Tomatoville® Gardening Forums


Notices

Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old July 7, 2014   #1
Fusion_power
Tomatovillian™
 
Fusion_power's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,250
Default Sunlucky finally getting stable

Keith M crossed Little Lucky X Sungold several years ago and had F2 plants in 2009 of which one was exceptionally good flavored and very sweet. I got a few seed and started growing and selecting from the offspring. This is an F5 plant with fruit that look and taste more like a very sweet apricot than a tomato. Sugar content is easily as high as Sungold with a distinctive tangy flavor from Little Lucky. Fruit quality is very high though the interior is a bit softer than I would prefer. Sungold's astringency is totally gone, meaning that people like me who can't stand the smell and taste of Sungold will love the flavor of this tomato. This is a salad and fresh eating tomato beyond anything else that I have grown.

Keith has a selected line from this cross that he is debating releasing.

Let me emphasize that I can't send anyone seed of this tomato at this time!

As you can see in the picture, it is susceptible to longitudinal cracking caused by excessive rainfall, but the cracks don't do much damage to the fruit. Color is a very eye pleasing red over yellowish orange. Size is 2.5 inches long by 1.25 inches wide with a very slight nipple on the bottom.

Last edited by Fusion_power; July 7, 2014 at 09:28 PM.
Fusion_power is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 7, 2014   #2
rags57078
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 278
Default

cool , I would like to try some after they get released
rags57078 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 7, 2014   #3
nancyruhl
Tomatovillian™
 
nancyruhl's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 1,051
Default

Wow, I don't think I have ever seen such a glowing report from you. Must really be something special. When you say it's "a salad and fresh eating tomato beyond anything else that I have grown", I'm all ears. Thanks for your work developing this gem.
nancyruhl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 7, 2014   #4
jmsieglaff
Tomatovillian™
 
jmsieglaff's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southern WI
Posts: 2,742
Default

Have you guys compared notes to your selections? If they are different enough maybe you could offer some?

Last edited by jmsieglaff; July 7, 2014 at 10:23 PM.
jmsieglaff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 7, 2014   #5
JJJessee
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Abingdon, Va
Posts: 184
Default

That's gonna be some tomato when you get it ready to go! Congratulations!
JJJessee is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 8, 2014   #6
bower
Tomatovillian™
 
bower's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,793
Default

Looks.. mouthwatering! Beautiful colour.
bower is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 8, 2014   #7
Tormato
Tomatovillian™
 
Tormato's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MA
Posts: 4,958
Default

Right on time, with the once a year tease.
Tormato is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 8, 2014   #8
carolyn137
Moderator Emeritus
 
carolyn137's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
Posts: 21,169
Default

I thought Keith made the original selection using the aroma of the leaves as a marker since he thought it was closely linked to the Sungold taste, whichmany like, but see below.

I know he sent seeds to Craig in Raleigh, LuckyCross being one of the parents , but I didn't know he sent seeds to you as well.

Is Keith still working with his original selection, however it looks like he's now working with one of your selections.

I didn't know you disliked Sungold F1 so strongly, I seldom see anyone post that they don't like it. But we all know that there's a lotof variables that go into the personal taste of a variety.

Carolyn, noting that Keith doesn't like the taste of Green Doctors, so there you go.
__________________
Carolyn
carolyn137 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 8, 2014   #9
JamesL
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Long Island NY
Posts: 1,992
Default

Nice looking tomato Dar, and I like your description.
Agree with you on Sungold - not a fan. You nailed it with astringent....
JamesL is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 8, 2014   #10
dustdevil
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: WI, USA Zone4
Posts: 1,887
Default

How many fruits on a truss?
dustdevil is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 8, 2014   #11
Fusion_power
Tomatovillian™
 
Fusion_power's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Alabama
Posts: 2,250
Default

There are up to 6 fruits in a single cluster. I picked about 20 ripe so far. It is tough to get them in the house. Somehow they wind up eaten.

Carolyn, Keith did not send me seed. I picked the fruit from the plant in Keith's back yard in 2009, with his permission. Segregation has been atrocious. Only one of those roughly 200 seed made a plant that produced something similar to the right flavor. I'm up to F5 now and it is starting to be consistent. A couple more generations of single plant selection should show if this one is stable.

Keith is working with a sibling line that he has been growing out and selecting. His is probably nearer stable than mine, I think he is up to F6 or F7 by now.
Fusion_power is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 10, 2014   #12
panhandler
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Northwest Florida
Posts: 49
Default

Consider me giddy. Those are two delicious parents. Very excited about this.
panhandler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old July 11, 2014   #13
LindyAdele
Tomatovillian™
 
LindyAdele's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 323
Default

That is a beautiful tomsto! What an exciting project, thanks for reviewing it for us. I will keep my eye out for this one in the years to come.
LindyAdele is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 8, 2015   #14
jmsieglaff
Tomatovillian™
 
jmsieglaff's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Southern WI
Posts: 2,742
Default

Any updates to this tomato?
jmsieglaff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old December 9, 2015   #15
BigVanVader
Tomatovillian™
 
BigVanVader's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Posts: 3,099
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by nancyruhl View Post
Wow, I don't think I have ever seen such a glowing report from you. Must really be something special. When you say it's "a salad and fresh eating tomato beyond anything else that I have grown", I'm all ears. Thanks for your work developing this gem.
This^

Hurry and release it though, I bet my son 20$ I could grow a tomato he liked. Maybe this is it.
BigVanVader is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:08 PM.


★ Tomatoville® is a registered trademark of Commerce Holdings, LLC ★ All Content ©2022 Commerce Holdings, LLC ★