Hays'

Hays'
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	heart
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	family heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	Bulgaria, Canada

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' - sliced fruit. 2016-09-15.

Indet., regular leaf plants with wispy appearance. Medium sized pink heart-shaped fruits. 6-12 oz. Excellent sweet flavor. (15 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

1. Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 11

2. Franck Combesque-Delettre, St Loubes, France 12 / Regis Lepretre (crop failure)

3. Darlene Starr, Landenberg, PA 13 / Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie 12

Year grown: 2016(1)

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

History

A family heirloom from Bulgaria.
Jeffrey Casey, the owner of Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie , received the seed in 2008 from Frances Machum of Alberta, Canada, who, in turn, obtained it from the proprietor, Bob Ponting, of a cafe in Hays, Alberta. As the name of this variety has since been long lost, Frances Machum named it after the city of Hays.
First introduced commercially by Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie in 2010.

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - ripe fruit. 2016-08-21.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - ripe fruit. 2016-08-21.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - ripe fruit. 2016-08-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-15.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays (1) - ripe fruit. 2016-09-26.
Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Hays' - ripe fruit. 2012-09-29.
Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Hays' - ripe fruit. 2012-09-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays (1) - first ripe fruit, which is sometimes misshapen. 2016-08-06.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays (1) - first ripe fruit, which is sometimes misshapen. 2016-08-06.
Lurley Hernandez, Galena, Ohio. Hays' Tomato - ripe fruit. 2011. (uploaded with owner's permission)
Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Hays' - ripe fruit. 2012-09-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - sliced fruit. 2016-08-21.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - sliced fruit. 2016-08-29.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - sliced fruit. 2016-09-15.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays' (1) - sliced fruit. 2016-09-15.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hays (1) - sliced fruit. 2016-09-26.
Olena Tsygankova, Alberta. Hays' - sliced fruit. 2012-09-29.

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2016	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2015	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2014	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heritage Tomato Seed - new	.	.
2013	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie - sold out for 2013	.	.
2012	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2011	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2010	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie - new	0	.
2009		0	.
2008		0	.
2007		0	.

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