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Originally Posted by crmauch
Does anyone know the genetics of Zolotoe Serdtse? Is it a high beta-carotene variety (like 97L97)? Or does it have more 'standard' orange genetics? (I think there's at least 3 ways to get to orange tomatoes genetically, maybe 4)
The description of it intrigues me, but I'm not breeding with any orange (I will raise and save however!) tomato that I can't verify is a high beta variety.
I grew 97L97 and while I completely concur it's a once and one, I thought it was very productive.
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My Zolotoe Serdtse X F1's had orange-red fruit, not red. This is what you'd expect of a Beta cross F1. If ZS had the tangerine orange gene, the F1 would be red.
I grew ZS at the same time as the F1's, and their fruit were all very similar to ZS - firm and bright orange - but slowly turning a shade redder at full ripe - definitely not a plain red.