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Ramillete

Heavy set of 2½" globes that have a strange pastel pink-yellow skin, but that are screaming papaya pink-orange on the inside; very attractive in tomato salads; beautiful and strange; plants semi-determinate with rugose leaves.

ENGL PA U 00

From the Island of Mallorica of the Mediterranean coast of Spain.

Red Bird Valiant

Moderate set of 3" diameter, smooth fruits.

WI PE C 87- CV Henry Field 85

If same as the yearbook listing for Valiant, introduced in 1937, adapted to northern US and Canada. A 'Red Bird' was last commercially listed in 1994 by Henry Field Seed Co.

Red Fig

1.5" pear-shaped fruits; almost indistinguishable from Red Pear, though perhaps slightly more meaty.

NJ CA J 96 - PA WE W 95 - OR MA R 93

Russell Marcus, Pleasant Hill, OR.

Red Peach

1½-2" round, red fruits covered with white fuzz on 4½' vines with densely white-hairy leaves; rich-sweet flavor typical of Russian varieties; best tasting 'Angora' type I've grown; very attractive.

IA SSE HF 96 - RUSS DA M

From Marina Danilenko, one of the first private Russian seed sellers in the Peristrioka era.

Red Pear

1" pear-shaped sweet and juicy fruits on 4½' vines; produced fruit from early season to frost; perfect snack while weeding garden.

Seed originally liberated from Fearrington Gardens along Haw River between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro, N.C.

Red Robin

Clusters of 1" diameter red cherry fruits on 6-8" tall plant; heavy producer and excellent as a potted plant; determinate

ENGL PA U 00

Reisetomate

Just when you think you've seen it all, a variety like this comes along and knocks you in the head; the fruit is essentially a cluster of 7-14 1¼" plum-shaped cherry tomatoes fused together at the top into a single warty fruit; individual fruitlets can be easily twisted off and eaten singly; trust me, this will be the conversation piece of your garden.

ENGL PA U 00

Richardson Tomato

Huge 5" diameter smooth dark pink fruits; very meaty with excellent flavor.

TN JO M 00

From Bob Anderson, grown by the Richardson family in Tennessee for many years.

Riverside

Heavy set of 3" diameter, round red fruits; good flavor.

NJ CA J 98

Seed from Riverside Farm & Greenhouses, Mt. Bethel, PA, plant grew out of the floor of one of their greenhouses where they weren't growing tomatoes, not known how it got there.

Roman Candle

Spectacular 4x2", smooth, sausage-shaped fruits with screaming yellow skin and white-yellow flesh; very meaty with nice flavor; this is the only pure-yellow sausage-shaped paste tomato I've ever encountered; this variety appeared in the F2 generation of the Speckled Roman tomato offered by John Swenson in the 1999 Yearbook, which itself was a hybrid between Banana Legs and Antique Roman.

Ropreco

Very heavy set of 2½" plum fruits that end in a pronounced point; meaty; good for canning and drying; determinate

IL SW J 00

Rose de Berne

2-3" smooth bright pink globes on rank 6' plants; sweet and rather seedy; soft fruit with very thin skin

Seed purchased January 1994 from seed seller near Cathedral in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Roughwood Golden Plum

2.5-3", meaty, orange paste tomatoes on small plants.

IL LO N 97 - PA WE W 96

William Woys Weaver, Devon, PA 19333

Cross of Yellow Brandywine x San Marzano.

Royal Chico

2.5"x2" meaty and dry paste tomatoes on short plants.

WI PE C 92

Original source was CV Gurney's 18 sources in 1981, only 5 remain in 1998.

Russian Apple Tree

Heavy set of 1½" diameter red round fruits on plants with potato-shaped leaves; good drier.

MO DO D 98 SSE TOMATO #2730

Russian Black

2" dark purple-brown oval fruits on 4' vines; very good flavor but very susceptible to cracking and rot; do not know exact cultivar name

Seeds given to me by Dennis Schlicht of Center Point Iowa, who received them from a friend in Oregon.

 
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