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July 26, 2013 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Evansville, IN
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"Rusty Randy" F3
Working name: "Rusty Randy"
This is one of several F3 lines from the same original F2 germplasm. This one has a "rusty" sort of copper oxide finish with green-when-ripe flesh. Other lines are yellow, yellow with red bicolor streaks, far more red exterior staining across bottom 2/3 of fruit but green-when-ripe interior, etc. There seems to be potential for many variations of outside appearance with yellow bicolor and green-when-ripe interiors. This is not one of my crosses. I'm using these lines for pollen, because the parentage, which includes Malachite Box and NC 1 CELBR, offers unique color combinations, strong crack resistance, combined with potential Early Blight and Late Blight resistance. The original material came from Dr. Randy Gardner via a tomato growing friend of mine. If I understand Dr. Gardner correctly, he doesn't expect that I will get much Early Blight resistance, but there is a greater potential for Ph-2 and Ph-3 races of Late Blight resistance. I will try to get pictures of some of the other color combinations showing up on other vines. The vines are strong determinate and semi-determinate, most growing only to 4 feet tall, so far. Last edited by travis; July 26, 2013 at 07:56 AM. Reason: trying to get photos loaded properly |
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