Sekai Ichi
From Tatiana's TOMATOBase
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Sekai Ichi | |
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Maturity | midseason |
Growth habit | indet. |
Leaf type | regular |
Fruit color | pink |
Fruit shape | oblate |
Fruit size | medium |
Fruit type | slicer |
Variety type | heirloom, open-pollinated |
Country | Japan |
B.C KO T
- Indet., very vigorous plants with regular leaf foliage. 2-7 oz pink round oblate fruits with smooth shoulders. Very good flavor, more acidic than sweet.
Seed source:
- Dave Thompson, New Baltimore, Southeast Michigan 09
Year grown: 2015(crop failure), 2016
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Old heirloom variety from Japan. Vended by Fujita Seed Company, Osaka, Japan.
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), PI 355122. Donated to the USDA by Fujita Seed Co., Japan.
- Here is the Japanese name, probably translates as "world's (best tomato)"
- 世 界 一
- se kai ichi
- world one
Picture Gallery
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sekai Ichi - ripe fruit. 2016-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sekai Ichi - ripe fruit. 2016-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sekai Ichi - sliced fruit. 2016-09-11.
Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sekai Ichi - sliced fruit. 2016-09-11.
Seed Availability
Year | Commercial Vendors | Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) | Seeds of Diversity (Member listings) |
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2018 | . | . | |
2017 | . | . | |
2016 | Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie | . | . |
2015 | Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie | . | . |
2014 | Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie | . | . |
2013 | Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie - new | . | . |
2012 | . | . | |
2011 | 0 | 0 | |
2010 | 0 | . | |
2009 | 0 | . | |
2008 | 0 | . | |
2007 | 0 | . |