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Old September 14, 2014   #70
goodwin
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hi Narniangarden,

I think I sent you the experimental Ambrosia Gold x Bosque Blue. I got the same variation. Some plants set large, oblate, gold cherry tomatoes with a dusting of blue. Two plants had smaller oval pink fruit. Both had the spicy fragrance which is a good sign.
I planted both the red and yellow tomatoes you gave me. The reds split some in the wet weather, but the yellow tomatoes were perfect. Both colors grew true to type, so perhaps they are not hybrid. I put the yellow one you sent in the catalog for people to trial. Here is a photo.

Did you grow out the eggplant? I thought it might be a stretch, but it is beautiful and the aroma is amazing.
The Ambrosia Orange UBX is the result of crossing the Gold back to a green currant tomato with wild lineage (hirsutum). The fruit is smaller, darker from the green gel, and the plant has narrower leaves and a more sprawling habit. It is a bit later, but the sugar levels are consistently very high.
It is very nice to hear from you!

Lee
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