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Post by daylilydude on Jul 9, 2015 8:19:03 GMT -5
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Post by coppice on Jul 9, 2015 10:19:39 GMT -5
I grew it a while back. Tall indeterminate wispy plant (as in it really needs stake or trellis).
Pretty good taste-wise. It got a good print review that I am not recalling so it became popular. Of recent breeding, so not an heirloom, just an OP.
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Post by paulf on Jul 10, 2015 8:09:23 GMT -5
A few years back I got on a "black" kick and grew maybe twenty side by side. One I said I would probably never try again was Paul Robeson. Sorry.
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Post by paquebot on Jul 10, 2015 14:20:41 GMT -5
Grew it twice and then a friend got it the third year. Major fault that we found was that it was OK for a black but not much of it. In other words, lots of plant but not many fruit.
Martin
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Post by philagardener on Jul 20, 2015 20:51:57 GMT -5
I got less plant, and even less fruit, with this one. It also seemed very susceptible to disease, and it was the first plant pulled this year. Good taste, however, on the few fruit I got.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 20, 2015 23:20:23 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum philagardener! I also had problems with disease, the only year I grew this, so I didn't get much off of it. Not bad, but not so good that I had to grow it again!
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Post by philagardener on Jul 22, 2015 20:39:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcome! I've been here for a while but hadn't posted yet; figured it was a good time to speak up
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 15:18:38 GMT -5
Not very productive. The plants are somehow temperamental, not reliable at all.
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Post by pattis on May 30, 2017 16:08:33 GMT -5
One of the best tomatoes I have ever had. However, that was the first two years that I grew it. Mine was a rather short plant that did not require much support except to hold the weight of all of the tomatoes. It was productive in those first two years. In subsequent years the plants were prone to disease and had little production. Since the plants were unhealthy the fruit quality and taste suffered. I will give it some time before I grow it again.
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Post by tomike on May 30, 2017 17:20:35 GMT -5
One of the best tomatoes I have ever had. However, that was the first two years that I grew it. Mine was a rather short plant that did not require much support except to hold the weight of all of the tomatoes. It was productive in those first two years. In subsequent years the plants were prone to disease and had little production. Since the plants were unhealthy the fruit quality and taste suffered. I will give it some time before I grow it again.
I have never grown this variety and I think that in the North Country where I live "disease" is not usually or not often an issue....
This just may go on the grow list for 2018 but the grow list is made up with a pencil and an eraser and it may eventually be erased.....
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Post by ladymarmalade on May 30, 2017 19:02:43 GMT -5
I have not grown this one as far as I know. I have, however, grown Owen's Purple, which is a child of Paul Robeson and Mortgage Lifter. I love the flavor and size of Owen's Purple, but it tends to be stingy on production. Sounds like it got that trait from Mr. Robeson.
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Post by september on May 30, 2017 20:35:11 GMT -5
There might be different variants of this going around. Some years ago, I got seeds from SandHill Preservation that called it Pol Robson in their print catalog. I figured it was just a misspelling, but what I got was small dark saladette sized tomatoes that were forgettable. So I guess I have not yet grown the real thing.
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