Tomato, Hill Marmande

Always Open-Pollinated and Unpatented
  • $5.00

Description

Solanum lycopersicum

Meaty French heirloom tomato with excellent eating qualities. Superb slicer.
INDETERMINATE. This is a selection of the famous French heirloom market variety by discerning tomato grower Kristi Appelhans. Plants produce heavy yields of 3-4” wide, hearty, meaty fruits with a tantalizing sweet-tart flavor. On the earlier side for a medium-large slicer. Semi-determinate plants don’t go crazy and overrun the garden like some of their more rambunctious kin.

Tomatoes are native to northwestern South America and by at least 500 BC they had been domesticated and were being cultivated as far north as modern-day Mexico, enjoyed by Aztec and other civilizations. They spread to Europe and the Caribbean through the Spanish colonizers, where they became staple parts of the food culture in many European countries as well, including France. Their circuitous journey brought them from the Western hemisphere to the Eastern and back again!

Indeterminate. Open-pollinated.

Seeds grown by Field Goods Farm in Boise, Idaho.

30 Seeds.

Directions: Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost and transplant out after. Bury past first set of leaves, add eggshells to soil for calcium, and provide support.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

¼”

2’

5-10

67

Tomato, Hill Marmande

Always Open-Pollinated and Unpatented
  • $5.00

Description

Solanum lycopersicum

Meaty French heirloom tomato with excellent eating qualities. Superb slicer.
INDETERMINATE. This is a selection of the famous French heirloom market variety by discerning tomato grower Kristi Appelhans. Plants produce heavy yields of 3-4” wide, hearty, meaty fruits with a tantalizing sweet-tart flavor. On the earlier side for a medium-large slicer. Semi-determinate plants don’t go crazy and overrun the garden like some of their more rambunctious kin.

Tomatoes are native to northwestern South America and by at least 500 BC they had been domesticated and were being cultivated as far north as modern-day Mexico, enjoyed by Aztec and other civilizations. They spread to Europe and the Caribbean through the Spanish colonizers, where they became staple parts of the food culture in many European countries as well, including France. Their circuitous journey brought them from the Western hemisphere to the Eastern and back again!

Indeterminate. Open-pollinated.

Seeds grown by Field Goods Farm in Boise, Idaho.

30 Seeds.

Directions: Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost and transplant out after. Bury past first set of leaves, add eggshells to soil for calcium, and provide support.

Planting Depth

Seed Spacing

Days to Germination

Days to Maturity

¼”

2’

5-10

67