Resists cracking and has excellent foliage cover. Beautiful, delicious fruit in 72 days. An ancient heirloom from the hills of West Virginia. Fruits are large, mild with an unusual orange-yellow colour streaked and mottled with red. An old heirloom variety producing huge boat shaped fruits weighing 2 pounds or so.
Color is golden yellow with pink to red stripes that varies from fruit to fruit.
Excellent for slicing. Plants are heavy foliaged to protect fruit. Each plant can produce up to 2-3 bushels of tomatoes. Fruits are rich red, meaty and large. Perfect for canning.