• 'Early Detroit' tomatoes.
  • 'Early Detroit' tomatoes.
  • 'Early Detroit' tomatoes.
  • 'Early Detroit' tomato plant.
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Early Detroit Tomato

Early Detroit Tomato

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Certified Natural Grown
Early Detroit 

67 days, indeterminate — 'Early Detroit' fruit are firm and juicy, beautifully bright-pink in color, two to four ounces in weight, globe-shaped, with a good flavor and a sweet aftertaste.

Bred by Mr. Rosendahl of Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas and released by the D. M. Ferry Seed Company in 1909.[1,2] Our seed originated from USDA GRIN accession number PI 355097. An interesting historical fact is that 'Gulf State Market' was found by Walter Richards of Crystal Springs, Mississippi as a single plant in a field of 'Early Detroit' tomatoes in 1917. Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.
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Sources:
  1. USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1937.
  2. "Tomato Varieties," by Gordon Morrison, Michigan State College A.E.S., Special Bulletin 290, April 1938, page 29.

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