Ananas Noir x Sungold F3
 

This continues to be a great tasting, and very early line for me. So many good genes in the mix.

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L 7-1 This is the ONE. One of the earliest big tomatoes I grew this last summer. Really good, classic "black" tomato taste.
Pretty sweet too. Goes forward for sure.

The others -

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FY 4-3. A nice, sweet, pink.

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FY 4-4

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L 7-9

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L 7-10

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T 4-1(top) T 4-2

Awesome looking maters Paddy!

Paddy, if they taste as good as they look you have accomplished something great. Keep up the good work


Jon :yes::yes:

Tasty AND early! my kind of tomato. I will buy them as soon as you have seeds ready.

I'd be happy to send you some seeds for free if you'd be willing to send me some back from your grow-outs.

I now have a policy to automatically click on any thread that PaddyMc starts with two tomato names and an 'x' in the title. I love the eye candy!

Thanks Paddy. Beautiful

[QUOTE=Sydney Grower;541923]I now have a policy to automatically click on any thread that PaddyMc starts with two tomato names and an 'x' in the title. I love the eye candy![/QUOTE]

lol, same here.

[QUOTE=Runescape;542088]lol, same here.[/QUOTE]

Happy to send you some seeds if you'd like to grow some eye candy of your own. :D

I see crowns arising today... yay
Is there anything specific you are looking for? traits that you are wanting to develop? color, size, taste specific? how do you want the seeds saved that you get back?

The L 7-1 looks intriguing. Do you have a pic of it before slicing?

Wow

I would have thought crossing with Sungold would give smaller fruit - are these F3's all from one large fruited F2 plant?

Sorry for dumb question. What is the meaning of letter/number labels? L 7-9 and 10 look interesting ... and delicious.

[QUOTE=clkeiper;549210]I see crowns arising today... yay
Is there anything specific you are looking for? traits that you are wanting to develop? color, size, taste specific? how do you want the seeds saved that you get back?[/QUOTE]
In this line I'm looking for (in order of importance) - taste, earliness, smaller blossom scars, production and dark brickyard-red/black colors. Seeds can be fermented or Oxy-cleaned, whatever your normal method is. Just save at least one fruit worth from every plant (two if something you think is really good shows up). :D
I look forward to your results.

[QUOTE=BigVanVader;549217]The L 7-1 looks intriguing. Do you have a pic of it before slicing?[/QUOTE]

The very top pic (above the sliced one) is the un-sliced L 7-1.

[QUOTE=PNW_D;549249]Wow

I would have thought crossing with Sungold would give smaller fruit - are these F3's all from one large fruited F2 plant?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, for the most part you get cherries, but this cross threw a couple of really big F2's and these are from one of those. I think Sungold must have a full-size parent somewhere back down the line, because I've had an easier than expected time recovering full-size offspring from it.

For reference, here's the F2 parent -

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[QUOTE=mashermike;549342]Sorry for dumb question. What is the meaning of letter/number labels? L 7-9 and 10 look interesting ... and delicious.[/QUOTE]

My labeling system goes like this: the letter is the bed they're in, the first number is the row in that bed, and the second number is the number of that plant in the row running east to west, or north to south depending on row orientation.
So, L 7-9 is bed "L", row 7, plant #9.
I grew out almost 700 segregating hybrid plants last year, so that's about the only way I can keep track of them. :twisted:

[QUOTE=PaddyMc;549357]In this line I'm looking for (in order of importance) - taste, earliness, smaller blossom scars, production and dark brickyard-red/black colors. Seeds can be fermented or Oxy-cleaned, whatever your normal method is. Just save at least one fruit worth from every plant (two if something you think is really good shows up). :D
I look forward to your results.[/QUOTE]

Thank you.
Today I see 6 up...

[QUOTE=PaddyMc;549358]The very top pic (above the sliced one) is the un-sliced L 7-1.[/QUOTE]
Oh sorry I missed it, but I need to tell you something....I'm in love with your tomato. I know others may talk and say "ENOUGH you have hundreds already!" but I don't care. So if you can find it in your heart to bestow me with your beautiful creation I'm sure this bud of love, by summer's ripening breath, May prove a beauteous tomato when next we meet.

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