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Pantano Romanesco

3" diameter fruits that have a dark red skin, but light red interior, seedy; good flavor.

ENGL PA U 00

Paragon

3" diameter smooth red fruits.

NJ CA J 97 - OH HI U 95 - USDA Geneva PI#451990

Introduced by Livingston Co., in 1870 and said by them to be 'the first perfectly smooth, deep red tomato ever offered to the American people'. The tomato of choice at the Hopewell Valley Cannery, Hopewell NJ, circa 1892.

Paragon Yellow

3.5" diameter, smooth, orange fruits

NJ CA J 97 - NY MA C 95 - NC LE C 92

From Mary Ann Singler, OR.

Paulina

Standard pepper-shaped paste tomato with meaty, almost seedless 4" long fruits; good canner.

PA WE J 98
James Weaver, Kutztown, PA

Has been in the composer Roger Latzgo family for years, named after his mom, who was his gardening inspiration.

Pearl's Yellow Pink

Bicolor, 5" diameter, smooth flattened orange-yellow globes with red starburst on the bottom; gorgeous with excellent sweet flavor

NC BA P 99
Pat Battle, Flat Rock, NC

Geouge family of Celo, NC, saved seed from 1960s CV, and shared throughout the valley. Locals claim it's blight resistant.

Pepper Shaped

4-5" long, Anaheim pepper-shaped paste tomato on 4' vines; very meaty and almost seedless; fruits often dropped before mature and were ripened indoors; ripe fruit red with red flesh.

OH JO M 96 - KY DA G
George G. Darby, Petersburg, KY

Peron Sprayless

Mid-late season 3-4" smooth red-orange globes on 3½' vines.

CV Glecklers 1994

From Greece, introduced 1951.

Phyra

3/4" red fruits with pronounced nipple on the end, rugose leaves; reminds me of a miniature Principe Borghese; pretty addition to salads.

ENGL PA U 00

Piedmontese

4-5", fluted, pear-shaped fruit; meaty with good spicy-sweet flavor, excellent for canning; good production

from Italy via Ulrike Paradine, Kent, England

Pineapple

5-6" slightly flattened smooth fruits on 5' vines; flesh orange and red mottled at base; very sweet.

CV Glecklers 1994

Pink Grapefruit

2-2½" smooth-round amber-colored fruits on 4' vines; fruit 4-chambered with placenta light pink; very attractive conversation piece with a good sweet flavor.

MO WA C 96 - CV Gl1 (?)

Variety lost by Gleckler's and reintroduced by them via SSE member Dorotha J. Shortridge, New Castle, IN.

Pink Potato Top

4-6" pink, somewhat flattened sweet fruits on 5' potato-leaf plants; not as flavorful as Brandywine, but nice never the less.

MO WA C 95 - IA DR G - WY RA J 83

John P. Rahart, Saratoga, WY

Platfoot Yellow Brandywine

5" flattened smooth, meaty fruits on potato-leaved plants.

IL LO N 97 - NY MA C 96

Received from Gary Platfoot, Ohio

Plum Lemon

2½" long bright yellow lemon-shaped paste tomatoes on 4' vines; meaty with white flesh; heavy producer

IL LO N 96 .... IA SSE HF

Originally collected by Kent Whealy from an elderly seedsman in the Moscow bird market in 1991.

Ponderosa, Golden Yellow

4" diameter, somewhat rough and flattened yellow beefsteak with pale yellow flesh; fairly meaty; mild flavor.

NE BU W 00

Selected by NE BU W for over 15 years to improve on original CV from Shumway.

Portland Sweet

1½" round red fruits on rank 5' vines; flesh rather bland with unappealing pasty texture; very productive.

WI MI B 96
CV Ken Allan, Kingston, ON

Potato Leaf Yellow

4-5" flattened orange-yellow fruits on 4½' vines; susceptible to cracking and rot; almost seedless; low fruit set.

NY MA C 95 - NC LE C 92 - OH LU B 90
Barbara A. Lund, Blue Creek, OH

Power's Heirloom

Heavy set of 3"x4" heart-shaped, meaty, light yellow fruits with white flesh; sweet-fragrant flavor; a great tomato!

VA LE J2 97 - PA WE W 96 - IN MC B 93
Bruce McCallister, Freedom, IN

Raised in Scott Co. VA for past 100 years.

Principe Borghese

1-1½" oval fruits on compact 2' vines; heavy producer; while reputed to be good for drying, I prefer San Marzano types which are meatier and larger.

TN JO M 96

Italian drying tomato.

Purple Calabash

Heavy set of 3-4" dark purple-burgundy ruffled fruits on 4' plants; seedy; wonderful rich flavor; dried well; on my personal top ten list; seeded, quartered fruits placed on a serving platter look just like raw steak.

OR TH C 95 - CV Gl1

Purple Pear

Heavy set of 2½x1½" pear fruits with soft, fuzzy skin and pink-purple color; unusual; cracked readily.

IL SW J 00

Purple Russian

3½x2½" tapered, purple-brown, meaty fruits; excellent spicy flavor; meaty; good for fresh eating and canning; abundant set.

from Reinhard Kraft, Neukirchen, Germany

 
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