Nectarine Tomato

[bluelacedredhead]

This is from Sandhill Preservation apparently.
I only had one tomato on the plants. Not a good part of the garden apparently.

It's small, about 2 oz. And Very Very Shiny, like it's been waxed. The pic really does not do it justice; it's lovely.

[jcm05]

Very nice!

[bluelacedredhead]

So I kept it a little too long cuz I was gonna save the seed/not save the seed...
I ended up throwing it in the kitchen composter this morning. But now I'm having second thoughts?
But I mean, it was the only tomato from 5 plants and one little tomato isn't really enough to save from right? Although I have done that in the past and the next year had an entire row to select from....
Too late...I fed it to the worm bin. That solves the issue of me being indecisive and saving something I really shouldn't have....should I??

[rintintin]

Think of it this way: If the plant only produced one fruit, do you really want to save those genes?

[bluelacedredhead]

If my garden were in optimum condition and receiving more than 5 hours of sunlight a day, I'd say no. However....I'm guessing that environment is partially to blame for the poor growth

[carolyn137]

Sept 6, 2010 10:44:02 GMT -5 bluelacedredhead said:

This is from Sandhill Preservation apparently.
I only had one tomato on the plants. Not a good part of the garden apparently.

It's small, about 2 oz. And Very Very Shiny, like it's been waxed. The pic really does not do it justice; it's lovely.

But, but, that's not Nectarine which is like all other varieties named for fruits such as Peach Blow Sutton and others which have a matte, not shiny surface, and Nectarine should be at least a 6-8 oz size fruit.

Carolyn

[bluelacedredhead]

Carolyn, I just saw your reply.

You're saying Nectarine does not have shiny skin?? Nectarine fruit has a smooth shiny surface not fuzzy like a peach. These tomatoes were reminiscent of that.

The small size I'm attributing to the terrible soil in this garden plot and the lack of sunlight therein. I am working on correcting this, but it's not an overnight process.

Any idea what it might be then??
These were ordered from Sandhill, then repackaged and sent immediately to me....

[flowerpower]

Well, at least you got one fruit. I didn't even see a flower until late August. I will be growing them out again next yr. Let's see what I get. If they don't look true to type, I don't know what to say. I took them directly from the Sandhill package. Possibly it was a mix-up on their end. It happens.

[carolyn137]

Oct 11, 2010 7:40:08 GMT -5 bluelacedredhead said:

Carolyn, I just saw your reply.

You're saying Nectarine does not have shiny skin?? Nectarine fruit has a smooth shiny surface not fuzzy like a peach. These tomatoes were reminiscent of that.

The small size I'm attributing to the terrible soil in this garden plot and the lack of sunlight therein. I am working on correcting this, but it's not an overnight process.

Any idea what it might be then??
These were ordered from Sandhill, then repackaged and sent immediately to me....

Good Grief, you even PMed me about this and I totally forgot to get back to you. I'm sorry.

Glenn at Sandhill lists Nectarine in the red section as being 6-8 oz and doesn't mention a matte surface although it's one I've grown, pictured in my book, and mine had a slightly fuzzy surface.

I did notice that one person in an SSE YEarbook that I looked at said a shiny surface, so that's OK, but Glenn and others also say the color is reddish/orange and that's not what I see for what you show.

I did some Googling and found that most places did say a glossy surface but all said it turned a much darker color as it ripened, ripening up to a reddish/orange or in some cases pinkish/red.

So probably yours is Nectarine but just hadn't had a chance to ripen up so I would recognize it as to what I've grown.

Carolyn

www.tomatogrowers.com/midseason2.htm

solanaseeds.netfirms.com/TomatoesM-R.html

But neither of those are Nectarine.

I just reviewed his 2010 catalog right now, not the website which should be the same as the catalog, and didn't find the variety Nectarine listed. And he doesn't delete varieties once listed although he may be out of seed for a variety in a given year for several reasons.

So if seeds were repackaged to send you some you might want to check with the person who sent them to you to find out what other varieties the person had that could have gotten mixed up and sent to you.

Carolyn

[bluelacedredhead]

Carolyn,
The person who sent them to me was Flowerpower. She posted right before you did.

[carolyn137]

Oct 28, 2010 8:10:40 GMT -5 bluelacedredhead said:

Carolyn,
The person who sent them to me was Flowerpower. She posted right before you did.

And I should have deleted the following from my post above b'c at first I couldn't find Nectarine in the Sandhill listings b/c it was listed under the reds and I forgot that he doesn't have a section titled "other colors". ;D

So delete the following and you did see that I signed off twice. ;D I just forgot to delete what I'd written before I found the NEctarine listing.

(But neither of those are Nectarine.

I just reviewed his 2010 catalog right now, not the website which should be the same as the catalog, and didn't find the variety Nectarine listed. And he doesn't delete varieties once listed although he may be out of seed for a variety in a given year for several reasons.

So if seeds were repackaged to send you some you might want to check with the person who sent them to you to find out what other varieties the person had that could have gotten mixed up and sent to you. )

Carolyn, signing off once this time.

[flowerpower]

I only sent Blue 3 toms, Nectarine, Goldman's It-Amer and Yellow Marble. All came from Sandhill. I'll grow out 3 plants from the seed pack next summer. If any do not meet the description, I'll let Glenn know about it next yr. Blue seems pretty happy with the fruit she harvested, even if it isn't Nectarine. lol

[carolyn137]

Oct 29, 2010 4:51:35 GMT -5 flowerpower said:

I only sent Blue 3 toms, Nectarine, Goldman's It-Amer and Yellow Marble. All came from Sandhill. I'll grow out 3 plants from the seed pack next summer. If any do not meet the description, I'll let Glenn know about it next yr. Blue seems pretty happy with the fruit she harvested, even if it isn't Nectarine. lol

What I wrote above is:

(So probably yours is Nectarine but just hadn't had a chance to ripen up so I would recognize it as to what I've grown.)

But no harm in both of you growing it again if you have the room, and you said you are going to do that Flower, so that it does ripen up for both of you and then you can tell for sure.

Carolyn

[flowerpower]

I can easily put in 3. I have room for at least 100 plants. My garden is over 10,000 sq ft, not including the pumpkin patch.

[jcm05]

Oct 30, 2010 5:53:11 GMT -5 flowerpower said:

My garden is over 10,000 sq ft