Radiator Charlie
Message posté...: Mar 21 Aoû 2007 14:33Radiator Charlie
Syn : Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter
Une belle et bonne tomate, bonne à tout, crue et cuite !
Pratiquement toutes les tomates obtenues sont difformes au cul...
Sinon, plant sain, productivité correcte.
Plutôt tardive en Bretagne en 2007.
Fruits côtelés de taille moyenne.
Variété de saison, presque tardive (75 à 80 jours).
Croissance indéterminée.
Hauteur : 2 m.
Feuillage normal.
Origine : USA
La note de craonne :
MC Byles devant ses tomates pour un journal de Virgine dans les années 60 :
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http://www.livingonearth.org/shows/segm ... egmentID=8
Developed by M.C. Byles in the 1930’s, this tomato remains very much in demand in the Mid-Atlantic states. Mr. Byles, affectionately known as "Radiator Charlie" earned his nickname from the radiator repair business he opened at the foot of a steep hill on which trucks would often overheat. Radiator Charlie, who had no formal education or plant breeding experience, created this legendary tomato by cross-breeding four of the largest tomatoes he was able to find and developed a stable variety after six years of pollination and selection. He then sold his tomato plants for one dollar each (in the 1940’s) and paid off the six thousand dollar mortgage on his house in six years. It is said that each spring, gardeners drove as far as 200 miles to buy Charlie’s seedling tomatoes (source : tomatofest)
Fiche construite par Craonne et Les Tomos
La fiche de la Tomate Radiator Charlie sur Tomodori.com
Syn : Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter
Une belle et bonne tomate, bonne à tout, crue et cuite !
Pratiquement toutes les tomates obtenues sont difformes au cul...
Sinon, plant sain, productivité correcte.
Plutôt tardive en Bretagne en 2007.
Fruits côtelés de taille moyenne.
Variété de saison, presque tardive (75 à 80 jours).
Croissance indéterminée.
Hauteur : 2 m.
Feuillage normal.
Origine : USA
La note de craonne :
MC Byles devant ses tomates pour un journal de Virgine dans les années 60 :
Photo extraite de cette page :
http://www.livingonearth.org/shows/segm ... egmentID=8
Developed by M.C. Byles in the 1930’s, this tomato remains very much in demand in the Mid-Atlantic states. Mr. Byles, affectionately known as "Radiator Charlie" earned his nickname from the radiator repair business he opened at the foot of a steep hill on which trucks would often overheat. Radiator Charlie, who had no formal education or plant breeding experience, created this legendary tomato by cross-breeding four of the largest tomatoes he was able to find and developed a stable variety after six years of pollination and selection. He then sold his tomato plants for one dollar each (in the 1940’s) and paid off the six thousand dollar mortgage on his house in six years. It is said that each spring, gardeners drove as far as 200 miles to buy Charlie’s seedling tomatoes (source : tomatofest)
Fiche construite par Craonne et Les Tomos
La fiche de la Tomate Radiator Charlie sur Tomodori.com
