True North Tomatoes - Page 17

peebee · August 26, 2016

Wow I can't believe I didn't see this till now--congratulations KarenO!!! All your tomatoes look fantastic and I am so happy for you. That was a lot of work but your efforts paid off. Great job.

bower · August 31, 2016

Hey Karen, I'm glad to hear you got the next gen going in the new digs!

If you're sending out seed next year, I'll be putting that in my plans. So little space, but so much wonderful!

KarenO · September 3, 2016

F4 of the green/ pink bicolour heart. Potato leaf plant.
I am calling it Sundog aa it showed up as a fluke f3 segregation from the bicolour yellow heart I call midnight sun and its sort of a rainbow effect. Almost tricolour as there is yellow in there too imo.
This fruit is very ripe and very sweet but I find that This is one of those tomatoes you can eat quite green if you want to and it tastes good then as well. Very few seeds. Nearly solid about 8 oz. most productive and earliest interestingly of the F4s. Two small locules with a total of about 20 seeds in this fruit.
Not a seed collectors dream tomato but usually the later fruits have more
KarenO

ginger2778 · September 3, 2016

Wowza! Gorgeous doesn't begin to describe that.

KarenO · September 3, 2016

Thanks so much Marsha, this cross is turning out to be all I had hoped for and way more besides.
Soon I will be able to work on the delicious CL cross. There are some amazing F2 beefsteaks to choose from. Also, in my search for hearts exclusively I set aside some beautiful beefsteaks from this one as well. Couple of crosses have given me years and years worth of work

not to mention the KARMA cherries as well ...
Enjoying the process
Karen

efisakov · September 4, 2016

KarenO, this tomato reminded me the inside colors of some variety of a red plum. It looks so delicious and beautiful, of cause. Great job, as usual.

ginger2778 · September 4, 2016

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Originally Posted by KarenO

Thanks so much Marsha, this cross is turning out to be all I had hoped for and way more besides.
Soon I will be able to work on the delicious CL cross. There are some amazing F2 beefsteaks to choose from. Also, in my search for hearts exclusively I set aside some beautiful beefsteaks from this one as well. Couple of crosses have given me years and years worth of work

not to mention the KARMA cherries as well ...
Enjoying the process
Karen

I can see where you may become like most of the breeders, they only grow lots of F gens of their crosses, and they couldn't care less about already OP varieties. Natural evolution as I see it. There's too much to discover, and too little garden space!

Bravo, Karen!

bower · September 4, 2016

Pretty fruit, KarenO.

But did you know I had a selection last year named Sundog? I'm growing the F3 this year and found the one I was looking for - full Beta orange with gf, determinate, so will be growing the F4 out next year for sure.
I named it for the radial stripes which look like the sundogs we commonly see here over the water. These are just ripening.

KarenO · September 4, 2016

Nice one Bower, looks wonderful. I didn't know you had used the name. I can think of something else for this one.
The name doesn't matter too much but the tomato does

.
Something northern...
Ideas folks?
KarenO

bower · September 4, 2016

Hmmm I love your northern names... looking at that sweet fruit the long streaks of color remind me of a few northern things... sled trails... or ice fjords where you gaze down into the depths. But I'm just imagining the sun or sunset light falling on them, and I don't know special words for those things.

KarenO · September 4, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginger2778

I can see where you may become like most of the breeders, they only grow lots of F gens of their crosses, and they couldn't care less about already OP varieties. Natural evolution as I see it. There's too much to discover, and too little garden space!

Bravo, Karen!

Not likely, there are too many amazing ones I want to try from everyone else. I just need more room...
KO

sjamesNorway · September 4, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarenO

Nice one Bower, looks wonderful. I didn't know you had used the name. I can think of something else for this one.
The name doesn't matter too much but the tomato does

.
Something northern...
Ideas folks?
KarenO

I don't know about a name, but your beautiful tomato looks a lot like this phenomenon, which we get fairly often here in Norway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_iridescence A direct translation of the Norwegian name for it is "mother-of-pearl clouds".

Steve

KarenO · September 4, 2016

The opposite of midnight sun in northern terms is polar night so maybe that is a fun name.
KO

ginger2778 · September 4, 2016

I think of a dark tomato when I see night. How does BC sunset, or Canadian Sunstreak feel?

bower · September 4, 2016

Yum, those "Rainbow Clouds" are as pretty as the tomato for sure!

KarenO, the pink and green also reminds me of those beautiful patches of wildflowers in the tundra in summertime.
"River Beauty" is the name of a gorgeous pink one - actually a type of dwarf fireweed, that is important as a food in the far north, as well as a sight to behold.
check it out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamerion_latifolium

September 4, 2016	#246
efisakov Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NJ, zone 7 Posts: 3,162	KarenO, this tomato reminded me the inside colors of some variety of a red plum. It looks so delicious and beautiful, of cause. Great job, as usual. __________________ Ella God comes along and says, "I think I'm going to create THE tomato!”

August 26, 2016	#241
peebee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Southern CA Posts: 1,714	Wow I can't believe I didn't see this till now--congratulations KarenO!!! All your tomatoes look fantastic and I am so happy for you. That was a lot of work but your efforts paid off. Great job.

August 31, 2016	#242
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Hey Karen, I'm glad to hear you got the next gen going in the new digs! If you're sending out seed next year, I'll be putting that in my plans. So little space, but so much wonderful!

September 3, 2016	#244
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Wowza! Gorgeous doesn't begin to describe that.

September 3, 2016	#245
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	Thanks so much Marsha, this cross is turning out to be all I had hoped for and way more besides. Soon I will be able to work on the delicious CL cross. There are some amazing F2 beefsteaks to choose from. Also, in my search for hearts exclusively I set aside some beautiful beefsteaks from this one as well. Couple of crosses have given me years and years worth of work not to mention the KARMA cherries as well ... Enjoying the process Karen

September 4, 2016	#249
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	Nice one Bower, looks wonderful. I didn't know you had used the name. I can think of something else for this one. The name doesn't matter too much but the tomato does . Something northern... Ideas folks? KarenO

September 4, 2016	#250
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Hmmm I love your northern names... looking at that sweet fruit the long streaks of color remind me of a few northern things... sled trails... or ice fjords where you gaze down into the depths. But I'm just imagining the sun or sunset light falling on them, and I don't know special words for those things.

September 4, 2016	#253
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	The opposite of midnight sun in northern terms is polar night so maybe that is a fun name. KO

September 4, 2016	#254
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	I think of a dark tomato when I see night. How does BC sunset, or Canadian Sunstreak feel?

September 4, 2016	#255
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Yum, those "Rainbow Clouds" are as pretty as the tomato for sure! KarenO, the pink and green also reminds me of those beautiful patches of wildflowers in the tundra in summertime. "River Beauty" is the name of a gorgeous pink one - actually a type of dwarf fireweed, that is important as a food in the far north, as well as a sight to behold. check it out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamerion_latifolium