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Post by darthslater on Jun 6, 2010 13:44:45 GMT -5
This weeks pick is one I am growing this year Berkley Tie Dye heart. It is described as a redish black fruit with green stripes and yellow skin. I have heard good things about this tomato and I am sure my chefs will love it, if any of you have a pic feel free to post it, or you can go to tatiana's Tomato Base and look it up.
The thing about chefs is they like color, and stripes always go well
they will pass up bigger tomatoes for the medium sized ones every time.
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Post by sgtdraven on Jun 6, 2010 20:25:43 GMT -5
I am growing them for the first time this year and also looking foward to trying them.I was also gonna try black heart but lost all my seedlings and seed  |
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Post by Penny on Jun 7, 2010 6:12:27 GMT -5
First time here, and i cant wait, i've watched it from a seedling, tiny little flowers on mine now.  |
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Post by jcm05 on Jun 7, 2010 6:27:51 GMT -5
This was a good tomato. Grew it in 09 for first time. 6-8 oz fruit, Good flavor, avg yield but in a bad season, RL vines, yellow skin. Brad develops some very good tomatoes of the ones I've tried. I didn't care for his black heart. I have tried that one, large barred boar, BTDH and this year I'm growing Berkeley Tie-Dye to compare.   |
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Post by Penny on Jun 7, 2010 9:32:07 GMT -5
Cool.....cant wait |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 7, 2010 12:53:52 GMT -5
So this would be a paste type compared to the original which would have been a slicer? And the reason why Chef's like racing stripes is because patrons eat faster therefore you can have more seatings per evening?  |
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Post by frogsleapfarm on Jun 7, 2010 13:16:38 GMT -5
BTD heart is new to me this year too. I've tried most all of the other WBF tomato varieties and hardly a bad one in the lot.
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Post by darthslater on Jun 7, 2010 16:24:58 GMT -5
Nice pics JT.
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Post by tomstrees on Jun 9, 2010 8:21:04 GMT -5
This is a variety I've always wanted to try but have not found seeds ~>
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Post by jcm05 on Jun 9, 2010 9:35:35 GMT -5
This is a variety I've always wanted to try but have not found seeds ~> Well, you have now. You want some? |
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Post by tomstrees on Jun 9, 2010 12:24:29 GMT -5
This is a variety I've always wanted to try but have not found seeds ~> Well, you have now. You want some? PM sent J ~> |
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Post by landarc on Jun 9, 2010 20:51:37 GMT -5
So this would be a paste type compared to the original which would have been a slicer? And the reason why Chef's like racing stripes is because patrons eat faster therefore you can have more seatings per evening? It is not a paste type, it is hard to categorize. It is definitely heart shaped and dense, but, the cross section of the locules is more defined and larger than most hearts I have experience with. The flavor is also close to BTD, but, in a better package. |
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Post by jcm05 on Jun 10, 2010 5:56:45 GMT -5
Yeah, hearts and pastes are two different things.
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Post by Penny on Jun 10, 2010 6:42:02 GMT -5
I just cant wait to try mine, never had them before.  |
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