]> 2026-04-06T15:32:59-07:00 Ailsa Craig 0 Scotland Indeterminate, regular leaf. Small round red tomatoes growing in clusters of 6-8, about 1-1.5 oz, more acidic than sweet. Very good taste. red round small salad indet. * Heirloom tomato from the early 1900s. * Bred by Alan Balch from a cross of [[Fillbasket]] and [[Sunrise]], and introduced in 1912 by the seed vendor Alexander and Brown of Perth, Scotland. * According to U.C.DAVIS Plant Sciences, "''Ailsa Craig is a variety of tomato that has been an experimental staple of tomato molecular biology and biotechnology. Originally Ailsa Craig, named for a small rocky island off the coast of England, was grown for greenhouse production of tomatoes in Great Britain. Apparently this crop is particularly important for English breakfasts.'' " This statement is not entirely correct, as this island is off the coast of Scotland, near Girvan. * United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), [[USDA link::http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/acc/display.pl?1199456|PI 262995]]. Donated to USDA in 1960. regular midseason [[vendor::Terra Edibles]] 04 [http://www.terraedibles.ca] PI 262995 commercial heirloom open-pollinated 2006 2015 2017-06-28T15:40:19Z 2457933.1529977 Ailsa Craig Tigerella 0 Related 102