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Tomato Seed 'Purple Calabash'
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Tomato Seed 'Purple Calabash'

Solanum lycopersicum 'Purple Calabash'

1 or more £2.25 each
5 or more £1.95 each
10 or more £1.85 each

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Supplied as a packet of approximately 15 seeds.

There's no way of describing this variety apart from ugly; the purple-blue fruits are deeply ribbed and somewhat squat in appearance - and more often than not the shape is not symmetrical. Typical of tomatoes pictured in 16th Century Herbal books, this variety of tomato is a great rarity grown for public exhibition in the Thomas Jefferson's Horticultural Gardens at Monticello in the USA and exclusive to us in the UK.

But that horrible appearance hides a real treasure, a really flavoursome tomato with a very strong tomato favour and slight sharp finish. Not the best variety for eating as a salad tomato, it really comes into its own when used in salsas or cooked.

This is an indeterminate variety and best grown as a cordon (vine).
For best yields stop at 5th truss if growing under protection (3rd outside).
Whilst the best crops will be grown under protection, this variety can also be grown outside.

Supplied as a packet of approximately 15 seeds.

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Tomato Seed 'Purple Calabash'

Prices for this product - 1 or more £2.25 each 5 or more £1.95 each 10 or more £1.85 each
This Product may be purchased in units of 1; the minimum quantity of this product you may purchase is 1.

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