P3: Galatea - earliest of all the plants, small-medium round oblate firm fruit with the color of Black Cherry but larger in size, 1-2 oz, 1.8 oz average weight, green gel in the seed cavities. Excellent flavor throughout the season. First few fruits were seedless (likely set in cooler spring weather). No cracking, even in heavy rainfall.

R4: Psamathe - indet., regular leaf, purple/black round cherry fruit, smallest among the F2 fruits, 20 gr. average.

R5: Despina - indet., regular leaf, purple/black elongated small plum, 1-2 oz, 1.5 oz average weight, not many seeds, late to ripen.

Seed source:

Barbara Morgenroth, NY 08

Year grown: 2008

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

History

Not stable yet.
Bred by Keith Mueller, MO, who sent all of his F1 seed to Laurel to sell plants with the money going to autism research. It is a F1 cross of Black Cherry, Brandywine and Cherokee Purple in an effort to improve the flavor of Black Cherry.
The basic cross for Purple Haze was a Brandywine X Cherokee Purple segregate that was selected in the F4 for extraordinary flavor. It is potato leaf. This was crossed with Black Cherry to make Purple Haze.
- The F2 seedlings should segregate out at:
  - 1 regular leaf homozygous +/+
  - 2 regular leaf with recessive potato leaf trait heterozygous c/+, +/c
  - 1 potato leaf homozygous c/c
- The fruit should segregate
  - 1 large fruit
  - 2 cherry size with recessive for large fruit
  - 1 cherry
- Flavor segregation will be much more complex.

- note by Keith - I did not observe this kind of ratio. I also got some small plum shapes. Also noted a strange kind of spiral cracking in 2 lines.

Related (parents)

Susan Anderson, TX (TX AN S). Purple Haze F2 - ripe fruit. SETTFest 2008. Photo by Tim Hansford.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P1-02 - flowers. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P2-02 - flowers. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P2-02 - baby fruit. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P2-02 - baby fruit. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P3-02 - flowers. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P3-02 - flowers. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P3-02 - baby fruit. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R4-02 - flowers and baby fruits. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R4-02 - flowers and baby fruit. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R5-02 - flowers. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R6-02 - flowers. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R6-02 - baby fruit. 2008-07-22.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze P3-02 - ripe fruit. 2008-08-19.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R4-02 - ripe fruit. 2008-10-04.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R4-02 - ripe fruit. 2008-10-04.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R5-02 - ripe fruit. 2008-09-14.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R6-02 - ripe fruit. 2008-09-14.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Purple Haze R7-02 - ripe fruit. 2008-09-09.