French

Red beefsteak tomato. Indeterminate growth habit. Potato leaf. Flattened fruit shape. Ribbing extends the entire length of fruit. Moderate concentric and radial cracking. Some cat-facing. 1-3 fruit per cluster. Fruit reach 2.7-3.2" long; 3.5-5" wide; and 0.6-1.4lbs. Brix score: 6.0. Flower stigma is level with anther cone. Late maturing. Highly productive when grown in 2015 at Heritage Farm. Donated to SSE in 2010 by Vern Shepherd of Bloomington, IL. Vern began growing and saving seed from the variety sometime between 1992 and 1995 when he received it from his friend, Jacqueline Davidson. Jacqueline brought the seeds back with her to Normal, IL after visiting her family in the Champagne region of France in 1992. While visiting family in Saint-Dizier, Jacqueline was especially impressed with the flavor of one tomato they were growing. Her sister, Claudette Garnier, gave her seeds to take home to the US. Claudette had received it from an elderly gardener, now deceased. SSE Accession # 131220