Am I Garden Pearl?

**Flummery** · 27-01-2011, 10:43 AM

At the risk of sounding like a cynic (well, I AM one!) if it tastes of nowt, it's Garden Pearl!

**Nicos** · 27-01-2011, 11:11 AM

I have grown them in the past- and from that piccie I'd say more likely they're not.

Mine were smaller and they have a sort of translucent purpley tinge to their skin.
As Flum says- no flavour

**binley100** · 27-01-2011, 11:13 AM

Wow ...what timing I was going to sow some (that I got free) this afternoon.........Off to see what else I have for my baskets..........

**Nicos** · 27-01-2011, 11:29 AM

This sort of shows the purple tinge I was talking about...

**Jeanied** · 27-01-2011, 11:43 AM

Slightly pearlescent, stay pink for a long time then turn red and over-ripe suddenly. Prone to splitting. Taste is insipid.
That's what garden pearl (or gartenperle) are like.

**Davyburns** · 27-01-2011, 01:05 PM

The only toms i have grown that have stayed pink are Thai Pink Eggs, but yours are the wrong shape for them

**zazen999** · 27-01-2011, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by Jeanied View Post

Slightly pearlescent, stay pink for a long time then turn red and over-ripe suddenly. Prone to splitting. Taste is insipid.
That's what garden pearl (or gartenperle) are like.

What J said.

**Two_Sheds** · 27-01-2011, 05:02 PM

Originally posted by Flummery View Post

if it tastes of nowt, it's Garden Pearl!

That's what I was going to say. Quite a mealy, powdery taste I thought,not pleasant.
Mine were the same colour as McSee's photo, but a lot smaller

**mcsee** · 27-01-2011, 08:57 PM

Thanks everyone, I can rule out Garden Pearl as these taste good, but do not have the colour of yours Nicos. I'll just label them as unknowns, but I will grow them again. They don't set many fruit per truss which is another thing I noticed.

**Snadger** · 27-01-2011, 10:14 PM

I think we've had this discussion before?

I grew Gartenpearl last year in hanging baskets (fruit were a lot smaller than those pictured) and they were delicious!

**binley100** · 27-01-2011, 10:16 PM

There's always one..........

**mcsee** · 27-01-2011, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by binley100 View Post

There's always one..........

One what??

**binley100** · 27-01-2011, 10:29 PM

Who has to be different..........

**mcsee** · 27-01-2011, 10:53 PM

My post was asking about a tomato variety if you'd gone back to the first post, I don't see where that makes me 'different'.

I did not start a discussion about Garden Pearl, I asked if the tomato in the photo was Garden Pearl. I think your comments are out of line.

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