Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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December 1, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
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Striped German, Big Rainbow, etc.
I was reading about the new Avant Gardener magazine (new editor, old mag) and came across this comment about an upcoming topic:
"Have you ever wondered what's the difference is between 'Striped German', 'Big Rainbow', and several other large-fruited yellow-and-red marbled tomatoes? There isn't. They are all names for the same variety and we explain why." http://avantgardener.info/ I don't subscribe so I don't know what issue it was in (Sept. 2012 or later). I grew Striped German this year and liked it, though it was late. I was wondering if anyone had seen any evidence that these bicolors are all the same variety. |
December 2, 2012 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Switzerland
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here I found some answers:
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?t=17890 In my garden, I found that Armenian, Ananas, Ananas orange, Burracker's Favorite, Virginia Sweets, Hillbilly, are very similar, but not completely equal. Maybe I forget some of this gold/red varieties I tested until now. |
December 2, 2012 | #3 | |
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They may look similar, but even then the exterior blush isn'tthe same, as to extent, Mary Robinson is a good one in that regard. And they don't all taste or perform the same either. If they did I wouldn 't have gold/red bicolor faves and I have to be honest and say that the gold/red bicolors aren't my faves anyway. Carolyn
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December 2, 2012 | #4 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: in the gutter, with my mouth
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Hence the reason you shouldn't read that mag.
They have no clue. I can't beleive they would say something like that. Now that being said, every pink, red, black/brown/purple, yellow, white, orange etc are all the exact same tomato just with differant names. Just not the marbeled ones. just saw this as well : Quote:
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