Punta Banda

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Punta Banda
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	semi-det.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	canner, salad
Variety type	historic, heirloom
Country	USA

GERM SC K

red oblate tomato, indet. regular leaf

Seed source:

Helmut Pummer, Austria

Year grown: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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PA SE P

The best performance for the year 2011 in terms of drought tolerance, production, and plant vigor. Formidable against the "stinkbugs". This tomato gets its name from the place of its origin, the Punta Banda peninsula in Baja Mexico. Some say it makes a good snacking or salad tomato, and although that may be the case, Punta Banda excels at paste making. There is virtually no seed cavity in this tomato! No juice! Punta Banda is technically a semi-determinate that will fruit until late summer. The fruit is high in lycopene and the flavor is to par with many reds, easily better tasting than San Marzano or Amish Paste. Will not perform well in wet soils or cold weather.

Seed source:

Native Seeds SEARCH, Arizona, USA

Year grown: 2011

Location: Zone 5b, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (1000 feet above sea level)

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History

• Collected on the Punta Banda peninsula in Baja, California. Grown by indigenous farmers of the region since the collapse of the Spanish occupation.

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Picture Gallery

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  Phil Seneca, Good Mind Seeds. Punta Banda - young plant.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Punta Banda - green fruit. June 9, 2011.

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

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Punta Banda - green fruit. July 10, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Punta Banda - green fruit. July 10, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Punta Banda - ripe fruit. August 29, 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Punta Banda - ripe fruit. August 29, 2011.

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  Phil Seneca, Good Mind Seeds. Punta Banda - ripe fruit.

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  Phil Seneca, Good Mind Seeds. Punta Banda - ripe fruit.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
2018		.	.
2017		.	.
2016		.	.
2015		.	.
2014	Good Mind Seeds TomatoFest	.	.
2013	Good Mind Seeds TomatoFest	.	.
2012	Good Mind Seeds	.	.
2011	Good Mind Seeds - new TomatoFest - new	2	1
2010		3	.
2009		3	.
2008		4	.
2007		3	.