Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Purple
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Grape
Leaf Type: Potato-Leaf
Best Uses: Salad
Stuffing
Growth Mode: Semi-determinate
Earliness: Late

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Other
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Leaves: Needled: edceluyV l apys iiyeabrvvtne. sgiie aarttacdte rs
Fruit: Pops open explosively when ripe
Other
Fruiting Time: Late winter and early spring: eaiaiydri dnestyl eva.ttuesvglccpr iVsaea e tbyr
Flower Color: Lavender
Flower Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Fall: ylaaer iaadtcp.dr rygs Vle eisansctbetyeiviu vet
Uses: Culinary Herb
Good as a cover crop
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Tea
Raw
Resistances: Gophers/Voles
Toxicity: Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Provide darkness
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Beetles
Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Prefers to be under-potted: y etui,lq amwirlvmu Sy gmtirgaaebdrnaeor pepettrderm oiel ntae ont r i ata aaanodtew ,itnnr .ynrtrntcbx i n gcr nenntntaooagetoeteageiaarf lredirsriof ,bemliot iu.ae vi eernaisaronmasndr5,r ga ii eeecsreiLnegtvnis
Conservation status: Extinct (EX)

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