]> 2026-05-03T02:25:35-07:00 1884 Purple 0 Canada Indet., regular leaf plant with excellent yield of large, black/purple beefsteak fruits with green shoulders, 8-20 oz, very meaty, juicy, sweet, rich, outstanding flavor, creamy flesh. (''limited, 15 seeds / packet'') : The seeds offered in our 2014 seed catalog were raised by [[vendor::Heritage Tomato Seed|'' '']] [[Heritage Tomato Seed]] '' '', and we are so grateful to Steve McClaren for donating the seeds to us. black beefsteak large slicer indet. * Jeff Casey of Alberta, Canada received the seeds for the "1884" tomato from Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas in 2005, and shared with Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T) in Dec 2005. Both Jeff and Tatiana grew it in 2006 and observed large, dark-black-purple fruits which, in Tatiana's opinion, were better than the original [[1884]]. Tatiana named it "1884 Purple" to highlight fruit color difference compared to [[1884]]. regular midseason 1. Jeff Casey, Alberta, Canada 06 / Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R) : 2. [[vendor::Heritage Tomato Seed|'' '']] [[Heritage Tomato Seed]] 14 / Gary Gragg, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 13 open-pollinated 2006 2011 (''crop failure'') 2012 2013*(2) 2014-03-18T03:45:18Z 2456734.6564583 1884 Purple 1884 Purple#001# Bastrop, Texas 1884 Purple 75-80 days, indet., regular leaf plant with average yield of lovely, purple-pink beefsteak fruits, sometimes with apple green shoulders, 12-24 oz, outstanding flavor. Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T) 07 / Jeff Casey, Alberta, Canada 06 / Michael Gunn of Pasadena, Texas (TX GU R) 2008 Yellow 1884 Pinkheart 0 1884 0 Related 102