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| This year I decided to plant a mixed bag of seeds since it was cheaper with more varieties. Going by the names,I thought black and purple would be easy to distinguish but turns out they're all brownish. I have at least 3 plants that put out brownish tomatoes but, for the life of me, can't tell them apart. Is there some sure fire identification method or sign? Thanks! |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Mon, Sep 15, 14 at 17:37
| Both Cherokee Purple and Black from Tula are called so called blacks, but they aren't. Both have a clear epidermis and along with other clear epidermis so called blacks, I call them pink blacks. Red blacks with a yellow epidermis are much darker and aha, I call them red/blacks. Both are indet and have RL foliage and both produce beefsteak type fruits. I've never seen either of them produce a brownish fruit, although there is a mutant of CP called Cherokee Chocloate that does produce a mahogany brownish fruit. The only difference I find is the taste and I prefer CP over BFT, but I also prefer Indian Stripe, a version of CP over CP itself. I've grown all three many times and taste is for me is different and preferred by me for CP and IS over BFT. and they do have very different origins, that is BFT from Russia and CP/IS from the US as most would agree, but there are some naysayers.. Carolyn |
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| With a bag of 3 variety mixed seeds, if you plant 3 seeds, it is possible that all 3 will the same one of them. Some vendors For the above reason I will never buy mixed bags, no matter how inexpensive they are. UNLESS, as I said they are color coated . |
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- Posted by ncrealestateguy 7b (finerhomesofcharlotte@gmail.com) on Tue, Sep 16, 14 at 18:01
| Like Carolyn said, the best bet is to taste them to determine which is which. BFT has a slight smoky flavor to me. And my CP tend to be somewhat larger than my BFT. Also, the BFT is an early variety, whereas, I think, CP is much later. |
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| Identifying a tomato from plant and fruit itself is a difficult task. Doing it with tasting the fruit, I would think, would be event a harder thing to do. There are no solid standards a and gauge to make a judgment based on taste. I think ultimately the fruits' physical characteristics is a more reliable gauge to go with. JMO. YMMV. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Tue, Sep 23, 14 at 9:50
| No, taste is NOT the way to ID a variety. I said above that I could but that's my own experience after growing both CP and BFT many times. Summary? There is no easy way to confirm which is which in this circumstance since they share so many traits as I posted earlier. If particular varieties are wanted it's best to buy those from a good commercial source, and not by trading seeds. So save seeds if youwish for home use but since what you have cannot be IDed it would be best not to share seeds. Carolyn |
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