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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
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[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!
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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.
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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 ----------------------------------- 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.
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