VEGETABLES / TOMATO
OTHER-COLORED
Large, orange beefsteak tomato with red streaks toward the blossom end. Flattened fruit shape. Very wide pedicel scar. Severe radial cracking. 2-4 fruit per cluster. Fruit measure 2.3-3.3" long; 3.4-5.5" wide; and weigh 1-1.8lbs. Flesh is yellow with a red core. Meaty tomato with small locules. Brix score: 5.1. Fruit do not keep well off the vine. Low productivity when grown in 2015 at Heritage Farm. Indeterminate. Regular leaves. Mid-season maturing. Donated to SSE by James Bridges (TN BR J2) who introduced this variety into the 1992 SSE Exchange. He described it as an heirloom from the mountains around Crab Orchard, TN before 1980. SSE Accession # 124014
SSE Accession: 124014
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