what's happened to orange paruche tomatos ?
We've been growing F1 Orange Paruche tomatos for a few years now. As far as we're concerned they are easily the best 'semi-cherry' variety, which crops profusely and has wonderful flavour.
BUT - this year I cannot get seed anywhere. Mr Fothergill used to stock them but on Amazon and direct to Fothergill they are ' not available'. Homebase used to have them, but currently not listed.
Other places claim to have them, but when I check they say they have none in stock.
Has it for some reason been removed from some 'approved list' that I don't know about ?
In the end I've settled for F1 Sungold, which I'm told are 'almost as good'....
BUT - this year I cannot get seed anywhere. Mr Fothergill used to stock them but on Amazon and direct to Fothergill they are ' not available'. Homebase used to have them, but currently not listed.
Other places claim to have them, but when I check they say they have none in stock.
Has it for some reason been removed from some 'approved list' that I don't know about ?
In the end I've settled for F1 Sungold, which I'm told are 'almost as good'....
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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
https://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/new-and-featured-veg/new-and-featured-vegetables/tomato-orange-paruche-f1-0491
We grew Sungold last year as a stopgap but nothing like as good.
What's going on?
If you're feeling very rich you could try grafted plants -
https://seeds.suttons.co.uk/gardening/Tomato-Orange-Paruche
I suspect whoever developed the variety gave up on them for some reason.
Is there any way to find out the name of the breeder ?
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I'd rather go for a heritage variety myself as they are more likely to self seed or set seed you can keep for the following season.