What has really surprised me this year as far as crosses is how much luck is involved in terms of finding good flavor in the F1. If you've been following the R&D thread on the Dwarf project, there are some pretty good flavored tomatoes being crossed that are leading to some pretty bland tasting hybrids (of all of the 10 dwarfs F1s we are growing, seems as though Sleazy A and Witty are the two with pretty good flavor). That of course doesn't mean that there are really good finds to be made when we take this further into the F2, F3 and beyond.
It is just clear that crossing two very good flavored tomatoes doesn't mean you are going to get a great - or even good - flavored hybrid!
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Craig
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