VEGETABLES / TOMATO
PINK-PURPLE
Large, pink oxheart tomato. Indeterminate growth, regular leaves. Thin-skinned fruit is juicy with very good sweet flavor and low acid. Texture is meaty. Fruit variable in size and shape. Shape ranges from heart-shaped to plum-shaped. Moderate radial cracking and slight concentric cracking. Strong ribbing at stem end. Some fasciated fruit. 1-3 fruit per cluster. Ripe fruit measure 2.7-3.2" long by 2.1-3.2" wide and weigh 0.2-0.5lbs. Fasciated fruit are much larger. Flower stigma slightly exserted. Plants suffered from septoria leaf spot in 2014 growout at Heritage Farm. Average productivity. Mid-season maturing. Acquired by SSE from Will Bonsall (ME BO W) who obtained the variety from Dorothy Beiswenger (MN BE D). Dorothy introduced this variety into the 1982 SSE Yearbook Exchange; she received it from James Stokes. SSE Accession # 122231
SSE Accession: 122231
$3
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