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Old August 26, 2020   #16
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That’s wonderful! Thank you very much for posting your photos and review, I hope you will enjoy it for years to come
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Thank you, Karen (and thank you for your efforts to produce it). I have no doubt that this will have a frequent place in my garden. I was really blown away by its beauty and flavor and so distressed that I couldn't find any information about it anywhere. I thought maybe I had been provided with the wrong name because I couldn't find anything about it online. As it turns out, I had the right name but wrong spelling (True Colors).

I was very excited to finally track it down, even if only to see what it was supposed to look like (without any info about the tomato I was just determining ripeness based on feel). I really am harvesting the seeds with great care because there are so few per fruit and I would like to be able to swap and share them since I think this is a tomato that should be discovered broadly. Really excellent work with this one!
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Old August 26, 2020   #17
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Thank you, Karen (and thank you for your efforts to produce it). I have no doubt that this will have a frequent place in my garden. I was really blown away by its beauty and flavor and so distressed that I couldn't find any information about it anywhere. I thought maybe I had been provided with the wrong name because I couldn't find anything about it online. As it turns out, I had the right name but wrong spelling (True Colors).

I was very excited to finally track it down, even if only to see what it was supposed to look like (without any info about the tomato I was just determining ripeness based on feel). I really am harvesting the seeds with great care because there are so few per fruit and I would like to be able to swap and share them since I think this is a tomato that should be discovered broadly. Really excellent work with this one!
Please mention Karen Olivier of Vancouver Island Canada as the breeder and if you (or anyone else !) is interested in my projects please feel welcome to visit or follow my page on Facebook @NorthernGardenerCanada
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Old August 27, 2020   #18
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Please mention Karen Olivier of Vancouver Island Canada as the breeder and if you (or anyone else !) is interested in my projects please feel welcome to visit or follow my page on Facebook @NorthernGardenerCanada
Absolutely! and I already have
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Old September 3, 2020   #19
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I forgot to update here are a few more. Midnight sun and some KARMAS
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Old September 3, 2020   #20
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Enjoy browsing the photos, very impressive work Karen!
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Old September 4, 2020   #21
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Those are very nice Karen, and best it seems like you are having fun.
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Old September 5, 2020   #22
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What the heck! Karen!! More?!! Amazing!
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What the heck! Karen!! More?!! Amazing!
Just a few more
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Old September 7, 2020   #24
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I grew 4 of your varieties this year, 1 plant of each. They all got minor cold damage from a late localized frost mid-june (except Midnight Sun, which was two rows higher than the frost pocket), so it might have negatively affected earliness and production of some of them.

Polaris, Midnight Sun and True Colors got their first ripe fruit about 70-75 days after transplant. I harvested my first Taiga fruit starting to blush yesterday before rain, so this plant is quite late for me. It is only one plant and had been damage a little bit by frost early in the season, so I cannot draw conclusion from this and will have to try it again

All fruits tested and tasted were great. I REALLY LOVE True Colors and Midnight Sun : great shape, great colors, great taste, seems resistant to cracking (I do not irrigate, so some varieties are cracking, but these tomatoes are doing good !). I liked Polaris, but I got much more production from Chernomor (Black Sea Man) and Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye. I may need another side-by-side comparison next summer.

I'll try to post some pics of them soon.

Thank you Karen for sharing your work and such great varieties !
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Old September 7, 2020   #25
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DavidJ and KarenO, I am looking for early cherry and mid size for early dates for Upstate NY.
I sell to restaurants, our offerings are never early enough for them.

Any suggestions?
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Old December 7, 2020   #26
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And the KARMAs all in one bowl
Glad to see the site back up, so much valuable information here
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Old December 7, 2020   #27
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That's a pretty bowl of tomatoes, Karen!
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Old December 7, 2020   #28
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That's a pretty bowl of tomatoes, Karen!
Thanks Doug hope you are keeping well
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Old December 7, 2020   #29
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They are so beautiful. Karma Peach looks so much larger than the others.

Karma Pink was always a little larger than a ping pong ball for me.
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They are so beautiful. Karma Peach looks so much larger than the others.

Karma Pink was always a little larger than a ping pong ball for me.
KARMA peach is supposed to be larger. It’s a bicolour saladette where the others are more large cocktail size. All are vigourous potato leaf plants
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