The reason I ask is a few years ago, I used to get some (maybe all) Green Zebras that were "large and not round". What I mean by that is they were about the size and shape of a tangerine. There were bigger than a ping pong ball, but smaller than a tennis ball and they were also sort of squat or compressed. They were wider on the sides than they were up and down.

The ones I grew this year were all about ping pong ball sized and pretty much round. (if anything they are slightly elongated - slightly narrower on the sides than they are up and down)

I didn't save the seed from the "big" ones, and I'm not even sure what seed I used this year. For some reason I have 2 different packets of GZ seeds from 2 different suppliers.

Anyhow, has anyone else noticed this?

Is there a way to get the "bigger, fatter" GZ back?

Thanks!
Bart

Fruit size may vary, depending on the growing conditions , to some extent. But even then majority should fall into its genetic size.

I'm also growing green zebras this year. I think most of mine have been round and bigger than a ping pong ball, but not as large as a tangerine. I'm also getting low numbers of fruits. What I am getting, however, is delicious and I usually end up eating it as soon as I pick it, before it can even get it inside. :)

If I don't end up moving, I may grow the same varieties next year as sort of a do-over so that I don't think of them as bad plants just because of how poorly the year has gone!

Angie

But as noted below seeds were sold by Tomato Growers Supply for what they called Big Zebra, as noted in the link below, with pictures.

From the link you can see that both TGS and Diane's Flowers are offering seeds for 2014 when you click on seed availability.

Carolyn

From looking at some of the google images, I see most shots are the round, "ping pong ball" shaped ones that I got this year, but there were a few shots of the more squat shaped ones too.

I hope it was because of the weather this year!!!!