Egg

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Egg
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	plum
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	canner, salad
Variety type
Country

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Seed Source 

Reimer Seeds

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History

• An old commercial variety introduced by Gleckler Seedmen , Ohio, in the late 1950s.
• PI 303730. Donated to USDA in 1965.
• Click here to view a page from 1958 Gleckler Seed Catalog at Craig LeHoullier's website that offers this variety. The description from the catalog says:

"Something altogether different than the ordinary tomato. An extremely heavy fruit setter, the size and shape of a medium-size chicken egg, and having only a very tiny stem scar. Fruits possess extremely high solids of blood-red color, with a very sweet delicious flavor. Maturity is mid-season, but bearing and ripening over a very long period. The fruits resist both cracking and sunburn, almost completely. This strain is one of the longest keeping tomatoes after ripe that we have ever seen. Medium size, indeterminate vines with quite heavy foliage. The old saying, "good thing come in small packages," certainly applies to this tomato."

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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		.	.
2014	Gleckler Seedmen	.	.
2013	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
2012	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gleckler Seedmen	.	.
2011	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	0
2010	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	2	.
2009	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Gleckler Seedmen Heritage Harvest Seed Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	3	.
2008	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	3	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center	4	.

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