





Libby's Pride Tomato
Price: $3.45
SKU: 3402461We received our original seed from Dr. Carolyn Male (NY MA C). She detailed its history as being brought to the Cleveland, Ohio area in the 1960s from the Campobasso Province of Italy by Donaldo Morganti. He gave seeds to a business partner named Liberatore "Libby" Noce who in 2006 gave the seeds to Carl Skalak, who named the variety 'Libby's Pride'. Mr. Skalak gave seeds to Dan Misztal who ultimately gave seeds to Dr. Male.
Color: Red
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Genetic Classification: Open Pollinated
Leaf Type: Regular Leaf
Full light and cooler temps (60° to 70°) will help to prevent the seedlings from becoming too leggy. If plants become rootbound before you can safely set them into the ground, transplant them into larger pots.
Harden off plants before planting outside. Young plants are very susceptible to frost and sunburn damage. Avoid too much nitrogen. Water evenly but not in excess.
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Customer Reviews:
By Tammy Wardell (RICHARDSON, TX) on October 23, 2026
Grow Zone 8b. Started from seed indoors in February, high seedling success rate (90%). Began acclimating to outside in March and transplanted end of March. Plants grew well, but fruit set was low. Harvested most fruit by July, not enough to can/preserve long term but made a nice sauce with what I had to eat fresh. A beautiful tomato, lovely shape and texture for making sauce.
By Barbara Rubin (Hot Springs Village, AR) on July 14, 2026
The fruit is huge, fills the palm of my hand. Prolific fruit set, leaves are kind of sparse. These will make wonderful canning tomato's. Some trouble with blossom end rot but that is likely my fault, not watering evenly.
By Janet Colford on August 1, 2018
This tomato variety is what I expected. The plants are super healthy and disease resistant, and each plant is huge and producing prodigiously. One plant has about thirty tomatoes on it. I had gotten this type of tomato from another company (they called it Hogheart) and the flavor was wonderful. I expect these will not disappoint.