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Originally Posted by MrsJustice
Thanks Mrs Carolyn
I will not change the Name but many people have this tomato listed as on the sour/or bitter side, when it is very sweet. I guess the Staff at the Seed Saver Exchange is still laughing at my request to change the name. I was almost joking!!!! I will not change the name but I do call them My Spaniards when I eat them.
The only problem that I am having is some or most list Muchamiel Tomatoes as bitter tasting or sour. ""They are not". Is it possible that some people are growing the Kumato that was developed with from the Muchamiel and others. I think thought natural cross.
Maybe, this year I will have time to fill out the paper work to list my varieties with them.
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Joyce, Kumato was not developed from Muchamiel, please see these links;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumato
http://www.kumato.com/en/Pages/Faq.aspx
And now Terry of the Secret Seed Cartel web site pointing out all the bad information that has been putout about Kumato.
http://tomatoaddict.blogspot.com/200...sso-bruno.html
It's not surprising to me that you might experience the taste of Muchamiel as sweet while others do not. That happens all the time with many varieties since taste is personal and perceptual and even has a human genetic factor involved.
Above you said that this year you might have time to do the paperwork to list your varieties with SSE .
Are you an SSE member now and have paid the dues? If so there's no paperwork necessary to become a listed member but yes, you do have to request and fill out the sheets for each variety you intend to list and return it by the due date which is usually in early November.
My choice, but I no longer list varieties for anything for the SSE paper yearbook nor the online version, etc.
Carolyn