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Old July 5, 2020   #16
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Is there more than one? A round and a pear? I see different pics on the internet. I *believe* I got my seeds from you. If not, then definitely a swap here on T'Ville. I don't remember ...
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Old July 5, 2020   #17
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Is there more than one? A round and a pear? I see different pics on the internet. I *believe* I got my seeds from you. If not, then definitely a swap here on T'Ville. I don't remember ...
Could very well be that I sent them out to you!
I'd say, even from the comments by Carolyn in this thread, that the true MK is pear shaped. As I recall, she always referred to it as a better-tasting yellow pear. Maybe not in those exact words, but that was her meaning, and her impression. I did get round, salad sized tomatoes from one plant one year, but I regarded that as an accidental cross. I did save seeds, but have yet to grow them out. I'd be suspicious of any round Medovaya Kaplyas.
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Old July 5, 2020   #18
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my medovaya kapyla from saved seeds kept giving me regular leaf, and potato plants. never did grow out the regular leaf plants to see what kind of fruit.
i came across the envelope i got from carolyn however many years ago with one seed
left in it. i planted it, it sprouted, and is now growing in the garden. soon, we hope to
have tomatoes. i might take a cutting for back up.






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Old July 6, 2020   #19
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Yellow pear...... great mild flavor to get children hooked on tomatoes. My son came home from school with a seedling in grammar school..... and tended it as it grew into a HUGE bush. He ate them. His younger brother ate them.

A bland tomato for us with adult tastebuds but terrific for children.

Reds crack easily and picking loads of cracked ones to toss to chickens is frustrating.

Medovjas have a better flavor profile.
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Old July 11, 2020   #20
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I'm growing it this year from saved seed (from 2010!), and the plant looks very healthy. It's PL. None ripe yet.
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Old July 12, 2020   #21
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I am growing the MK this year and I also got both RL and PL plants.Keeping both to see what is showing up.I like the pearshaped, one year I had pear as a theme with some 30 different ones, both small and large ones and in different colors.
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