Livingston's Perfection Tomato

85 days, indeterminate — 'Perfection' plants are regular leaf, vigorous and productive. Its fruit are relatively small for modern standards, usually averaging eight to nine ounces each, flattened-globe to oblate shaped, and a deep, bright-red color that Livingston called "blood-red." The skin is sturdy, allowing it to have been shipped to long distance markets, but not objectionably tough.

It was introduced by Alexander W. Livingston in 1880 and was described in the 1893 seed annual as follows:

Mr. Livingston discovered this historic variety as a single "sport" plant growing in his field of 'Acme' tomatoes^[2] ('Acme' was a pink-fruited variety and is now presumed extinct). In his book entitled "Livingston and the Tomato," Mr. Livingston wrote:

'Perfection' is the third introduction of the father of the modern processing tomato. Our seed originated as the National Seed Storage Lab's accession number NSL 27142. Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.