Matina

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Matina
Maturity	early
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	potato
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	heirloom
Country	Germany

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripe fruit. 2012-08-27.

B.C KO T

Very early, indet., very tall potato leaf plants with high yields of red round tomatoes, 1.5-3 oz, very good balanced flavor, reliable producer even in a bad cold/wet summer.

Seed source:

Jan Nienaber, BC 05

Year grown: 2005, 2011 (crop failure), 2012

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

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GERM SC K

Source 

Manfred Hahm-Hartmann

Year: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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ID DE M

Matina was my best-producing variety of 2016 (out of about a hundred varieties). I started it in an unheated greenhouse. I transplanted it in early May. It was very vigorous, and kept growing and producing ripe fruits from about June 30th onward. It was so vigorous, in fact, that it pulled down the extra large wooden tomato cage I had it in (which incident delayed production for a while, but Matina eventually bounced back after it got used to its new position). The first fruits were mild in taste, small, firm, and perhaps somewhat blocky, but later fruits were two to three times as large, softer, a much deeper red, smooth-shaped, and tangy in taste (but I wouldn't call them acidic). More than one person told me they preferred Matina to my other tomatoes they tried (they didn't try all 100 or so, though). Production was much improved from the midseason onward. The plant was quite indeterminate and had nice leaf cover. It's definitely on my grow-list for next year. Most of my tomatoes had delayed ripening, this year, but Matina did just fine. It also set fruit in the heat (90+° F.)

Seed source:

timeless-tomatoes.com (ordered 30 Jul 2015)

Year grown: 2016

Location: New Plymouth, Idaho

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History

• Heirloom from Germany.
• SSE TOMATO 3855.
• One of the 100 heirloom tomatoes noted in Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden"

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Also known as

• Tamina

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Similar to

• Glacier,
  
• Stupice,
  
• Kotlas,
  
• Imur Prior Beta,
  
• Bloody Butcher,
  
• Kimberly

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Picture Gallery

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - seedling. 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - leaf. May 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - flower. May 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - flowers. 2011-06-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - flower. 2012-06-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - baby fruit. 2011-06-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - green fruit. 2012-06-27.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - green fruit. June 5, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - green fruit. June 18, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - green fruit. June 28, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripening fruit. 2012-08-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripening fruit. 2012-08-22.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - ripe fruit. July 10, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripe fruit. 2012-07-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripe fruit. 2012-07-15.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - ripe fruit. August 14, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - ripe fruit. August 20, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripe fruit. 2012-07-20.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripe fruit. 2012-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - ripe fruit. 2012-09-12.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - ripe fruit. September 21, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Matina - ripe fruit. September 21, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - sliced fruit. 2012-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - sliced fruit. 2012-08-27.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Matina - sliced fruit. 2012-09-12.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2015	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Diane's Flower Seeds Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply TomatoFest - new	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Gourmet Seed International Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply	.	.
2012	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Tomato Growers Supply The Sample Seed Shop	5	4
2011	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds The Sample Seed Shop Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply	6	3
2010	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Gourmet Seed International Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company The Sample Seed Shop Tomato Growers Supply	3	1
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - out of stock Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Full Circle Seeds Gourmet Seed International Knapp's Fresh Vegies Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply	5	.
2008	Gourmet Seed International Skyfire Garden Seeds Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply	7	.
2007	Solana Seeds Territorial Seed Company Tomato Growers Supply	6	.