Creole

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Creole tomato” mean a very particular thing: a knobby, vine-ripened, bright-red tomato grown in South Louisiana’s alluvial soil, sprinkled with Mississippi River water and brushed by hot, late-spring air. Some even call it Louisiana’s own “tomato terroir. // Breeder: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Vendor: Reuters Seed Co. Parentage: Jefferson, Red Global, L145, Hotset. Characteristics: fruit set under warm humid conditions. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, alternaria stem canker, cracking. Similar: Floralou. Adaptation: southern United States. LSU Hort. Res. Circ. 54. 1970.

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Creole tomato” mean a very particular thing: a knobby, vine-ripened, bright-red tomato grown in South Louisiana’s alluvial soil, sprinkled with Mississippi River water and brushed by hot, late-spring air. Some even call it Louisiana’s own “tomato terroir. // Breeder: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Vendor: Reuters Seed Co. Parentage: Jefferson, Red Global, L145, Hotset. Characteristics: fruit set under warm humid conditions. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, alternaria stem canker, cracking. Similar: Floralou. Adaptation: southern United States. LSU Hort. Res. Circ. 54. 1970.

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