Grandpa's Cock's Plume

AKA Grandpa Cock's Plume. Indet. Regular leaf. Very vigorous vines. Reliably heart shaped pink tomatoes with heavy propensity for yellow shoulders, varying widely in size. Grows in clusters of 1-4 fruit. Generally smooth skin with occasional two-lobed larger fruit, or rare side catfacing or unscarred indentations. Meaty. Medium number of medium-large seeds. Slightly sweet, with excellent classic tomato flavor and no acidity. Skin is thin and delicate. Great as a slicer on caprese salad or sandwiches and doubles as a reliable paste tomato. Shaun recommends. Tatiana's Tomatobase gives the following history: History From Altai mountains of Siberia, Russia. First introduced commercially by Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens . This is another tomato that different people and seed vendors have been describing differently. Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens originally described it as large hearts with light-red skin. Tanager described it as a medium (4-6 oz) red hearts. Seed Savers Exchange members describe it as medium to large pink heart, and some do not specify the fruit color. First introduced in the Seed Savers 1995 Yearbook by AK BO I, who bought the seeds from Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens , and by Calvin E. Wait, Unique Seed Service, Ethel, Missouri (MO WA C), who got the seeds from Carolyn Male of Latham, New York.