neves ar

piegirl · June 26, 2006

wow - Neves AR has a central stem about the size of my thumb and looks like several stems maybe welded together - but very healthy. Question on the flowers - several just like regular yellow tom flower but several are these huge multi petaled flowers with very thick flower stems. Is one male, female or what? Can't wait to see what develops, she's about 4 1/2 high. Thanks in advance - piegirl - my first post on tomville!

MikeH · June 26, 2006

If I'm understanding correctly,sounds like you may have a double or triple blossem.If thats the case you will get a huge mishappened fruit.

It will still be good to eat,just cut up the good looking parts and enjoy!

NAR is one of my favorites.And just a single fruit gets pretty good sized here in my garden!

**Lee** · June 27, 2006

Agree with Mike. This is something I typically see on the
earliest blossoms... possibly due to environmental (cool
weather) conditons early.

By the way, Welcome to Tomatoville!

Lee

PaulF · June 27, 2006

Denise: Good to see you finally got on. The sister(brother??) plants to your NAR also have some doubles. One has set and if it continues to grow will be an interesting double tomato.

Tomstrees · June 27, 2006

funny -
my stem is like two stems
"fuzed" together ~
Like a super-mato !!!

~ Tom

Grub · June 27, 2006

Big fruits, good production, sturdy tree-like plant.
And what is more, the flavour is excellent.
Send one Down Under now

piegirl · June 27, 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtcm05

Welcome! I am growing NAR for the first time also and have noticed the same thing in regards to the stout central stem. Good luck with it.

She is about ready to set fruit and seems to grow several inches each day - someone mentioned tree-like and definitely to be caged. Now if I can just beat the squirrels! Paul - I should have snow whites for the 4th! Piegirl

KCMO_Don · June 28, 2006

Hey Tom (and anyone else that got NAR seeds from me)
The plant that I saved seed from had a freaking "STALK"

It was like 2-3 stems fused together!
I don't know if it's common for NAR but that's always been par for the course with my Neves plants.

**carolyn137** · June 28, 2006

(It was like 2-3 stems fused together!
I don't know if it's common for NAR but that's always been par for the course with my Neves plants.)

And was common from the first time I grew what we now know as Neves Azorean Red, seeds from Charlie Perry to me and Charlie got them from a cousin who got them from the man who owned the Neptune Harvest Seaweed Co near Boston.

Tony Neves used to trade fruits of this variety that he brought with him when he immigrated from the Azores, in return for Neptune Harvest fertilizer products.

June 26, 2006	#1
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	neves ar wow - Neves AR has a central stem about the size of my thumb and looks like several stems maybe welded together - but very healthy. Question on the flowers - several just like regular yellow tom flower but several are these huge multi petaled flowers with very thick flower stems. Is one male, female or what? Can't wait to see what develops, she's about 4 1/2 high. Thanks in advance - piegirl - my first post on tomville!

June 26, 2006	#2
MikeH Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Central Illinois Posts: 47	If I'm understanding correctly,sounds like you may have a double or triple blossem.If thats the case you will get a huge mishappened fruit. It will still be good to eat,just cut up the good looking parts and enjoy! NAR is one of my favorites.And just a single fruit gets pretty good sized here in my garden! __________________ Mike

June 27, 2006	#5
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	funny - my stem is like two stems "fuzed" together ~ Like a super-mato !!! ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

June 27, 2006	#6
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	NER Big fruits, good production, sturdy tree-like plant. And what is more, the flavour is excellent. Send one Down Under now

June 28, 2006	#8
KCMO_Don Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KANSAS Posts: 223	Hey Tom (and anyone else that got NAR seeds from me) The plant that I saved seed from had a freaking "STALK" It was like 2-3 stems fused together! I don't know if it's common for NAR but that's always been par for the course with my Neves plants. __________________ GIGGITY - GIGGITY

June 27, 2006	#3
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Agree with Mike. This is something I typically see on the earliest blossoms... possibly due to environmental (cool weather) conditons early. By the way, Welcome to Tomatoville! Lee

June 27, 2006	#4
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,289	Denise: Good to see you finally got on. The sister(brother??) plants to your NAR also have some doubles. One has set and if it continues to grow will be an interesting double tomato.

June 28, 2006	#9
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	(It was like 2-3 stems fused together! I don't know if it's common for NAR but that's always been par for the course with my Neves plants.) And was common from the first time I grew what we now know as Neves Azorean Red, seeds from Charlie Perry to me and Charlie got them from a cousin who got them from the man who owned the Neptune Harvest Seaweed Co near Boston. Tony Neves used to trade fruits of this variety that he brought with him when he immigrated from the Azores, in return for Neptune Harvest fertilizer products. __________________ Carolyn