Price: $2.95
SKU: 340081165 days, indeterminate — The fruit average about one and one-half inches in diameter (perfect for snacking), weighing two to three ounces each, are slightly elongated, globe-shaped, and truly a beautiful canary-yellow color. The flesh is thick and back in the "olden-days," they were used for pickling or to make tomato preserves.[2]
Introduced by Alexander W. Livingston in 1892 as a "new and improved" version of the 'Yellow Egg' or 'Yellow Plum' tomato,[2] the catalog descriptions regularly exclaimed the virtues of the variety for decades. In their 1893 seed catalog, they describe it as follows:
Also from 1893, while reminiscing about the origin and history of 'Gold Ball' tomato in his book entitled "Livingston and the Tomato," Mr. Livingston wrote:
Another fun and tasty idea is to use them as the "egg" in "Vegan Deviled Eggs." Our seed stock originated as the USDA's National Seed Storage Lab's accession number NSL 27012. Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.