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Post by kyredneck on Sept 24, 2014 19:39:13 GMT -5
Chileplants.com has it listed as solanum lycopersicum:
"PINEAPPLE TOMATILLO - Very Large Beefsteak Tomatillo; matures red & yellow bicolor; Late Season (80-90 days); rich sweet flavor; S.lycopersicum."
Anyone here ever grown this one?
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Post by ferdzy on Sept 24, 2014 20:52:06 GMT -5
Somebody was asleep at the wheel when they wrote that up. It's Pineapple TOMATO. Yes, I've grown it. It's a lovely tomato, not the most productive but you can expect a dozen or so quite large tomatoes, mild and delicious and very attractive. We have a shortish season, so maybe more tomatoes if you have a longer season.
*wanders off, contemplating the concept of a beefsteak tomatillo*
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Post by steev on Sept 24, 2014 21:44:54 GMT -5
Yes; nice thick slice on a cheese-burger!
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Post by kyredneck on Sept 25, 2014 4:04:16 GMT -5
"*wanders off, contemplating the concept of a beefsteak tomatillo*....Yes; nice thick slice on a cheese-burger!"
Lol, zactly!
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Post by kyredneck on Sept 25, 2014 4:26:36 GMT -5
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Post by oxbowfarm on Sept 25, 2014 6:46:11 GMT -5
Well, a bunch of them are ground cherries. I could see lumping ground cherries in with tomatillos, but it seems odd that they wouldn't mention which was which in the descriptions. Ground cherries have much different culinary functions than tomatillos, and it is a bit difficult to tell the difference between them in those photos.
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Post by kyredneck on Sept 26, 2014 5:41:48 GMT -5
It appears they're making the distinction between the two with "Sweet Tomatillo" and "Tart Tomatillo".
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Post by khoomeizhi on Sept 26, 2014 17:12:00 GMT -5
they do list species - though i've got doubts about 'zuni', they call it sweet. doesn't look like pruinosa.
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Post by kyredneck on Sept 27, 2014 8:41:46 GMT -5
"ZUNI - Tart Tomatillo; matures greenish yellow to pale yellow; small sweet tomatillo; heirloom; from USA, New Mexico; Uses: Fresh Salsas; Physalis pruinosa."
They're describing it as both tart and sweet, and I agree, it looks to be ixocarpa.
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