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"Italian pink pear" tomato
A seed saving exercise gone wrong. In the green fruit stage of the plant the fruits are pear-shaped but as they mature they go all over the shape range. One can see some 'San Marzano', 'Roma' and all sort of other parentage in the fruit shape. Obviously some cross pollination has occured and we have lost our original unique "cultivar" (this may not be the correct word). The fruits were still excellent tomato sauce ingredients. One could argue that the loss is only cosmetic but in the field we are also losing earliness and productivity as well. "Back to the drawing board" ... but it's not as simple as that is it?
By the way this is not a mini pear such as the 'Yellow Pear', 'Red Pear' or 'Japanese Black Pear' but a normal size pear-shaped tomato (the diner plate gives an idea of the size).
"Italian pink pear" tomato
A seed saving exercise gone wrong. In the green fruit stage of the plant the fruits are pear-shaped but as they mature they go all over the shape range. One can see some 'San Marzano', 'Roma' and all sort of other parentage in the fruit shape. Obviously some cross pollination has occured and we have lost our original unique "cultivar" (this may not be the correct word). The fruits were still excellent tomato sauce ingredients. One could argue that the loss is only cosmetic but in the field we are also losing earliness and productivity as well. "Back to the drawing board" ... but it's not as simple as that is it?
By the way this is not a mini pear such as the 'Yellow Pear', 'Red Pear' or 'Japanese Black Pear' but a normal size pear-shaped tomato (the diner plate gives an idea of the size).