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Old December 2, 2012   #3
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Originally Posted by habitat_gardener View Post
I was reading about the new Avant Gardener magazine (new editor, old mag) and came across this comment about an upcoming topic:

"Have you ever wondered what's the difference is between 'Striped German', 'Big Rainbow', and several other large-fruited yellow-and-red marbled tomatoes? There isn't. They are all names for the same variety and we explain why."
http://avantgardener.info/

I don't subscribe so I don't know what issue it was in (Sept. 2012 or later).

I grew Striped German this year and liked it, though it was late. I was wondering if anyone had seen any evidence that these bicolors are all the same variety.
No, they aren't exactly the same varieties and there's well over a couple of hundred of them SSE listed of which I've probably grown about 20 or so.

They may look similar, but even then the exterior blush isn'tthe same, as to extent, Mary Robinson is a good one in that regard. And they don't all taste or perform the same either.

If they did I wouldn 't have gold/red bicolor faves and I have to be honest and say that the gold/red bicolors aren't my faves anyway.

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