Big Hill Tomato

[William Schlegel]

Joseph, do you know if the exerted stigma trait is tied to cytoplasm? Does it matter which way you do a cross?

I used my Mission Mountain Sunrise as the mother and Big Hill as the Father and I was able to recover it last year in the F2. Years ago when Joseph sent me F2 seed of the cross that led to Orange Hill and Exserted Orange where Big Hill was the mother I was also able to recover it in the F2. Fairly large numbers needed to get a really extreme form to choose as your best exserted. However cytoplasm doesn't seem to be a factor with the form of the trait from Big Hill.

[Joseph Lofthouse]

Joseph, do you know if the exerted stigma trait is tied to cytoplasm? Does it matter which way you do a cross?

I think that they are not-connected.

If crossing domestic tomatoes with an obligate-outcrossing tomato, the cross succeeds only if pollen flows from the outcrossing (wild) plant to the (domestic) plant that is capable of selfing. Therefore, all of the inter-species panamorous varieties that I have shared so far have domestic cytoplasm.

Last fall, I finally isolated a family that have habrochaites cytoplasm and yellow fruits. Gotta come up with a name for that clade. This year, I expect them to segregate for orange, yellow, and red fruits.