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**nctomatoman** · February 6, 2006

I am seeing this with the Brandywine X Tad F2 and beyond. Brandywine as we all know is superbly flavored - Tad is average at best. The F1 was very, very good. I grew out 11 of the F2 last year, none had the flavor of Brandywine, and they ran the range of average to very good - one was near excellent. Interestingly, the one large potato leaf bicolor (looked like Lucky Cross) was not all that flavorful. A few years ago, I grew out some of the F3, and some of those were quite good. Of course, Lucky Cross and Little Lucky, which emerged in the F4, have superb flavor.

I am going to grow 3 plants each of 4 of the F3 this year just to see what pops out next. But just from the above small experiment, the flavor genes do move about in the various segregates - and appearance is no clue as to the flavor!

February 6, 2006	#4
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	I am seeing this with the Brandywine X Tad F2 and beyond. Brandywine as we all know is superbly flavored - Tad is average at best. The F1 was very, very good. I grew out 11 of the F2 last year, none had the flavor of Brandywine, and they ran the range of average to very good - one was near excellent. Interestingly, the one large potato leaf bicolor (looked like Lucky Cross) was not all that flavorful. A few years ago, I grew out some of the F3, and some of those were quite good. Of course, Lucky Cross and Little Lucky, which emerged in the F4, have superb flavor. I am going to grow 3 plants each of 4 of the F3 this year just to see what pops out next. But just from the above small experiment, the flavor genes do move about in the various segregates - and appearance is no clue as to the flavor! __________________ Craig