Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	globe
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer

MI FL J

Large vines need caging or staking, 85 days, mostly 6-8 oz for me with an occasional larger fruit, slightly oblate dark-red meaty and juicy fruits, very good flavor.

Source 

NC LE C (Craig LeHoullier, NC) / USDA

Year: 2005, 2006

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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History

• Developed and released by the Buckbee Seed Company of Rockford, Illinois in 1923 (it was the feature variety on the cover of their 1923 seed catalog). It was distinct in two ways - it was a large fruited (fruit around one pound) red variety, unlike the other large tomatoes of that time, which were nearly exclusively pink; and it was described as having distinctly "bronze" colored foliage.
• It is clear that either this description was an exaggeration, the bronze coloring was specific to that season or particular growing conditions, or the variety became crossed over the years, as the variety as grown from existing sources does not match the original catalog description. Except for the strain obtained by Craig LeHoullier from the USDA, all sources seem to produce semi-determinate, green foliaged plants with medium to medium small, round, red fruit. The USDA sample, obtained in 1994, produced a vigorous indeterminate plant, large red oblate fruit to one pound, but it did not exhibit the bronze tinged foliage. Perhaps a further, more extensive grow out of the USDA seed sample may yield the "real thing".
• PI 644867. Donated to USDA in 1963.
• Numerous commercial sources of different strains of Abraham Lincoln were noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition.

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Related (theoretically should be all the same tomato, "Abraham Lincoln")

• Abe Lincoln
• Abraham Lincoln, Original
• Abraham Lincoln, Regular
• Abraham Lincoln, Buckbee's
• Abraham Lincoln, Early

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors (Catalog)	Seed Savers Yearbook (listings)	Seeds of Diversity - Member Seed Directory
2011	.	.	.
2010	Sand Hill Preservation Center Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	4	3 + 1 (Abraham Lincoln, Original)
2009	Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply	7	.
2008	Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply	7	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply	5	.

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