Final one for awhile, but a good contrast - 1897 Salzer tomatoes

**nctomatoman** · July 22, 2010

My latest score is an incredibly fragile 1897 Salzer - they used much thinner paper than some of the other companies.

Red tomatoes: (23 types)

Salzer's Fifty Day
Salzer's Earliest of All
Salzer's First Prize
Salzer's Morning Star (described as very large fruited)
Paragon
Volunteer
Early Mayflower
Trophy
Cardinal
Hundred Day
Lorillard
Atlantic Prize
Favorite
Conquerer
General Grant
Perfect Gem
Salzer's New Pot Tomato
Red Currant
Stone
Aristocrat
Crimson Cushion
Royal Red
Red Granite

Pink tomatoes: (9 types)

Salzer's New Improved Peach
LaCrosse Seedling (sounds like a large fruited dwarf variety)
Salzer's Ferris Wheel (I think that 1894 is the introduction date for this)
Acme
Beauty
Turner's Hybrid
Mikado (strange they list both - supposed to be essentially the same tomato)
Buckeye State
Fordhook First

Yellow/orange tomatoes: (3 types)

California Fig Tomato
Golden Glory
Yellow Pear

No color indicated: (1 type)

Salzer's Giant Tree tomato (my suspicion - pink and potato leaf)

So, 36 different tomatoes in 1897. We found Golden Glory in the USDA collection, as well as Ferris Wheel. A few other interesting ones, like La Crosse seedling and Morning Star, seem gone for good.

July 22, 2010	#1
nctomatoman Tomatoville® Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hendersonville, NC zone 7 Posts: 10,385	Final one for awhile, but a good contrast - 1897 Salzer tomatoes My latest score is an incredibly fragile 1897 Salzer - they used much thinner paper than some of the other companies. Red tomatoes: (23 types) Salzer's Fifty Day Salzer's Earliest of All Salzer's First Prize Salzer's Morning Star (described as very large fruited) Paragon Volunteer Early Mayflower Trophy Cardinal Hundred Day Lorillard Atlantic Prize Favorite Conquerer General Grant Perfect Gem Salzer's New Pot Tomato Red Currant Stone Aristocrat Crimson Cushion Royal Red Red Granite Pink tomatoes: (9 types) Salzer's New Improved Peach LaCrosse Seedling (sounds like a large fruited dwarf variety) Salzer's Ferris Wheel (I think that 1894 is the introduction date for this) Acme Beauty Turner's Hybrid Mikado (strange they list both - supposed to be essentially the same tomato) Buckeye State Fordhook First Yellow/orange tomatoes: (3 types) California Fig Tomato Golden Glory Yellow Pear No color indicated: (1 type) Salzer's Giant Tree tomato (my suspicion - pink and potato leaf) So, 36 different tomatoes in 1897. We found Golden Glory in the USDA collection, as well as Ferris Wheel. A few other interesting ones, like La Crosse seedling and Morning Star, seem gone for good. __________________ Craig