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Amana Orange Tomato
Seed Source: Our own seeds from 2006. Originally from Seeds of Change
Date Planted: March 5 and 23, 2007
Indeterminate
The Amana tomato is a fairly large sized orange tomato named for Amana, Iowa. It has a mild flavor, but makes an excellent slicing tomato, as it is very fleshy with little juice. We saved seeds from a couple different tomatoes, and stored them a plastic bag over the winter. I was excited to see the seedlings pop up this spring!
We have about 37 Amana seedlings.
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Mikado White Tomato
A.K.A.: Shah Tomato
Seed Source: Amish Land Heirloom Seeds
Date Started: March 23, 2007
“Mikado” is a comic opretta by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert that opened in 1885 in London. It is likely that the tomato was named after this opera, as the history of the tomato can be traced back to about 1886. The Mikado White Tomato is commonly known as a brandywine tomato for its flavor.
The seedling picture was taken on April 26, just about a month after emerging from the dirt. We have 18 Mikado White seedlings for the garden this summer.
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