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Post by keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) on Apr 17, 2012 22:16:12 GMT -5
I just received an email direct from Jim Myers himself today! Apparently i had sent an email in 2010 asking him for some seed samples of the p20, and he just replied today. He said they just released it as Indigo Rose. Indigo Rose (OG) New! Darkest tomato bred so far, exceptionally high in anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are powerful anti-oxidants. In the early stages of fruit development, Indigo Rose develops a dark purple pigment in its skin where exposed to direct sunlight. Green when unripe, purple-red when ripe, the 1-2 oz., cocktail-sized tomatoes have good flavor with 'plummy' overtones. Developed by Jim Myers at Oregon State University using traditional plant breeding techniques. Compact indeterminate. Organically grown. Packet: 40 seeds. Days to Maturity or Bloom: 75
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Post by tatermater on Apr 18, 2012 0:44:54 GMT -5
Jim Myers is going to have quite a few new blues to pick from in a few years. I saw many of them this past season....just before they were to ripen.
I don't know how many new blue tomatoes I have released so far...but I just posted a series of new ones on my website just a few days ago..CHOCOLATE BLUES.....WOOLLY KATE...... AND BLUE BAYOU.
My winter grow-outs will provide much needed filial generations on dozens of new blues to ascertain as candidates for next year. I have a seeding flat ready to go when I compile the seed for priority sowing. What was F-1....F-2...F-3..F-4 last Fall will be respectfully F-3..F-4..F-5 and F-6 by September/October..2012
If my cooperators provide a winter greenhouse or hemisphere to grow out yet another generation...F-4 thru F-7 seed will be obtained by this time or earlier in 2013. I expect to have hundreds of possible clonal varieties showing blue.
I have some dwarf blues coming along nicely and I hope to demonstrate the hybridization of blue to blue this summer in order to promote the F-1 Hybrid Blue tomatoes for 2013. Dwarf to determinate is what I want in order to get a compact determinate of early and concentrated set.
I hope to get Richard Ness to grow a few of my blues on grafts next year. All of his greenhouse tomatoes are on grafts now.
Tom Wagner
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Post by DarJones on Apr 18, 2012 14:15:26 GMT -5
Keen, I think you must have missed this. There have been numerous threads about it since September of 2011. I have plenty of seed of Indigo Rose so if you need a few, send me an IM.
DarJones
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