Motelle

Medbury Gardens · October 19, 2012

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.??

coloken · October 19, 2012

Best i can do is maybe at
Tomato Genetics Resource Center
But i can't get any more info.

Medbury Gardens · October 19, 2012

Its maybe a question of whether she has even spelted it right ......maybe?

**carolyn137** · October 19, 2012

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.

Medbury Gardens · October 19, 2012

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

October 19, 2012	#1
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	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.?? __________________ Richard

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Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Its maybe a question of whether she has even spelted it right ......maybe? __________________ Richard Last edited by Medbury Gardens; October 19, 2012 at 01:33 PM.

October 19, 2012	#4
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	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. __________________ Carolyn

October 19, 2012	#5
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	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 __________________ Richard

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coloken Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NE Co Posts: 303	Best i can do is maybe at Tomato Genetics Resource Center But i can't get any more info.