Whatever happened to Yellow Jazz?
 

I'm curious to know what happened to Yellow Jazz? Did Orange Jazz take its place?

I read that Fred was working on an improved Lithium Sunset, although the Lithium Sunset that I recently tasted was AMAZING (thanks again Marsha :) ) and I plan to grow it in my northern garden this summer.

Linda

[QUOTE=Labradors2;613766]I'm curious to know what happened to Yellow Jazz? Did Orange Jazz take its place?

I read that Fred was working on an improved Lithium Sunset, although the Lithium Sunset that I recently tasted was AMAZING (thanks again Marsha :) ) and I plan to grow it in my northern garden this summer.

Linda[/QUOTE]

You are welcome, Linda. So much fun getting together. I can't wait to do it again.:)

I think Lithium Sunset was my favorite of all the OP varieties that I grew this season. Definitely coming back.

Lithium Sunset looks beautiful. The taste matches the looks?


Jeff
(I received Lithium Sunset either in the MMMM or another trade.)

Yes it does Jeff and I am always a bit wary of that. Sometimes the good looking ones don't taste so good and people don't seem to notice.

Grow it! Grow it! Grow it! :)

Linda

I think Fred gave up on it. I still have seeds for it and may grow it in the next year or so.

Lithium Sunset:

Nice tomato, but not suited for farmers so gave the others the go-ahead to share the line. It is a nice tomato for gardeners, and I am not actively working on it. Fruits too variable. Production not great. Fruits soften way too fast. Those are the reasons I do not recommend it for anyone trying to get decent production and/or sell tomatoes.

I have gotten a couple of examples back from people who like it, and I may release it again at some point (on a small scale at our website).


Yellow Jazz:

An example of where we just have not been able to select a stable OP we are happy with. The flavor and other fruit qualities of Orange Jazz are so much better that we are not even working hard to select a Yellow Jazz line. We are still trialing and selecting in the "Yellow Jazz" area. We have multiple lines that we still work on that might eventually yield a Yellow Jazz that is worth releasing.



Collaborating Memberships:

This is where people get our Yellow Jazz trial lines. Eventually we may give a collaborator the go-ahead to share a Yellow Jazz. Until then, we would prefer to reserve the name for something that we release and are happy with.

Thanks very much for the update Fred. I love your honesty :)

I hope you will soon discover a Yellow Jazz which is worthy of the name!

In the meantime, I will be growing Lithium Sunset, Sunrise BB and Maglia Rosa this year :)

Linda