True North Tomatoes

[KarenO]

ahhh you guys are poets ! tomato poets I like all those names and so I shall have to keep breeding tomatoes and you guys can name them
KO

[ddsack]

Originally Posted by KarenO

F4 of the green/ pink bicolour heart. Potato leaf plant.
I am calling it Sundog aa it showed up as a fluke f3 segregation from the bicolour yellow heart I call midnight sun and its sort of a rainbow effect. Almost tricolour as there is yellow in there too imo.
This fruit is very ripe and very sweet but I find that This is one of those tomatoes you can eat quite green if you want to and it tastes good then as well. Very few seeds. Nearly solid about 8 oz. most productive and earliest interestingly of the F4s. Two small locules with a total of about 20 seeds in this fruit.
Not a seed collectors dream tomato but usually the later fruits have more
KarenO

Actually, that picture reminded me of the old fashioned loops of striped Christmas ribbon candy. So if it turns out sweet, you might consider calling it Ribbon Candy!

[salix]

My immediate thought was "Midnight Streaker" and that name reminds me of some shenanigans in a previous life...

[KarenO]

Hahaha! Way to go Willa!
KO

[M.SeanF.]

Originally Posted by KarenO

F4 of the green/ pink bicolour heart. Potato leaf plant.
I am calling it Sundog aa it showed up as a fluke f3 segregation from the bicolour yellow heart I call midnight sun and its sort of a rainbow effect. Almost tricolour as there is yellow in there too imo.

The color pattern makes me think of the Aurora Borealis. Whatever name you settle on, it looks like a real winner.

[efisakov]

This is beautiful.

[KarenO]

I am excited to grow out the F5 of these PL hearts for 2017 they are looking fairly uniform so far. We have a great New home in a beautiful little town, a new Garden and lots to look forward to in the new year! Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all of you.
I hope Santa brings me those movable cold frames...

KarenO

[KarenO]

duplicate post. Clumsy fingers
K

[PhilaGardener]

Beautiful tomatoes, worthy of an equally great name.

It does get harder to find unused ones, however, so careful checking is needed to prevent confusion. http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Aurora

[Labradors2]

Borealis?

Linda

[KarenO]

"true colours" will be the name of my green bicolour potato leaf heart.
So there are four in this Series now at F5: all clear epidermis hearts on large potato leaf plants.

Midnight sun
Polaris
Tundra
True colours ( a take on True North Tomatoes which is what I call my projects.

I am thankful for your interest in my breeding projects and look forward to being able to share stable seed with everyone. Now that these selections are narrowed down to four and stabilizing, I have room to begin a growout and select some of the F2 from another There are some beautiful beefsteaks with interesting form and coloration both RL and PL.
My dad who died in 2014 was always interested in my Tomatoes. He was a farmer, an actual cowboy and a horseman and I intend to use this as the inspiration for another "True North Tomatoes" series from my crosses.

Merry Christmas Friends
KarenO

[Jimbotomateo]

Originally Posted by KarenO

"true colours" will be the name of my green bicolour potato leaf heart.
So there are four in this Series now at F5: all clear epidermis hearts on large potato leaf plants.

Midnight sun
Polaris
Tundra
True colours ( a take on True North Tomatoes which is what I call my projects.

I am thankful for your interest in my breeding projects and look forward to being able to share stable seed with everyone. Now that these selections are narrowed down to four and stabilizing, I have room to begin a growout and select some of the F2 from another There are some beautiful beefsteaks with interesting form and coloration both RL and PL.
My dad who died in 2014 was always interested in my Tomatoes. He was a farmer, an actual cowboy and a horseman and I intend to use this as the inspiration for another "True North Tomatoes" series from my crosses.

Merry Christmas Friends
KarenO

Another' great name , KarenO.

[ginger2778]

Originally Posted by Jimbotomateo

Another' great name , KarenO.

I agree. She has a knack, doesn't she?

[SharonRossy]

Karen,Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and to everyone at TV. I cannot wait till you release your seeds. Growing them in Montreal will be a great testing ground and I would be honoured to grow your wonderful tomatoes. You are a true North Inspiration!
Sharon

[KarenO]

Originally Posted by SharonRossy

Karen,Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you and to everyone at TV. I cannot wait till you release your seeds. Growing them in Montreal will be a great testing ground and I would be honoured to grow your wonderful tomatoes. You are a true North Inspiration!
Sharon

Dear Sharon,
Thank you for your positivity and encouragement to me and my little projects since the very beginning. I really do appreciate that and you and a number of others who have encouraged me along the way will be among the first to be offered stable see to try as soon as I think they are ready. Heading in to the F5 and the green and the yellowbicolour hearts especially are showing uniformity already. I am going to try and squeak out the F6 too this year...so we are getting there but I do not wish to release unstable seed.
Thank you very much for staying interested and for your support since the beginning
KarenO
Happy new year!