Vegetables
Hybridizer or Originator: Pascal Moreau

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Other: multi-color: Green, Purple, Yellow, Red
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Country: Belgium

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
Also sold as:
  • Black Pineapple

Photo Gallery
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-06-24
This heirloom variety is producing many large fruits, a pound or
Photo by Anderwood
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Photo by Newyorkrita
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-07-09
Woody top and core

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-07-04
A large harvest from this prolific tomato
Location: South Carolina 
Date: May

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Photo by Anderwood
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Comments:
  • Posted by wildflowers (North East Texas - Zone 7b) on Aug 22, 2016 11:54 AM concerning plant:
    This was probably my most productive tomato growing this year, with tons of really large fruits. Unfortunately, the flavor wasn't all that impressive for us: kind of one-note sweet with none of the tang or acid that we like in tomatoes. They were juicy. Made most of the tomatoes into a canning sauce. These tomatoes also had very woody stems and large woody core; the fruits had to be cut from the bush. The best thing about this tomato is how pretty it is to look at.
    Not on our favorite list.

    I'm taking back what I said about not liking this tomato very much. It turned out to make a really delicious sauce that we enjoyed over winter and into 2017. Rethinking growing this one again for it's plentiful and juicy fruits.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On March 28, 2020 Transplanted
lovesblooms On February 23, 2020 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On February 16, 2020 Seeds sown
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lovesblooms On February 25, 2018 Seeds sown
indoors
lovesblooms On February 20, 2017 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On February 19, 2017 Seeds sown
same container as 2/2 sowing
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antsinmypants On May 26, 2023 Transplanted
Into Garden Two
antsinmypants On March 22, 2023 Plant emerged
2 seedlings have emerged.
antsinmypants On March 17, 2023 Seeds sown
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