There's a thread at another place where I post about Yellow Submarine and most say that the taste is better than YP. No one commented about splitting that I can remember but I can go back and review that thread.

I don't have splitting problems with YP.

I know of no commercial source for Yellow Submarine but I haven't really searched for it. As far as I know all those folks got their seeds privately.

Carolyn

Carolyn

I grew 3 Yellow Submarine plants this year. They are slower to get started than Yellow Pear, but they soon grow rapidly and remain healthy and prolific ... maybe not quite as rampant as Yellow Pear (thank goodness), but as productive as anyone would want for a plant of its type.

The fruit are slightly larger and a little bit more plum-shaped than Yellow Pear in that they don't have the little narrow necks. I'd say the tomatoes are about the size of a woman's last joint of a thumb. The fruit is juicier and not mealy like Yellow Pear; and while it tastes better than Yellow Pear (IMO), I wouldn't rank it way up there on the sweet or tomatoey side of the cherry tomato scale.

Yellow Submarine foliage is potato-leaf and deep green. The plants were disease free and grew maybe 6 or so feet tall unpruned. In fact, they reminded me a bit of Galina's except they were a bit bushier and more productive. I wouldn't be surprised if they're the stabilized cross of Galina's x Yellow Pear, in fact. Ultimately, I let two of them sprawl a bit and didn't have any problem with fruit rot or sunburn.

My seeds for Yellow Pear came from Bill Malin (Spudleaf Willie) who got them directly from the commercial vendor in Ireland. Seeds will be available via Seed Saver Exchange 2008 Yearbook from John in Connecticut who got his seeds from Bill Malin also. Plants should be available in 2008 from SelectedPlants.com (Fusion Power) who also may have provided sufficient seeds to Sandhill Preservation for sale. Dunno about those last two comments, but I'm sure about the rest.

Bill

I went back and checked the thread I referred to above and no one mentioned anything about splitting.

Several said about the same as Bill above in terms of the plants being smaller than YP and bearing less than YP.

And also mentioned, as did Bill, that the shape was different from YP.

Most said the taste was better than YP but most who said that said they wouldn't grow it for taste alone.

(Plants should be available in 2008 from SelectedPlants.com (Fusion Power) who also may have provided sufficient seeds to Sandhill Preservation for sale. Dunno about those last two comments, but I'm sure about the rest. )

I also assumed that Darrel ( Fusion) would be offering plants and I don't have the list of what he's sending to Sandhill but can check on that.

Carolyn