New Paltz Italian

A great tasting, low acid tomato with great meaty texture. Large red oxheart fruit weigh up to 1 pound, and are up to 4 inches wide and 6 inches long. Flowers have exserted styles. Plants are indeterminate with standard leaves. Variety is moderately productive, but have 2-3 fruit per cluster. BRIX score 4.8, and pH of 4.2. David Lent of New Paltz, New York, has stewarded this variety since the 1970s when he received seeds from Peter Guido, a friend and coworker at IBM. Peter was a first generation American, whose father emigrated from Italy just before WWI, bringing the seeds with him to America. David continued to grow the tomatoes and later met Steve McCracken in 2015 when Steve and his wife stayed at the Lent's bed and breakfast. It was August and "the perfect time to have a tomato right from the garden,” David said. David and his wife to eat fresh, and his wife uses it to make a relish. SSE Accession # 133436