Breeding for Pastes

[Fusion_power]

I don't know enough to answer those questions CR, but a carefully chosen cross of (97L97 X Opalka) X (Jaune Flammee X Opalka) might have a fighting chance of producing a useful combination. There would be a lot of segregation including some more orange than others and some more indeterminate than others. With judicious selection, I think you might find the intense orange indeterminate paste.

Many of the genes that result in paste tomatoes are located on chromosome 5. This simplifies breeding for paste type.

[crmauch]

Originally Posted by Fusion_power

I don't know enough to answer those questions CR, but a carefully chosen cross of (97L97 X Opalka) X (Jaune Flammee X Opalka) might have a fighting chance of producing a useful combination. There would be a lot of segregation including some more orange than others and some more indeterminate than others. With judicious selection, I think you might find the intense orange indeterminate paste.

That's actually a quite excellent suggestion. I thank you for it. I think at the moment I might pursue 3 directions:
1) A decently large growout of 97L97 X Opalka (f2s).
2) Cross (97L97 X Opalka) X (Jaune Flammee X Opalka) as you suggested.
3) Go back to square 1 and cross 97L97 X Jaune Flamme.