Psamathe

General Info
Seed Availability

Psamathe
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	black, purple
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad, cherry
Variety type	unstable segregation line
Country	Canada, USA

B.C KO T

Indet., potato leaf plants produce small purple-black round fruits that are shaped like round plums. The fruit color is a bit hazy, as in the parent Purple Haze F1 hybrid, perhaps just not as bright - but this could depend highly on sunshine intensity in your area. Fruit shape and size is exactly the same as in Purple Haze. Average 1.5 oz, juicy, very nice smokey flavor. I would consider it stable in F6 generation, as the fruits were consistent in shape, size, and color. (very limited, 10 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

B.C KO T 09 / Barbara Morgenroth, NY 08

Year grown: 2009 (F3), 2010 (F4), 2011 (crop failure), 2012 (F5 generation)

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

B.C SA D

Regular leaf – sweet, mellow, juicy, tomatoey; skins somewhat evident, clear skin.

Potato Leaf - very similar, perhaps a wee bit smoother, very good, clear skin.

Plants were not the healthiest and production not huge for a cherry, but taste makes up for it. Both the RL and PL have a very strange translucent skin – those are not stripes you see in the pics, but rather the internal structure of the tomato showing through the skin. Both ripen with light green shoulders and the RL shows no star pattern on blossom end.

Source: B.C KO T 09 (Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T))

Year: 2009

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

History

A potato leafed open-pollinated version of Purple Haze F1 tomato, selected and stabilized by Tatiana Kouchnareva of Anmore, BC, Canada (B.C KO T) in 2008-2012.
Named after Psamathe, the smallest moon of Neptune.

Related

Kiss The Sky
Purple Haze (parent)
Galatea (sister)
Despina (sister)
Brandywine (grandparent)
Black Cherry (grandparent)
Cherokee Purple (grandparent)

Picture Gallery

Denise Salmon - May 2009: Psamathe seedlings, both PL and RL. (uploaded with the owner's permission)
Denise Salmon - May 31, 2009: Psamathe seedlings, few weeks later. (uploaded with the owner's permission)
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe RL (F3 generation) - leaf. 2009-06-13.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe RL (F3 generation) - flower buds. 2009-06-13.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe (F2 generation) - ripe fruit. 2008-10-04.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe (F2 generation) - ripe fruit. 2008-10-04.
Denise Salmon. Psamathe PL, ripening fruit. July 31, 2009. (uploaded with the owner's permission)
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL (F3 generation, W1 plant) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-08.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL (F3 generation, W1 plant) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL (F3 generation, W1 plant) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-08.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL (F3 generation, W1 plant) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-12.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL (F3 generation, W3 plant) - ripe fruit. 2009-08-13.
Denise Salmon - Aug 27, 2009: Psamathe - ripe fruit. (uploaded with the owner's permission)
Denise Salmon - Aug 27, 2009: Psamathe - ripe fruit. (uploaded with the owner's permission)
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL (F4) - green fruit. 2010-07-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL F5 - plant. 2012-06-28.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL F5 - plant. 2012-06-28.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL - ripe fruit. 2012-08-30.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL - ripe fruit. 2012-08-31.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL #1 - sliced fruit. 2012-08-30.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL #1 - sliced fruit. 2012-09-03.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL #2 - ripe fruit. 2012-09-10.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Psamathe PL #2 - sliced fruit. 2012-09-10.