• Burpee's 'Fordhook First' tomato.
  • Burpee's 'Fordhook First' tomatoes.
  • Burpee's 'Fordhook First' tomato slice.
  • Burpee's 'Fordhook First' tomato plant.
  • Burpee's 'Fordhook First' tomato from 1894.
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Burpee's Fordhook First Tomato

Burpee's Fordhook First Tomato

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Burpee's Fordhook First

90 days, indeterminate — Burpee's 'Fordhook First' fruit average about six ounces in weight, are food flavored, and exhibit minimal splitting after late season rains.

According to the 1899 W. Atlee Burpee seed annual, the variety originated with the well-known market produce growers, S. D. Woodruff and Sons of Hartford, Connecticut. Introduced in 1894. Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.
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Although the name or description of this variety refers to a modern company's name, the seed we are offering is in no way sourced from, "owned by" or connected with that company. The name is simply the historically accurate, common name for the variety giving credit to the seedsmen that originally released it.

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