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Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic)
- From: "Brungardt, Sam" <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic)
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:29:26 -0600
Title: Message
Donna,
thanks so much for your kind offer. If you have some black or purple
tomato seed that you no longer want, I'd be happy to take it. It doesn't
have to have the greatest germination rate; all I need is a few plants of
each. My address is: Sam Brungardt, 739 Como Ave., Saint Paul, MN
55103-1402. Is there any type of flour or vegetable that you'd
like to try? Perhaps I have some seed that you could
use. --
Sam
I've read
that Cherokee Purple cracks very badly when soil moisture is inconsistent and
this can lead to a lot of on-plant loss as well as poor storability. Many
people have said that Black Krim (Crimea) is a good
cultivar.
At any rate, for
me it may be getting past the color barrier; I have yet to see a purple or
black tomato that I thought was pretty. However, I've heard that black or
purple tomatoes are particularly flavorful in more southerly areas, where warm
temperatures encourage some of the more unusual flavor components to
develop.
Thanks again for
your offer, Donna. I appreciate it. -- Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Donna &/or Kieran Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 8:39 AM To: North American Fruit Explorers Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic) I did a careful search through SSE tomato listings
and noted that most people who rave over black tomatoes live up north. I
think that the darker color warms the fruit enough to get some enzyme action
that you'd normally only find in southern grown fruit. I'm curious about
the opinions of others on this. I have not been particularly impressed by
black tomatoes myself, and they tend to sunburn here. If you want, Sam, I
can send you all my old seeds. Can't guarantee that any particular variety
will grow, but some certainly will. I have:
Black Plum
Black Tomato
Black Cherry (that was pretty nice)
Cherokee Purple (the potato leaf one does pretty
well for me, and it is good)
Prudens Purple (only good when dead
ripe)
probably some others when I dig through my seeds in
March. Donna Z6 TN
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[NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic),
Brungardt, Sam, 02/16/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic), Jackie Jameson, 02/16/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic),
Donna &/or Kieran, 02/17/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic),
Joe Boles, 02/17/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic), mark wessel, 02/17/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic),
William C. Garthright, 02/17/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic), Donna &/or Kieran, 02/17/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic),
Brungardt, Sam, 02/20/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic), mIEKAL aND, 02/20/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Purple or black tomatoes (slightly off topic),
Joe Boles, 02/17/2007
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