5 frutti per palco

[tsoapm]

Ciao tutti,

Pomodoro a grappolo F.1
Pianta molto vigorosa a portamento indeterminato. Produce circa 5 frutti per palco.

And the variety is, apparently, lycopersicon esculentum. At first glance, palco suggests a horizontal layer/tier to me. But looking at the images for lycopersicon esculentum, I don’t see anything like that: I see them hanging down in groups. The WR dictionary has this for palco:

(BOT). Ciascuna delle serie di rami quasi allo stesso livello sul tronco

To me it sound like it’s talking about a tree though.

In this case, I suppose its “5 fruits per vine”. Does that seem right?

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Blackman]

What about 5 fruits per branch?

From Treccani:
a. In arboricoltura, complesso delle branche di un albero quando si trovano molto ravvicinate e quasi allo stesso livello sul tronco

 

[alicip]

I believe you got it: "5 tomatoes per vine".

 

[tsoapm]

I don’t think tomatoes grow on branches, but I know they grow on vines. Branches makes me think of something much more woody.

 

[Mary49]

Non credo che "vine" sia la parola giusta; http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/P/palco.shtml "Ramificazioni dello stesso livello d'altezza, negli alberi da frutta coltivati e nelle corna dei cervi e di animali simili".
Io direi proprio "branch" o "ramification".

 

[Blackman]

Couple of other terms to choose from:

From Dictionary.com
1. offshoot, shoot. Branch, bough, limb refer to divisions of a tree. Branchis general, meaning either a large or a small division. Bough refers only to the larger branches: a bough loaded with apples.A limb is a large primarydivision of a tree trunk or of a bough: to climb out on a limb.12. ramify, subdivide.

 

[johngiovanni]

Possibly: five fruits per truss. "Truss: a compact flower or fruit structure". Quote: "I see them hanging down in groups." If I had only five fruits per vine, I would complain to the supplier. See also "palco fruttifero".

 

[tsoapm]

palco.shtml "Ramificazioni dello stesso livello d'altezza, negli alberi da frutta coltivati

Branch, bough, limb refer to divisions of a tree.

I’m not sure I’m with you. Do you mean that you think we are dealing with a tomato tree?

Possibly: five fruits per truss. "Truss: a compact flower or fruit structure". Quote: "I see them hanging down in groups."

That seems like a good call. I found this definition on the web:

The truss on tomato plants is a group or cluster of smaller stems where flowers and fruit develop. Emerging usually at or near the point where a primary stem meets a secondary or a leaf stem, trusses produce yellow flowers from whose centers small green tomatoes eventually appear.

See also "palco fruttifero".

Do you have a particular site in mind? It’s not here in WR or in my dictionaries.

 

[johngiovanni]

Hi Mark. I can't find the reference to "palco fruttifero" now, but there is one entry on this site: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/agriculture/5607491-palco_fruttifero.html
There is another reference to "palco florale" in this site about tomatoes - "Ogni grappolo di fiori si chiama palco florale...": http://www.growtheplanet.com/qa/discussioni/8814/il-bignami-dei-pomodori
So "palco" = "truss".

 

[tsoapm]

Great. Thank you.

 

[Blackman]

Thing is that palco is a bit off for tomatoes in Italian. It's a word for trees, such as cedro rosso, which tipically grows a palchi. The whole tomato plant is a vine, but palco is only a part of a whole plant, a peculiar end of a branch. I think John got the closest idea to it.