Coyote

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Coyote
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	white, yellow
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	cherry
Fruit type	cherry
Variety type	open-pollinated, wild
Country	Mexico

B.C KO T

indet., large sprawling regular leaf plants. Young seedlings are bushy and compact, unlike other indeterminate cherry seedlings. Small 0.5" ivory colored cherry tomatoes with excellent sweet taste.

Seed Source 

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Rena Abernathy, Georgia 06

3. WI MI B 04 (Bill Minkey of Darien, Wisconsin) / NC LE C 92 (Craig LeHouiller of Raleigh, North Carolina)|2010}}

4. MI FL J 07 (Jeff Fleming of Augusta, Michigan) / NC LE C (Craig LeHouiller of Raleigh, North Carolina)

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MI FL J

May be L. pimpinellifolium, large sprawling vines need caging or staking, very prolific production of 0.5-inch ivory yellow cherry tomatoes, very sweet with a distinctly different earthy, fruity flavor. While the flavor is not a particular favorite of mine, I took them to a tomato tasting party where they were a big hit and were voted the best flavored variety. Listed as “other color” variety (rather than a yellow variety) in past SSE Yearbooks; now in SSE Yearbook it is correctly listed as Tomato - other species.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / NC LE C (Craig LeHouiller of Raleigh, North Carolina)

Year: 2004, 2006

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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IL LO N

65 days, indet., regular leaf plant, very high yield of 0.5 oz yellow cherry fruit, excellent sweet flavor.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / WI GA J 98

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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KY ST M

Wild white/yellow cherry from Mexico, large plant gets loaded with them, voted the "Tastiest" tomato at the CHOPTAG 09 tomato tasting, sweet like eating bits of fruit.

Source

Reimer Seeds

Year:

Location: Sonora, Kentucky

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History

• A cluster of ripe "Coyote" tomatoes, still on the vine, was given to Craig LeHoullier by Maye Clement from Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1990 during her visit to his display at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Harvest Festival. She related that it was a tomato that grew wild in Mexico (Craig's note: there is more to add, but I need to find the letter she sent to me). Due to the pale color, Craig mistakenly originally listed it in the SSE yearbook as Ivory Currant - but the true name, according to Maye, is indeed "Coyote".
• Six commercial sources noted for 2004 in Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (MI FL J) - leaf. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (Rena Abernathy) - leaf. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (MI FL J) - plant. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (MI FL J) - flowers. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (Rena Abernathy) - green fruit. 2010-07-16.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (MI FL J) - green fruit. 2010-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (Rena Abernathy) - ripe fruit. 2010-08-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Coyote (MI FL J) - ripe fruit. 2010-08-12.

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Coyote. 2006

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Victory Seed Company	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Sand Hill Preservation Center Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Victory Seed Company	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen Tomato Growers Supply Victory Seed Company	12	4
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Gleckler Seedmen Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Victory Seed Company	11	4
2010	Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie - new Gleckler Seedmen - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	9	3
2009	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Skyfire Garden Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - new Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	11	.
2008	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Skyfire Garden Seeds Tomato Growers Supply Victory Seed Company	7	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Tomato Growers Supply - new	?	.