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B-158

Heavy set of 2½-3" diameter smooth deep orange fruits; very meaty; reminds me of a less-seedy version of Jubilee.

IL SW J 00

Bali

2" flattened, ribbed pink fruits; sweet; reminds me of a larger, pink version of Santorini Paste.

ENGL PA U 00

Banana Legs

4"x1½" bright yellow fruits with lighter longitudinal stripes on compact 2½' vines; fruits meaty, flesh white; few seeds; very heavy producer.

AK BO L 96 - CV Orn 93 ... ONT RE M 89
Maark Reusser, Ontario, Canada

Stabilized from a single plant in a batch of unnamed crosses called 'Mixed Long Toms' from Tater Mater in 1984.

Big Pink White Stripes

4-6" meaty, irregular to smooth fruits; while certainly big, mine were neither white nor pink striped; I began referring to it as the 'Mango Tomato' as it looked most like an under-ripe Mango; flavor unimpressive.

WI MI B 95 - IA DR G 91 - CA BR D 85
Donald Branscomb, Clearlake, CA

Donald maintained the Tomato Seed Bank of over 1000 varieties. He had been gardening 44 years in 1987.

Bisignano #2

3-4" blocky, heart-shaped paste tomatoes on compact 3' vines; meaty and almost indescribable rich-sweet flavor; wonderful canning tomato; mine were definitely pink, not red.

WI MI B 96 ..... NC LE C 92 - MA RE E 88- O.S. NC LE C 92.
Elaine Reidy, West Peabody, MA

"From Italy at least 30 years ago, generously shared by Mr. Bisignano (finalist in Victory Garden TV contest of 1984) for whom tomato named."

Black

4-5" meaty smooth round fruits on 2½' vines; wonderful rich flavor that you expect from 'black' tomatoes in fruit large enough for slicing; very productive.

CV Glecklers 1994

Black Pear

2x2½" dark red-brown pear-shaped fruits on potato leaf plants; excellent sweet-spicy flavor.

IL LO N 99

Blue River

3-5" (1+lb), tasty, solid, slightly angular pink fruits on 4' vines; bore heavily until frost.

PA EL B 95

Brandywine

4-6" meaty, juicy almost seedless fruits with rich-sweet taste on 5' potato-leaf vines; average yield.

CV Glecklers 1994

Brandywine, Cherry

One of my new top 10 favorites; loads of 1½-2" bright pink smooth fruits with big Brandywine flavor on potato-leaved plants; the best large cherry I've ever grown.

MO DI T 98

Brandywine, Glick's Strain

5" smooth, deep pink, meaty fruits on potato leaved plants; great sweet-rich flavor.

PA WE W 99
Glen Brendle family of Gap, PA.

Received original seed from Isaac N Glick, seedsman of Lancaster, PA who was a distributor of seeds for Johnson and Stokes Seeds of Philadelphia, PA. Johnson and Stokes introduced the Brandywine in January, 1889.

Brown Derby Mix

Hollow, 3-4 lobed 2½" fruits with brown-orange skin and brown flesh; an interesting stuffing tomato.

NJ CA J 00

Originally from CV TAT (SSE Tomato 608)

Burcham's New Generation

4-5" smooth pink globes on 5' vines; moderately meaty with sweet but not very complex flavor. O.S. NC LE C 91.

WI MI B 96

Burkina Faso

2-3", narrow, cylindrical fruits; very crack resistant; long keeper; very early maturing determinate 1½' tall plants; good drier.

WI MI B 98

West Africa variety obtained from Aziz Nael, France.

Burracker's Favorite

Huge 5" yellow beefsteak fruits with red starburst on bottom; excellent sweet flavor.

MD MY C 99

Burracker's Hollow, Blue Ridge of Virginia.

Bustani

4" diameter, heavily fluted, flattened red fruits; rather seedy but good flavor.

PA SI G 00

From Bustani family, Syria, early 1900's.

Butter and Bull Heart

Nice, 3-4" pink, hear-shaped fruits; good flavor; good canner.

WI RO D 97

Originally from Jenny Virsnieks, a Latvian immigrant now living in Junction City, WI. Click here to read a Stevens Point Journal newspaper article about Jenny and this tomato.

 
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