If I crossed a Pinapple x Cherokee Purple

marc_groleau · June 16, 2012

What would be the expectation for color at F1 stage?

**carolyn137** · June 16, 2012

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Originally Posted by marc_groleau

What would be the expectation for color at F2 stage?

Aren't you more interested in what the initial hybrid color would look like or do you already know that?

marc_groleau · June 16, 2012

Yes,
I was rushing this morning when I posted and fat fingered the "2"
Thank you.
So, what might be the expectation for the initial hybrid?

marc_groleau · June 22, 2012

I am going to try this cross. As I am a novice at this, it's really more of a learning experience in regard to actual process of cross pollination. I love learning and this is going to be a good experience for me. Anybody have any thoughts on what the outcome of the F1 might be?

maf · June 23, 2012

Not sure of the skin color of pineapple. If it has a clear epidernis I would expect a pink F1, otherwise I would expect red. Either way it should look reddish.

marc_groleau · June 23, 2012

Thank you maf.
Actually I believe it is bi-colored although it is mostly yellow with some reddish/pink streaking.

**nctomatoman** · June 23, 2012

Pretty sure it is clear skinned - so you have red flesh and clear skin - F1 should indeed be pink.

marc_groleau · June 29, 2012

Thanks.

Well looks like I got at least 4 tomatoes sprouting from the cross. I will be continuing to cross more buds as the flow of pollen allows. I only have one pineapple growing and 5 CH Purple. so I have to breed in spurts when the Pineapple has females ready or has some flowers that are flush with pollen. So it's slow going but at least I have these 4 and am sure there will be more to come.

travis · August 10, 2013

Marc, do you have any photos of the F1 fruit from your cross of Cherokee Purple x Pineapple?

Did the fruit indeed come out pink (clear skin) with green shoulders?

Do you happen to have a photo of the fruit from the original Pineapple plant?

marc_groleau · August 24, 2013

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Originally Posted by travis

Marc, do you have any photos of the F1 fruit from your cross of Cherokee Purple x Pineapple?

Did the fruit indeed come out pink (clear skin) with green shoulders?

Do you happen to have a photo of the fruit from the original Pineapple plant?

I do not have pictures of the original stock but I assure you they were quite common specimens of Pineapple and CH Purple fruit.

These are offspring of Ch Purple Female

These are the Pineapple Female outcome

travis · August 24, 2013

Okay, Marc, I got about the same results: Pink tomato with green shoulders turning a bit blotchy yellow, but with no cracking as on yours. But then I believe y'all had a particularly wet summer on the East Coast. We had a mild summer in the lower Ohio River Valley.

Good plant health. Nice stocky, indeterminate plant. Fair production. Large to jumbo fruit. Tasty, not outstanding, but solid tomato flavor.

I look forward to growing a couple of F2 vines in 2013.

marc_groleau · August 25, 2013

Did you find distinct difference between time to ripening of the Cherokee Purple fathered plant regular and the Pineapple fathered plant? I did. The CP Purple father was the same time to ripening as my regular Cherokee Purples and the Pineapple fathered was the same as my regular Pineapples.

June 16, 2012	#1
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	If I crossed a Pinapple x Cherokee Purple What would be the expectation for color at F1 stage? Last edited by marc_groleau; June 16, 2012 at 03:34 PM.

June 23, 2012	#7
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Pretty sure it is clear skinned - so you have red flesh and clear skin - F1 should indeed be pink. __________________ Craig

June 22, 2012	#4
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	I am going to try this cross. As I am a novice at this, it's really more of a learning experience in regard to actual process of cross pollination. I love learning and this is going to be a good experience for me. Anybody have any thoughts on what the outcome of the F1 might be?

June 23, 2012	#5
maf Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: England Posts: 512	Not sure of the skin color of pineapple. If it has a clear epidernis I would expect a pink F1, otherwise I would expect red. Either way it should look reddish.

June 29, 2012	#8
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	Thanks. Well looks like I got at least 4 tomatoes sprouting from the cross. I will be continuing to cross more buds as the flow of pollen allows. I only have one pineapple growing and 5 CH Purple. so I have to breed in spurts when the Pineapple has females ready or has some flowers that are flush with pollen. So it's slow going but at least I have these 4 and am sure there will be more to come.

August 10, 2013	#9
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Marc, do you have any photos of the F1 fruit from your cross of Cherokee Purple x Pineapple? Did the fruit indeed come out pink (clear skin) with green shoulders? Do you happen to have a photo of the fruit from the original Pineapple plant?

August 24, 2013	#11
travis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Evansville, IN Posts: 2,984	Okay, Marc, I got about the same results: Pink tomato with green shoulders turning a bit blotchy yellow, but with no cracking as on yours. But then I believe y'all had a particularly wet summer on the East Coast. We had a mild summer in the lower Ohio River Valley. Good plant health. Nice stocky, indeterminate plant. Fair production. Large to jumbo fruit. Tasty, not outstanding, but solid tomato flavor. I look forward to growing a couple of F2 vines in 2013.

August 25, 2013	#12
marc_groleau Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 444	Did you find distinct difference between time to ripening of the Cherokee Purple fathered plant regular and the Pineapple fathered plant? I did. The CP Purple father was the same time to ripening as my regular Cherokee Purples and the Pineapple fathered was the same as my regular Pineapples.