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Post by darthslater on Sept 12, 2010 9:26:09 GMT -5
This is a big tomato but very late for me, just in the last 2 weeks. It has a decent flavor, not spectacular, but good. Very productive and yellow, not "Golden" or orange.
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Post by jcm05 on Sept 12, 2010 16:42:40 GMT -5
Don't look like a heart to me.
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Post by tomc on Sept 14, 2010 6:32:05 GMT -5
Darth the tomato in the left is pretty clearly oblate. Now I know your fond of heart shapes. To a degree I share your fondness, b-u-t if ya can't find more to say about this one, it might get taken as being panned...
I'm just saying
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Post by darthslater on Sept 14, 2010 6:36:44 GMT -5
Darth the tomato in the left is pretty clearly oblate. Now I know your fond of heart shapes. To a degree I share your fondness, b-u-t if ya can't find more to say about this one, it might get taken as being panned... I'm just saying The oblate one is a Spuda Yellow Strawberry,which is very tasty. I am not saying homers isnt a good tomato, it ok, the fact that it was very late for me was a factor that made it not great. The taste is somwhat mild, and I like a more assertive flavor. By all means try it.
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Post by tomc on Sept 14, 2010 12:48:31 GMT -5
Darth, First I am going to resettle this fall nearer my eldest. Next, persuade a doctor I'm not dieing. Then, get a new garden back up and opened; which will subsume, that I can get the eight or ten tomato cultivars I already think are truely superior back into collection for some seed banks I'm fond of..
Then, and only then, can I start rummaging around for new trials.
This puts "new stuph" back on my grow-list mebee spring of '12.
Gettin' old sucks
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Post by darthslater on Sept 14, 2010 18:49:47 GMT -5
Darth, First I am going to resettle this fall nearer my eldest. Next, persuade a doctor I'm not dieing. Then, get a new garden back up and opened; which will subsume, that I can get the eight or ten tomato cultivars I already think are truely superior back into collection for some seed banks I'm fond of.. Then, and only then, can I start rummaging around for new trials. This puts "new stuph" back on my grow-list mebee spring of '12. Gettin' old sucks You are preaching to the chior!!
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Post by bcreeree77 on May 14, 2017 20:10:09 GMT -5
Homer Fike was my great grandfather. This picture above does not do it justice as to what the tomato is capable of. They do get a much darker orange color if left to ripen longer and then are super sweet. They come in a variety of shapes but I've seen some very very heart shaped and GIGANTIC. Of course, being a heirloom it has its issues and cracking at the top is my issue the most.
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