my Cherokee Green...groan - Page 2

Earl · July 30, 2006

Craig,
I went out to take a picture to show you what my GGs' look like. There's so many fruit down at the bottom, when I trimmed a few leaves away, I found a ripe one hidden by the others. I'm enjoying it on a bacon sandwich as I type. :-) I think Superb is a fit description to describe fruit taste, plant health and fruit set.

Green Giant 7-30-06

Fert1 · July 30, 2006

Carolyn,

Thanks for the background info. I had wondered about that for a while now. I got to try it at Tomatopalooza. Very tasty! I even snagged a few seeds from the piece I had to save. Hard to ferment just a few seeds, so I hope the plant was healthy. So many tomato diseases seem to have found my yard now, that I don't know if it even matters.

Andrey_BY · July 31, 2006

Bully, if you mean Cardinal from Russia that is improved Bulls Heart it is definately not Cardinal (or Kardinal as some folks used to write it), because the real Cardinal has heart shape and 2-3 fruits of 300-450 g in a truss.

**Lee** · July 31, 2006

Here's a picture of 3 of the Not Cherokee Greens
from TP IV.

Here's a real CG.

The NOT CG1 and 2 are from the foster farm with Craig's seedlings.
The NOT CG3 is from my seeds which came from the following:
Craig seedling -> Lee OK CG -> Lee OK CG -> NG CG

So 2 year of OK seeds and then a bad one....

Crossed seed, unstable, who knows.....

CG1 & CG3 were spitters. CG2 was very tart, but not bad.

Lee

Earl · July 31, 2006

Andrey, I grew out the Cardinal you sent to me a few years back. It was very good and worth growing again when I can find the space.

July 30, 2006	#17
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Carolyn, Thanks for the background info. I had wondered about that for a while now. I got to try it at Tomatopalooza. Very tasty! I even snagged a few seeds from the piece I had to save. Hard to ferment just a few seeds, so I hope the plant was healthy. So many tomato diseases seem to have found my yard now, that I don't know if it even matters. __________________ Holly

July 31, 2006	#18
Andrey_BY Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minsk, Belarus, Eastern Europe (Zone 4a) Posts: 2,278	Bully, if you mean Cardinal from Russia that is improved Bulls Heart it is definately not Cardinal (or Kardinal as some folks used to write it), because the real Cardinal has heart shape and 2-3 fruits of 300-450 g in a truss. __________________ 1 kg=2.2 lb , 1 m=39,37 in , 1 oz=28.35 g , 1 ft=30.48 cm , 1 lb= 0,4536 kg , 1 in=2.54 cm , 1 l = 0.26 gallon , 0 C=32 F Andrey a.k.a. TOMATODOR

July 31, 2006	#19
Lee Tomatopalooza™ Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NC-Zone 7 Posts: 2,188	Here's a picture of 3 of the Not Cherokee Greens from TP IV. Here's a real CG. The NOT CG1 and 2 are from the foster farm with Craig's seedlings. The NOT CG3 is from my seeds which came from the following: Craig seedling -> Lee OK CG -> Lee OK CG -> NG CG So 2 year of OK seeds and then a bad one.... Crossed seed, unstable, who knows..... CG1 & CG3 were spitters. CG2 was very tart, but not bad. Lee __________________ Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad. Cuostralee - The best thing on sliced bread.

July 30, 2006	#16
Earl Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 1,278	Craig, I went out to take a picture to show you what my GGs' look like. There's so many fruit down at the bottom, when I trimmed a few leaves away, I found a ripe one hidden by the others. I'm enjoying it on a bacon sandwich as I type. :-) I think Superb is a fit description to describe fruit taste, plant health and fruit set. Green Giant 7-30-06