Alston's Everlasting

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Alston's Everlasting
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	plum, oval
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	cherry

B.C KO T

Indet. plants with regular foliage and high yields of red large cherry tomatoes. Very good to excellent sweet flavor. No cracking. 0.75-1 oz.

Seed Source:

Sue Bailey, Alaska 07

Year: 2009

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

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TX GU R

70 days, indet., regular leaf, large cherry, excellent flavor, very high production, a favorite.

Source 

WI KA H 05 (Howard Kaehler of Milton, Wisconsin) / VA CL S 98 (Susan J. Clausen of Stony Creek, Virginia) / CV Alston Seed Co. 1984 (no longer in business)

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Heirloom tomato from Mr. Alston, who owned Alston's Seed company and offered it commercially in the 1980s. This company is no longer in business.
• First introduced in Seed Savers 1998 Yearbook by Susan J. Clausen of Stony Creek, Virginia, who obtained the seed from CV Alston's in 1984. Susan described the flavor as 'outstanding and tangy'.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors (Catalog)	Seed Savers Yearbook (listings)	Seeds of Diversity - Member Seed Directory
2011	.	.	.
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2009	.	1	.
2008	.	1	.
2007	.	1	.

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