Chalk's Early Jewel

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Chalk's Early Jewel
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color red
Fruit shape round
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type
Country


KY ST M

Good producer of 3-4 oz red oblong globes.
Seed Source 
Reimer Seeds

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Location: Sonora, Kentucky


History

" Fine large, solid, smooth, bright red; similar to Stone; early."
"At Fordhook, from seed planted at the same time and with plants grown under the same conditions, Early Jewel is only about one week later in ripening the first fruits than Spark's Earliana, while it is a much more desirable variety in many ways. The plants are of strong, robust growth, with ample foliage to protect the fruits from sunscald, and the foliage is not subject to blight.
The bright scarlet fruits are extremely handsome and of the finest table quality - quite equal to our famous Matchless. The tomatoes are smooth, round, very deep, and entirely free from cracks or blemishes; solidly meaty, with only a few small seed-cells, and of remarkably fine sweet flavor. The specimen shown in our illustration is of average size, but Mr. Chalk freequently gathers specimens weighing one pound each and upwards. For general garden planting or where an extra fine fruit is desired for early market Chalk's Jewel is the most desirable variety in cultivation. We offer only the choiced seed of our own growing at Fordhook Farms."

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2017 Reimer Seeds . .
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2014 Seed Savers Exchange
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2013 Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2013
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2012 . .
2011 Sand Hill Preservation Center
Seed Savers Exchange
TomatoFest
5 2
2010 Blue Ribbon Tomatoes
Sand Hill Preservation Center
Seed Savers Exchange
TomatoFest
1 .
2009 Sand Hill Preservation Center
Seed Savers Exchange - new
TomatoFest
3 .
2008 Sand Hill Preservation Center
TomatoFest
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2007 Sand Hill Preservation Center 5 .





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