Swisher Sweet

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Swisher Sweet
Maturity midseason
Growth habit indet.
Leaf type regular
Fruit color pink
Fruit shape beefsteak
Fruit size large
Fruit type slicer
Variety type open-pollinated, heirloom
Country USA
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Seed source:

Susan Anderson of Elgin, Texas (TX AN S) 09 / Neil Lockhart of Oblong, Illinois (IL LO N) 07 / /C.F. Parlette of Martin, Ohio (OH PA C) 05 / Charles Swisher / H. Pepirt, Versailles, Ohio

Year grown: 2018

Location: Zone 6b, PNW, Columbia Valley (Lower Mainland), BC, Canada (780 ft above sea level)


IL LO N

85 days, indet., regular leaf with a high yield of 1-1.5 lb pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor.
Source 
OH PA C 05 (C.F. Parlette, Ohio) / Charles Swisher

Location: Oblong, Illinois


TX AN S

80-85 days, indet., regular leaf with an average to high yield of 1-1.5 lb pink beefsteak fruit with excellent flavor.
Source 
IL LO N 07 / OH PA C 05 (C.F. Parlette, Ohio) / Charles Swisher

Location: Bastrop, Texas


History

  • Charles Swisher received the seed from his friend H. Pepirt of Versailles, Ohio, who grew this tomato for 80 years.
  • First offered in the Seed Savers 2005 Yearbook by C.F. Parlette of Martin, Ohio (OH PA C), who received the seed from Charles Sweesher.



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Year Commercial Vendors Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings) Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
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2011 0 0
2010 3 .
2009 3 .
2008 2 .
2007 0 .


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