Firesteel
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Firesteel | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | red |
Fruit shape | |
Fruit size | large |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | |
Country |
TX GU R
- 70 days, indet., regular leaf, 6-16 oz red fruit, very good taste, very productive.
- Source
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Location: Pasadena, Texas
History
- Commercial variety that dates back to the 1930s.
- PI 270183. Donated to USDA in 1960.
- SSE TOMATO 936.
- Click here to view a page from 1958 Gleckler Seed Catalog at Craig LeHoullier's website that offers this variety. The description from the catalog says:
- "(60 days): For early market or home garden. Medium size, smooth, globular scarlet fruit. Very meaty with thick walls; ripens uniformly. Short vines, spreading flat to partly upright. Fairly dense foliage coverage. Prolific and sets fruit when others are dropping their blossoms."
Picture Gallery
Dan and Val McMurray. Firesteel - ripe fruit. 2008. Uploaded with the owner's permission.
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | . | . | |
2016 | . | . | |
2015 | . | . | |
2014 | Heirloom Tomatoes | . | . |
2013 | Double Helix Farms Heirloom Tomatoes |
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2012 | Double Helix Farms | . | . |
2011 | Heirloom Tomatoes Skyfire Garden Seeds |
2 | 2 |
2010 | Heirloom Tomatoes Skyfire Garden Seeds |
3 | . |
2009 | Heirloom Tomatoes Skyfire Garden Seeds |
4 | . |
2008 | Skyfire Garden Seeds | 6 | . |
2007 | 8 | . |