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Thread: Seedless grape tomatoes
Started 3 weeks, 3 days ago by lakemayor
We were in Florida last week and went to a flea market where they were selling seedless grape tomatoes. They were smaller than any grape tomatoes we have ever seen. They flavor was wonderful? Does anyone know what variety these are and were to purchase? Also, a few years ago I had a salad that had tiny little tomatoes in it and I asked what they were and I was told that they were "...
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carolyn137 replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago
I don't know of any grape tomatoes that are seedless, unless someone had grown them by spraying them with Blossom Set, which induces what's called parthenocarpy and the fruits are pretty much seedless. But I'm pretty sure the wee tomatoes you referred to are one of the many what's called Currant tomatoes. There are many varieties such as Red and Yellow Currants, Wild Texas, Sara's ...
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lakemayor replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Carolyn- thank you very much!! So- would we search, for ordering purposes, by the genus and species you have listed along with the type (Sara's Galapagos,etc)? We have also heard these referred to as "cranberry tomatoes. They would also be apprpopriate for zones 4/5 (Southern Michigan)I take it?
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carolyn137 replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago
No, you wouldn't search for them by genus and species, you's search by variety name. Just go to some of the following sites and you'll find them: Sandhillpreservation.com, for Sara's Galapagos, Coyote, etc. tomatogrowers.com, for the standard red and yellow currants as I recall seedsavers.org for several other named currants that are IDed as being currants in the blurbs that ...
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dickiefickle replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Go to "Tomato Casual " seedless tomato
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lakemayor replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Carolyn- they were 1/2 the size or even a little less but were similar shaped with no seeds whatsoever that I could find.
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carolyn137 replied 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Go to "Tomato Casual " seedless tomato **** I did and what they're talking about is Burpee's Sweet Seedless, which they refer to, which is not a cherry tomato and which does have seeds and is discussed extensivley in that other thread whose title I now forget but I think it's still on this first opage and Lake posted in that one as well looking for a seedless cherry tomato. At another...
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mtbigfigh replied 3 weeks, 2 days ago
if you are a seed saver I have heard that currants can easily cross with otheraters - Carolyn any info on that?
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carolyn137 replied 3 weeks, 2 days ago
It used to be thought that currants would cross easily, with any other tomatoes, not just each other, but it turns out that not all currants have an exerted stigma, which is why they have to be pollinated by insects. Ketih Mueller, who posts here has said that he's more worried about his regular garden tomatoes crossing currants and has also said that perhaps 50% don't have exerted stigmas....
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mulio replied 3 weeks, 2 days ago
its probably just a catchy name someone applied to sell them likely just another grape tomato variation derived from the Santa grape tomato Coyote
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It used to be thought that currants would cross easily, with any other tomatoes, not just each other, but it turns out that not all currants have an exerted stigma, which is why they have to be pollinated by insects. Ketih Mueller, who posts here has said that he's more worried about his regular garden tomatoes crossing currants and has also said that perhaps 50% don't have exerted stigmas. Since I don't take the time to check...
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Carolyn- they were 1/2 the size or even a little less but were similar shaped with no seeds whatsoever that I could find.
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Go to "Tomato Casual " seedless tomato
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if you are a seed saver I have heard that currants can easily cross with otheraters - Carolyn any info on that?
mulio
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its probably just a catchy name someone applied to sell them likely just another grape tomato variation derived from the Santa grape tomato Coyote

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