Friday, August 24, 2012

Blush Blushing and More Tomatoes Finally Breaking Color

The Blush tomatoes finally started blushing on August 21st, 79 days after transplant and about a week longer than Sun Gold. They should take at least another week to ripen.

 Truss of fruit on Blush on August 23rd

 A close-up of the fruit blushing on Blush

A snake-like appendage on the Blush fruit that I've named Medusa

Isis Candy started breaking color on August 18th, 76 days after transplant. I was expecting the fruit to be an orange bicolor, like the fruit shown on Tomato Growers Supply Co. page; however, the fruit on my Isis Candy ripens to a bright red color. 

 Fruit starting to blush on Isis Candy on August 23rd

Fruit on my Isis Candy ripens to a bright red color

In addition, the larger tomatoes also started breaking color this week. Black and Red Boar was the first medium-size tomato; it started blushing on August 20th, 78 days after transplant and 36 days after setting fruit. Cherokee Purple was the first beefsteak, and it started blushing on August 22nd, 80 days after transplant and 35 days after setting fruit. 

 The second Black and Red Boar fruit breaking color on August 23rd

The first fruit on Cherokee Purple breaks color on August 22nd

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