV[/B] -- "Off The Vine", a newsletter once published by Craig LeHoullier and Carolyn Male.

[B]PL[/B] -- potato leaf; a tomato variety with leaves shaped more like those of a potato plant; not regular-leaf

[B]PPP[/B] -- [I]Pink Ping Pong[/I], or perhaps, rarely, [I]Pale Perfect Purple[/I]

[B]RKN[/B] -- root knot nematode; a soilborne pest which attacks the roots of tomato plants

[B]RL[/B] -- regular leaf; a tomato variety with traditionally-shaped tomato plant leaves

[B]SAP[/B] -- [I]Sub-Arctic Plenty[/I]; very early red saladette ideal for containers; developed by Dr. Harris

[B]SESE[/B] -- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

[B]SFG[/B] -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method

[B]SFT[/B] -- [I]Silvery Fir Tree[/I]; a sharp red saladette tomato from a compact plant with carrot-like feathered foliage; a traditional Russian variety

[B]SHP[/B] -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds

[B]SOTW[/B] -- [I]Stump Of the World[/I]; a large pink potato-leaf beefsteak; saved by Ben Quisenberry

[B]SSE[/B] -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit seed preservation organization

[B]stitching [/B]-- a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit

[B]SWC[/B] -- self-watering container

[B]TGS(C)[/B] -- Tomato Grower's Supply Company ®, a seed and supplies website

[B]TMV[/B] -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus

[B]ToMV[/B] -- Tomato Mosaic Virus

[B]TmRSV[/B] -- Tomato Ring Spot Virus

[B]TSWV[/B] -- Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus; a fast-acting difficult-to-control fruit and foliage disease transmitted by thrips

[B]TT[/B] -- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website

[B]TT[/B] -- Tomato Tone® OMRI fertilizer by Espoma

[B]TTC[/B] -- Texas Tomato Cage

[B]TV[/B] -- Tomatoville® - this website

[B]TYLCV[/B] -- Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus

[B]TYW[/B] -- [I]Tom's Yellow Wonder[/I]; pale yellow medium regular-leaf beefsteak; discovered by Tom Micholas as a likely cross of Wonder Light and Pineapple

[B]V[/B] -- Verticillium wilt; a soilborne fungal disease; "V" after a variety name indicates disease tolerance

[B]WOW[/B] -- Wall O' Water®; a frost-protection device



[CENTER][U][B]Internet Abbreviations[/B][/U][/CENTER]

[B]AKA[/B] -- also known as
[B]ASAP [/B]-- as soon as possible
[B]b/c[/B] -- because
[B]BTW[/B] -- by the way
[B]DH[/B] -- Dear Husband
[B]DW[/B] -- Dear Wife
[B]FWIW[/B] -- for what it's worth
[B]IANAL[/B] -- I am not a lawyer (someone discussing legal issues without a formal law school education)
[B]IIRC[/B] -- if I recall correctly
[B]IMHO[/B] -- in my humble opinion
[B]IMO[/B] -- in my opinion
[B]IRL[/B] -- in real life
[B]LOL[/B] -- laugh(ing) out loud
[B]OTOH[/B] -- on the other hand
[B]PITA[/B] -- pain in the arse
[B]PNW[/B] -- Pacific North West of the United States
[B]PM[/B] -- private message
[B]PPM[/B] -- part per million - a measurment often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions
[B]ROFLMAO[/B] -- rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
[B]SASE[/B] -- self-addressed stamped envelope
[B]SASBE[/B] -- self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage)
[B]SH[/B] -- southern hemisphere
[B]SO[/B] -- significant other
[B]TYVM [/B]-- thank you very much
[B]YMMV [/B]-- your mileage may vary (ie. your experience may be different)

[QUOTE=carolyn137;206165]

Alpine, everyone starts out as a newbie at some point and thre are abbreviations that one learns as one learns more and more about tomato varieties. If you don't understand some of the abbreviations then just ask the person posting what one stands for if you don't see it in the posts above.



So, again, if you see an abbreviation for a variety that you don't know, just ask the person right in that thread what it stands for b'c if you PM the person about it that means that perhaps others who didn't know what it stood for and were too shy, or whatever to ask, won't know either.

Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]

So Can you please tell me what <G> means?

<grin> ..........................

[QUOTE=jgaleota;250779]<grin> ..........................[/QUOTE]

Which I use a lot in e-mails as <G>. but don't use it here or at any message site where there are icons that I think are much more interesting.;)

[QUOTE=carolyn137;250837]Which I use a lot in e-mails as <G>. but don't use it here or at any message site where there are icons that I think are much more interesting.;)[/QUOTE]

I actually saw it when I went back to your first posting for this year's 2012 seed
offer . Now I will know what it means.
I want to follow your instructions exactly, because I know it's important:wait:

[QUOTE=ginger2778;250890]I actually saw it when I went back to your first posting for this year's 2012 seed
offer . Now I will know what it means.
I want to follow your instructions exactly, because I know it's important:wait:[/QUOTE]

Ginger, you saw it on the first page of my seed offer b'c I did that first page in a WORD document and then transferred that to Tville and WORD doesn't have icons as an option.;)

That's totally understandable. I hope you weren't offended, I respect and admire you sooo much. You are truly remarkable, and very generous.

Abbreviations are a fact of life and save time....but can get way out of hand.
I think clarifying if you are not sure what the term is is the way to go....

I also find it makes you think and explore the site to find out what the definition is....it can be time consuming but a learning experience.'

I am new to this site, not to gardening or tomatos and have learned so much just in the few weeks I have started to use the forum here.

I appreciate the long lists of definitions posted here, I only found them today when reading recent posts...a lot of effort and consideration went in to compile them.
Thanks

Glad to see you folks are still working on the glossary I suggested several years ago. Lots of good information in these posts. Congratulations and hello, again.

mater

A new one:

SIP: sub-irrigated planter

Just had a couple good laughs, thanks for the thread as I am a newbie, appreciate the info very much!

updated
 

A -- Alternaria stem canker; an A after a variety name indicates resistance to this
AGG -- 'Aunt Gertie's Gold'
AKA -- also known as
ARJR -- 'Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red'
ARGG - 'Aunt Ruby's German Green'
ASAP -- as soon as possible
bagged - seed from flowers that were bagged to prevent accidental hybridization
b/c -- because
belly button - an inward depression on the blossom end of a tomato
BB --- 'Bloody Butcher', 'BrandyBoy'
BBH -- 'Brad's Black Heart'
BCW -- 'Box Car Willie'
BER -- blossom end rot
BFT -- 'Black from Tula'
BLT --- RTS (Ruined Tomato Sandwich) Really, it's a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich.
BP --- 'Black Prince'
BT --- Bacillus thuringiensis, a natural pesticide for caterpillars including hornworms
BTD -- 'Berkeley Tie Dye'
BTW -- by the way
BW --- 'Brandywine'
BWPS - 'Big White Pink Stripes' (seems to be marketed by the acronym alone)
Catfaced - distorted fruit, usually resulting from incomplete pollination of a flower
CC --- 'Cherokee Chocolate'
CEC -- cation exchange capacity - a measure of a soil's potential fertility
ChChoc - 'Cherokee Chocolate'
CG --- 'Cherokee Green'
ChGreen - 'Cherokee Green'
CP --- 'Cherokee Purple'
ChPur - 'Cherokee Purple'
CMV -- cucumber mosaic virus
CRM - concrete reinforcing mesh (same as CRW)
CRW - concrete reinforcing wire (same as CRM)
CSA - community supported agriculture, also known as "subscription farming."
CTV -- Curly Top Virus, also seen as beet leaf curly top virus (BLCTV)
DG -- Dave's Garden® - a garden bulletin board and resource website
Det - determinate
DH --- Dear Husband
DTM -- days to maturity; time (with ideal good conditions) from transplant to mature fruit.
DIY EB = Do-it-yourself Earthbox®. - home-made self-watering plant containers
DW ---Dear Wife
DWS -- 'Dancing With Smurfs'
EB's -- Earthboxes®, a commercial SWC
EF --- 'Earl's Faux'
EPA -- Environmental Protection Agency
EPB -- 'Eva Purple Ball'
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this
F1 -- a hybrid between two separate varieties or lines; the first generation of a newly made hybrid
F --- Fusarium wilt; an F after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
FF -- resistance to races 1 and 2 of Fusarium
FFF - resistance to three races of Fusarium
Florida weave - a trellising method
FWIW - for what it's worth
GA --- 'Gregori's Altai'
GDC -- 'Golden Dwarf Champion'
GE --- genetically engineered
GG --- 'Green Giant'
GH --- greenhouse
GJ --- 'German Johnson'
GMG -- 'Grub's Mystery Green'
GMO -- genetically-modified organism
GRS -- 'German Red Strawberry'
GW --- GardenWeb® - a garden bulletin board website
GWR -- green when ripe
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IIRC - if I recall correctly
IMHO - in my humble opinion
IMO -- in my opinion
IRL -- in real life
Indet - indeterminate
JBT -- 'Japanese Black Trifele'
JF --- 'Jaune Flammee'
KB --- 'Kellogg's Breakfast'
KBX -- 'Kellogg's Breakfast', potato leaf
KHP -- 'Kalman's Hungarian Pink'
LC --- 'Lucky Cross'
Lucky X - 'Lucky Cross'
LL --- 'Little Lucky'
LGS -- 'Lime Green Salad'
LOL -- laugh(ing) out loud
LPB -- 'Large Pink Bulgarian'
LYH -- 'Lillian's Yellow Heirloom'
MG --- Miracle-Gro ® fertilizer
ML --- 'Mortgage Lifter'
MP --- 'Marianna's Peace'
N --- nematodes; an N after a variety name indicates resistance to this
NAR -- 'Neve's Azorean Red'
NBD -- 'New Big Dwarf'
NCP -- natural cross-pollination
NPK -- Nitrogen: Phosphorus: Potassium - the ratios of the three major nutrients in a fertilizer
NSP -- natural self-pollination
OP -- open-pollinated; a true-breeding variety or line (not an F1 hybrid)
OTOH - on the other hand
OTV - off the vine; also the name of a tomato publication
PL --- potato leaf (not regular leaf)
PM --- private message
PNW -- Pacific North West of the United States
PPM -- part per million - a measurement often seen in soil tests and hydroponic solutions
PPP -- 'Pink Ping Pong', or perhaps, rarely, 'Pale Perfect Purple'
RKN -- root knot nematode
RL --- regular leaf
ROFLMAO - rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off
S --- Septoria; an S after a variety name indicates resistance to this
SAP -- 'Sub-Arctic Plenty'
SASE - self-addressed stamped envelope
SASBE - self-addressed stamped bubble envelope (to prevent seed damage)
SESE - Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
SFG -- Square Foot Gardening; a gardening book and method
SFT -- 'Silvery Fir Tree'
SH --- southern hemisphere
SHP -- Sand Hill Preservation seeds
SO --- significant other
SOW -- 'Stump Of the World'
SSE -- Seed Saver's Exchange; a non-profit organization
St -- Stemphylium - a fungal grey leaf spot; St after a variety name indicates resistance to this
stitching - a long blossom end scar on the bottom of the fruit
SWC -- self-watering container
T --- indicates resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus when seen after a variety name
TGRC - Tomato Genetics Research Center at the U. C. Davis
TGS(C) - Tomato Grower's Supply Company ®, a seed and supplies website
TMV -- Tobacco Mosaic Virus
ToMV -- Tomato Mosaic Virus
TmRSV - Tomato Ring Spot Virus
TSWV - Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
TT --- Totally Tomatoes ®, a seed, supplies, and bulletin board website
TT --- Tomato Tone® fertilizer by Espoma
TTC --Texas Tomato Cage
TV --- Tomatoville®, this website
TYLCV - Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus
TYVM - thank you very much
TYW -- 'Tom's Yellow Wonder'
V --- Verticillium wilt; a V after a variety name indicates resistance to this wilt
WOW -- Wall O' Water® - a frost-protection device
YMMV - your mileage may vary ( meaning, your experience may be different)

I read almost all and I thank you for this dictionary. Most interesting for me is b´c. It is beautifull.
Vladimír

Thank you so much!

I'm a newbie here from Oregon and tomatoes are my favorite. I like to grow Sungolds and Cucumbers and that gives me a delicious salad to eat all summer long. Mix in a little feta cheese, sunflower seeds and italian dressing and I'm in heaven!

[QUOTE=tomatoguy;59552][FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][COLOR=green]After reading Thawley's post about PL and RL, I figured it wouldn't hurt to have a glossary for the folks who are new to our abbreviated language. I will get the ball rolling. Feel free to add some tomato and gardening terms that appear here on the forum. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][COLOR=#008000]DTM - days to maturity - This is the number that you see on seed packs indicating how long (on average) it takes from the time you transplant into the garden until you have ripe fruit. I suppose it is one way of comparing the earliness or lateness of varieties but I have found it pretty much meaningless. I have had tomatoes with a DTM of 85 days come in at 50 and vice versa. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]


[FONT=Tahoma][SIZE=4][COLOR=#008000]mater[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
Excellent idea.....I've only just gotten here and I'm mostly lost. IMNSHO there should be a variety picture index also in the event I visit a garden and the gardener has no idea what varieties they have and I'd be inclined to take a cutting or 2.....I intend to mostly lurk here and thanks to all the experts way in advance......

[QUOTE=Liberanos5;348253]Excellent idea.....I've only just gotten here and I'm mostly lost. IMNSHO there should be a variety picture index also in the event I visit a garden and the gardener has no idea what varieties they have and I'd be inclined to take a cutting or 2.....I intend to mostly lurk here and thanks to all the experts way in advance......[/QUOTE]

Welcome!

Once a variety no longer has a name attached to it there is absolutely no way of IDing it, with very few exceptions.

There are perhaps betgween 15 and 20,000 known named varieties.

Take large fruited pink varieties, for example. There are hundreds of them. Take long red paste types, several hundred, take gold/red bicolors, many look the same, but differ with respect to production, taste, etc., and there are several hundreds of them as well.

If someone wants to know more about a named variety, that's usually not a problem, with of course some exceptions there as well.

So, a great idea but just not workable.:)

Carolyn

Ok, what tomato is DDR? thx, Sharon

[QUOTE=SharonRossy;351325]Ok, what tomato is DDR? thx, Sharon[/QUOTE]

Dana's Dusky Rose.;)

Carolyn

Thx Carolyn! Still learning all the language of gardening!

While searching for a glossary here I came across this thread which is indeed helpful deciphering acronyms (initial-isms, if a word isn't being spelled out with the abbreviation) but is it really a glossary in the strict definition? Aww.... who cares? It's fun to read anyway.

I'm ashamed of myself for writing this... :oops:

Add one: DAMHIKT - don't ask me how I know this.

I think some of the variety name abbreviations can be confusing than convenience.
Take BB, as an example :

Better Boy, Bloody Butcher, Brandy Boy, Big Beef, Big Boy.

On DTM = Days To Maturity. What is "maturity" . To me it is whem plant is grown to size that can flower, etc.
I have seen "DTH" = Days To Harvest. Now that make more sense to me than DTM.
YMMV :-)

[QUOTE=Gardeneer;455251]I think some of the variety name abbreviations can be confusing than convenience.
Take BB, as an example :

Better Boy, Bloody Butcher, Brandy Boy, Big Beef, Big Boy.

On DTM = Days To Maturity. What is "maturity" . To me it is whem plant is grown to size that can flower, etc.
I have seen "DTH" = Days To Harvest. Now that make more sense to me than DTM.
YMMV :-)[/QUOTE]
I think DTM and DTH came from demand of people wanting an answer for how long it would take.
I like the way Tomato Growers Supply does it.
You can look up early season mid season and late season color and sizes.
I stay away from all late season plants and concentrate on early and a few mid season plants.
This really helps sorting out what I want.

Worth

would love to see all the negative posts from years ago stricken from this thread and the various glossary posts kinda merged into a master list, cleaned up, and easy to read.

A couple of abbreviations I've learned in my short time here:

TTF - Texas Tomato Food: My new favorite water-soluble, low-nitrogen fertilizer from hydroponics specialists Urban Farms. Typically used in the later flowering and fruiting stages of growth, as I understand it.

PWT - Perched Water Table: Water that may live in the bottom of your regular container garden - depending on the particle size of your growing medium mix and regardless of drainage holes - that likes to either water your roots or rot them, haven't found out for sure yet. ;) (read in relation to Tabla's seemingly famous 5-1-1 container mix articles on GW, but that abbreviation has already been explained elsewhere in this thread).

Most below are variety abbreviations, not all are standardized.

AGP = Aunt Ginny's Purple
OG/OLD = Old German (OG also = the tomato gene "Old Gold.")
OLEY = Oleyar's German
CGG = Cherokee Green Grape
SG = SunGold/Sungold
KBAWV = Kellogg's Breakfast x Aker's West Virginia
MK = Marizol Korney = Mark Korney!
SM = San Marzano
MPP = Marge's Polish Pride
SC = Sophie's Choice
RHFS = Red House Free Standing
RGP = Roughwood Golden Plum
ML-E = Mortgage Lifter Estler's
TAM/TAMU = Texas A & M University
HY = Herman's Yellow
AKW/AWV = Aker's West Virginia
BK = Black Krim
STU = Stupice
KIM = Kimberley/Kimberly
CGX = Cherokee Bi-Color
YB/YB-P = Yellow Brandywine/Yellow Brandywine-Platfoot strain
JEF/JD = Jefferson Davis
DEL = Delicious
CHR = Chris Ukrainian
CUO = Cuostralee
DLGG = Djena Lee's Golden Girl
DRU = Druzba
DrC = Dr. Carolyn
DrL = Dr. Lyle
DrN = Dr. Neal
DrW = Dr. Wyche's Yellow
MPLA = Missouri Pink Love Apple
MOS = Moskvich
MAS = Matchless (Austin Strain---have Carolyn elaborate! lol)
MEX = Mexico
WA/Wins = Winsall
NAP = Napoli
NEC = Nectarine
NEP = Nepal
LUT = Lutescent
PB = Principe Borghese
PBS = Peach Blow Sutton
RR = Red Robin
RIE/RIES = Riesentraube
RUT = Rutgers
StP = St. Pierre
SOL = Soldacki
YORI = Yellow Out Red In
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HOPE THIS HELPS!

Good thread. It's helps a lot for commonly used terms. But as said before asking would probably be the easiest way when unsure.