Tennessee Surprise

From Tatiana's TOMATOBase
Jump to: navigation, search
[edit]

Tennessee Surprise
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color bi-color
Fruit shape beefsteak
Fruit size large
Fruit type slicer
Variety type heirloom
Country USA

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf. Very large bi-colored fruits. Late.

Seed source:

Dan and Val McMurray of Wynndel, British Columbia, Canada (B.C MC D) 08

Year grown: 2016

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)


IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf with good yield of bi-color beefsteak fruit, very good flavor.

Seed source:

John Seewald of Somers Point, New Jersey (NJ SE J2) 05

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois


TN MA T

Larger 6-8' plant serves up lots of 1 lb + yellow beefsteaks with redish-pink blushing. Indet., regular leaf. Excellent sweet taste. Mid season, 75 days.

Seed source:

TomatoFest 09

Year grown: 2012

Location: LaFollette, Tennessee, USA



History

  • Found by Tennessee road crew workers in the garden of an elderly lady who had grown it as long as she could remember.
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 2006 Yearbook by Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N), who received the seeds from John Seewald of Somers Point, New Jersey (NJ SE J2) in 2005.



Picture Gallery


Seed Availability

Year Commercial Vendors Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018 . .
2017 . .
2016 . .
2015 . .
2014 TomatoFest . .
2013 Delectation of Tomatoes - new
TomatoFest
. .
2012 1 0
2011 TomatoFest 1 0
2010 TomatoFest 2 .
2009 TomatoFest - new 2 .
2008 2 .
2007 2 .


Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Contributors, Partners, and Breeders
NEW 2018 Tatiana's Seed Catalog
Informational Database
Reports and Other Resources
Copyrights
User Contributions
Tools