Seek no further love apple? - Page 2

Mashman · February 16, 2013

Gotta take a stab...... Nani-Quaben.

Mashman · February 16, 2013

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg..... .. Name almost as long as the lake itself.

Good god.

Tormato · February 16, 2013

You may have won.

I recognize the pronunciation, but I'll have to check your spelling, in a few days. I have one empty pack with a label on it. I still haven't filled it, and I now have to find it.

**carolyn137** · February 16, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tormato

You may have won.

I recognize the pronunciation, but I'll have to check your spelling, in a few days. I have one empty pack with a label on it. I still haven't filled it, and I now have to find it.

C'mon Gary, just open the link and read the spelling which is much longer than the time I want to spend pecking it out on the keyboard.

Carolyn

Mashman · February 16, 2013

Seeds go to Carolyn.....

I may have some old seeds of it if you can't find it .... have to do some digging but I vaguely recall having a pack.

Michael

**carolyn137** · February 16, 2013

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mashman

Seeds go to Carolyn.....

I may have some old seeds of it if you can't find it .... have to do some digging but I vaguely recall having a pack.

Michael

And I yield to Michael who is in MA.

Either Gary or Michael will remember to send me some fresh seeds for the 2014 season b/c right now I've been sent so many new ones for this season that I had to add one more person to help with seed production, so I'd prefer the seeds to go to Michael, as long as we all agree that I WON.

Carolyn

Redbaron · February 16, 2013

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg! NOW that's a name!

Mashman · February 16, 2013

Good fun for sure!

Tormato · February 19, 2013

I'll have ( I think) a much tougher riddle contest after the swap is over.

I should find that old empty pack in a day, or so. If I remember correctly, the paper name insert had to be tri-folded, to fit in the envelope.

Oh yeah, if I ever do name it THAT, I'll keep one pack as a reference, but any others will be labeled Webster Lake.

There is a longer word, but I think it has to do with climbing a hill in New Zealand, which is about 12,000 miles, from here. "Webster" is only about 50.

Tormato · February 23, 2013

I'm still trying to locate the "likely" original source (initials J O) for S-N-F LA. The seed was labeled as Red Brandywine, but it turned out to be a RL indeterminant plant with pink beefsteaks. It is unlikely that it is a sport or cross, since it has been stable from the first time I trialed it.

I tried to give it a name that had the best chance of being dropped as the name for this tomato. And that, Tania, needs explaining in more than just a couple of lines.

In order to try to identify this tomato, (which has a unique flavor, in my garden, among all of the hundreds of pink beefsteaks I've tried) I had to get as many others to try it and see if the taste is familiar to them, and then work from there. I was trying to come up with a name that says..."With a name like that, I have to try it". I've succeeded with at least a few posters to this thread.

The name is a "hybrid" derived from a heirloom apple (the variety "Westfield Seek-No-Further") and a term (love apple) used for tomatoes ages ago. I combined the two, dropping the Westfield (my hometown) and adding the Love Apple.

A slight thread drift, but Carolyn's dad knew his apples.

I probably shouldn't have used the term "hybrid", because it could get around that someone will remember this tomato as a hybrid, and maybe add that it is a GM

cross of a tomato and an apple.

So, no hybrid tomato, no GMO cross, and nothing to do with the varietry Missouri Pink Love Apple (other than the Love Apple part of the name).

If you start seeing any more "new" tomatoes with "Love Apple" in the name (I'm wondering if I've started a trend), they will not be by me.

ne is enough.

So, it's up to others to help and see if anyone knows S-N-F LA's true identity, so the old name (if it has one) can be used.

Gary

saltmarsh · February 23, 2013

Gary, 6 of 6 seeds germinated and have been potted up for an early plant out on the SNFLA. I'm just going to refer to them as Grapples so I can remember who's responsible.

kevn357 · March 4, 2013

http://tomatoville.com/showpost.php?...7&postcount=45
Above link is the thread Carolyn linked to with the post from tormato.
I got a pack of this in the swap and had to google it! It led me here, of course. I WILL grow it for sure! Awesome name btw!

Aerial · October 20, 2015

Is Seek No Further Love Apple the same as Missouri Love Apple Tomato?

Tormato · October 21, 2015

No...

Gerardo · October 21, 2015

SNFLA is growing for me right now. 2 plants in a 10 gal bag. 1 plant in a 7 gal bag. All at about 40-50 cm, and they're very healthy. Looking forward to the love apples.

February 16, 2013	#22
Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg! NOW that's a name! __________________ Scott AKA The Redbaron "Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system." Bill Mollison co-founder of permaculture

February 19, 2013	#24
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,961	I'll have ( I think) a much tougher riddle contest after the swap is over. I should find that old empty pack in a day, or so. If I remember correctly, the paper name insert had to be tri-folded, to fit in the envelope. Oh yeah, if I ever do name it THAT, I'll keep one pack as a reference, but any others will be labeled Webster Lake. There is a longer word, but I think it has to do with climbing a hill in New Zealand, which is about 12,000 miles, from here. "Webster" is only about 50. Last edited by Tormato; February 19, 2013 at 02:55 PM.

February 16, 2013	#16
Mashman Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MA Posts: 158	Gotta take a stab...... Nani-Quaben.

February 23, 2013	#25
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,961	I'm still trying to locate the "likely" original source (initials J O) for S-N-F LA. The seed was labeled as Red Brandywine, but it turned out to be a RL indeterminant plant with pink beefsteaks. It is unlikely that it is a sport or cross, since it has been stable from the first time I trialed it. I tried to give it a name that had the best chance of being dropped as the name for this tomato. And that, Tania, needs explaining in more than just a couple of lines. In order to try to identify this tomato, (which has a unique flavor, in my garden, among all of the hundreds of pink beefsteaks I've tried) I had to get as many others to try it and see if the taste is familiar to them, and then work from there. I was trying to come up with a name that says..."With a name like that, I have to try it". I've succeeded with at least a few posters to this thread. The name is a "hybrid" derived from a heirloom apple (the variety "Westfield Seek-No-Further") and a term (love apple) used for tomatoes ages ago. I combined the two, dropping the Westfield (my hometown) and adding the Love Apple. A slight thread drift, but Carolyn's dad knew his apples. I probably shouldn't have used the term "hybrid", because it could get around that someone will remember this tomato as a hybrid, and maybe add that it is a GM cross of a tomato and an apple. So, no hybrid tomato, no GMO cross, and nothing to do with the varietry Missouri Pink Love Apple (other than the Love Apple part of the name). If you start seeing any more "new" tomatoes with "Love Apple" in the name (I'm wondering if I've started a trend), they will not be by me. ne is enough. So, it's up to others to help and see if anyone knows S-N-F LA's true identity, so the old name (if it has one) can be used. Gary

February 23, 2013	#26
saltmarsh Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: 2 miles south of Yoknapatawpha Zone 7b Posts: 662	Gary, 6 of 6 seeds germinated and have been potted up for an early plant out on the SNFLA. I'm just going to refer to them as Grapples so I can remember who's responsible.

March 4, 2013	#27
kevn357 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Parma, OH Posts: 147	http://tomatoville.com/showpost.php?...7&postcount=45 Above link is the thread Carolyn linked to with the post from tormato. I got a pack of this in the swap and had to google it! It led me here, of course. I WILL grow it for sure! Awesome name btw!

October 20, 2015	#28
Aerial Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: CA Posts: 410	Is Seek No Further Love Apple the same as Missouri Love Apple Tomato?

October 21, 2015	#29
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,961	No...

October 21, 2015	#30
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,594	SNFLA is growing for me right now. 2 plants in a 10 gal bag. 1 plant in a 7 gal bag. All at about 40-50 cm, and they're very healthy. Looking forward to the love apples.