Sophie's Choice

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Sophie's Choice
Maturity	early
Growth habit	det.
Leaf type	regular
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	medium
Fruit type	slicer, canner
Variety type	family heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	Canada

B.C KO T

Early, compact det. plants with regular leaf, 3-10 oz red round oblate fruit, very good acidic flavor, meaty flesh, no core. Excellent for containers.

Seed source:

1. Ted Amano, Ontario, Canada 04

2. Neil Gillard of Holland Landing, Ontario, Canada (ONT GI N) 07 / Template:WI PA L 99 / Southern Exposure Seed Exchange / NY MA C (Carolyn Male of Salem, New York) / Barry Comden, California

Year grown: 2004(1), 2005(1), 2006(1), 2010(1,2)

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

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B.C GI K

Very early, rivals Stupice for how early it produces in my garden. Regular leafed determinate plant, very small (maximum of 2' in height) doesn't require staking. Red globular fruit, about 3" in diameter with good (although a little bit mild) flavour, excellent for containers. Grew this plant in the plot in 2007 and seemed to tolerate dry conditions well. Slight cracking, but that was more due to my inconsistency in watering.

Source 

Meighan, Vancouver, BC, Canada 07.

Year: 2007

Location: Nelson, BC.

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GERM SC K

oblate red tomato

Source 

Manfred Hahm-Hartmann

Year: 2011

Location: Quitzdorf am See, Germany

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History

• A family heirloom from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.
• Barry Comden of California offered this variety to Carolyn Male. It had no name, and Barry said that a friend of his in California had gotten it from someone in Edmonton, Canada. Carolyn asked Barry to name it and he deferred to his Californian friend who named it Sophie's Choice.
• First offered in the Seed Savers 1996 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C).
• One of the 100 heirloom tomatoes noted in Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden"

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CZEC GR V

A low determinant variety that proved to me during a very early cultivation in the hotbed. Relatively large fleshy fruits type of steak, slightly acidic, very good tomato flavor, early ripening. When growing in hotbed the first harvest of ripe tomatoes already at the beginning of June-extending the harvest!

Seed source:

RJGlew, Canada

Year grown: 2017,2018

Location: Czech republic, Brno, 780 ft

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Picture Gallery

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Sophie's Choice - seedling. 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - seedling. 2006-02-25

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - flower buds. 2006-02-25

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - flowers. 2010-05-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - flowers. 2010-05-22.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Sophie's Choice - flower. June 11, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - plant. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - flowers. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - baby fruit. 2010-05-22.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - baby fruit. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - baby fruit. 2010-07-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - green fruits. 2006-06-02

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice - green fruit. 2010-07-01.

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  MA MA C. Sophie's Choice - early fruit. 2009-06-13

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  Sherry Shiesl, Alaska. Sophie's Choice - green fruit. 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - green fruit. 2010-07-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - green fruit. 2010-07-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - green fruit. 2010-07-11.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (Ted Amano) - green fruit. 2010-07-11.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Sophie's Choice - green fruit. July 10, 2011.

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  Sherry Shiesl, Alaska. Sophie's Choice - ripe fruit. 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - ripe fruit. 2010-07-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - ripe fruit. 2010-07-23.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - ripe fruit. 2010-07-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - ripe fruit. 2010-07-28.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - ripe fruit. 2010-07-28.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Sophie's Choice - ripe fruit. July 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Sophie's Choice - ripe fruit. July 2011.

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  Klaus-Peter Schurz (GERM SC K). Sophie's Choice - ripe fruit. August 20, 2011.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - sliced ripe fruit. 2010-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - sliced ripe fruit. 2010-08-01.

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  Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Sophie's Choice (ONT GI N) - sliced ripe fruit. 2010-08-016.

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  Vladimir Gross. Sophie's Choice – sliced ripe fruit. 2017-07-15.

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  Vladimir Gross. Sophie's Choice – sliced ripe fruit. 2017-07-15.

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  Vladimir Gross. Sophie s Choice – sliced ripe fruit. 2019-07-28.

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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 Good Mind Seeds Heritage Tomato Seed - new J&L Gardens Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange The Sample Seed Shop TomatoFest	.	.
2013	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Delectation of Tomatoes - new Good Mind Seeds - new Heritage Harvest Seed J&L Gardens Seed Knapp's Fresh Vegies Sand Hill Preservation Center - sold out for 2013 Southern Exposure Seed Exchange The Sample Seed Shop TomatoFest Two Wings Farm	.	.
2012	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie The Sample Seed Shop	.	.
2011	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - new Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heritage Harvest Seed Sand Hill Preservation Center - not available for 2011 Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Terroir Seeds The Sample Seed Shop TomatoFest Two Wings Farm	3	2
2010	Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heritage Harvest Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange The Sample Seed Shop - sold out for 2010 TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Terroir Seeds	2	1
2009	Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - out of stock Casey's Heirloom Tomatoes of Airdrie Heritage Harvest Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest Two Wings Farm Terroir Seeds	4	.
2008	Southern Exposure Seed Exchange TomatoFest	2	.
2007	Sand Hill Preservation Center Southern Exposure Seed Exchange	4	.