Pics Fixed? Cossack Pineapple Pic and Question

NCTIM · May 21, 2006

Hello folks,

How do you know when it's ripe?

Tim

**nctomatoman** · May 21, 2006

Tim, your pics are not showing tonight - at least using my browser! (I get just red Xs in small boxes).

They are ripe when they drop off, though are sweeter if the husk goes brown and dry. Taste them at different stages to see how ripe you should get them for your taste. I have mine growing in a pot.

**carolyn137** · May 22, 2006

I can't see the pictures either but I'm curious to know if you're referring to the tomatillo Cossack Pineapple or the tomato variety Cossack?

I know, I know, if I saw the pictures I'd know which one.

But I did get kinda faked out one time when someone used the name Cossack Pineapple and it turned out to be the large orange tomato variety Cossack.

amideutch · May 22, 2006

Right click on box and click on open image.

**carolyn137** · May 22, 2006

Right click on box and click on open image.

I did the minute I saw the red X in the box b'c right clicking usually does work, but it didn't for me, in this particular case.

Did it work for you?

**nctomatoman** · May 22, 2006

The right click thing must have particular server dependencies, because it does not work for me (I use Exporer). I can't see any of the pics Tim's posted anywhere here at Tville.

PNW_D · May 22, 2006

Strange, usually I am the one that can't see images - does this work ......

NCTIM · May 22, 2006

I just don't understand what's going on. Mischka is trying to help. I see some of them here on the computer at work now but I didn't see any here earlier.

Thanks for the comments. I hope to have this resolved soon.

Tim

bcday · May 22, 2006

I am using Netscape and I didn't even see a red X or a box -- there's just empty space there, nothing to right-click on. I was able to see the pics by going thru "view page source" and copying the URL from there.

**Mischka** · May 22, 2006

I'm working on it - should be able to see them soon.

amideutch · May 22, 2006

I'm using opera for my browser. I went to explorer and had the same problems you'all had.

hunter · May 23, 2006

That plant looks exactly like the "Cape Gooseberry" I used to grow when I lived in GA. I think Cossack Pineapple was another common name for it. It's a delicious little "tomato/tomatillo"! The fruit always turned yellowish for me and the "husk" would open. They rarely made it in from the garden!

bcday · May 23, 2006

I can see the pics now right in the thread, so I think the pic problem is fixed.

**nctomatoman** · May 23, 2006

Looks good. Tim, have any dropped yet? Have you tasted it? One thing to watch - they are quite sweet and tend to attract small ants (they also attract my dogs, who eat all of the dropped fruit before I can get to them if I turn my back on them!). What do you think???

NCTIM · May 23, 2006

Thanks again BC.

Hunter my wife tasted them at last years Tomatopalooza. She loved them and requested ( she said, "grow 'em or else" ) that I grow it next year.

Craig I haven't seen any drop yet and I have not tried one yet either. I am growing it in the front yard away from my dogs and other 'maters. I have eagerly awaited these as much or more than anything else so I hope they'll ripen soon.

Tim

May 21, 2006	#1
NCTIM Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: zone 8 NC Posts: 286	Pics Fixed? Cossack Pineapple Pic and Question Hello folks, How do you know when it's ripe? Tim __________________ "You can observe a lot by just watching." - Yogi Berra

May 21, 2006	#2
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Tim, your pics are not showing tonight - at least using my browser! (I get just red Xs in small boxes). They are ripe when they drop off, though are sweeter if the husk goes brown and dry. Taste them at different stages to see how ripe you should get them for your taste. I have mine growing in a pot. __________________ Craig

May 22, 2006	#3
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I can't see the pictures either but I'm curious to know if you're referring to the tomatillo Cossack Pineapple or the tomato variety Cossack? I know, I know, if I saw the pictures I'd know which one. But I did get kinda faked out one time when someone used the name Cossack Pineapple and it turned out to be the large orange tomato variety Cossack. __________________ Carolyn

May 22, 2006	#4
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Can't open images Right click on box and click on open image.

May 22, 2006	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Right click on box and click on open image. I did the minute I saw the red X in the box b'c right clicking usually does work, but it didn't for me, in this particular case. Did it work for you? __________________ Carolyn

May 22, 2006	#7
PNW_D Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Coast, Canada Posts: 961	Strange, usually I am the one that can't see images - does this work ...... __________________ D.

May 22, 2006	#9
bcday Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NY z5 Posts: 1,205	I am using Netscape and I didn't even see a red X or a box -- there's just empty space there, nothing to right-click on. I was able to see the pics by going thru "view page source" and copying the URL from there.

May 22, 2006	#10
Mischka Tomatoville® Administrator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Bay State Posts: 3,207	I'm working on it - should be able to see them soon. __________________ Mischka One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: "Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved." No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail.

May 23, 2006	#12
hunter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 213	That plant looks exactly like the "Cape Gooseberry" I used to grow when I lived in GA. I think Cossack Pineapple was another common name for it. It's a delicious little "tomato/tomatillo"! The fruit always turned yellowish for me and the "husk" would open. They rarely made it in from the garden!