Gruntovii Gribovskii

[Tom Wagner]

PI 294442 - Solanum lycopersicum - Gruntovii Gribovskii - Israel --

4-6 oz., 2 1/2 inches, 4 locules, oblate, red, determinate, fairly productive

One of several tomatoes I requested from Grunt and Grungy.

Even though I don't think this variety is anything special, I did cross a couple of fruits to the P-20 Blue. Sometimes the only way to make an obscure variety come to life is to cross it with something unique. One afternoon I just went down the rows of tomatoes crossing P-20 Blue to anything that had a flower.

It would be nice to know how this Eastern European named tomato got to Israel. If it were for the fact of a Jewish family going to live in Israel brought the seed with them or what, I dunno.

Since so many things can be Googled, maybe someone searching for this name can enlighten me on new information on the history or what they think of the fruit. I am going to see how long it takes for my entry here to show up on Googling.

[Irina]

Dear Tom, the first - Thank you so much for a beautifull workshop in Wien! I'm glad to be helpful with the history of Gruntovii Gribovskii. This ist Tomatovariety from very good russian Breeder Alpatjev. I think that you have Gruntovii Gribovskii 1180 (another one is Gruntovii Gribovskii 2046). It was breeded during 30-er -40-er last century and one of parents is tall Variety with big fruit Lutschij iz vseh (The best of all).

[Tom Wagner]

Irina,

Thanks for posting on the tatermater forum and thank you for your comments about one of my many workshops in Europe and Vienna in particular.

I will research Alpatjev when i get back to the states

Tom