Alice's Egypt

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Alice's Egypt
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular, wispy
Fruit color red
Fruit shape heart
Fruit size medium
Fruit type slicer
Variety type open-pollinated, family heirloom
Country unknown
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Alice's Egypt - ripe fruit. 2011-10-07.

B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, wispy foliage, medium size red fruits, shaped like fat plums or blunt hearts. Bright red meaty flesh with small seed cavities and very few seeds, typical for heart-shaped tomatoes. The flesh is juicy and not dry as in paste tomatoes. Outstanding sweet flavor. 6-12 oz.

Seed source:

John Seewald, New Jersey 07 / OH IN F (Frederick Ineman, Ohio) / Alice Biltz

Year grown: 2010 (crop failure), 2011

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


TX GU R

80 days, indet., regular leaf, heart shaped red fruit to 1.5 lbs.

Seed source:

Frederick Ineman, Ohio / Alice Biltz

Year grown: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas


History

  • Seed originally came from Alice Biltz, whose family had been growing it for decades.



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Countryunknown +
Descriptionindet., regular leaf, wispy foliage, mediu indet., regular leaf, wispy foliage, medium size red fruits, shaped like fat plums or blunt hearts. Bright red meaty flesh with small seed cavities and very few seeds, typical for heart-shaped tomatoes. The flesh is juicy and not dry as in paste tomatoes. Outstanding sweet flavor. 6-12 oz. matoes. Outstanding sweet flavor. 6-12 oz.
Fruit colorred +
Fruit shapeheart +
Fruit sizemedium +
Fruit typeslicer +
Growth habitindet. +
Leafregular + and wispy +
Maturitymidseason +
Member codeB.C KO T + and TX GU R +
Seed sourceJohn Seewald, New Jersey 07 / OH IN F (Frederick Ineman, Ohio) / Alice Biltz
Variety typeopen-pollinated + and family heirloom +
VendorTatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +
Year grown2010 (crop failure) + and 2011 +
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