]> 2026-04-12T06:03:01-07:00 Sophie's Choice 0 Canada red round medium slicer canner det. * A family heirloom from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. * Barry Comden of California offered this variety to Carolyn Male. It had no name, and Barry said that a friend of his in California had gotten it from someone in Edmonton, Canada. Carolyn asked Barry to name it and he deferred to his Californian friend who named it Sophie's Choice. * First offered in the Seed Savers 1996 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Salem, New York (NY MA C). * 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"] regular early family heirloom open-pollinated 2025-06-26T12:05:17Z 2460853.003669 Sophie's Choice Sophie's Choice#001# Czech republic, Brno, 780 ft Sophie's Choice A low determinant variety that proved to me during a very early cultivation in the hotbed. Relatively large fleshy fruits type of steak, slightly acidic, very good tomato flavor, early ripening. When growing in hotbed the first harvest of ripe tomatoes already at the beginning of June-extending the harvest! RJGlew, Canada 2017-2025