Mr. Mikado
Mikado, also known as the Turner’s Hybrid tomato.
Located as an antique store find, these digitally enhanced print was expertly photographed and then printed onto Premium Poster Paper. The unique quality is suitable for framing. A higher gloss print, the white on this paper is a little warmer and darker than the C-Prints. The print is 11X11, with a 1/2 inch border for matt and framing.
Turner's Hybrid
‘Turner’s Hybrid’ referred to the Iowa source of the original seed and presumed creator (whose biography remains murky), while ‘Mikado’ borrowed its name from the then wildly popular Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera of the same name, which opened in London on March 14, 1885. It is obvious that Peter Henderson wanted to cash in on the ‘Mikado’ craze just then sweeping the country. And if history is to be any judge, the case for ‘Mikado’ has won out because in Europe mikadofolium is now accepted botanical nomenclature for describing all tomatoes with potato-like leaves. ($35.00)
This resistance to cool nights is perhaps one reason German plant breeders turned their attention to potato-leaf varieties. They used ‘Turner’s Hybrid’ aka ‘Mikado’ to create a wide number of small-fruited tomatoes better suited to their climate. Some of these, like ‘Quedlinburger Frühe Liebe’ (Mikado x Allerste) first released in 1951, are still available through Seed Savers Exchange, and as the progeny of the original ‘Turner’s Hybrid,’ they make excellent garden plants for those parts of the country where cool nights are endemic during the summer.
Seeds are still available today.
The Mikado, also known as the Turner’s Hybrid tomato, was first offered in 1886. It was bred in Iowa and was “Unequaled in fine flavor” to the point where “Old favorites must take a back seat”. The potato leaf is one of the distinguishing features of the Turner hybrid whose trait has been passes down to later tomatoes which derived from it.
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Poster: 11 inches in length x 11 inches wide with a 1/2 inch border surrounding the poster for matt and framing.