• 'Burpee's Matchless' tomato.
  • 'Burpee's Matchless' tomato plant.
  • 'Burpee's Matchless' tomato slice.
  • Released in 1889, this is an image from the cover of the 1914 Annual.
  • Burpee's Matchless tomato from the 1929 Seed Annual.
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Burpee's Matchless Tomato

Burpee's Matchless Tomato

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 Matchless

85 days, indeterminate — Also known as 'Burpee's Matchless', 'Matchless' is a main crop variety with fruits that are red, flattened-globe in shape and about six ounces in weight. They are juicy, with a slightly sweet, mildly acid, good flavor. Released in 1889 by W. Atlee Burpee.

It should be noted that this is the regular leaf variety in agreement with original Burpee catalog descriptions. There is other seed circulating in the industry under the name "Matchless" that produce similar fruits but on dwarf, rugose leaf plants. It is believed that the rugose leaf plant variety is in fact Burpee's 'Quarter Century'. 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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