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Ailsa Craig
0
Scotland
Indeterminate, regular leaf. Small round red tomatoes growing in clusters of 6-8, about 1-1.5 oz, more acidic than sweet. Very good taste.
red
round
small
salad
indet.
* Heirloom tomato from the early 1900s.
* Bred by Alan Balch from a cross of [[Fillbasket]] and [[Sunrise]], and introduced in 1912 by the seed vendor Alexander and Brown of Perth, Scotland.
* According to U.C.DAVIS Plant Sciences, "''Ailsa Craig is a variety of tomato that has been an experimental staple of tomato molecular biology and biotechnology. Originally Ailsa Craig, named for a small rocky island off the coast of England, was grown for greenhouse production of tomatoes in Great Britain. Apparently this crop is particularly important for English breakfasts.'' " This statement is not entirely correct, as this island is off the coast of Scotland, near Girvan.
* United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), [[USDA link::http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1199456|PI 262995]]. Donated to USDA in 1960.
regular
midseason
[[vendor::Terra Edibles]] 04 [http://www.terraedibles.ca]
PI 262995
commercial heirloom
open-pollinated
2006
2015
2017-06-28T15:40:19Z
2457933.1529977
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