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Old November 3, 2017   #46
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interesting.( btw... I was just wondering how you were doing, glad to see you post a few things)... anyway, will those bruised flower cones still produce fruit/seeds?
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So that's why my Orange Strawberry flower cones always looked brown! Bumbles must love 'em.

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Old November 4, 2017   #48
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interesting.( btw... I was just wondering how you were doing, glad to see you post a few things)... anyway, will those bruised flower cones still produce fruit/seeds?
Thanks. Yes. They produce an abundance of seeds.
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Old November 6, 2017   #49
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Habrochaites is usually self incompatible but there are a few accessions that are self compatible. LA2175 is one such and is interesting for several other reasons such as exceptional resistance to foliage disease. Since Joseph planted 4 different lines, he met the requirements for pollen compatibility with the result he got good crops of fruit. Habrochaites is extremely spit-out-the-mouth bad flavored as a rule. A few of us are working with hybrids trying to repackage some of the good genes into a domestic tomato background.
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Old November 9, 2017   #50
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A few of us are working with hybrids trying to repackage some of the good genes into a domestic tomato background.
I'm working in both directions. I'm also working on repackaging some of the good domestic genes into a wild tomato background.
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Old November 10, 2017   #51
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Good work! Yeah keep us updated. I need to go check if you've posted updates on your other threads.

I had good fruit set on the peruvianum and habrochaites plants late in the season. The bees loved them all season. I'm thinking the habrochaites and peruvianum most likely crossed with eaach other as they are so close on the tree that i think they can cross easily.

Also has awesome fruit set on the pennellii hybrids. Bees loved those too. Exciting stuff.
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Old April 2, 2019   #52
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I found some S habrochaites plants last summer with 3 or more locules. I'm excited about that. More nodules usually means larger fruits.





There are a couple phenotypes of plant architecture in the S habrochaites population.


The leaves of the F2 of the interspecies hybrids with domestic tomatoes are interesting.

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These fruits are G2/G3 of the interspecies crosses between domestic tomatoes as the mother and S habrochaites or S pennellii as the pollen donors. Flavors of some of them are astonishing. Fruity. Sweet. High ummami. Tropical. Mmm Mmm Mmm!!!
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Wow, pretty and tasty And not red.. my type..
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Yup. NOT RED. I find lycopene (in raw fruits) to be unappealing. In tomatoes, in watermelon, etc. So in all of my breeding work, I am selecting against lycopene-red.
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I look forward to once taste it.
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I look forward to once taste it.
I overnighted some of these to a chef in New York City. He was super impressed with the flavor.
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