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Post by murgatroyd on Oct 19, 2010 15:20:41 GMT -8
Is there an existing thread on this board discussing the Purple Smudge tomato? I tried a search but came up with nothing. Perhaps I didn't perform the search correctly. I undertstand there are probably 2 types: the smudge tomato with red flesh and the smudge with the orange mutation.
Is the Purple Smudge an outbreeder due to its partly wild origins?
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Post by DarJones on Oct 19, 2010 20:53:17 GMT -8
The best I remember, Purple Smudge is a result of an introgression of a wild tomato gene that was done in Florida back in the 1970's. While many people think it is an heirloom, the evidence is that it was a recent breeding work. Orange Smudge is an even more recent version that seems to be a result of a bee made cross with an orange variety that was then stabilized. The reason I say this is that several growers reported varying sizes and shapes over the last several years. I'm open to other possibilities, this is just what I've read.
DarJones
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Post by PatrickW on Oct 19, 2010 22:48:33 GMT -8
Is the Purple Smudge an outbreeder due to its partly wild origins? If I look around the Internet, I come up with this picture: picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gC0kHohFB7aKrKhZXYTm8wIf you then zoom in on the flowers, you see this:  In my opinion, the stigma is not very exposed, so I would not expect this to be much of an outbreeder. You do have to kind of squint at the picture however. |
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Post by murgatroyd on Oct 19, 2010 23:14:53 GMT -8
Speaking of pictures, I saw a photo of Purple Smudge showing a slight purple tint to some of the leaves. I'll post the link if I find it again.
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Post by GunnarSK on Oct 22, 2010 11:06:13 GMT -8
Is Purple Smudge (the original tomato, not the orange fleshed one) available commercially, and who sells the seed?
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Post by DarJones on Oct 22, 2010 20:40:00 GMT -8
You can find the original Purple Smudge at Sandhill Preservation. Please note the this is a temperature sensitive gene. It expresses very little at high temps around 90F but expresses much more heavily at 65F. www.sandhillpreservation.com/DarJones |
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Post by GunnarSK on Oct 31, 2010 2:06:35 GMT -8
You can find the original Purple Smudge at Sandhill Preservation. Please note the this is a temperature sensitive gene. It expresses very little at high temps around 90F but expresses much more heavily at 65F. www.sandhillpreservation.com/DarJones Thank you Darrell. A google search didn't come up with a lot, even when I excluded "orange". The best source of information seems to be Tatiana's database, and beside Sandhill she also sells the seed herself: tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Purple_Smudge. She even quotes you there. |
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