Marianna's Peace Tomato
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Care information
Care information
Check out Mary's Comprehensive Planting Guide for detailed planting info.
Storing seeds prior to use: seeds should be stored in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight for optimal germination.
Marianna's Peace Tomato
NEW ARRIVAL for 2025
75 days. Solanum lycoperscium
Indeterminate
Marianna's Peace beefsteak was developed from seeds going back to well before World War II, in what is now the Czech Republic.
The plants of 'Marianna's Peace' have potato leaf foliage producing fruit that are a deep, reddish-pink color, weigh one pound on average, and deliver a good, balanced, sweet-acid flavor.
In taste trials at the Carmel TomatoFest with attending friends and chefs, Marianna's Peacewas judged the "best tasting" tomato.
This heirloom tomato has a history!
Marianne's family were farmers from Bohemia, now the Czech Republic. Her life on the farm ended during World War II, in May of 1940, when the Russians came with a truck to her school and loaded all the children to transport them to a labor camp.
Marianna, and five other girls, escaped by jumping from the moving truck with only two of them surviving. As she crossed the Czech border she was shot in the leg, and yet she traveled by foot with her girlfriend through the Austrian Alps to Vienna. With the help of her friends she was able to continue on to the town of Weiden in Bavaria.
She married an American soldier in 1957 and moved to Spokane, Washington where they raised four children.
The family wasn't able to provide any history of the tomato's breeding or origin, only that the seeds from this heirloom reached back to the early 1900's. The tomatoes borne from these seeds were treasured for their outstanding taste and beauty.
Contains 15 heirloom seeds
Planting Instructions: To hasten germination, soak seeds for 8 to 24 hours. Seeds should be sown in warm conditions, covered very lightly (depth of ¼ inch) and kept reasonably moist until seedlings emerge. Transplant or thin seedlings 13-17 inches apart.
Grow in full sun. Stake or trellis for support.
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