First Blush in Syracuse! Whoohoo!

Solanum315 · July 20, 2012

...and the winner is the rather inartfully named VC-11, a cultivar bred in the 1970s at the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center.

PA_Julia · July 21, 2012

Excellent!!

What a very interesting history concerning this variety.

I would love to know what it tastes like.

Let us know wont you?

Thanks!!!

Julia

meadowyck · July 21, 2012

Scott

The foliage on that tomato is so beautiful, that is really a very nice picture and of course that first rippening tomato is looking good. Over all a very nice shot.

Solanum315 · July 21, 2012

Not sure if this is an orange variety so I am letting it hang out with some ripening apples in the fruit basket for a few days. Will definitely let you know how it tastes.

lakelady · July 21, 2012

yay Scott! Nothing like finding that blushing tomato in the foliage!

edweather · July 21, 2012

Congrats Scott. I'm in Central Square...not too far from you. I've had red ones for a couple of weeks, but I started mine indoors on April 1.

zabby17 · July 22, 2012

Congrats, Scott!

I'm just across the border on Eastern Lake Ontario (we use the Syracuse airport to fly to anywhere in the U.S.).

I've had a small handful of toms over the past 2 weeks from some very early varieties that I put out early (Stupice and Kimberly) and about 6 cherries, but saw my first blush on one in the main beds today.

Pretty exciting, isn't it?

You show more restraint than I would in not eating it right away, despite uncertainty about its ripeness!

Z

kenny_j · July 22, 2012

A Vorlon is close to being ready, I think it needs a bit more color yet. Been only 55 days since plant out, but most of my plants were started early and larger in 4.5 " pots than what I have done in the past, so bigger plants at plant out this year seems to have shortened DTM.

Solanum315 · July 22, 2012

OK, I caved. It went almost 24 ours without changing color so I broke out the salt and pepper. Skin is a little thick and the flesh has a tangy acidity. My wife likes it a lot. I generally prefer a tomato on the sweet side of balanced for fresh eating. Would make a nice salad tomato or perhaps bruschetta with the acid providing counterpoints to the olive oil and creamy mozzarella. This is my earliest tomato since I started growing them in 2007.

JayPaul1024 · July 23, 2012

Scott - Greetings from Jay in Rochester, NY! Congrats on your first fruit of the season! I planted the following varieties on May 15 and have about 30 green toms so far, none of which will be ripe until mid-August (I'm guessing) - Aunt Ginny, Black Tula, Blondkopfchen (yellow cherry), Clint Eastwood, Crnkovic Yugoslavian, Paul Robeson and a pink or red Brandywine. I have 18 plants total. Hoping for the best! Just aerated the soil and fertilized this weekend. The heat is getting to them a bit. Flowers don't seem to be fruiting as much as they were in the beginning of the season. Another hot day is predicted tomorrow - 94 or 95 degrees. Not a good day for pollination. What other varieties did you plant?

July 21, 2012	#2
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Excellent!! What a very interesting history concerning this variety. I would love to know what it tastes like. Let us know wont you? Thanks!!! Julia __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

July 21, 2012	#3
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	Scott The foliage on that tomato is so beautiful, that is really a very nice picture and of course that first rippening tomato is looking good. Over all a very nice shot. __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

July 21, 2012	#4
Solanum315 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York Posts: 244	Not sure if this is an orange variety so I am letting it hang out with some ripening apples in the fruit basket for a few days. Will definitely let you know how it tastes. __________________ Scott http://worldtomatoes.blogspot.com/

July 21, 2012	#5
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	yay Scott! Nothing like finding that blushing tomato in the foliage! __________________ Antoniette

July 21, 2012	#6
edweather Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Southeast GA, USDA 9a, HZ9, Sunset Z28 Posts: 393	Congrats Scott. I'm in Central Square...not too far from you. I've had red ones for a couple of weeks, but I started mine indoors on April 1. __________________ You'll be surprised what you'll never have to do, if you put it off long enough.

July 22, 2012	#7
zabby17 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario Posts: 211	Congrats, Scott! I'm just across the border on Eastern Lake Ontario (we use the Syracuse airport to fly to anywhere in the U.S.). I've had a small handful of toms over the past 2 weeks from some very early varieties that I put out early (Stupice and Kimberly) and about 6 cherries, but saw my first blush on one in the main beds today. Pretty exciting, isn't it? You show more restraint than I would in not eating it right away, despite uncertainty about its ripeness! Z

July 22, 2012	#8
kenny_j Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: holly michigan Posts: 380	first beef steak A Vorlon is close to being ready, I think it needs a bit more color yet. Been only 55 days since plant out, but most of my plants were started early and larger in 4.5 " pots than what I have done in the past, so bigger plants at plant out this year seems to have shortened DTM.

July 23, 2012	#10
JayPaul1024 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 36	Scott - Greetings from Jay in Rochester, NY! Congrats on your first fruit of the season! I planted the following varieties on May 15 and have about 30 green toms so far, none of which will be ripe until mid-August (I'm guessing) - Aunt Ginny, Black Tula, Blondkopfchen (yellow cherry), Clint Eastwood, Crnkovic Yugoslavian, Paul Robeson and a pink or red Brandywine. I have 18 plants total. Hoping for the best! Just aerated the soil and fertilized this weekend. The heat is getting to them a bit. Flowers don't seem to be fruiting as much as they were in the beginning of the season. Another hot day is predicted tomorrow - 94 or 95 degrees. Not a good day for pollination. What other varieties did you plant?