Macalister - My Hopes Are High

In 2019 I crossed my tomato which I named Macalister after the river that flows through town, by taking the pollen from an orange fruited tomato (Sweet Ozark Orange) and a red fruited tomato from  Romania (Nicoleta). We had the Sweet Ozark Orange growing in the garden, but found it too sweet to eat as a normal tomato.

The Macalister tamed the sweetness and gave me a yellow fruited tomato with great flavour, without being too sweet. Last season when I grew it, I managed to get a pink skinned and a yellow skinned tomato, so this year we are growing both in their F3 filial generation.

Here are both plants in the garden at the present time, planted yesterday. Yellow (top) Pink (below).