"White" Grape Tomatoes from H-E-B???

bigbubbacain · August 29, 2018

I apologize if has already been discussed, but I haven't been here in a very long time. Here in Texas, we have our beloved H-E-B Grocery Store chain to spoil us with amazing produce. It's where I go to look when my tomato season has ended. I found interesting grape tomatoes that are a creamy, pale yellow in color. I attached a photo. Does this seem vaguely familiar to any variety you all might aware of?

pmcgrady · August 29, 2018

Barry's Crazy Cherry, maybe?

pmcgrady · August 29, 2018

Mine aren't that big, but you're in Texas, and everything is big compared to here.

AlittleSalt · August 29, 2018

I will look the next time I go shopping at HEB - which will be soon. They do have a good sized section of cherry tomatoes to choose from. Actually for a grocery store, they have the largest selection of cherry tomatoes that I have seen.

nyrfan · August 29, 2018

The blossom-ends of Barry's Crazy Cherry are sharply-pointed, rather than rounded.

zipcode · August 30, 2018

I mean, it's 98% likely it's a hybrid. Probably quite a new one. I've seen them in commercial mixes only starting last year.

bigbubbacain · August 30, 2018

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Originally Posted by zipcode

I mean, it's 98% likely it's a hybrid. Probably quite a new one. I've seen them in commercial mixes only starting last year.

Yes, I would imagine that you're correct about it being a hybrid. Please let me know if you ever find a name for the variety.

bigbubbacain · August 30, 2018

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

I will look the next time I go shopping at HEB - which will be soon. They do have a good sized section of cherry tomatoes to choose from. Actually for a grocery store, they have the largest selection of cherry tomatoes that I have seen.

You can find them in a variety pack with a 'Kumato' type grape variety and an ordinary red grape type. The label on the package referred to it as "Sweet Trio" and they weren't too shabby for grocery store tomatoes.

Goodloe · September 4, 2018

I grew this one this past season. Looks almost identical to your picture. 20180701_111553.jpg

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20180904_181427.jpg It's called "Snow White". I got it as a bonus from Tomato Growers Supply...It's a great snacker, and yes, it is a hybrid...

MikeInCypress · September 4, 2018

The OP tomato is definitely NOT Snow White. I've grown Snow White for years and is a 3/4" to 1" globe. It is not a Grape Tomato. These look like Medovaya Kaplya except these are more "White"

MikeInCypress

FarmerShawn · September 5, 2018

Agree, not Snow White, which is not a hybrid, and which I, too, have grown for years (from my own saved seed). I would like to know that variety and where seeds may be obtained; it would make a nice addition to my mix, hybrid or not!

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Goodloe · September 5, 2018

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Agree, not Snow White, which is not a hybrid, and which I, too, have grown for years (from my own saved seed). I would like to know that variety and where seeds may be obtained; it would make a nice addition to my mix, hybrid or not!

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Ok, so what is it I grew from that seed packet? Not Snow White? I didn't bother to save seeds, since I thought it was a hybrid. I'm confused....

HudsonValley · September 7, 2018

Perhaps it's Syngenta's "Ivorino"? https://www.sival-innovation.com/en/ivorino/

Syngenta, a global agribusiness company, does do business in the U.S.

hl2601 · September 8, 2018

Looks an awful lot like the Chang Li grape tomato I grew this season. We really liked that one.

Goodloe · September 8, 2018

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Looks an awful lot like the Chang Li grape tomato I grew this season. We really liked that one.

It does look a lot like that. Is Chang Li a hybrid?

September 4, 2018	#9
Goodloe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Steens, MS 8a Posts: 410	I grew this one this past season. Looks almost identical to your picture. 20180701_111553.jpg 20180721_111118.jpg 20180904_181427.jpg It's called "Snow White". I got it as a bonus from Tomato Growers Supply...It's a great snacker, and yes, it is a hybrid... __________________ ~Jon~ Downheah, Mississippi

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MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	The OP tomato is definitely NOT Snow White. I've grown Snow White for years and is a 3/4" to 1" globe. It is not a Grape Tomato. These look like Medovaya Kaplya except these are more "White" MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

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FarmerShawn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,001	Agree, not Snow White, which is not a hybrid, and which I, too, have grown for years (from my own saved seed). I would like to know that variety and where seeds may be obtained; it would make a nice addition to my mix, hybrid or not! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ "Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!" -- Tommy Smothers

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pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Barry's Crazy Cherry, maybe?

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I will look the next time I go shopping at HEB - which will be soon. They do have a good sized section of cherry tomatoes to choose from. Actually for a grocery store, they have the largest selection of cherry tomatoes that I have seen.

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nyrfan Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: NJ Posts: 123	The blossom-ends of Barry's Crazy Cherry are sharply-pointed, rather than rounded.

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zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	I mean, it's 98% likely it's a hybrid. Probably quite a new one. I've seen them in commercial mixes only starting last year.

September 7, 2018	#13
HudsonValley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a Posts: 626	Perhaps it's Syngenta's "Ivorino"? https://www.sival-innovation.com/en/ivorino/ Syngenta, a global agribusiness company, does do business in the U.S.