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SKU: 3402791I find myself growing more tomatoes from Iraq each year. They continue to set fruit when both day and night temperatures are so high that many of my favorite tomatoes just drop their blossoms. These tomatoes are quite small but continue to set fruit in the heat. Another one I grow is 'Abu Rawan', but it's not a slicer either. 'Basrawya' is slicer size, but it isn't as flavorful as the smaller tomatoes are. I usually try different tomatoes each year but always plant a few from Iraq to assure I have tomatoes when we have extremely hot weather.
I didn't buy this tomato from Victory Seeds; I have it available here in Kuwait which is thirty minutes or so south of Basra, Iraq. This tomato is small and hardy, taking the heat up to 40C (104F). I'm crazy and I plant throughout the year; as long as I keep them covered and cool they survive the summer and fall here (and we just had a world record breaking summer). Produces dozens of little tomatoes that fit in my palm. Cons: None!