My New Local Tomato - Wandocka

During 2018 I did a stint at Admin on a Facebook page, where the offer of seeds for a Tomato called Stratford Giant were made. The guy offering the seed named Eric responded to my message and told me to call in and grab some, which we did, so I offered him plants as a swap. 

He gave me two envelopes of seed, so I grew some and ended up with a single Potato Leaf plant, while all others were Regular Leaf. I grew both leaf types and the Stratford Giant threw big red fruits, while the potato leaf plant threw a smaller size fruit, but pink in colour.

Here’s Stratford Giant on the scales, smaller than later fruits.

I’m tipping that the Potato Leaf plant, which I gave a working name of Wandocka (A local farming district) is a sport of the Giant, but to be sure, I had to grow it again this year to see if the fruit grows the same. It will be a while before I get ripe fruit, after the season starting so cold, but the plants are looking good.

Here’s Wandocka’s pink fruits, smaller than anything the Giants have thrown, so fingers crossed I have a new tomato variety.