]> 2026-04-24T01:12:45-07:00 Aker's West Virginia 0 USA Indet., large regular leaf plant, large red beefsteak tomatoes up to 1 lb, excellent well balanced flavor, no cracking; a must grow for everyone who likes old-fashioned tomato flavor. (''15 seeds / packet'') red beefsteak large slicer indet. * Family heirloom from West Virginia, from Carl Aker, Pennsylvania. Since 1993, Carl Aker has shared heirloom tomato varieties with Craig LeHoullier, and in 1996, Carl sent Craig some seeds labeled simply "West Virginia"; Craig amended the name to "Aker's West Virginia" to avoid confusion with other listed SSE tomatoes named "West Virginia." * First appeared in Seed Savers 1997 Yearbook listed by Craig LeHoullier (NC LE C) and Carolyn Male (NY MA C). * This is one of the 100 heirloom tomatoes mentioned 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"]. * Seven commercial sources noted for 2004 in the [http://www.seedsavers.org/products.asp?dept=85 Garden Seed Inventory 6th edition]. '''Other varieties originating from Carl Aker''' * [[Heart's Delite]] * [[Aker's Oxheart]] * [[Aker's Plum]] * [[Nicky Crain]] (a variety given to Carl Aker by a friend) regular late [http://www.reimerseeds.com/akers-west-virginia-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / Howard C. Essl of Bethesda, Maryland (MD ES H) 07 / Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C) 97 / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) / Carl Aker, Pennsylvania family heirloom 2007 2015 2017-02-15T22:10:37Z 2457800.4240394 Aker's West Virginia Aker's West Virginia#001# Carman, Manitoba, Canada Aker's West Virginia A delicious old heirloom from West Virginia. The deep red oblate beefsteak type fruit average 10 ounces and have excellent taste, on the tangy side. Good old-fashioned flavor that is perfect for a tomato sandwich or sliced. The gorgeous fruit are usually blemish free. Indeterminate, regular leaf foliage. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/akers-west-virginia-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / [[vendor::Heritage Harvest Seed|'' '']] [[Heritage Harvest Seed]] '' '' Aker's West Virginia#002# Augusta, Michigan Aker's West Virginia Large vines need caging or staking, 90 days, moderate production of large (about 1 lb) meaty and juicy red fruit with very good rich flavor. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/akers-west-virginia-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 2003 Aker's West Virginia#003# Oblong, Illinois Aker's West Virginia 85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with good yield of 1-1.25 lb beefsteak fruit, very good taste. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/akers-west-virginia-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / Craig LeHoullier of Raleigh, North Carolina (NC LE C) 97 Aker's West Virginia#004# Bastrop, Texas Aker's West Virginia 85 days, indet., regular leaf plant with avg to high production of 10-16 oz red beefsteaks, very good flavor. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/akers-west-virginia-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / [[Marianna's Heirloom Seeds]] 04 Aker's West Virginia#005# Quitzdorf am See, Germany Aker's West Virginia red tomato, indet. [http://www.reimerseeds.com/akers-west-virginia-tomato.aspx?ref=tatiana Reimer Seeds] / [[TomatoFest]] 2011 Aker's West Virginia, Chuck Wyatt's 0 Aker's West Virginia Black 0 Linda's Faux 0 See also 102 Related 102