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Suze · June 10, 2011

Thanks, Duh. And your NARX F3 x ZebraHeart is looking great! Whatever colors it ends up being, I bet it's going to be pretty. Nice to see it's got such intense striping at the unripe stage.

Before I forget, I'd like to note that one of the non-striped NARX F3 x PBTD F2s I mentioned has a LOT of variability in fruit size. There is a term for this, but I can't recall what it is.

I picked some fruits that were over 5 oz today, surprised to see that since my plants are starting to decline in the heat, and if anything I'd expect the fruit to be getting smaller, not double the size of the first few I picked!

Now, I know the main purpose in this thread / Mark's offer was to find stripes, but I mention it because I really love the flavor of this non-striped one too and also because the one striped plant I got has never done that well (just my luck! - it is in a really bad spot).

So hard to say for sure what the size of those striped fruits might have been if the plant had done a little better.

June 10, 2011	#68
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Thanks, Duh. And your NARX F3 x ZebraHeart is looking great! Whatever colors it ends up being, I bet it's going to be pretty. Nice to see it's got such intense striping at the unripe stage. Before I forget, I'd like to note that one of the non-striped NARX F3 x PBTD F2s I mentioned has a LOT of variability in fruit size. There is a term for this, but I can't recall what it is. I picked some fruits that were over 5 oz today, surprised to see that since my plants are starting to decline in the heat, and if anything I'd expect the fruit to be getting smaller, not double the size of the first few I picked! Now, I know the main purpose in this thread / Mark's offer was to find stripes, but I mention it because I really love the flavor of this non-striped one too and also because the one striped plant I got has never done that well (just my luck! - it is in a really bad spot). So hard to say for sure what the size of those striped fruits might have been if the plant had done a little better.