Wanted: yellow pear tomatoes

[zootal]

Anyone know a source of seeds for yellow pear tomatoes? I've not yet found any this year.

[lacy]

Hi! Harvest Moon Farms & Seed Co. list seeds for Yellow Pear, yellow version of the small pear tomato. Their web address is www.felcopruners.net. Hope this helps. .

[walleye]

I can understand why you want to grow them -- it seems like everyone's Dad grew these in their garden when they were kids!

Only recently did I realize these were heirlooms and that indeed, it is getting harder to find them. The last time I bought them was in 1997 and it was from Gurney's (whoever owned them at that time).

You know what? I hated them! I hated all tomatoes as a kid, but have since grown to love them all. Except yellow pear -- still doesn't taste good to me.
:eek:

[zebraman]

Hey Zootal;Send me a PM and I will send you seed.I do not need sase just address and I'll send you some.I have Red ones too.Which taste quite a bit better.But then again some people really like yellow tomatoes.

[stonysoil]

i once grew the yellow pear tomatoes expecting them to be delicious .. they were extremely vigorous plants.. i didnt even stake them that time and was amazed at the diameter the plants grw to.. very heavy yield as well but i was so disappointed in the flavor of them.. not sure if it was something in my soil or site that caused these fruit to be so flat tasting

[kimpossible]

You can also find them at Victory Seeds!

[SelfSufficientOne]

As far as I know they are pretty easy to find. I also have seed if you would like some.

[zootal]

Hi, everyone, thanks for your comments :). I've grown these for years, and I think Gurneys was the last place I got the seeds from about 6 years or so ago (1999?). Alas, Gurneys seems to carry about half of the variety they used to. I always liked the yellow pears - not sure why, they aren't as sweet, though mine were pretty tasty. There was something about them that I just liked. The vines are quite long, and they are just loaded with the things!

SelfSufficientOne, do you need an SASE? My address is:

M Reed
500 East Oak Street
Lebanon OR 97355

[zebraman]

Hey Zootal;i got your PM and they are going out today.-

[Marty Maraschino]

I know that you've already found them but if you hadn't they have them at good old Wal Mart . They are one of the Burpees heirloom line.

[zootal]

I know that you've already found them but if you hadn't they have them at good old Wal Mart . They are one of the Burpees heirloom line.

I was at Wal-Mart just yesterday and didn't see any. I did find the cylindra beets I've been looking for, at least :) But then, I live in a small town a bit off the beaten path, maybe our Wal-Mart does't carry the full selection? I'm also looking for cylindrical onions, but I might have some seeds already - need to get out the wife's collection and compare to mine ;)

[zebraman]

Hey Zootal;I have the red Torpedo Onion (Italian) but couldn't find them before sending YP Tomatoes seeds out.they're probably in cold storage.I'll look later.Anyway the others are in the mail.-

[zootal]

Update: Interesting enough, these yellow pear tomatoes are the fastest growing tomatoes I have! I planted several types, roma, cherry, Gurneys vfsomething, and a heirloom, and the yellow pears are easily outpacing the rest.

[flowerpower]

I had a few 4 yr old seeds. They were from Martha Stewart's Heirloom line. Only 1 plant has survived. But it is the biggest one. It started to flower before I could get it in the ground.

[bluelacedredhead]

All this talk about beets and yellow tomatoes reminds me of a phase I went through where I grew different coloured veggies. YP tomatoes; golden beets; blue potatoes...
I pickled some golden beets and as I did every year, shared some of my canning with my elderly parents. Well it seems that on a hot summer day they decided to try some. On Ice Cream!!
Even though I had clearly labeled the jars, they thought that they were sliced peaches and that I had made a mistake, LOL.

[Tim]

When I grew my yellow pear tomatoes last year they tasted like candy. That's the only way I can describe them.

[flowerpower]

We are just starting to get ripe maters now. The YP is doing great. They are really sweet.

[zootal]

We are just starting to get ripe maters now. The YP is doing great. They are really sweet.

We have a bazillion of green YP tomatoes, and the big ones are just starting to ripen. And they are gooood. Ummmm....yellow candy :). For some reason, our other tomatoes are all still green, and we have literally hundreds of them. One week soon they will ripen and I'll have tomatoes coming out y ears.