Post by orflo on May 21, 2008 14:24:48 GMT -5
I didn't go for many varieties this year, the catastrophic 2007 made me a bit cautious:
outside growing:
tomatito de jalapa
humboldtii (a wild one, two varieties, one with smaller fruits and one with bigger -sized fruits)
wild tomato colombianum
wild tomato with small fruits (no name)
greenhouse growing:
prevoskodnyi
alyi mustang
sun belle
cartoloccio
orange banana
grit
tungus
mustang jaune
rose de berne (my favourite)
intervallo
pava baca
anna aasa
wippersnapper (tub grown)
kimberley (tub grown)
tchutchev (not sure if this is spelled correctly)
butuz
reine de ste. marthe
giant italian paste
millefleur
perpignan
gardener's delight
savan bali
juhas
dix doights de naples
quinte
chateau rose
marizol bratka
bajawa
ruths perfect
I could have forgotten a few, but that's just about it. I am mostly looking for a late blight resistance in tomatoes (and potatoes, but that's an other thread), West Europe has a reptation concerning late blight (it can occur from the end of May), it can destroy a whole harvest within a few days. This is in fact the main challenge for organic growers in West Europe: how to cope with late blight...No other disease is as radical as this one, even considering the whole range of vegetables (with some exception as potato brown rot, but this is a very exceptional disease, and fusarium on melons or cukes).
The wild tomatoes have a far better resistance against the disease compared to all the other cultivated ones. Selections have always been made on bigger fruit, better taste, or , nowadays on transport possibilities or shinier skins...But not a lot of selections have been made on late blight resistance, I have been growing tomatito de jalapa for a few years now, and it's the only tomato without late blight, but the fruits are very small (under one inch), but tasty.
I will tru these other ones this year, see if there's more or less disease resistance , and select on these,
Frank
outside growing:
tomatito de jalapa
humboldtii (a wild one, two varieties, one with smaller fruits and one with bigger -sized fruits)
wild tomato colombianum
wild tomato with small fruits (no name)
greenhouse growing:
prevoskodnyi
alyi mustang
sun belle
cartoloccio
orange banana
grit
tungus
mustang jaune
rose de berne (my favourite)
intervallo
pava baca
anna aasa
wippersnapper (tub grown)
kimberley (tub grown)
tchutchev (not sure if this is spelled correctly)
butuz
reine de ste. marthe
giant italian paste
millefleur
perpignan
gardener's delight
savan bali
juhas
dix doights de naples
quinte
chateau rose
marizol bratka
bajawa
ruths perfect
I could have forgotten a few, but that's just about it. I am mostly looking for a late blight resistance in tomatoes (and potatoes, but that's an other thread), West Europe has a reptation concerning late blight (it can occur from the end of May), it can destroy a whole harvest within a few days. This is in fact the main challenge for organic growers in West Europe: how to cope with late blight...No other disease is as radical as this one, even considering the whole range of vegetables (with some exception as potato brown rot, but this is a very exceptional disease, and fusarium on melons or cukes).
The wild tomatoes have a far better resistance against the disease compared to all the other cultivated ones. Selections have always been made on bigger fruit, better taste, or , nowadays on transport possibilities or shinier skins...But not a lot of selections have been made on late blight resistance, I have been growing tomatito de jalapa for a few years now, and it's the only tomato without late blight, but the fruits are very small (under one inch), but tasty.
I will tru these other ones this year, see if there's more or less disease resistance , and select on these,
Frank
Now I have to find a good sale on some bacon.