Goose creek

Description

80 days, indet., outstanding pink fruit, 6-12 oz., sweet and meaty, fantastic flavor, a winner, story is they were saved from Africa by a slave who first went to the West Indies and then found their way to Goose Creek Plantation, Gary Millwood///originally brought to Goose Creek Plantation by a slave who first went to the West Indies from Africa, OH AN A///An heirloom from the early 1800s, from the family of edible landscape expert, Jimmy Williams, owner of Hayground Organic Gardening in California. The story says that the seeds have been passed down through generations since the 1800’s when Jimmy’s great-great grandmother, a young Caribbean slave, smuggled them with her aboard ship that docked at Charleston near Goose Creek, South Carolina. Jimmy’s grandmother, Elouise Watson, shared this precious heirloom with him in the 1950-60s.
There is some controversy about the origins/dating of this tomato, as tomato experts know that there were no ‘smooth’ tomatoes available in the early 1800s. There is also a lot of controversy about the fruit color, whether it is supposed to be red or pink.