Prue X Marianna's Peace

gflynn · June 5, 2007

I got the F2s of some Prue X Marianna's Peace and of the 15 or so I started I picked only 2 to grow. I picked the one with the wispiest regular foliage and a potato leaf plant.

One thing that I noticed was that as the potato leaf plant gets bigger that the potato leaf foliage has a droopy wispiness about it that I haven't seen before.

Very cool, can't wait to see what shape the tomatoes will have and what they taste like!

Greg

**Tom Wagner** · June 5, 2007

Since the wispiness is so evident, the shape will be most likely much like Prue tomatoes: see this image...http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/prue11.jpg

If the wispiness is homozygous that shape will be very similar. If it is still heterozygous, which I doubt, it will be just a tad like an Oxheart tomato. You have already stated that you had 15 plants, and odds are with that number to select from...its likely homozygous if it the wispiest of the family.

The potato leaf expression will have little or no influence on the shape, in my opinion.

Droopy potato leaf tomatoes are part of my inventory of segregated tomato lines. I use them because of the pile of recessive traits are fun to work with in hybrids.

gflynn · June 5, 2007

Tom,

I am betting you have enough seeds but if the Droopy Potato leaf turns out to taste good I'll send you some seeds :-)

Greg

**Tom Wagner** · June 6, 2007

Greg,

Thanks for the offer. You shouldn't have to worry too much about the flavor, you will have it. Knowing Marianna's Peace quite well, the segregation for that flavor might take a few more generations to stabilize and/or enhance. Depending on which has more flavor to you, either Prue or Marianna's Peace, whatever filial generation you achieve could be backcrossed to the best flavored line. My guess is that you may like MP better? Just a thought.

Tom

June 5, 2007	#1
gflynn MAGTAG™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 437	Prue X Marianna's Peace I got the F2s of some Prue X Marianna's Peace and of the 15 or so I started I picked only 2 to grow. I picked the one with the wispiest regular foliage and a potato leaf plant. One thing that I noticed was that as the potato leaf plant gets bigger that the potato leaf foliage has a droopy wispiness about it that I haven't seen before. Very cool, can't wait to see what shape the tomatoes will have and what they taste like! Greg

June 5, 2007	#2
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Since the wispiness is so evident, the shape will be most likely much like Prue tomatoes: see this image...http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/prue11.jpg If the wispiness is homozygous that shape will be very similar. If it is still heterozygous, which I doubt, it will be just a tad like an Oxheart tomato. You have already stated that you had 15 plants, and odds are with that number to select from...its likely homozygous if it the wispiest of the family. The potato leaf expression will have little or no influence on the shape, in my opinion. Droopy potato leaf tomatoes are part of my inventory of segregated tomato lines. I use them because of the pile of recessive traits are fun to work with in hybrids.

June 6, 2007	#4
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Greg, Thanks for the offer. You shouldn't have to worry too much about the flavor, you will have it. Knowing Marianna's Peace quite well, the segregation for that flavor might take a few more generations to stabilize and/or enhance. Depending on which has more flavor to you, either Prue or Marianna's Peace, whatever filial generation you achieve could be backcrossed to the best flavored line. My guess is that you may like MP better? Just a thought. Tom