A Seed Saver's Garden

[heirloomgal]

The 'Zacapitan' is done! These are the last of the fruits, I saved the others and a few perished on the plant. It was indeed a strange and unusual tomato, similar to other wild or even 'ancient' tomatoes I've grown. These must be very close to what a strain of the original tomatoes were like, though I realize the Galapagos tomato is often credited with that. But I've grown a similar tomato, 'Korrogo de Senegal' and it was very close to this but flatter and in red. 'Bali' is another tomato that has the ruffled gene, and is an old traditional type. Not the most practical fruits being so utterly ruffled, but they do yield well and handle limited water impressively. They were in the driest spot in the garden. I have never seem a tomato so unwilling to come off a plant!

The seeds for this tomato originates with an SSE member, who collected them in the Nahua village of Zacatipan, Mexico.