Pandora's Box

frogsleap farm · December 23, 2011

Last summer one of my breeding lines generated a unique segregant that really got my attention. Orange and striped on the outside, and bright lime green inside. Working name is Pandora's Box.

cornbreadlouie · December 23, 2011

Whoa that looks amazing. Lemme know if you ever want somebody to grow it!!!

Really cool color combination.

Raffles · December 23, 2011

How was the flavor?

frogsleap farm · December 23, 2011

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Originally Posted by Raffles

How was the flavor?

Taste was very good. The only negative, and it's an important one here in MN, is that this plant was very late. I'm hoping I can find segregants in the next generation that are stable for the color combo and with earlier fruit.

Wi-sunflower · December 23, 2011

Could the lateness be partly the blame of the cool crummy weather we had last "summer" ??

I know here in Wi, we didn't really have a spring and summer didn't get here til about mid to late July.

Maybe with a normal summer it will be more of a normal ripe time.

Carol

frogsleap farm · December 24, 2011

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Originally Posted by Wi-sunflower

Could the lateness be partly the blame of the cool crummy weather we had last "summer" ??

I know here in Wi, we didn't really have a spring and summer didn't get here til about mid to late July.

Maybe with a normal summer it will be more of a normal ripe time.

Carol

Yep, not an ideal year. To complicate comparisons in earliness, a late spring hail storm took off the growing points on half my plants. KBX was one of the parents and is pretty late here, so that's partly why I assumed the worst.

tessa · December 24, 2011

i volunteer to try them out down here where the summer is 6 months long!

Shane · December 24, 2011

Very nice id love to give it a try

ill contact you

S

Fred Hempel · December 24, 2011

Was it productive once it got going?

doublehelix · December 24, 2011

That's a lot of recessive genes going on there. Good catch.

**carolyn137** · December 24, 2011

Remind mind me Mark, what was it that flew out of Pandora's box when it was opened?

frogsleap farm · December 24, 2011

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Originally Posted by carolyn137

Remind mind me Mark, what was it that flew out of Pandora's box when it was opened?

In the myth, the opening of Pandora's Box introduced evil into the world. My intent was to capture the notion that you can't tell a book by it's cover - or the inside of a tomato from the outside.

frogsleap farm · December 24, 2011

Carolyn - you've got me second guessing myself on the name. I'll let this simmer for a while, it won't be stable for a couple of years.

salix · December 24, 2011

Frogsleap - is there already a tomato named Surprise!?

Raffles · December 24, 2011

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Originally Posted by frogsleap farm

Carolyn - you've got me second guessing myself on the name. I'll let this simmer for a while, it won't be stable for a couple of years.

Maybe I'm showing my age but since it isn't really a true red as much as it looks like one, how about "Fellow Traveler"?

December 23, 2011	#2
cornbreadlouie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: SF bay area... north bay Posts: 242	Whoa that looks amazing. Lemme know if you ever want somebody to grow it!!! Really cool color combination. __________________ Do You Like Worms?

December 23, 2011	#3
Raffles Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Vermont Posts: 700	How was the flavor? __________________ Every town in New England has it’s own personality. You might even say it’s own life if you were inclined to put things that way. Abigail Krum, her name was Martin in those days, started out in a small town in Northern Maine. People there would have said every town had it’s own way. The folks in the next town over would have said “life”. They always were kind of full of themselves.

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carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	Remind mind me Mark, what was it that flew out of Pandora's box when it was opened? __________________ Carolyn

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December 23, 2011	#5
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Could the lateness be partly the blame of the cool crummy weather we had last "summer" ?? I know here in Wi, we didn't really have a spring and summer didn't get here til about mid to late July. Maybe with a normal summer it will be more of a normal ripe time. Carol

December 24, 2011	#7
tessa Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: perth, western australia Posts: 1,031	i volunteer to try them out down here where the summer is 6 months long!

December 24, 2011	#8
Shane Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Cheyenne Posts: 5	Very nice id love to give it a try ill contact you S

December 24, 2011	#9
Fred Hempel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Sunol, CA Posts: 2,723	Was it productive once it got going?

December 24, 2011	#10
doublehelix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 190	That's a lot of recessive genes going on there. Good catch.

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frogsleap farm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 568	Carolyn - you've got me second guessing myself on the name. I'll let this simmer for a while, it won't be stable for a couple of years.

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salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Frogsleap - is there already a tomato named Surprise!?