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October 31, 2014 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Idaho
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Ernie's Plump x Ananas Noir F2
Ernie's Plump x Ananas Noir
Now at F2. Here's the story behind this cross: Ernie's Plump is one of the all time great sauce tomatoes. Super dense, low moisture, extremely low seed count, and rich, rich classic tomato taste. Also, in sheer poundage, the most productive tomato I've ever grown. Two years ago, I picked two full, paper grocery bags of fruit off of one plant. Ernie's Plump So, why mess with a good thing? Well, I also love Ananas Noir. I think it's beautiful, and has a wonderful, complex sweetness. It also makes delicious (all be it weird looking) sauce which is a bit on the sweet side. I want a dense, low moisture, low seed, PRODUCTIVE, tomato that tastes like a slightly sweeter Ernie's, and has the black/green bi/tri color look of Ananas Noir. In short, my own Holy grail sauce tomato. The F1 I grew last year -- Here's this year's F2's -- FY6-5 & FY6-6. Both would fulfill my goals for the project (assuming I could find the color I'm looking for, which is secondary to the other factors). I'll probably carry 6-5 forward, because it's denser and lower moisture. Big production out of both. However, I kind of lost interest in those when this one ripened up -- FY 6-8. I can't believe I didn't get a cut picture, but it's an orange/yellow/pink tricolor. Very nice, balanced taste. It wasn't nearly as productive as I'd like, but I'll overlook that for now, because I'm so smitten with it otherwise. For reasons I can't quite explain, I have faith this will result in a great tomato down the line. The best of the rest -- FY 6-2. Excellent production, average anything else. JL 11. Sweet bicolor, but I want something "richer" JL 6-1, JL 6-2, JL 6-3 JL 4. If only the taste was there..... Very good everything else. |
November 1, 2014 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Walla Walla, Washington
Posts: 360
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Very nicely done!
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March 27, 2016 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Idaho
Posts: 241
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2015 results -
FY 4-3. Early season, taste 7/10, green/pink interior. Getting carried forward. FY 4-5 Bicolor, average taste. L 8-3 Highly productive, but, unfortunately, weak taste. L 8-2nd. Also productive. Better taste. L 8-4 BC, good taste, sweet but not strong, early-mid season. |
June 5, 2016 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Sonoma County CA
Posts: 98
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Can't wait to see 2016's results
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