Eddie's Italian

A classic paste tomato. Sweetness balances out acidity. Plum shaped fruit; bright red flesh. 3-4 fruit per cluster. Fruit measure 3.2-4.1" long, 1.5 2.3 wide, and weigh 2.6-6.0 oz. Brix score 6.2. Plants vigorous; indeterminate; with dense foliage. Standard type leaves. Some tendency to split. Moderately productive. Mid season maturing. Ed Cichosz of Wisconsin began stewarding this variety in 1990 after receiving seeds from his father, Edward A. Cichosz, of Milwaukee, WI. According to Ed, his father developed the variety in 1948 or 1949 after crossing a Roma with a large pink tomato. He was trying to develop a low-seeded tomato. Edward A. grew this variety for a long time in his Milwaukee garden and was featured in an article in the September 29, 1968 issue of The Milwaukee Journal. Ed has kept growing this tomato because he loves the flavor. SSE Accession # 132864