Council Bluffs Heirloom Tomato, 1800's Heirloom, Organic

The Seed Savers Exchange - Participants in Seed Savers Exchange’s ADAPT trials gave this pink beefsteak tomato top marks! It has a delicious, well-balanced, sweet flavor and moderate acidity. Thin-skinned fruit grows 2-3" long and 3-4" wide, weighs 5-13 ounces, and matures mid-season. J. Orris Murphy received this variety circa 1989 from the Dwayne Bushman family of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and donated it to SSE in the mid- 1990s. The Bushmans had maintained it for more than 100 years. Indeterminate. 67 days from transplant. 

Characteristics: 

• From the Collection for 2023 
• 25 Seeds
• Heirloom 
  
• Well-balanced, sweet flavor 
  
• Thing-skinned fruit weighing 5-13 oz 
• Fruit ripens throughout the season 
• 67 days from transplant 

Instructions - Sow seeds indoors ¼" deep. Tomatoes are sensitive to freezing temperatures, so wait to transplant outdoors until the soil is warm. Plant in full sun. 

• Start Indoors: 6 weeks before the last frost 
• Germination: 7-14 days 
• Plant Outdoors: 24-36" apart 
• Support: cage, stake, or trellis 

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