Grew these for the first time this year. I really liked the plant itself, as it was rather bushy and compact. It was also quite producti...Read Moreve and kept on putting out little pale yellow tomatoes with darker stripes until the plant died from disease. (It held on as long as most of the other plants, though.) The size was variable, and ranged from a large cherry size to a medium salad size.
The taste was very good, as well. Not my all time favorite, but it certainly held it's own against many of the varieties I had this year. (It was my brother's favorite in our little mini taste testing of ten varieties.)
Blonde Boar is an unknown cross that arose in the fields of Bradley Gates of California. As far as possible parentage goes -- he says of ...Read Moresome of the crosses that have appeared in his fields that he has saved/shared seed for: "I do know that most came from Big Rainbow, Marvel Stripe, Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Black Krim, and Green Zebra..."
Brad's description -- "Blonde Boar- medium pale white-yellow with green stripes that fade to a two-tone yellow. Strong flavor which I have never tasted in white-yellow tomatoes. Tart. still many yellows in growout."
Grew these for the first time this year. I really liked the plant itself, as it was rather bushy and compact. It was also quite producti...Read More
Blonde Boar is an unknown cross that arose in the fields of Bradley Gates of California. As far as possible parentage goes -- he says of ...Read More