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Boxcar Willie was originally a character in a ballad he wrote but he later adopted it.
. Even my friends out in Texas reported to have better luck with these than many others. Jimster z7a MA My Page on Fri Sep 2 05 at 1953 Most of my Box Car Willies were right around a pound. Joe found seeds for this tomato in a tool shed decades later but could not get them to germinate.
The tomatoes were slightly fluted in my opinion and some were kind. Plants grown in very wet conditions often grow well over 10 feet long. 17 rows While some tomatoes do poorly in wet conditions it seems to grow best in mud and an inch or so of standing water.
Boxcar Willie is a slightly flattened New Jersey tomato variety by Joe Bratkas father. Lecil Travis Martin September 1 1931 April 12 1999 whose stage name was Boxcar Willie was an American country music singer-songwriter and enlisted United States Air Force Flight Engineer who sang in the old-time hobo music style complete with dirty face overalls and a floppy hat. Because of their abundance and medium to large size they could well be a mainstay of your crop providing excellent tasting fruit for a variety of uses throughout a long season.
Because of their abundance and medium to large size they could well be a mainstay of your crop providing excellent-tasting fruit for a variety of uses throughout a long season. This is the a photo of real Box Car Willie tomatoes grown by me that I brought to the Buffalo Niagara Tomato party in 2007. Initially bred by Joe Bratkas father.
What this variety offers is a very heavy crop of good-sized smooth red tomatoes with delicious flavor ranging from 6 to 10 ounces. 2 pound Box Car Willie. 25 Seeds per pack Lycopersicon lycopersicum 80 days Box Car Willie Heirloom Open Pollinated Tomato has prolific yields of 10 to 16 oz smooth red orange fruitBox Car Willie Tomato has an old fashioned flavor and is a multi-use tomato that will last throughout the season for canning freezing and fresh eating.
Named for the singer Boxcar Willie of the Grand Ole Opry whos real name was Lecil Travis Martin. My plant grew about 3 to 3 12 feet. This one in this picture was 1 lb.
12-18 oz fruit with old-fashioned acidic flavor. Seed was from Sandhill Preservation. According to Tatianas Tomato Base Joe found the seeds for this tomato among several others varieties like Red Barn Mule Team and Great Divide but could not get the seeds to germinate and sent.
250 350. Slightly flattened produces 10-16 oz smooth fruits bright-red orange-tinged. 2 pound Box Car Willie Posted by.
About Box Car Willie. Box Car Willie Tomato. Resistance to cracking and good disease tolerance.
Box Car Willie Tomato. Organic Heirloom Non-GMO 10 Seeds. New Jersey variety by Joe Bratkas father probably named for Box Car Willie.
Fresh Salsas Prolific Slicing. The plant produces heavy yields of 10 to 16 oz red tomatoes. It has a rich old-fashioned tomato flavor.
This reliable tomato variety was named after the famous singer Boxcar Willie of the Grand Ole Opry. Freezing or eat it right off the vine. Thought to have been named after the legendary country singer Box Car Willie of the Grand Ole Opry.
They have a great old fashioned flavor that could stand up with any slicer. Box Car Willie Tomato Plant 279. Here is a tomato that would work well in hotter conditions.
Perfect for canning freezing sauces salads sandwiches slicing tomato juice or for making home-cooked meals. BOX CAR WILLIE - Large Globe. Real Box Car Willie.
Tall indeterminate plants produce heavy yields of large 10-16 ounce tomatoes. Indeterminate regular-leaf tall vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops of 10 to 16-ounce smooth bright-orangered slicer tomatoes with distinctly delicious well-balanced rich. Boxcar Willie is a slightly flattened New Jersey tomato variety by Joe Bratkas father.
Mid Season 70-80 days. Photos and descriptions of tomato varietiesBox Car Willie. Boxcar Willie tomatoes are about 8-12 ounces and very clean.
What this variety offers is a very heavy crop of good-sized smooth red tomatoes with delicious flavor ranging from 6 to 10 ounces. All were quite flattened heavily ribbed and catfaced. TOM-63 Oblong red heirloom tomato.
Tomato Seed - Qty 20. Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate regular-leaf tall vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops of 10 to 16-ounce smooth bright-orangered slicer tomatoes. The seeds were direct from Carlyn Male and grew exactly as described in her book 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden.
Great for canning and. He sent them to Carolyn Male who succeeded in germinating the seed and began sharing this variety with other gardeners in the mid-1990s. Boxcar Willie Tomato is an open-pollinated indeterminate variety that originated in New Jersey.
The last two years I planted what I thought was Box Car Willie but Im not sure it was Box Car Willie. Based on reviews on the Internet I thought BCW was a tall indeterminate plant. Named for the singer Boxcar Willie of the Grand Ole Opry whos real name was Lecil Travis Martin.
If grown in containers Box Car Willie overwinters extremely well even in a 50F area with only a small amount of light. A good all-season tomato that produces until frost arrives. Excellent tasting tomatoes and.
Box Car Willie tomato was bred by Joe Bratkas father and named probably after Lecil Travis Martin vel Boxcar Willie an American country music singer. Large fruits are red orange and have that real old-time tomato flavor we love in our heirlooms.
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