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| I have a stand of Romas that are producing vigorously. This is the first time I'm grown them. Curiously, about half of the fruit are the expected pear-shape, but about half are almost perfectly round (and even getting to be several inches in diameter). Even on the same plant. Is that expected? |
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- Posted by spicymeatball none (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 14:22
| No it isn't. Must be a cross. |
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| That's going to be an interesting cross. Wonder how they'll turn out, and if the taste and consistency will be like the mystery parent. If they end up tasting great to you, then I'd hold onto the seeds from the biggest, most robust ones. However, next year's crop will probably begin reverting back to one of the parent stocks, only one way to find out though... |
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- Posted by daninthedirt 8b Central Texas (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 15:58
| OK, here's what I meant. These pictures are from the same plant. At bottom are what I expect Romas to look like. At top???? There are other examples. |
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| Wow...that's the same plant? Huh. |
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| If you check out all the Roma pics linked below you'll see that Roma F1 'throwbacks' of all sorts of shapes and sizes are fairly common. There are lots of so-called "Romas" around, both hybrid and open pollinated. So odds are either you ordered and planted an F1 hybrid Roma seed that had some genetic contamination or you ordered OP Roma seeds and a crossed F1 seed made it into that OP pack. It will be interesting to see which shape the plant produces the majority of but personally I wouldn't plan to save the seeds from them as there is already too much contamination in the breed IMO. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Roma pics
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- Posted by daninthedirt 8b Central Texas (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 17:08
| They were actually purchased seedlings. FWIW, I have the tag. It says "La Roma - VF Italian Type tomato with heavy yields. F1 Hyb". I guess in order to produce different fruit on the same plant, you'd need some odd genetic contamination. Yes, I don't have any incentive to save seeds from these, as I really don't know what I'd get. |
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| That name is a good example of what I call variety name contamination - La Roma VF Italian Type vs. Roma, Roma VF, Martino's Roma, Italian Roma, Roma Italian, Little Mama Roma, etc. etc. see link below. One never knows what they are getting. "Roma" - the name - doesn't mean Roma - the variety - any more. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: List of umpteen roma varieties
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| Interesting. Never seen and heard of ROUND Roma. |
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