Post by Tom Wagner on Jun 4, 2011 6:44:48 GMT -8
Now that I am able to post pictures....I thought some of you may wish to see some of last years...2010...sampling of one of my blue tomato varieties in the making.
Helsing Junction Blue is but one of the segregations combining the blue tomato and cherry sized tomatoes. This variety was selected because it was early...transplanted to the field July 1 and harvested during late August. I had a bag full of this clone and showed them at the Helsing Junction Sleepover...
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I donated some seed this spring to Helsing Junction including this one.
The first picture is a sample of Helsing Junction Blue as I did a series of photographs. These are one inch sized blue tomatoes.
This is a shot of the tomatoes after I extracted the seed and allowed the pulp to dry for a day.
The next photo is about four days later...completely dried. Notice the sun dried tomatoes...they could be further processed or thrown in the freezer to add to dishes months later.
The main idea of this topic is to show how the blue tomato bred into a thin walled cherry tomato...carries the blue down into the pericarp almost to the seed locule. Remove the seed and you can see the blue from inside the locule....larger tomatoes don't have this feature. The dried product has a concentrated blue anthocyanin much higher than a larger fruit might have.
Tom Wagner
Trying to get away to plant some of these tomatoes into a high row tunnel greenhouse and also to the field some forty miles away. It is 45 degrees here this morning but the temps are to reach 70....yeaa.......
Helsing Junction Blue is but one of the segregations combining the blue tomato and cherry sized tomatoes. This variety was selected because it was early...transplanted to the field July 1 and harvested during late August. I had a bag full of this clone and showed them at the Helsing Junction Sleepover...
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New tomato named after HJF
September 28, 2010 by helsingfarmcsa
Last month, accomplished plant breeder Tom Wagner came out to visit the farm, chat with people and check out the Helsing Junction Sleepover. Part of the proceeds from the Food Tent at the HJ Sleepover were given to Tom to help support his efforts to create new potato and tomato varieties, especially those intended for cultivation in the maritime Northwest.
From Tom Wagner of Tater Mater Seeds:
“I just got back from the Helsing Junction Farm. I was there for only four hours but had a chance to show some of the blue cherry tomatoes. The clone I had with me was #31. I grew it just 13.5 miles as the crow flies from them. I am naming it Helsing Junction Blue in honor of the day......
September 28, 2010 by helsingfarmcsa
Last month, accomplished plant breeder Tom Wagner came out to visit the farm, chat with people and check out the Helsing Junction Sleepover. Part of the proceeds from the Food Tent at the HJ Sleepover were given to Tom to help support his efforts to create new potato and tomato varieties, especially those intended for cultivation in the maritime Northwest.
From Tom Wagner of Tater Mater Seeds:
“I just got back from the Helsing Junction Farm. I was there for only four hours but had a chance to show some of the blue cherry tomatoes. The clone I had with me was #31. I grew it just 13.5 miles as the crow flies from them. I am naming it Helsing Junction Blue in honor of the day......
I donated some seed this spring to Helsing Junction including this one.
The first picture is a sample of Helsing Junction Blue as I did a series of photographs. These are one inch sized blue tomatoes.
This is a shot of the tomatoes after I extracted the seed and allowed the pulp to dry for a day.
The next photo is about four days later...completely dried. Notice the sun dried tomatoes...they could be further processed or thrown in the freezer to add to dishes months later.
The main idea of this topic is to show how the blue tomato bred into a thin walled cherry tomato...carries the blue down into the pericarp almost to the seed locule. Remove the seed and you can see the blue from inside the locule....larger tomatoes don't have this feature. The dried product has a concentrated blue anthocyanin much higher than a larger fruit might have.
Tom Wagner
Trying to get away to plant some of these tomatoes into a high row tunnel greenhouse and also to the field some forty miles away. It is 45 degrees here this morning but the temps are to reach 70....yeaa.......