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'Purple Calabash' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Standard
Main-Season
 
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Description: Main-season, standard variety. Indeterminate plants bear 3-inch-wide by 1 1/2-inch-tall, very deeply ribbed fruit with light green-purple shoulders, dark purple base and dark purple interior.
Days To Maturity: 75
Seed Sources: Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019

 
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Ease/Reliability: (2.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 09/28/2005 by Lisa in Oregon - An intermediate gardener

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Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Small, accordioned, ugly dark tomatoes, with a strange, strong flavor that you either loved or hated. Fairly prolific but there was a fair bit of rot in the fruits. I'd only grow it again for the novelty, but it's worth it for that.
 




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