| Country
|
USA +
|
| Description
|
indet., regular leaf plants. Large pink beefsteak fruits, 10-14 oz. Very good flavor. (''15 seeds / packet'')
|
| Fruit color
|
pink +
|
| Fruit shape
|
beefsteak +
|
| Fruit size
|
large +
|
| Fruit type
|
slicer +
|
| Growth habit
|
indet. +
|
| History
|
* An old Virginian heirloom grown in the B … * An old Virginian heirloom grown in the Berea and Moorehead, Kentucky area. The seed originated in Lee county, Virginia. It had been grown and improved for 50 years by Vinson Watts, a retired college administrator, who passed away at the age of 78 in March 2008. Each summer Vinson Watts saved the seeds of those tomatoes that were most disease resistant, tender and of exceptional flavor. His neighbors, first in Berea from 1956 through 1967 and later in Morehead from 1968 through March of 2008 were very aware of the improvements he was making.
* Read more here: [http://www.kentucky.com/2011/04/11/1704027/heirloom-seeds-thrive-grow-great.html?storylink=fblikebtn#storylink=cpy]
* First offered commercially by [[Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds]] in 2006.
* Here is a story from [http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2006-09-10/business/MATERMAN_1_tomato-seeds-saving-seeds-buy-seeds Orlando Sentinel] from September 10, 2006 by Andy Mead, Lexington Herald-Leader:
: ''"Watts got seeds for what would eventually become his tomato in the spring of 1956, when he was associate dean of labor at Berea College.
: ''The seeds came from a man named Wilson Evans. Evans was from Virginia, and his family had grown the tomato there for years.
: ''Evans told him he wanted to try other tomatoes, and he asked Watts to take over the annual regeneration of his family's tomato, to keep them pure and true.
: ''For years, Watts called the tomato the Wilson Evans. He gave Evans a few plants each year. When Watts moved to Morehead in 1968 to become Morehead State University's first personnel director, he started sending Evans seeds.
: ''The two friends argued for a while about what to call the tomato plant that was getting a little tastier and heartier every year that Watts selected only the best seeds to carry forward.
: ''Finally, the tomato was different enough for a name change.
: ''"I told him he had squandered the right to call it an Evans tomato, so it's the Vinson Watts tomato," Watts said. "'' the Vinson Watts tomato," Watts said. "''
|
| Leaf
|
regular +
|
| Maturity
|
midseason +
|
| Member code
|
Category:B.C KO T +
, Category:IL LO N +
|
| Seed source
|
[[Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds]] 06
|
| Variety type
|
heirloom +
|
| Vendor
|
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds +
, Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds +
, TomatoFest +
, Category:KY ST M +
, Delectation of Tomatoes +
|
| Year grown
|
2011 (''crop failure'') +
, 2012 (''crop failure'') +
, 2013 +
|
| Categories |
Tomato Variety List +
, Pink Tomatoes +
, Indeterminate Tomatoes +
, Regular Leaf Tomatoes +
, Beefsteak Tomatoes +
, Heirloom Tomatoes +
, Kentucky Tomatoes +
, IL LO N +
, B.C KO T +
, Tatiana's 2013 Growout List +
|
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
|
8 April 2018 02:37:09 +
|