Perito Italian

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Perito Italian
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	indet.
Leaf type	regular, wispy
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	plum, elongated
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	canner, slicer, paste
Variety type	open-pollinated, heirloom
Country	Italy

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - sliced fruit. 2013-09-05.

B.C KO T

Indet., very tall plants with regular leaf wispy foliage. Fat red plum-shaped fruits can grow up to 12 oz, average size is about 5-8 oz. Fruits are so meaty and juicy, with narrow seed locules and very few seeds, which makes it difficult to collect lots of seeds. Excellent sweet flavor. Outstanding plum-shaped slicer tomato. (very limited, 12 seeds / packet)

Seed source:

Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 07/ Dave Tenney, Ohio / Matt Perito

Year grown: 2013

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

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TX AN S

75 days, indet., regular leaf, droopy foliage, 6-10 oz red plums with excellent taste, very productive, from NY MA C 06 via Dave Tenney, OH, seeds from co-worker's father, Matt Perito, originally from Italy in the early 1900s.

Seed source:

Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 07 / Dave Tenney, Ohio / Matt Perito

Year grown: 2007

Location: Bastrop, Texas

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History

• Very old Italian heirloom variety that dates back to the early 1900s.
• Carolyn Male received the seed from Dave Tenney of Ohio, who obtained the seed from his co-worker's father, Matt Perito.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 2007 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C).
• Introduced commercially by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2014.

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Picture Gallery

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - flowers. 2013-07-03.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - ripe fruit. 2013-09-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - ripe fruit. 2013-09-17.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Perito Italian - ripe fruit. August 7, 2011. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Patty Brown, Ohio. Perito Italian - ripe fruit. August 7, 2011. Posted with owner's permission.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - sliced fruit. 2013-09-05.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - sliced fruit. 2013-09-15.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - sliced fruit. 2013-09-17.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Perito Italian - sliced fruit. 2013-10-05.

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  Susan Anderson (TX AN S): Perito Italian. 2007.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2017	.	.
2016	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2015	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds	.	.
2014	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new	.	.
2013		.	.
2012		.	.
2011		5	1
2010		6	.
2009		4	.
2008		5	.
2007		2	.