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Old May 28, 2010   #73
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Originally Posted by frogsleap farm View Post
I think that the speckled tomato is Scabitha from WBF, not Sophies Choice, an early red. Scabithat has the gold fleck trait (Gf) and is pretty distinct. The specks show up as dark green spots on a lighter green unripe fruit, then turn to yellow freckles on red fruit. The nipples on your photo are uncharacteristic of Scabiitha or P20 though.
Agree with Frogsleap that what you show is gold flecking which can be seen with several varieties, one is Depp's Pink Firefly. Gold flecking is partially genetic and partially not known, to date.

Goodwin, were you growing Scabitha? Or are you sure those are Sophie's Choice? I can't tell from the size, but the shape isn't quite right and I was the person who introduced Sophie many years ago and I've never seen gold fleck on it.
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