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Considered world's smallest tomato, Micro Tom is a cultivar used mainly in laboratory experiments [89] Millionaire Pink 80–85 Heirloom Large Beefsteak Indeterminate Regular Leaf Ozark homesteader variety from the 1950s. Re-introduced to the public by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds after being preserved by Ed Henson of Missouri for 45 years. [90] [91]
In 1990 John Green of Sevierville, Tennessee mailed heirloom tomato expert Craig LeHoullier seeds of an unnamed purple tomato. Green said that the tomato had originated with the Cherokees more than 100 years previously. LeHoullier named the tomato "Cherokee Purple" and sent seeds to the Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (SESE).
Many heirloom tomatoes are sweeter and lack a genetic mutation that gives tomatoes a uniform red color at the cost of the fruit's taste. [2] Varieties bearing that mutation which have been favored by industry since the 1940s – that is, tomatoes which are not heirlooms – feature fruits with lower levels of carotenoids and a decreased ability to make sugar within the fruit.
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In fact, Zeni hasn’t purchased a tomato since 1990. He grows his own heirloom tomatoes to avoid buying what he calls “tasteless travesties” or “red water balloons.” “Gardening itself ...
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