Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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October 19, 2012 | #1 |
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Motelle
A friend was telling me she just planted out a tomato called Motelle which she reckons is a Russian heirloom,nothing comes up in a search so does anyone know of it.??
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October 19, 2012 | #2 |
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Best i can do is maybe at
Tomato Genetics Resource Center But i can't get any more info. |
October 19, 2012 | #3 |
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Its maybe a question of whether she has even spelted it right ......maybe?
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Richard Last edited by Medbury Gardens; October 19, 2012 at 01:33 PM. |
October 19, 2012 | #4 |
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http://ventmarin.free.fr/passion_tom...ates_mj_mr.htm
Yes, it's spelled correctly, the above link from Ventmarin says it's a small red used for commercial purposes. http://www.google.com/#q=motelle%20t...iw=757&bih=403 And you can see from this general Google search above that Motelle has been used in studies for Root Knot Nematodes as well as Verticillium, and no doubt b'c it is a variety grown for industrial purposes as the Ventmarin link said. I saw no references to it being a Russian variety, Tania doesn't list it and Tomodori just points the way to Ventmarin and while I didn't read all the links in the above Google search I didn't see a Russian origin mentioned. But lack of mention doesn't say that it might be, but if so I would expect to see some of the studies authored by Russian authors, and I don't see that. it doesn't look like an heirloom variety, yes, an OP, and if listed at the Rick Center no doubt used by breeders or who knows what. If interested, another place to look is the USDA PC GRIN data base. But as I said above it looks more like a processing tomato, either for canned paste, or possibly tomato powder.
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October 19, 2012 | #5 |
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Thanks Carolyn,the woman who's growing it was saying its resistant to a new pest we have here in New Zealand called Psyllid which attacks tomatoes and potatoes,even though the bug hasn't shown itself in my garden or if it is here its in low numbers,i'll be interested to see how it does
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests...tomato-psyllid
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