Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato
Price: $2.95
SKU: 340401195 days, indeterminate — The regular leaf vines of 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' produce beefsteak-type fruit that weigh up to a pound each and are pink in color. They are juicy, yet meaty, and are slightly sweet in flavor.
Introduced to seed savers by Ron Thuma of Kansas who received this variety in 1992 from George and Bessie Jennings of Waverly, Kansas. The Jennings' told how an ancestor of theirs, "Grandpa Barnes," started growing this variety as an ornamental because he believed tomatoes to be poisonous - that was in the 1860s. Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.
Fruit Color: Purple
Harvest Timing: Late Season
Customer Reviews:
By Zach (Indiana) on January 12, 2024
These tomatoes in particular do seem to get tiny "galaxy spots" around the shoulders and top mid rib section of the tomatoes that is in my opinion genetic. They can be seen right here in the very picture displayed on the site. I've grown these out the past couple years both from Victory Seed and SSE stock and they seem to always have this. They do not have anything wrong with them doing this, I think it makes them beautiful. They do not have anything resembling apple flavor, that is the good old power of suggestion playing tricks on you. This tomato has a very solid middle of the road, old fashioned pink tomato flavor. Excellent for it's history and great for fresh eating, slicing for sandwiches, great for dehydrating.
By joyce.steelman (Kansas City, Missouri) on September 5, 2022
Our tomatoes have a hint of apple taste to them, which is very fun. My tomatoes have some tiny rust colored spots on the outside skin and am wondering if that is a trait or if I am doing something wrong? I don't feel that I can rate them until I find out about the tiny rust pin spots on them
