Jocotillo

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Jocotillo
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color pink
Fruit shape oval, plum, elongated
Fruit size small
Fruit type salad
Variety type heirloom, open-pollinated
Country Guatemala
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Jocotillo - sliced fruit. 2015-08-16.

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf plants. Small pink oval fruits, some almost cylindrical, 1-2 oz. Quite juicy. Mild sweet flavor.

Seed source:

Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2) 08 / USDA

Year grown: 2015

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



History

  • An heirloom tomato from Guatemala that dates back to the 1960s, or earlier.
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 311109. Collected in 1966 from an Indian market in Antigua, Guatemala.
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 2008 Yearbook by Norbert R. Pikovsky, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (PA PI N2), who got the seed from USDA.
  • USDA narrative:
"Fruits small, slender, pinkish."



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