Red Ildi

Fusion_power · August 6, 2012

I grew 3 Ildi plants in my garden this year. Two of them were typical yellow fruiting Ildi plants. One of them is producing some decent flavored red fruits the same size and shape as Ildi. From the overall color, it is possible the pollen parent was pink. The cross of pink X Ildi would give this color. Flavor is a huge improvement over Ildi. Fruit set is rampant multiflora with typically 20 to 30 fruits per raceme as compared to the Ildi plants that are producing 5 to 10 fruits per raceme. I have a few hundred seed saved so I can grow it out and perhaps stabilize a good quality red multiflora.

DarJones

jennifer28 · August 6, 2012

Any idea what it might have crossed with? That sounds like a keeper.

lurley · August 6, 2012

My Ildi have always flowered like that. I must have at least 50 per truss, tho they are typical yellow, jelly bean shaped fruit.
Here is a photo from early in the season when only a few of the flowers on a cluster had opened.

ChrisK · August 6, 2012

Are there other red multifloras? I have one from a trade that was supposed to be Rose Quartz but doesn't look anything like the Rose Quartz multiflora pix I've seen (and my trading partner never responded to a request for info). Tomatoes are small and quite sweet on a very vigorous plant.

I've crossed it to Dwarf Stone for fun.

maxfromaustralia · August 7, 2012

Congrats Sounds like a winner

**carolyn137** · August 7, 2012

Chris, one red multiflora I know that's red is Riesentraube where a single blossom stalk can have several hundred blossoms but usually only about 40-60 set fruit.

And there are a couple of others that come from I think Alan Kapuler just called Red Multiflora as opposed to Yellow Multiflora,

Just checked and here's the one I'm thinking of and Jeff Casey sells seeds for it:

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Red_Centiflor

ChrisK · August 7, 2012

The fruit is 0.15 to 0.20 oz. Wish I knew what it was if not Rose Quartz.

August 6, 2012	#1
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	Red Ildi I grew 3 Ildi plants in my garden this year. Two of them were typical yellow fruiting Ildi plants. One of them is producing some decent flavored red fruits the same size and shape as Ildi. From the overall color, it is possible the pollen parent was pink. The cross of pink X Ildi would give this color. Flavor is a huge improvement over Ildi. Fruit set is rampant multiflora with typically 20 to 30 fruits per raceme as compared to the Ildi plants that are producing 5 to 10 fruits per raceme. I have a few hundred seed saved so I can grow it out and perhaps stabilize a good quality red multiflora. DarJones

August 7, 2012	#5
maxfromaustralia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 50	Congrats Congrats Sounds like a winner

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Chris, one red multiflora I know that's red is Riesentraube where a single blossom stalk can have several hundred blossoms but usually only about 40-60 set fruit. And there are a couple of others that come from I think Alan Kapuler just called Red Multiflora as opposed to Yellow Multiflora, Just checked and here's the one I'm thinking of and Jeff Casey sells seeds for it: http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Red_Centiflor __________________ Carolyn

August 6, 2012	#2
jennifer28 Two-faced Drama Queen Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital Posts: 955	Any idea what it might have crossed with? That sounds like a keeper.

August 6, 2012	#3
lurley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 741	My Ildi have always flowered like that. I must have at least 50 per truss, tho they are typical yellow, jelly bean shaped fruit. Here is a photo from early in the season when only a few of the flowers on a cluster had opened.

August 6, 2012	#4
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Are there other red multifloras? I have one from a trade that was supposed to be Rose Quartz but doesn't look anything like the Rose Quartz multiflora pix I've seen (and my trading partner never responded to a request for info). Tomatoes are small and quite sweet on a very vigorous plant. I've crossed it to Dwarf Stone for fun.