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Post by Tom Wagner on Dec 14, 2013 0:48:07 GMT -8
Pride of Flanders? I have nearly forgotten about that one. Rita was one of my hosts while I was in Belgium and she was...along with her husband, Guy....very interested in my tomato varieties. I probably came up with the name off of one of my numbered lines in her greenhouse. I doubt if it has much if any late blight resistance. I did not know that Gary Ibsen had it...these folks never tell me...but good for him to list it. Here is a picture of it. Thanks for the link.  Hope it does well in Finland. I have others that might be better at fighting late blight....reminds me to contact my friends in Wales to see how my varieties fared against it this past season.
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Post by Lynn on Mar 5, 2015 8:56:56 GMT -8
sowingFinn, I grew Pride of Flanders last year. While my other tomatoes suffered from something, Flanders just kept on growing healthy well into the colder nights, even some frost. However, my plant was quite small last year and fruited so late that by the time I finally picked them, the season was nearly done. We did have a cool, moist summer here in Indiana last year, so I am trying it again this year and watching as to whether it will fruit earlier or not.
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Post by marches on Mar 8, 2015 7:53:46 GMT -8
Pride of Flanders? I have nearly forgotten about that one. Rita was one of my hosts while I was in Belgium and she was...along with her husband, Guy....very interested in my tomato varieties. I probably came up with the name off of one of my numbered lines in her greenhouse. I doubt if it has much if any late blight resistance. I did not know that Gary Ibsen had it...these folks never tell me...but good for him to list it. Here is a picture of it. Thanks for the link. Hope it does well in Finland. I have others that might be better at fighting late blight....reminds me to contact my friends in Wales to see how my varieties fared against it this past season. I don't know about exact locations, but last year had a warm, dry summer across most of the UK. Certainly here had a good summer (~30 miles away from North Wales). Northern Scotland and Norway had a very wet year though. |
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Post by Tom Wagner on Mar 17, 2015 1:34:50 GMT -8
Interesting to hear about climate differences. Two days ago I was given seed of Green Zebra grown for twenty years by this farmer lady in France. She says the westher was increasingly wetter year by year right up to last year. She thinks her Green Zebra is adapting to wetter seasons but is afraid the wet conditions cause yield reductions. She gave me seed of 2024, 2013, 2012,and 2008. I will grow each of these out to compare and make crosses back to my exclusively kept version to make evaluations.
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Post by katniss on Jun 24, 2015 7:02:12 GMT -8
Interesting to hear about climate differences. Two days ago I was given seed of Green Zebra grown for twenty years by this farmer lady in France. She says the westher was increasingly wetter year by year right up to last year. She thinks her Green Zebra is adapting to wetter seasons but is afraid the wet conditions cause yield reductions. She gave me seed of 2024, 2013, 2012,and 2008. I will grow each of these out to compare and make crosses back to my exclusively kept version to make evaluations. I grew Pride of Flanders last season . Seeds from Gary Ibsen (Tomatofest).
This year I'm growing them again (from the same seed pack), and they turn out to be a very different tomato...
I live in Norway, by the way!
Here are two pictures - one from last season and one from this season: The tomatoes on pic 2 is unripe 
 
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Post by Tom Wagner on Jun 25, 2015 7:41:56 GMT -8
Since I am not a supplier of this seed to anyone...and don't talk on a regular basis with anyone who has....I can't attest to what is going on. The buying public has not insisted that varieties I have bred up come from me directly or from sales on my website.
Neither of the Norway clones look right
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Post by Gary Ibsen on Aug 3, 2015 4:01:36 GMT -8
Hi Tom,
The Pride of Flanders seed I grew were damaged last year.
Can I get more Pride of Flanders seeds from you? gary@tomatofest.com
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Post by Tom Wagner on Aug 4, 2015 8:40:57 GMT -8
Hi, Gary, it has been a long time since we met at your place and with John Teixeira of Lone Willow Ranch! When was that 2001 or so?
I will look thru my inventory and check with some of my cooperators to see if one clone stands out.
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Post by Evan on Jan 9, 2016 8:57:38 GMT -8
Hi Tom,
Im interested to get Pride Of Flanders seeds from you to try in Singapore.
koh0222@hotmail.com
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Post by sowingFinn on Mar 15, 2018 23:29:38 GMT -8
Hi, I just wanted to report what happened with my Pride of Flanders experiment in 2014/2015. It appeared that my seeds were not a stable variety but rather a germplasm (or most likely a F2 generation from a cross made by Tom). The plants were rather uniform, I would say dwarf indeterminates (not self-pruning). There was a lot of antocyan expressions in the skin, however, the tomatoes were rather late ripening, very hard (never ripe or just late?), and they were in the end infected by late blight in my wet and cold climate. I got many colors ranging from reds to yellows, I don't remember any greens or green flesh.   I selected one favorite tomato, a red with high amount of anto, and saved some seeds. Below picture is from year 2015 when I grew two plants of this selection. I was surprised that both plants were very similar, and the fruits were uniform. I grew them in containers without any pruning, they were nice little bushy plants (not really vines) at their 70-100 cm high. The flavor was excellent when ripe. I didn't weight the fruits but I would estimate it as 100 g (a slicer rather than saladette, definitely not a cherry).  ![]() |
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Post by Gabi on Jul 19, 2023 7:39:24 GMT -8
Pride of Flanders? I have nearly forgotten about that one. Rita was one of my hosts while I was in Belgium and she was...along with her husband, Guy....very interested in my tomato varieties. I probably came up with the name off of one of my numbered lines in her greenhouse. I doubt if it has much if any late blight resistance. I did not know that Gary Ibsen had it...these folks never tell me...but good for him to list it. Here is a picture of it. Thanks for the link. Hope it does well in Finland. I have others that might be better at fighting late blight....reminds me to contact my friends in Wales to see how my varieties fared against it this past season. I don't know about exact locations, but last year had a warm, dry summer across most of the UK. Certainly here had a good summer (~30 miles away from North Wales). Northern Scotland and Norway had a very wet year though.
Hi Tom, I am growing *Flanders Contrast* this year and was wondering about the origin of its name. Flanders in Belgium? Ned Flanders from the Simpsons (yellow skin, green sweater).
Having read this post, I guess it is Flanders in Belgium - same as for "Pride of Flanders". Did Flanders Contrast also grow in the greenhouse auf Rita and Guy? Greetings from Austria
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Post by Tom Wagner on Jul 26, 2023 20:04:10 GMT -8
Gavin
Thanks for bringing this back to my attention
I was sent several variations of Flanders Contrast and Pride of
Flanders and I grew them out and have seed saved
I sent a lot of seed out spring of 2009 prior to me my late summer speaking engagements all over Europe
Many in turn sent my seeds to their friends and my varieties grew like wildfire in absentia and the French/Belgium groups were the most active
My F-3 Green Zebra x Ananas Noir selection were especially populate and my power point presentations fanned the excitement
Madame Tomat … Rita de Clerq…. Helped tremendously
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