Filipino 2

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Filipino 2
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	black
Fruit shape	oblate, ribbed
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	Philippines

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Filipino No.2 - ripe fruit. 2015-07-16.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants. Lovely colored brown-black small round saladette fruits with nice flavor with a hint of acidity. Not ribbed as many other growers observed, actually very smooth. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Dave Thompson, New Baltimore, Southeast Michigan 09 / USDA

Year grown: 2015

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

History

Originated in Philippines.
First offered in the Seed Savers 2003 Yearbook by Seed Savers Heritage Farm, Decorah, Iowa (IA SSE HF), seeds from Donald Branscomb, California (CA BR D).
SSE TOMATO 935.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 273446. Donated to the USDA in 1961 from Philippines.
USDA narrative:

"Plant vigorous, indeterminate; fruit 2 by 3 inches, flat, lobed, rough, proliferated at blossom end, 12 loculed, seedy, late maturing; flesh red. Pistils don't protrude but sets fruit in humid,rainy climate. Has resistance to late blight. "

Many growers observed black fruits, grown from the seed that originally came from the USDA, but all SSE members list it as small red, very scalloped fruit.

Also known as

Philippine No.2

Picture Gallery

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Filipino No.2 - ripe fruit. 2015-07-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Filipino No.2 - ripe fruit. 2015-07-16.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Filipino 2 - ripe fruit. 2015-07-19.
Dan and Val McMurray. Kishinev - plants. 2008. (Uploaded with owner's permission.)
Dan and Val McMurray. Kishinev - ripe fruit. 2008. (Uploaded with owner's permission.)
Double Helix Farms. Filipino #2 - ripe fruit. 2011-06-30.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Filipino 2 - sliced fruit. 2015-07-19.