Hugh's

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• Seed Availability

Hugh's
Maturity	late
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	white, yellow
Fruit shape	beefsteak
Fruit size	large
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	USA

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Seed Source 

Reimer Seeds

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B.C KO T

indet., regular leaf, huge plant, large pale yellow beefsteaks, up to 1 lb, very juicy, mild flavor, medium yield.

Seed Source 

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Martin Longseth of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (WI LO M) 05|2005 (crop failure); 2008(2)}}

3. Peter Gallant, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 05 (0% germination, no seeds left)

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GERM SC K

may not be an authentic Hugh's, as the fruit was more orange than pale yellow. 180-200 gr. Indet.

Source 

1. Reimer Seeds

2. Marianna's Heirloom Seeds 2009

3. M. Hahm-Hartmann 2007

Year: 2007 / to try again 2009 (germination failure)/ 2011

Location: Germany

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IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with high yield of 1 lb pale yellow beefsteak fruit, good mild taste.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / Glenn Drowns of Calamus, Iowa (IA DR G) 97

Location: Oblong, Illinois

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MI FL J

Large vines, need caging or staking. First maturity about 70 days. Plants provide a fair number of medium to large (7-18 oz) evenly ripened light yellow meaty fruit with a nice texture that some call “creamy” (it’s neither overly hard nor too soft). Ripe fruits often have a touch of red at the blossom end of the fruit. This is a long-time favorite variety of mine that always produces reasonably well and reliably gives very good rich, complex and balanced flavor.

Source 

Reimer Seeds / Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

Year: annually since 1998

Location: Augusta, Michigan

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History

• Carolyn Male of Salem, new York (NY MA C) notes that according to Jeff McCormick, founder of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange ), this variety has been traced back to 1940 and is from Madison Co., IN. Craig LeHoullier (NC LE C) received the seeds from the originator, Archie Hook, of Indiana, with a letter indicating that he has been growing this variety since the 1940's and supplying his neighbors with seedlings of Hugh's that he grew in his greenhouse. We do not know how Mr. Hook came upon the variety, but it is similar in color to the old Burgess variety Colossal Yellow (Burgess was an Indiana seed company). In comparison, Hugh's is much more productive, uniform and tasty than Colossal Yellow from the USDA collection as grown by Craig; however, it could have been a superior selection from this variety that Mr. Hook developed and distributed. This is just speculation at this point.
• This is one of the 100 varieties described in Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden".
• Seven commercial sources were noted for 2004 in Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hugh's. 2008-05-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hugh's - leaf. 2008-07-18.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hugh's - flower. 2008-06-25

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hugh's - baby fruit. 2008-07-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hugh's - ripe fruit. 2008-10-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Hugh's - sliced fruit. 2008-10-02.

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Hugh's. 2005

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Hugh's (M. Hahm-Hartmann), more orange than yellow, and the fruit is much smaller than it should be.

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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	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2014 Solana Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Delectation of Tomatoes - new Knapp's Fresh Vegies Solana Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - not available for 2011 Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	13	2
2010	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	11	2
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2009 Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	13	.
2008	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest	10	.
2007	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Marianna's Heirloom Seeds Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Solana Seeds Tomato Growers Supply	9	.