Blossom end rot?

[Dinahsb]

Thank you for sharing the article. I do think I have over fertilized, and possibly made watering errors.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Dinahsb

Cherokee purple and golden ? Can't remember. Both heirloom

About the Golden one.

There are two possibilities that I know of that are heirlooms.

The first is below and two versions are known,one better fits the original description by Livingston.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...b=General_Info

And the other version which is more correct for how Livingston described it b'c it does have the blush at the blossom end

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...b=General_Info

I described and showed a picture of it in my heirloom tomato book and noted there that Livingston got a yellow tomato at a county fair,made some selections ,and named and released it in 1892.

The other possibility is

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...b=General_Info

Seeds are much more available for the USDA Golden Queen, so perhaps a nod to that one as to what you might have.

Do you remember where you bought the seeds from? Just curious.

Carolyn, who knows she SSE listed for several years it but no way is she going to riffle thru those yearbooks to confirm.

[Dinahsb]

It's Golden Queen