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Post by downinmyback on Aug 29, 2007 20:13:57 GMT -5
I have traded for Tennessee Surprise Tomato and i was wondering if anyone had grown it before.
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Post by MawkHawk on Dec 4, 2007 8:53:43 GMT -5
Someone mentioned Red Zebra as a nice "stripey" tomato and I have to agree. For me, production and taste are very good.
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Post by canadamike on Jul 30, 2008 21:41:12 GMT -5
Bringing back an old post, I have to say I agree with the fact there is a confusion with the name. The one I grew years ago was from Tand M, also called Tigerella. The skin was so tough you could not break it and chew it all with your teeths. The interior was OK, nothing to write a song about...
I have seen the name in other catalogs, and it was not the same small tomato, saladette type than the one I grew.
And I am growing Copia now...
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Post by flowerpower on Jul 31, 2008 6:45:53 GMT -5
This yr I have Copia, Tiger-like and Red Zebra. It'll be interesting to see the differences & similarities between them.
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Post by PapaVic on Jul 31, 2008 9:50:20 GMT -5
Green Zebra: Decent but not near as good as Cherokee Green
Vintage Wine: Awful, mushy, worthless
Pink Tie Dye: Almost as good as Indian Stripe
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Post by canadamike on Jul 31, 2008 10:49:45 GMT -5
Have you grown copia Bill? Or heard about it...
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Post by raymondo on Jul 31, 2008 16:52:12 GMT -5
In the past I've tried
Stripes
Tigerella (red with gold stripes) - very pretty but too soft for me
Green Zebra - one of my favourites
Black Zebra - good looker, okay flavour
Bicolours
Regina's Yellow - very nice
Lucky Cross - fine flavour but shy producer
Burracker's Favorite - as for Lucky Cross
In this year's garden, with any luck
Berkeley Tie Dye
Regina's Yellow
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Post by daylilydude on Oct 1, 2008 18:30:40 GMT -5
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Post by Tom Akers on Oct 2, 2008 3:00:25 GMT -5
So how did the Copia taste? It certainly looks nice.
This year I have Green Zebra and Red zebra.
Green Zebra - Delicious, productive, but for some reason kind of late for me. A great tomato.
Red Zebra - Beautiful, productive, but the taste isn't there for me. Earlier than GZ, in fact, very early. Skin too thick for me. GZ also has a kind of thick skin, and I always get black spots on them. Anybody know what these are? I just skin them a bit, I love the taste.
I definitely want to try the black zebra. Any other zebras out there?
Happy Gardening,
Tom
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Post by canadamike on Oct 2, 2008 9:23:29 GMT -5
I grew the original Copia this year, lots of delicious big beefsteak orange with red stripes. I got about 40 pounds per plant.
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Post by skip on Oct 4, 2008 5:34:45 GMT -5
G'Day Tom
There is a White Zebra too but I've not grown it nor do I have seeds. Should be interesting though.
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Post by paquebot on Oct 4, 2008 19:52:31 GMT -5
There's also just plain Zebra. Yellow with red stripes. Grew it last year and wasn't overly impressed with it. Had the same problem as many other yellow and red bi-colors in that it didn't have a very long shelf life.
Martin
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Post by canadamike on Oct 4, 2008 20:32:56 GMT -5
I second martin on this shelf life thing. Same with the blacks, all the ones I grew up to now. The black plum are better, but they have a short life for plums.
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Post by karamazovv on Oct 10, 2008 4:32:36 GMT -5
The best for me in "stripped" (not bi-color) tomato is Beauty queen.  |
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Post by maricybele on Nov 6, 2008 0:51:08 GMT -5
The best I have used is chop sticks with a duct tape flag. Next year I will duck tape the name to the stake. Duct tape is CLEAR for over a year on some of my markers.
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