Name These Varieties, Please?

flowerpower · May 1, 2007

My mom gave me a Ladie's Home Journal. They are offering an Heirloom Tomato Collection through White Flower Farms. Does anyone know what the very pleated red BS is? Or the one on the top of all the others? The pic doesn't match the varieties they are offering. Thanks

http://www.lhj.com/bhg/store/product...id=prodm955100

feldon30 · May 1, 2007

I am guessing that is a stock image as NONE of the tomatoes in the picture match the list of varieties mentioned.

Worth1 · May 1, 2007

I agree with Morgan on this one.

Worth

**carolyn137** · May 1, 2007

Maybe the small one in the front is representative of a Gold/red bicolor such as German Striped, and the one on top of that one Could be Orange Strawberry or Orange Oxheart and the yellow ones in the upper right look like they could be a yellow stuffer type from the bottoms of them, but good heavens why did they list varieties and then show pictures that don't match.

Please don'tanswer that question.

And they want about $40 for those?

Tomstrees · May 1, 2007

Orange Strawberry & Yellow Stuffer on top right ?

~ Tom

sirtanon · May 1, 2007

I have to agree with Feldon - none of those listed names match the tomatoes in the photo.. with the POSSIBLE exception of the Black Prince, but that's pushing it.

gardenmama · May 1, 2007

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And they want about $40 for those?

That's a bargain for 6 plants!! Check out what they want for just ONE plant at the White Flower Farm site. And that doesn't include shipping

http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/07-tomato-varieties.html

Oh, and Craig or Carolyn, would you like to tell them about the correct color of OTV Brandywine or should they just let folks be surprised when it turns out to be red instead of the yellow it's shown to be on the website. And, isn't it a RL variety? The blurb says it's PL.

(I have got to raise my prices..........nah)

**nctomatoman** · May 1, 2007

Yes - I would say that you have, in that pic, Yellow Stuffer, any of hundreds of reds (sure it could be Moskovich - or Red Brandywine, or Druzba...etc), Black Prince, any of dozens of bicolors (sure, it could be Striped German), and what looks something like Costoluto Genovese - topped off by an Orange Russian 117. So pic and description are a poor match - and 40.00 for 6 plants in 3 inch pots? add 10.00 for shipping and you get 50.00 for 6 plants, or a brilliant 8 plus change for plant!!!!

...and I was feeling bad about having to raise my prices this year....

Caveat Emptor!!!!!!

**carolyn137** · May 1, 2007

Oh, and Craig or Carolyn, would you like to tell them about the correct color of OTV Brandywine or should they just let folks be surprised when it turns out to be red instead of the yellow it's shown to be on the website. And, isn't it a RL variety? The blurb says it's PL.

*****

Martha, I didn't go cruising around at their site after I saw the first picture.

Yes, OTV Brandywine is red and yes it is PL.

lumierefrere · May 1, 2007

You have to go to White Flower Farm to appreciate why they would sell 6 plants for $40. They are in Litchfield where the richest of rich silly New York Weekenders go to feel like country folk. They dress like city folk think country folk should dress like--which means if you went to town wearing your chaps after a morning working in the barn, they looked at you like you were dirty/beneath them. It's a great nursery with fine, superfine stock, tho. $40 is not too much for these scatterbrained millionaires to pay for real heirlooms. (Nowhere NEAR enough if you ask me)

Worth1 · May 1, 2007

Sounds like my kind of place.

Worth

flowerpower · May 1, 2007

Thanks everyone for looking and suggestions.After checking out some more pics, I think that bicolor is Orange Russian 117. What a great looking tomato.

See how much I have learned here ? I knew the pic did not match the varieties

And I did think that yellow was a stuffer. They also have 2 other tomato offers listed at the bottom of the page. There are not even enough varieties in the pics.

White Flower Farm is never cheap on anything.lol But their flowers are very good quality.

**carolyn137** · May 2, 2007

I think that bicolor is Orange Russian 117. What a great looking tomato.

*****

If you mean the one in the front with that reddish/pink blush I don't think it's Orange Russian #117 b'c the fruits on that one are heart shaped and the one sitting there in front sure isn't heart shaped that I can see.

And yes, I have grown Orange Russian 117.

**nctomatoman** · May 2, 2007

There are two that are blushed - Striped German could be the oblate one, Orange Russian 117 the heart shaped one.

flowerpower · May 3, 2007

I mean the heart-shaped one on top of all the others. That is Russian 117, no?

May 1, 2007	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Maybe the small one in the front is representative of a Gold/red bicolor such as German Striped, and the one on top of that one Could be Orange Strawberry or Orange Oxheart and the yellow ones in the upper right look like they could be a yellow stuffer type from the bottoms of them, but good heavens why did they list varieties and then show pictures that don't match. Please don'tanswer that question. And they want about $40 for those? __________________ Carolyn

May 1, 2007	#5
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	Orange Strawberry & Yellow Stuffer on top right ? ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

May 1, 2007	#6
sirtanon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ (zone 9b) Posts: 796	I have to agree with Feldon - none of those listed names match the tomatoes in the photo.. with the POSSIBLE exception of the Black Prince, but that's pushing it. __________________ I could sail by on the winds of silence, and maybe they won't notice... but this time I think it would be better if I swim..

May 1, 2007	#8
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Yes - I would say that you have, in that pic, Yellow Stuffer, any of hundreds of reds (sure it could be Moskovich - or Red Brandywine, or Druzba...etc), Black Prince, any of dozens of bicolors (sure, it could be Striped German), and what looks something like Costoluto Genovese - topped off by an Orange Russian 117. So pic and description are a poor match - and 40.00 for 6 plants in 3 inch pots? add 10.00 for shipping and you get 50.00 for 6 plants, or a brilliant 8 plus change for plant!!!! ...and I was feeling bad about having to raise my prices this year.... Caveat Emptor!!!!!! __________________ Craig

May 1, 2007	#9
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Oh, and Craig or Carolyn, would you like to tell them about the correct color of OTV Brandywine or should they just let folks be surprised when it turns out to be red instead of the yellow it's shown to be on the website. And, isn't it a RL variety? The blurb says it's PL. ***** Martha, I didn't go cruising around at their site after I saw the first picture. Yes, OTV Brandywine is red and yes it is PL. __________________ Carolyn

May 1, 2007	#1
flowerpower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Catskill Mountains, NY Z5 Posts: 94	Name These Varieties, Please? My mom gave me a Ladie's Home Journal. They are offering an Heirloom Tomato Collection through White Flower Farms. Does anyone know what the very pleated red BS is? Or the one on the top of all the others? The pic doesn't match the varieties they are offering. Thanks http://www.lhj.com/bhg/store/product...id=prodm955100

May 1, 2007	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	I am guessing that is a stock image as NONE of the tomatoes in the picture match the list of varieties mentioned.

May 1, 2007	#3
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I agree with Morgan on this one. Worth

May 1, 2007	#10
lumierefrere Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Zone 4 NY Posts: 772	You have to go to White Flower Farm to appreciate why they would sell 6 plants for $40. They are in Litchfield where the richest of rich silly New York Weekenders go to feel like country folk. They dress like city folk think country folk should dress like--which means if you went to town wearing your chaps after a morning working in the barn, they looked at you like you were dirty/beneath them. It's a great nursery with fine, superfine stock, tho. $40 is not too much for these scatterbrained millionaires to pay for real heirlooms. (Nowhere NEAR enough if you ask me)

May 1, 2007	#11
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Sounds like my kind of place. Worth

May 2, 2007	#13
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I think that bicolor is Orange Russian 117. What a great looking tomato. ***** If you mean the one in the front with that reddish/pink blush I don't think it's Orange Russian #117 b'c the fruits on that one are heart shaped and the one sitting there in front sure isn't heart shaped that I can see. And yes, I have grown Orange Russian 117. __________________ Carolyn

May 3, 2007	#15
flowerpower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Catskill Mountains, NY Z5 Posts: 94	I mean the heart-shaped one on top of all the others. That is Russian 117, no?