Old Italian

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Old Italian
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	pink
Fruit shape	globe
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer
Variety type
Country

MI FL J

Medium sized (6-7 ft) plants need some caging or staking, good early production that for me tapered off significantly after a couple of weeks. Produces slightly flattened medium sized (mostly 6-10 oz) deep pink globes with good full, rich flavor. Some (radial) cracking observed in wet weather.

Source 

TN JO M (Marianna Jones of Dickson, Tennessee) (aka Marianna's Heirloom Seeds )

Year: 2007

Location: Augusta Michigan

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History

• Reported to be brought back to the US from a WWII veteran who was stationed in Italy, but this is unverified.
• Both potato leaf and regular leaf versions of this tomato are available through SSE Yearbook, and both versions seem to have originated from Marianna Jones of TN (TN JO M).
• No commercial sources were noted for 2004 in the Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition, but the variety is available from Marianna's Heirloom Seeds.

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See also

• Old Italian Beefsteak (red beefsteak)

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
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2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014		.	.
2013		.	.
2012		.	.
2011	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	.	.
2010	Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - new Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	5	.
2009	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	6	.
2008	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	5	.
2007	Marianna's Heirloom Seeds	5	.

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