Old Italian
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Old Italian | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | pink |
Fruit shape | globe |
Fruit size | medium |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | |
Country |
MI FL J
- Medium sized (6-7 ft) plants need some caging or staking, good early production that for me tapered off significantly after a couple of weeks. Produces slightly flattened medium sized (mostly 6-10 oz) deep pink globes with good full, rich flavor. Some (radial) cracking observed in wet weather.
- Source
- TN JO M (Marianna Jones of Dickson, Tennessee) (aka Marianna's Heirloom Seeds )
Year: 2007
Location: Augusta Michigan
History
- Reported to be brought back to the US from a WWII veteran who was stationed in Italy, but this is unverified.
- Both potato leaf and regular leaf versions of this tomato are available through SSE Yearbook, and both versions seem to have originated from Marianna Jones of TN (TN JO M).
- No commercial sources were noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition, but the variety is available from Marianna's Heirloom Seeds.
See also
- Old Italian Beefsteak (red beefsteak)
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
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2016 | . | . | |
2015 | . | . | |
2014 | . | . | |
2013 | . | . | |
2012 | . | . | |
2011 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | . | . |
2010 | Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds |
5 | . |
2009 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | 6 | . |
2008 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | 5 | . |
2007 | Marianna's Heirloom Seeds | 5 | . |