Furry Red Boar

[Starlight]

Running my jaws on another thread reminded me I wanted to ask about this one.

I sent a gentleman off with a seedling of Large Barred Boar. When googling for more info for him, I came across this

http://www.amazon.com/Furry-Red-Boar.../dp/B000TMN9JI

Anybody know anything about it or grown it? Five bucks for 4 seeds. Wonder what is so unique about it and why they say it is so "Rare."

If I am not mistaken I think there is a tomato called Furry Peach. Are furried tomatoes going to be the next big thing on the market?

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by Starlight

Running my jaws on another thread reminded me I wanted to ask about this one.

I sent a gentleman off with a seedling of Large Barred Boar. When googling for more info for him, I came across this

http://www.amazon.com/Furry-Red-Boar.../dp/B000TMN9JI

Anybody know anything about it or grown it? Five bucks for 4 seeds. Wonder what is so unique about it and why they say it is so "Rare."

If I am not mistaken I think there is a tomato called Furry Peach. Are furried tomatoes going to be the next big thing on the market?

I can't answer you question about the Boar one, but you refer to a Furry Peach, and I don't think that exists, but there are quite a few varieties that are named for fruits that do have kind of a matte surface, I don't call it furry although some do, and some of them are:

Nectarine
Peach Blow Sutton
Garden Peach

HEre's Garden Peach

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Garden_Peach

I've grown the three above and am forgetting I think a few others, but once was enough, just done out of curiousity, but they won't be grown again by me.

Carolyn

[natural]

Starlight,

This a creation from Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farms. I have grown it and I am growing it again this year. I like it. It has good production for me and good flavor.

I certainly would not pay $5 for 4 seeds when I can order it from Brad's site for a better price.

Here is a link to the source that I ordered:

http://shop.wildboarfarms.com/RED-FURRY-BOAR-REDFUR.htm

Bill

[maf]

The Red Furry Boar and the Pink Furry Boar are from Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farms, you can buy seed direct from him at a much better price. I am not sure how many per packet but when I last bought seeds from WBF there were shedloads of seeds in each packet.

Link to Red Furry Boar at Wild Boar Farms online shop

edit: natural beat me to it

[Starlight]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

I can't answer you question about the Boar one, but you refer to a Furry Peach, and I don't think that exists, but there are quite a few varieties that are named for fruits that do have kind of a matte surface, I don't call it furry although some do, and some of them are:

Nectarine
Peach Blow Sutton
Garden Peach

HEre's Garden Peach

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Garden_Peach

I've grown the three above and am forgetting I think a few others, but once was enough, just done out of curiousity, but they won't be grown again by me.

Carolyn

Thanks Carolyn! I have seed for the Garden Peach, guess I'll move that one to the back of the list for a while.

What does a matte surface kind of feel like? Can you relate it to the feel of an item I might know. I don't know what matte is.

Originally Posted by natural

Starlight,

This a creation from Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farms. I have grown it and I am growing it again this year. I like it. It has good production for me and good flavor.

I certainly would not pay $5 for 4 seeds when I can order it from Brad's site for a better price.

Here is a link to the source that I ordered:

http://shop.wildboarfarms.com/RED-FURRY-BOAR-REDFUR.htm

Bill

Thank you for the link and your opinion of it. I'm curious now as to what it will be like and think it is one I need to try. Of course I think I need to try them all. Just which sometimes there was more hours in the day and enough of a season to do just that.

Originally Posted by maf

The Red Furry Boar and the Pink Furry Boar are from Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farms, you can buy seed direct from him at a much better price. I am not sure how many per packet but when I last bought seeds from WBF there were shedloads of seeds in each packet.

Link to Red Furry Boar at Wild Boar Farms online shop

edit: natural beat me to it

That's ok. I appreciate you joining in. Always good to know what folks think of a site. It wasn't the price so much as the only 4 seeds, from somebody you don't know and knowing if they will or will not even germinate one seed.

Looks like I am going to have some fun shopping at Wild Boar.

[carolyn137]

Thanks Carolyn! I have seed for the Garden Peach, guess I'll move that one to the back of the list for a while.

What does a matte surface kind of feel like? Can you relate it to the feel of an item I might know. I don't know what matte is.

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In terms of tomatoes most folks I know would say smooth and somewhat sticky and that includes me as well.

Conventional definitions of matte:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q...ition+of+matte

Carolyn