Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Flattened Globe
Fruit Size: Medium
Large
Fruit Weight: Up to one pound
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Salad
Canning
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Early
Mid-season
Late
Days to Maturity: 75-90 days
Physiological Resistance: Sunburn
Cracking
Splitting
Miscellaneous: Heirloom
History: The variety 'Abraham Lincoln' was originally released by H. W. Buckbee Seed of Rockford, Illinois in 1923. It eventually became an R. H. Shumway variety.
Country: USA

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Plant Spread: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Provide darkness
Needs specific temperature: 70 - 80º
Days to germinate: 5 - 12 days depending on soil temperature
Depth to plant seed: 1/8"
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Abraham Lincoln'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Also sold as:
  • Abraham Lincoln, Buckbee's
  • Abraham Lincoln, Shumway's
  • Abraham Lincoln, Original
  • Abe Lincoln

Photo Gallery
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-09-07
Location: RHS Harlow Carr kitchen garden
Date: 2018-09-01
Location: MoonDance Farm, NC
Date: July 2003
Sliced Abe Lincoln on pumperknickel bread: The Perfect Tomato San
Location: MoonDance Farm, NC
Date: July 2004
Beautiful specimen of a caged tomato plants -Abe Lincoln.  Cage i

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.

Photo courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: MoonDance Farm, NC
Date: July 2002
Photo shows an average size of whole fruit and shape as well as t
Location: MoonDance Farm, NC
Date: July 2002
A peek into the cage of fruit waiting to be picked.
Location: South Carolina 
Date: May

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Comments:
  • Posted by Horseshoe (Efland, NC - Zone 7a) on Nov 17, 2012 4:01 PM concerning plant:
    Highly productive, heavy foliage protects fruit from sunscald. Highly tolerant to most tomato foliage diseases, produces all summer.
    A 1923 introduction from Buckbee Seed Company, named in honor of US President Lincoln.
    Fruits can be a tad bigger than 1 pound but average slightly less than a pound.

    I've grown it every year since 2002, a definite must-have in every garden that offers tomatoes!
Plant Events from our members
p1mkw From January 18, 2015 to January 21, 2015 Plant emerged
started on damp paper towel; moved to pot on 1-16. They're finally up!
p1mkw From January 12, 2015 to January 16, 2015 Seeds germinated
p1mkw On January 7, 2015 Seeds sown
Started seeds for 2015
antsinmypants On May 13, 2022 Transplanted
Into Garden Two
antsinmypants On March 15, 2022 Plant emerged
1 seedling emerged.
antsinmypants On March 10, 2022 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights on heat mat.

1c 4 seeds.
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