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Pea Twelve Acre looking good too !

Enjoying Sunfried Flare too, very handsome. From the circle's archive I always grow Jen's Tangerine, I will be saving seed for our local seed swap ,it really does need to be out there .
Climbing French bean , Box is looking promising.

Rose De Berne tomato has certainly never been offered during my time with the seed circle so it would be lovely to receive those seeds.

I'm beginning to harvest bean seeds and will have good supplies of Resilient Cherokee Wax and Grumbliai. More to follow I hope.

On past varieties, a special mention for Georgian #22 from Galina which I love for its large flat tender beans and the obliging way it dries down and shells so easily. I failed with it entirely last year but it has prospered this year and is a winner!

And I'm particularly enjoying Sunfired Flare tomato from Juliev. I really like the beauty of the shape, size and colouring.

Great news on the melon.  Rose de Berne sounds a very tasty addition.  Thank you MR.

So far tomato wise I have Glacier and First in the Field , which it certainly was . I have checked as I thought Rose de Berne had been recently offered but I can't find any reference, please let me know if I am repeating a circle seed. I am a little giddy as I have just harvested my first ever melon! Cheers.

The Early Prolific Straightneck has definitely reached its final size and has changed colour to a dark yellow orange.  So it came in to post harvest mature its seeds. 

No I am not aware of any similar varieties, but I am certainly not an expert.  And there are so many tomato varieties 'out there', it is difficult to be across all or even most of them. 

I love the various Sosulka, aka Icicle tomatoes and this green one fits right in with them.   

If you get that same intense flavour in a larger salad tomato, Jang, it is definitely worth following up. 

Quote from: galina on August 22, 2025, 07:06:28Either that or a pesky bee, no way to tell really. 

With new varieties it is always possible that a late not to type plant shows itself.  The six generations from a cross is really only a guideline, some crosses need far longer to become fully stable.  When growing OP seeds, rogueing out not standard ones is always on the cards.  Only F1 hybrids are really uniform. 

Sometimes the non standard ones are also really interesting and can be taken as the basis of another new variety.  I had a green, very long, spindle shaped tomato from circle tomato Matt's Hornet, which I am following up, as it is such an attractive shape, but that is far from stable yet.  Of three plants, I have two green spindles and one beefsteak!   

I rather like my large Ambrosia Rose UBX too so could possibly follow up.
Your Green Spindle is certainly unusual and worth trying to stabilise. I would think it's unique. Are you aware of any comparable varieties in circulation?

This is Green Spindle that I am following up.  Nice flavour and very pretty.  Early too. 

Either that or a pesky bee, no way to tell really. 

With new varieties it is always possible that a late not to type plant shows itself.  The six generations from a cross is really only a guideline, some crosses need far longer to become fully stable.  When growing OP seeds, rogueing out not standard ones is always on the cards.  Only F1 hybrids are really uniform. 

Sometimes the non standard ones are also really interesting and can be taken as the basis of another new variety.  I had a green, very long, spindle shaped tomato from circle tomato Matt's Hornet, which I am following up, as it is such an attractive shape, but that is far from stable yet.  Of three plants, I have two green spindles and one beefsteak!