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July 10, 2014 | #11 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Honey Brook, PA Zone 6b
Posts: 399
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Some of you know I am trying to breed a paste/processing tomato with high beta-carotene. The resulting tomato (if I succeed) will be orange (since there are several pathways to orange tomatoes, I'm only breeding red/pink tomatoes to high beta tomatoes).
The parents are the following: Paste tomatoes: Opalka*, Shannon, Heidi High beta tomatoes: 97L97, CaroRich, Jaune Flamee **Goals: To breed a high beta delicious processing/paste tomato that is also good for fresh eating Plan: All paste types crossed w/ each of the high betas and the reciprocal cross of each high beta w/ each paste type what has seemed to take thus far (I have a number of crosses that I'm still waiting to see if they're a 'take'): Opalka x Jaune Flamee: Cross_1_OpXJF.jpg Shannon x 97L97: Cross_2_Shx97L.jpg CaroRich x Opalka: Cross_3_CRxOP.jpg Jaune Flamee X Shannon Cross_4_JFxSh.jpg Jaune Flamee x Opalka: Cross_5_JFxOP.jpg My concern now of course is that now that I've counted my chickens before they've hatched that an animal or something else will prevent me from collecting these before they ripen. *on this forum someone said that Opalka was too 'wet' to be a good paste tomato which is the first I've heard that. Elsewhere, I've heard the opinion ventured that they are just as happy to use beefsteak types as their sauce base. **Note: I have a secondary goal of breeding a high crimson paste variety which this year I have Tasti-Lee F3. Last edited by crmauch; July 10, 2014 at 02:15 AM. |
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