Banana Legs

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Banana Legs
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	det.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	striped, yellow
Fruit shape	elongated, plum
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	paste, canner

Contents 1 B.C KO T 2 GERM SC K 3 MAN ST T 4 Seed Availability

B.C KO T

Seed Source:

Kristien Dhoor, Belgium 06 / Reinhard Kraft, Neukirchen, Germany

Year:

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

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GERM SC K

Yellow elongated tomatoes, which look like a small banana, regular leaf.

Source 

CV Treml (Raritätengärtnerei Treml)

Year: 2004

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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MAN ST T

A more recent open pollinated introduction but one of the most interesting. The determinate plants have beautiful lacy foliage and loads of elongated yellow fruit, hence the name. Banana Legs has a very mild flavor but is nice for adding color and interest to salads or even making a mild yellow sauce. Determinate, regular leaf foliage. (70 days from transplant).

Source

Heritage Harvest Seed

Location: Carman, Manitoba, Canada

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History

• Bred by Tom Wagner, a private US plant breeder from Washington, USA.
• First offered commercially by CV Tater Mater in 1984 as a bunch of unnamed crosses called "Mixed Long Toms".
• One of the SSE members, Mark Reusser of Ailsa Craig, Ontario, Canada (ONT RE M), grew out Tom Wagner's Long Toms mixture and selected this tomato, which he named Banana Legs and first offered in the SSE 1988 Yearbook. This is the description that Mark Reusser supplied in his SSE listing:

"100 days - indet., banana-shaped yellow-fleshed fruit, 7-10 cm. long x 3-4 cm. dia. with orange-yellow longitudinal stripes on light-yellow background med-sized plant with very fine thin leaves, prolific, up to 100 excellently-flavored firm-fleshed fruit per plant, seed is all from one seed selected from a batch of unnamed crosses called "Mixed Long Toms" from Tater Mater in 1984."

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Similar

• Yellow Banana

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors (Catalog)	Seed Savers Yearbook (listings)	Seeds of Diversity - Member Seed Directory
2011	.	.	.
2010	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply Tomatofest	3	0
2009	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Heritage Harvest Seed - new Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds - new Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply Tomatofest	9	.
2008	Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply Tomatofest	8	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	8	.

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