[Keen101]

interesting discussion. I'm looking into trying my hand at growing and perhaps even attempting crosses with wild tomato species this next summer.

I just learned that Purple Smudge has some S. peruvianum heritage so since S. peruvianum is one of the harder crosses to do i'm wondering if attempting a backcross with Purple Smudge x S. peruvianum would have a higher rate of success since some wild genes may still be floating around (though perhaps very little at this point).

It seems the orange version of Purple Smudge is the only one now commercially available, so i'm not sure if that further dilutes the wild genetics even more. But regardless i think i'll give it a go if i can. I've ordered some seed for the orange fleshed Purple Smudge anyway. Worth a try in my opinion. In my experience sometimes tinkering with things will occasionally pay off. And if not, i'll have fun trying anyway.

I gather from the other species that are more easily crossed they are still essentially one-way crosses by using the more domesticated parent as the pollen receptor since there are fewer genes that will reject it. This seems to hold true with other species like teosinte -> corn crosses and others. So thinking of that it would be best to try using Purple Smudge as the receptive parent and S. peruvianum as the pollen donor.