Frühe Liebe - another early PL tomato

Tania · May 23, 2006

Started from seed on Jan 18, germinated on Jan 27, first flower 50 days from germination, and the first ripe fruit is 109 days from germination (23 days from transplanting to the GH) -

Apr 22 (after transplanting)

May 22 - ripe fruit

Quite a healthy little fella - resembles Kimberly and Glacier, but 7 days earlier than Glacier this year (I don't have ripe Kimberly yet, it was started a bit later).

Suze · May 23, 2006

Tania--

Looks good. Taste??

Do the fruits have a 'point' on the blossom end like Kimberly?

Andrey_BY · May 23, 2006

This German "Early Love" looks very nice

patty_b · May 23, 2006

Andrey.....I have an "Early Love" from the Ukraine. When I read that German Fruhe Lidhe = Early Love, I
went outside to check mine........but it's not PL!

Tania.......I will watch to see if the tomato of this RL Early Love is anything close to yours. It is already blooming so should be fairly early for me if I can ever
get it in the ground........Patty

Andrey_BY · May 23, 2006

Patty, I've never heard about Ukrainian or Russian tomato variety with the name Early Love or Rannyaya Ljubov' (in Russian). So it could be the same German variety, but crossed or something...

Tania · May 23, 2006

in 2006 SSE Yearbook, there is a tomato listed as Quedlinburger Frue Liebe (...but I think they mispelled 'Frühe'...), with the following description:

Quote:

70 days, potato leaf, 1.5 to 2" red fruits, dimpled, 3 locule, possibly paste type, very good flavor, very old and rare, names means "Early Love of Qued Linburg", from SC CH C 92, non-commercial var. from Germany

The description matches what I have as 'Frühe Liebe'. My seeds are from Val (grungy) - Val, if you are reading this, do you remember what was the source of your seeds?

Suze - I haven't tasted it yet; will do today and post the results. It better be good!

Tania · May 23, 2006

Oh, forgot to mention - it does have a 'point' at the bottom

Tania · May 24, 2006

finally got around tasting the fruit - it is very good, sweet and has a bite at the same time (I am not good describing flavor, sorry

)

I thought it was as good as Kimberly, if not better. Definitely a keeper!

May 23, 2006	#1
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Frühe Liebe - another early PL tomato Started from seed on Jan 18, germinated on Jan 27, first flower 50 days from germination, and the first ripe fruit is 109 days from germination (23 days from transplanting to the GH) - Apr 22 (after transplanting) May 22 - ripe fruit Quite a healthy little fella - resembles Kimberly and Glacier, but 7 days earlier than Glacier this year (I don't have ripe Kimberly yet, it was started a bit later). __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

May 23, 2006	#3
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	This German "Early Love" looks very nice __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

May 23, 2006	#5
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Patty, I've never heard about Ukrainian or Russian tomato variety with the name Early Love or Rannyaya Ljubov' (in Russian). So it could be the same German variety, but crossed or something... __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

May 23, 2006	#7
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Oh, forgot to mention - it does have a 'point' at the bottom __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

May 24, 2006	#8
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	finally got around tasting the fruit - it is very good, sweet and has a bite at the same time (I am not good describing flavor, sorry ) I thought it was as good as Kimberly, if not better. Definitely a keeper! __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

May 23, 2006	#2
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Tania-- Looks good. Taste?? Do the fruits have a 'point' on the blossom end like Kimberly?

May 23, 2006	#4
patty_b Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 487	Andrey.....I have an "Early Love" from the Ukraine. When I read that German Fruhe Lidhe = Early Love, I went outside to check mine........but it's not PL! Tania.......I will watch to see if the tomato of this RL Early Love is anything close to yours. It is already blooming so should be fairly early for me if I can ever get it in the ground........Patty

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