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Identify this tomato!

5 years ago

Can someone please help me identify what kind of tomato this is? It is dark red and shaped just like a bell pepper! My mom and I do our best to eat organic, and she was worried it was given hormones. It came in a variety package from Whole Foods. They tasted yummy! I’ve Included photos of the bunch as well as the mystery tomato!

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lgteacher

5 years ago

Tomatoes come in all different sizes, colors, and shapes. There are about 3,000 varieties of tomatoes being grown around the world. Enjoy the tomatoes, and if the label says organically grown, you have a choice to believe it or not.

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party_music50
5 years ago
hmmmmm..... I've never had Wild Wonders, but found this website that claims to know what varieties are included. None of the varieties is even close to a match for what you have. It looks very interesting! I'd definitely be saving seeds from that to try. :)
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I get a lot of lumpy, stitched ones too, digdirt, but no where near the ratio of fuglies on an internet search. I think the reason is because when they are catface-alien looking people automatically label them as fused-blossom products, but when they are large and more symmetrical fused-blossoms frequently they are not recognized as coming from fused-blossoms. I thought I was growing a Bradley tomato now but it may be a tag mix up with Orange Russian 117. The one with the Orange Russian label seems too late season so I'll see if it is a labeling swap in a bit. Stand by soon to see a picture of the large double heart that was early from this plant labeled "Bradley" (Bradley was beside OR117, under my lights to add to suspicion) ... it melted my heart just to look at it ;-) It blushed the day before yesterday and it is a fused-blossom heart which promises to be quite attractive. I'd put my ratio at 50/50 ... vs. a random internet google on aesthetics since posted pictures segregate when folks usually relate the trait to ugliness which is definitely not always the case in my experience. Temperatures are warmer here and that may make mileage especially vary. PC
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I really wish it was possible to do - ID a tomato from a picture - because we get so many requests to do it. Unfortunately it isn't. There are simply too many possibilities. Many folks just don't realize the number of tomato varieties there are out there. Best guess is that it was a stray seed. Or that is a KBX2, a KBX that was crossed since it doesn't appear to be pure potato-leaf and has green shoulders. But KBX was a throwback anyway so throwbacks of it are likely. Otherwise there are lots of red/orange with green shoulder varieties. Save seeds if you wish and see what happens next year with those seeds. If it remains stable then you can name it whatever you wish. :) Dave
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party_music50
5 years ago
Just occurred to me you could contact the sellers/growers and ask! lol!
dowlinggram
5 years ago
That is a cherry tomato called "black cherry" My son grows many different kinds of tomatoes and that's one of them. They have really good flavor. I don't know if it's an heirloom tomato but he grows many varieties and some are heirloom. He gets his seed from Terra Edibles in Canada but if you check around for specialty tomato seeds you may be able to find It where you live
dowlinggram
5 years ago
Organic refers to the way they are grown not the variety of seed. Organic means it is grown without chemicals and sometimes though that is not always true. I don't think that anyone puts anything into a grown fruit unless they want a lawsuit on their hands
party_music50
5 years ago
It is definitely NOT Black Cherry, but I do agree that Black Cherry has very good flavor and a similar color.
cindy-6b/7a VA
5 years ago
Party music is correct. That is not Black Cherry.

I also would be saving seeds from it to try and grow it myself.
nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)
5 years ago
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I don't have any answers, but I'm noticing posts stating what variety it is, and what variety it is not, but no confirmation about whether or not it is organic.
party_music50
5 years ago
I didn't know that we were questioning whether or not it's organic because it's stated so on their website! here
sautesmom Sacramento
5 years ago
How could anyone confirm a store bought tomato is organic? Any more than one could confirm something is "natural" or "handmade"?
I suppose if you were a millionaire you could send it out for pesticide testing, but that wouldn't do anything to certify no chemical fertilizers were used.
Carla in Sac
party_music50
5 years ago
I was searching again and stumbled onto what's supposedly called 'Berry Nice' and it looks more like your odd tomato than any other I've seen. Hopefully this link will work. Berry Nice

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