| Also known as
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Reif Italian Heart +
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| Country
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Italy +
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| Description
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Indet., tall and wispy-looking plants with regular leaf foliage. Red heart shaped fruit, 5-14 oz, meaty with few seeds. Excellent flavor. (''15 seeds / packet'')
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| Fruit color
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red +
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| Fruit shape
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heart +
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| Fruit size
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medium +
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| Fruit type
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slicer +
, canner +
, paste +
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| Growth habit
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indet. +
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| History
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* A family heirloom from Italy. Seeds coll … * A family heirloom from Italy. Seeds collected by J. Reif, Pennsylvania, from an elderly Italian man.
* First offered in the Seed Savers 2006 Yearbook by Glenn Drowns of Calamus, Iowa (IA DR G).
* One of the 100 heirloom tomatoes noted in [http://www.amazon.com/Smith-Hawken-Heirloom-Tomatoes-American/dp/0761114009/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195655982&sr=1-1 Carolyn J. Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden"] eirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden"]
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| Leaf
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regular +
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| Maturity
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midseason +
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| Member code
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Category:B.C KO T +
, Category:GERM SC K +
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| Related
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Reif Red Cross +
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| Seed source
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1. Jan Nienaber, BC, Canada 06
: 2. Karen Litzcke, Port Moody, BC 05
: 3. Darrel Jones, Hamilton, Alabama 13 / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C)
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| Variety type
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family heirloom +
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| Vendor
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Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +
, TomatoFest +
, Sand Hill Preservation Center +
, Johnny's Selected Seeds +
, Knapp's Fresh Vegies +
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| Year grown
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2007 (1 +
, 2) +
, 2012*(3) +
, 2013(3) +
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| Categories |
Tomato Variety List +
, Red Tomatoes +
, Indeterminate Tomatoes +
, Regular Leaf Tomatoes +
, Heart-Shaped Tomatoes +
, Heirloom Tomatoes +
, B.C KO T +
, GERM SC K +
, 100 Heirloom Tomatoes +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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4 February 2019 05:30:54 +
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