Black instead of pink....??.....

pacmanJohn · July 13, 2009

Thought I planted a pink but it turned out to be a black of some kind. Does anyone have an idea of which variety this might be. It looks to be Regular Leaf, but honestly I can't tell for sure with some plants.. Thanks.

habitat_gardener · July 13, 2009

Which pink did you plant? Where did the seeds come from?

brog · July 13, 2009

Looks like Cherokee Purple to me.

Moonglow · July 13, 2009

That's a gorgeous tomato!

**carolyn137** · July 14, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by habitat_gardener

Which pink did you plant? Where did the seeds come from?

That's the most important point as I see it.

And no, you can't ID a so called black from just a picture b'c there are well over 100 different ones known.

What other seeds did you have this past Spring, were there any blacks, and as Habitat said, what pink did you think you planted?

or was this a purchased plant that was mislabeled?

garnetmoth · July 14, 2009

Id taste it for you and see if i could help

pacmanJohn · July 14, 2009

It was a plant that I purchase from a nursery in Louisville, KY that Gary Millwood grew the heirlooms out for, so I'm pretty confident the plants that arrived at the nursery were solid

I believe someone else did the labeling instead of Gary as 'Hege' was spelled wrong on the label, so that may be where the mixup happened... Just a guess ( No biggy as I'm just curious what kind of black this is as I like it and seems to be pretty productive.

The other 'blacks' I have are 3 JD's, which don't look at all like this, and a Cherokee Purple which is a couple of rows over.

feldon30 · July 14, 2009

That looks like a red black to me (skin is yellow). Cherokee Purple and JD's Special C-Texas are pink blacks (skin is clear). Paul Robeson is a red black.

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brog Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Lilburn GA Posts: 278	Looks like Cherokee Purple to me. __________________ Bill

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Moonglow Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Corte Madera, CA - Sunset Zone 16 Posts: 356	That's a gorgeous tomato! __________________ Moonglow Gardens Sustainable Gardening One Planter at a Time Sunset Zone 17 Apparently - - - Without the fog!

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pacmanJohn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Frankfort, KY Posts: 143	It was a plant that I purchase from a nursery in Louisville, KY that Gary Millwood grew the heirlooms out for, so I'm pretty confident the plants that arrived at the nursery were solid I believe someone else did the labeling instead of Gary as 'Hege' was spelled wrong on the label, so that may be where the mixup happened... Just a guess ( No biggy as I'm just curious what kind of black this is as I like it and seems to be pretty productive. The other 'blacks' I have are 3 JD's, which don't look at all like this, and a Cherokee Purple which is a couple of rows over. __________________ John

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feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	That looks like a red black to me (skin is yellow). Cherokee Purple and JD's Special C-Texas are pink blacks (skin is clear). Paul Robeson is a red black. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

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habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	Which pink did you plant? Where did the seeds come from?

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garnetmoth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: cincinnati, oh Posts: 492	Id taste it for you and see if i could help