Anyone Want to Grow This Cross?

marc_groleau · February 6, 2014

I grew these F1s last summer. I crossed Cherokee Purple and Pineapple varieties.
I used pollen from CH Purple with Pineapple female and then I also crossed using Pineapple pollen with CH Purple female.
The photo above and two below are the CH Purple pollen donor. They ripened well over a week before the Pineapple pollen donor did.
Other than that, They were perfectly similar in taste (fruity), appearance, size(very large), color and productivity (high).
I can spare 10 seeds per person for a limited number of people. All I ask is that you do attempt to plant and cultivate 2 plants and that you post results. If you get anything real nice or different, it would be nice to get some seeds back.

Below, Pineapple Pollen X CH Purple Female
These ripened later than the CH Purple donor. In fact you can see that I couldn't wait and picked these while not exactly ripe.

Not completely ripe.

February 6, 2014	#1
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	Anyone Want to Grow This Cross? I grew these F1s last summer. I crossed Cherokee Purple and Pineapple varieties. I used pollen from CH Purple with Pineapple female and then I also crossed using Pineapple pollen with CH Purple female. The photo above and two below are the CH Purple pollen donor. They ripened well over a week before the Pineapple pollen donor did. Other than that, They were perfectly similar in taste (fruity), appearance, size(very large), color and productivity (high). I can spare 10 seeds per person for a limited number of people. All I ask is that you do attempt to plant and cultivate 2 plants and that you post results. If you get anything real nice or different, it would be nice to get some seeds back. Below, Pineapple Pollen X CH Purple Female These ripened later than the CH Purple donor. In fact you can see that I couldn't wait and picked these while not exactly ripe. Not completely ripe. Last edited by marc_groleau; February 6, 2014 at 07:39 PM.