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Originally Posted by OneoftheEarls
So............. what I have are two packs with no donor names and one that says USDA Strain (1882 version by Livingston description) 8-12 oz. from Tomato Growers in FLA
Also states it has a pronounced pink blush. Which Carolyn says is NOT original. They also claim it has superior flavor than the other yellow strains.
So now I have to grow all three just to see the difference...I have BIG orange an yellow kinds....so now the quest is...which, (if any difference exists) tastes better.
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Earl, I'm the source to Linda at TGS and I just looked at her picture of Golden Queen USDA which is the same as the picture I show in my book as to coloration although hers shows reddish while my picture does not., so that's why I think there could be photography problems.
Pronounced pink blush?
That blush of pink I don't necessarily call pronounced, her choice of words, and in the years when I've grown the USDA strain that exterior blush is always there but extends upwards on the exterior to different degrees. Not a bicolor.
As I recall Linda was already offering Golden Queen so I hesitated sending her this USDA one, but did and let her make the choice and she did. I Also sent her Yellow Brandywine ( Platfoot) and hesitated about that one as well since she was already listing Yellow Brandywine. But she too much preferred the Platfoot one so listed that one.
BEtter taste than other yellow strains as you wrote above?
What linda wrote was " What makes this one superior is its superior flavor." And she could only be comparing it with the non USDA one that she'd grown before b'c that's the only other one that was offered for the many years before we got the USDA one that matched what Livingston wrote about it.
Weather conditions can be a BIG factor in color developent, that I know, I mean both exterior coloration and interior coloration with known ref/gold bicolors, as well as with so called blushes with many white and yellow varities that appear from time to time. But Livingston noted the blush on this one and actually it was a selection from a yeolow fruited one he'd gotten at a farmers market or such, so he must have grown it out several times to get what he got and released in 1882.