S. pimpinellifolium F1

frogsleap farm · July 19, 2015

A couple winters ago Dar Jones (Fusion) sent me seed of a couple S. pimpinellifolium lines he found interesting. He noted one had very dark red flesh, and I made a cross to my striped Sungold line. This is a photo of the F1 fruit - faint striping, deep orange color and very good flavor. There will be striped sergeants in the F2, anyone interested in helping with a grow out?

maf · July 19, 2015

Yes please!

I am growing out several orange F1 hybrid cherries/grapes this year for a taste comparison and will be able to put the best of them up against your F2 next year...

heirloomtomaguy · July 19, 2015

You can count me in pm sent

BreedersUnited · July 20, 2015

Yes, please!

dfollett · July 20, 2015

PM sent.

NarnianGarden · July 20, 2015

Yes, I'm game!

**Lee** · July 20, 2015

Yes, I'd be happy to help out in any way you need.

Lee

jbond007 · July 20, 2015

I would be happy to help out. I was just starting my list for next year.

Locomatto · July 20, 2015

I'd love to help as well :-) ... PM sent

frogsleap farm · July 20, 2015

Thanks everyone for the interest. I think we have the right number of cooperators on this project - I'll have seed to send this fall to all those that have currently expressed interest, but probably no more at this time.

Mark

heirloomtomaguy · July 20, 2015

Thanks Mark!

crmauch · July 20, 2015

I'll be happy to help out, but it looks like I missed the cut off.

bower · July 20, 2015

These look amazing!

Wish I had more space.

frogsleap farm · July 20, 2015

With 8 or so collaborators, we should have enough F2 plants to find almost every possible combination of traits from the parents. My general thoughts: 1) from the S. pimpinellafolium parent we want small fruit size (currant), long fruit trusses (10+ in the F1), and perhaps improved leaf disease resistance (F1 looks pretty darn good in a tough year); and 2) from the striped Sungold parent we want stripes, flavor (F1 is good +), and the range of flesh colors coming from a Del or B/gf parent.

I think in the F2 we will find both red and orange fleshed fruit with either gold or green stripes in a range of sizes between currant and cherry. I hope we can capture Sungold flavor and fruit in long trusses with very good tolerance to cracking and plants with excellent plant health.

I'd like anyone finding anything close to one of the above objectives to provide seed back to me, and I will share the next generation seed with the original collaborators that would like to continue to be involved.

If you have not already done so, please send me your mailing address and how many F2 plants you can plant.

Please share results here. Good luck and thanks.

Mark

**Lee** · July 20, 2015

I've got plenty of diseases here to test for! So if it survives my NC garden, you'll know it's good!

Lee

July 19, 2015	#2
maf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 512	Yes please! I am growing out several orange F1 hybrid cherries/grapes this year for a taste comparison and will be able to put the best of them up against your F2 next year... Last edited by maf; July 19, 2015 at 06:51 PM.

July 19, 2015	#3
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	You can count me in pm sent __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

July 20, 2015	#7
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,186	Yes, I'd be happy to help out in any way you need. Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

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heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Thanks Mark! __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

July 20, 2015	#15
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,186	I've got plenty of diseases here to test for! So if it survives my NC garden, you'll know it's good! Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

July 20, 2015	#4
BreedersUnited Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: North Dakota Posts: 10	Yes, please!

July 20, 2015	#5
dfollett Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Utah Posts: 693	PM sent.

July 20, 2015	#6
NarnianGarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Finland, EU Posts: 2,550	Yes, I'm game!

July 20, 2015	#8
jbond007 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Everett, WA (Zn 8) Posts: 101	I would be happy to help out. I was just starting my list for next year.

July 20, 2015	#9
Locomatto Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 59	I'd love to help as well :-) ... PM sent

July 20, 2015	#10
frogsleap farm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 568	Thanks everyone for the interest. I think we have the right number of cooperators on this project - I'll have seed to send this fall to all those that have currently expressed interest, but probably no more at this time. Mark

July 20, 2015	#12
crmauch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Honey Brook, PA Zone 6b Posts: 399	I'll be happy to help out, but it looks like I missed the cut off.

July 20, 2015	#13
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	These look amazing! Wish I had more space.