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| Hello, This tomato must have been in Shoprite for a while but I just recently saw it and bought 2 of them. I had one and I thought it was delicious so I washed and dried the seeds. I just went online to find out more about it however I ran into some article telling the story of how the state of Florida didn't want this tomato shipped "out of state" since it wasn't pretty enough in appearance? What nerve! My question is, has anyone ever tried growing them? I'm just curious about it. Thanks so much! |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Sun, Feb 16, 14 at 18:32
| Lots of folks have grown it, and here's a bit of the background on it, a short one, actually Ugly Ripe was the name given to it by a woman in FLwho sold fruits at several places and it was supposedly of Italian origin. All was well until the Procacci Bros of Philly bought her out since they had a competing variety, which I won't go into here. THe Procacci Bros were then growing Ugly Ripe and their own one in Fl and ran afoul of the FL TOmato Comission who said they could n't ship Ugly out of the state since it didn't conform to the guidelines they had developed. It went to court, at several levels, and the final verdict was that the Procacci Bros won and it's been shipped out of state for many years now, to many parts of the country. Yes, I've tasted it and could name several others that I like better, actually many others I like much better, but I'm not going to do it. (smile) Carolyn |
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| Thanks so much Caroline! I've noticed that you have meticulous notes on stuff you've grown before (on other posts). I don't see others here mentioning it much so I'll probably just stick to my "better boy" which I know will produce reliably for me. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Mon, Feb 17, 14 at 14:25
| Nope, I have no notes, it's all up here, said Carolyn tapping her head and since I'll be 75 in June I'm not sure how long those brain notes will last.. LOL But I have been obsessed with tomatoes for a very long time, ever since growing up on the family farm, and starting reading/posting at message sites in 1982, have been the lead Moderator at a couple of sites, and am now as well, and have grown almost 4,000 varieties to date. Except since 2004 when I fell and got put into this walker, so for the few I still grow here at home someone else does all that as well as caring for my perennals gardens, etc. And have made large seed offers for many years but now I have four wonderful folks who do the seed production for me. Myj ob is to find the seeds for varieties that will be new to all or most, which has meant developing friendships with many folks in Europe, and actually everwhere. New ones for this year from the Republic of Georgia, Iraq, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and more, and I often get sent seeds for new ones in the SASE's that folks send me for my seed offer elsewhere. Time to go pack seeds now.LOL And yes, Better Boy F1 and Big Boy F1 are two of the earliest hybrids offered and each one shares one parent in common, and that's an heirloom from the midwest called Teddy Jones. Reliable ones that you might consider are the Harris bred Supersonic F1, Jet Star F1 and Moreton hybrid , as it's called, also some of the earliest ones bred and also great tasting with high production. I like Supersonic best although I seldom grow any hybrids these days. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. LOL Carolyn |
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| Have Produce Junction store in my area. Very NO-frills places, GREAT fruit/veggies, and GREAT prices. Bought something called KUMATOS?? Smallish, "brown" tomatoes in old-fashioned cardboard "boats"... $2/lb. I hardly ever buy supermarket tomatoes. COnsider "season" to be late-July till end of September for anything that actually has some flavor... from road-side stands. Company in Canada, grown in Mexico and ALSOLUTEY taste like REAL tomatoes! If ya ever see them, buy them! I'll be looking for UGLY tomatoes! |
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| Caroline- Absolutely amazing! I thank you again for sharing your knowledge with us here and elsewhere. And finding new varieties! How awesome! Thanks for the hybrid information and hope your health improves. KL- the uglies are at Shoprite! |
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| I don't know anything about this particular tomato, other than what I read here, BUT if you liked how it tastes, I would say go ahead and plant it. The reason being, that if a tomato was not productive/prolific enough it would not have been grown commercially. Commercial growers aim at the high producers. So if you liked how it tastes, it is productive AND you are so interested about it, have the seeds, why not grow it ? What you've got to loose ? There are a lot of perfectly round shiny tomatoes around but there aren't very many UGLY ones: lol. JMO. |
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| Seysonn- thank you for making that point; it didn't occur to me. Maybe I'll just grow one of each: UglyRipe and Better Boy. I haven't decided what to do yet. |
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- Posted by Fiishergurl none (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 14 at 20:00
| My husband bought some today aon the recommendations of a neighbor and we loved the taste. Havent had a store bought tomato that tasty ever. Definitely going to save some seeds and grow one and see what happens. Ginny |
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