First Purple Bumblebee

Labradors2 · July 23, 2014

I haven't tasted them yet but aren't they pretty?

Linda

RobinB · July 23, 2014

I don't think that's a Purple Bumblebee. It might be one of the other Bumblebees, but I don't see any stripes! How big is it? I can't tell from the photo.

It's pretty, let us know if it tastes good!

Here's a photo of what I got last year when I grew PB.

Robin

Labradors2 · July 23, 2014

Thanks for bringing this up Robin. I boobed and should have written Little Lucky!!! I have since changed the picture!!!!!

My PBB's look just like yours and my plant is petite compared to all the other plants, but pumping them out.

Linda

momato · July 23, 2014

Mine looks the same as labradors

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SharonRossy · July 23, 2014

Ok Linda, I'm getting seriously jealous! I picked three sun sugars today that just started turning color before the squirrels grabbed them and I considered that a bonus!
Sharon

KarenO · July 23, 2014

my pink bumble bee is going to be first before my purple. lovely trusses of greenies and lots of them on both plants. just barely starting to turn color.
KarenO

AlittleSalt · July 23, 2014

Labradors2 and RobinB, those pictures are really cool. (Cough, showing my age)

How do they taste?

RobinB · July 24, 2014

They were really good and very prolific. Next year, I plan to try some of the other colors.

Cole_Robbie · July 24, 2014

I loved my PBB. Flavor is excellent.

jmsieglaff · August 1, 2014

I'm growing PBB for the first time this year. They sure are a beautiful tomato. Meaty, fairly firm (would work well for market growers IMO), very tomatoy flavor, moderate sweetness--good tomato. I find I like them best as ripe as possible. For my taste buds I'd prefer more of an acid zing to them, but overall an enjoyable tomato.

svalli · August 12, 2014

How stable is Purple Bumblebee?

I have three plants and I have got some ripe tomatoes from two of them earlier, but they have been more green than purple, even when already getting soft. Finally the third plant has ripe ones and those are the color I expected. It also seems that the fruits on the green ones are slightly larger.

Fred Hempel · August 12, 2014

Svalli,

If you are in Finland, I am assuming that you got your seeds via trade, and they were from lines released to friends, or sold on our website last year.

The line sold by Johnny's this year (and other seed companies) is stable.

The line sold last year on our "Artisan Seeds" website, and distributed via informal networks occasionally segregates for a "green bumble-bee" like the ones you showed above.

Fred Hempel · August 12, 2014

Oh... look who's the "Tomato of the Day" in Chicagoland.

Redbaron · August 12, 2014

Sweet! Two thumbs up.

Dutch · August 12, 2014

Congratulations to "Purple Bumblebee" for being the "Tomato of the Day" in Chicago.

July 23, 2014	#3
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,887	Thanks for bringing this up Robin. I boobed and should have written Little Lucky!!! I have since changed the picture!!!!! My PBB's look just like yours and my plant is petite compared to all the other plants, but pumping them out. Linda Last edited by Labradors2; July 23, 2014 at 04:02 PM.

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Redbaron Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 4,488	Sweet! Two thumbs up. __________________ 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

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Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	Congratulations to "Purple Bumblebee" for being the "Tomato of the Day" in Chicago. Last edited by Dutch; August 12, 2014 at 05:48 PM. Reason: Clairify

July 23, 2014	#4
momato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: baltimore Posts: 53	Mine looks the same as labradors Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

July 23, 2014	#5
SharonRossy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,140	Ok Linda, I'm getting seriously jealous! I picked three sun sugars today that just started turning color before the squirrels grabbed them and I considered that a bonus! Sharon

July 23, 2014	#6
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	my pink bumble bee is going to be first before my purple. lovely trusses of greenies and lots of them on both plants. just barely starting to turn color. KarenO

July 23, 2014	#7
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Labradors2 and RobinB, those pictures are really cool. (Cough, showing my age) How do they taste?

July 24, 2014	#8
RobinB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Near Reno, NV Posts: 1,621	They were really good and very prolific. Next year, I plan to try some of the other colors.

July 24, 2014	#9
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I loved my PBB. Flavor is excellent.

August 1, 2014	#10
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	I'm growing PBB for the first time this year. They sure are a beautiful tomato. Meaty, fairly firm (would work well for market growers IMO), very tomatoy flavor, moderate sweetness--good tomato. I find I like them best as ripe as possible. For my taste buds I'd prefer more of an acid zing to them, but overall an enjoyable tomato.

August 12, 2014	#12
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Svalli, If you are in Finland, I am assuming that you got your seeds via trade, and they were from lines released to friends, or sold on our website last year. The line sold by Johnny's this year (and other seed companies) is stable. The line sold last year on our "Artisan Seeds" website, and distributed via informal networks occasionally segregates for a "green bumble-bee" like the ones you showed above.