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Old September 28, 2018   #1
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Pink Marmande has turned out to be the best tomato of the season for me — beautiful, tasty, and the best production of the medium- large varieties in a new garden and new climate where I got zero tomatoes from some varieties.

I will have to find out where the seed came from. I got a plant from another local gardener.

Here are a few on a plate, with a penny for scale, and sliced on a sandwich (took a bite, then remembered to take a picture!). Note that the seeds and gel are gone because I saved as many seeds as I could.
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Old September 28, 2018   #2
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Here's a link to Tania's page where several colors of the original Marmande are listed,I've grown several of them but none of them are pink

http://tatianastomatobase.com/w/inde...ty_List&from=M

I think it might be possible that wherever you got your seeds from instead of the normal red there had been an epidermis mutation. When that happens a normally red tomato has a yellow epidermis,but with an epidermis mutation the epidermis is clear making the fruits pink.

Just a suggestion.

Carolyn,editing to say that I looked at those fruits again and they look red to me.Anyone else,what color do they look like to you. And yes,I did see where you got your seeds from when I reread your post.
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Yes, clear epidermis.

The color looks much darker with indoor lighting, as in the photos.
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Yes, clear epidermis.

The color looks much darker with indoor lighting, as in the photos.
How do you determine the color of the epidermis since you have to do something special to dermine that.

Do you remember how to do that,using controls, if not I'd be glad to tell you how.

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You can't just look at a fruit and say,yes it's a clear epidermis OR a yellow epi.

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