Everwilde Farms - 1 oz Organic Thessaloniki Heirloom Tomato Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

With dense foliage to shade it from the scorching Greek sun, this tomato is famous for being large and regularly shaped. The color varies from yellow to red as it matures; the 5 Oz red tomatoes are usually free from diseases and blemishes. This variety takes about 70 days to grow. Indeterminate. Once the capital of the Byzantine Empire, Thessaloniki is now the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. Thessaloniki tomatoes were bred in Greece in 1957 by the Ministry of Agriculture Experimental Farm, and several years later offered for sale by Glecklers Seedsmen of Metamora, Ohio. This Greek tomato, developed to thrive in the hot Mediterranean sun, has a slightly salty and earthy taste.