Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Black
Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
Ribbed
Fruit Size: Medium
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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"
Flower Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
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
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
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: 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.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

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Date: 2016-09-26
Picked 9/26/16

Date: 2012-08-05
Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2011-08-05
Location: MN
Date: 8/22/14

Date: 7/28/14

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Date: 2012-08-05
Photo by Anderwood
Photo by Anderwood
Location: Corydon, Indiana
Date: 8-4-2012

Date: 2017-08-20
Immature fruit
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-06-20
Photo by Anderwood

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Comments:
  • Posted by Anderwood (North Branch, MN - Zone 4b) on Aug 23, 2014 2:34 PM concerning plant:
    This tomato has a unique flavor, not to mention shape! Tomato Growers compared it to a "fine burgundy." I say it is very acidic and a bit earthy with a mix of salt.
    They say Thomas Jefferson grew it.
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