Livingston's Favorite

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• Seed Availability

Livingston's Favorite
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	globe
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, canner
Variety type	commercial heirloom
Country	USA

B.C KO T

Indet., regular leaf, medium slightly oblate red fruits with smooth shoulders and very good balanced flavor. 4-6 oz.

Seed source:

Geza Korbely, Hungary 05

Year grown: 2012

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

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MI FL J

I have mistakenly been calling this variety by the name “Favorite” but the more correct name is Livingston’s Favorite. Large vines need caging or staking, good production of mostly 6-8 oz smooth round red fruits with very good flavor. Fruit generally do not crack even in wet weather. Originally bred for canning, the fruit endure handling and shipping well.

Source 

NC LE C (Craig LeHoullier, Raleigh, North Carolina)

Year: 2003, 2005

Location: Augusta Michigan

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TX GU R

80 days, indet., 6-10 oz fruit, good tasting, good canner, good yield.

Source 

Sand Hill Preservation Center

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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History

• Introduced in 1883 by Livingston Seed Company.
• The description from the 1900 Livingston's Seed Catalog says:

"The canners favorite and one of the best and largest perfect shaped Red Tomatoes in cultivation. Ripens evenly and early, holding its size to the end of the season; free from cracks, very prolific, good flavor, few seeds, flesh solid, bears shipping long distances. It is used extensively in the canning sections of Maryland, and has been generally grown for ears for canners' trade throughout the United States."

• PI 636262. Donated to the USDA in 1963.
• USDA narrative:

"F.W. Bolgiano & Co., Inc. 1942 catalog"

• Six commercial sources noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition.

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Other Livingston's varieties

• Livingston's Beauty
• Livingston's Perfection
• Livingston's Globe
• Livingston's Acme
• Livingston's Stone
• Livingston's Main Crop Pink

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - plant. 2012-05-25.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - plant. 2012-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - flower. 2012-06-27.

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  Jeff Fleming (MI FL J). Livingston's Favorite. 2005

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - ripe fruit. 2012-10-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - ripe fruit. 2012-10-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - ripe fruit. 2012-10-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - ripe fruit. 2012-10-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - ripe fruit. 2012-10-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - ripe fruit. 2012-10-09.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - sliced fruit. 2012-10-02.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Livingston's Favorite - sliced fruit. 2012-10-09.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	.	.
2012	Victory Seed Company	3	3
2011	Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	5	3
2010	Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	4	.
2009	Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest Victory Seed Company	5	.
2008	Sand Hill Preservation Center TomatoFest	8	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center	7	.