Box Car Willie

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Box Car Willie
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	oblate
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Box Car Willie - ripe fruit. 2014-09-09.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants. Medium sized red fruits are round and oblate, 6-10 oz. Very good rich old-fashioned flavor.

Seed source:

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Rob Gee, Ohio 08

3. Jennifer Hutson, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 06

Year grown: 2014

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

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IL LO N

80 days, indet., regular leaf plant with high yield of 6-12 oz red fruit with very good flavor.

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Donald C. Kellums of Port Byron, Illinois (IL KE D) 99 / Tomato Growers Supply / Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 94

Year grown:

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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GERM SC K

Seed source:

Reimer Seeds / Manfred Hahm-Hartmann, Germany

Year grown: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• Bred by Joe Bratka's father. Joe found the seeds for this tomato and several others (Red Barn, Mule Team, and Great Divide) in a toolshed, could not get the seeds to germinate, and sent them to Carolyn Male, who succeeded in germinating the seed and shared this variety with other gardeners and SSE members in the mid-1990s.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1994 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Latham, New Jersey (NY MA C), who got the seeds from Joe Bratka of New Jersey.
• Could be named after Lecil Travis Martin, an American country music singer.

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Picture Gallery

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Box Car Willie - leaf. May 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Box Car Willie - flower. June 5, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Box Car Willie (1) - ripe fruit. 2014-09-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Box Car Willie (1) - sliced fruit. 2014-09-09.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Reimer Seeds	.	.
2016		.	.
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new, sold out for 2015	.	.
2014	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit - sold out for 2014	.	.
2013	Delectation of Tomatoes - new Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Hazzard's Wholesale Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Swallowtail Garden Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm	.	.
2012	Sand Hill Preservation Center The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply	8	2
2011	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Knapp's Fresh Vegies - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Reimer Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply * TomatoFest Trade Winds Fruit Two Wings Farm	8	2
2010	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Reimer Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Two Wings Farm	6	1
2009	Heirloom Seeds Heirloom Tomatoes Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Totally Tomatoes Two Wings Farm	9	.
2008	Heirloom Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest Totally Tomatoes	14	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	12	.