Firesteel

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Firesteel
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type
Country

TX GU R

70 days, indet., regular leaf, 6-16 oz red fruit, very good taste, very productive.

Source 

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Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Commercial variety that dates back to the 1930s.
• PI 270183. Donated to USDA in 1960.
• SSE TOMATO 936.
• 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:

"(60 days): For early market or home garden. Medium size, smooth, globular scarlet fruit. Very meaty with thick walls; ripens uniformly. Short vines, spreading flat to partly upright. Fairly dense foliage coverage. Prolific and sets fruit when others are dropping their blossoms."

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Picture Gallery

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  Dan and Val McMurray. Firesteel - ripe fruit. 2008. Uploaded with the owner's permission.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Heirloom Tomatoes	.	.
2013	Double Helix Farms Heirloom Tomatoes	.	.
2012	Double Helix Farms	.	.
2011	Heirloom Tomatoes Skyfire Garden Seeds	2	2
2010	Heirloom Tomatoes Skyfire Garden Seeds	3	.
2009	Heirloom Tomatoes Skyfire Garden Seeds	4	.
2008	Skyfire Garden Seeds	6	.
2007		8	.

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