Tomato 'Una Hartsock'

Received seeds for Una Hartsock from Juliana G. in Toronto who I think got them from a Canadian seed bank. Her warning that the plants ar...Read Moree rampant growers was proven when the super productive, indeterminate, regular leaf vine toppled it's 6-foot wooden stake and fell into the blackberry hedge and took over a niche for itself among the brambles. They never quit growing, but they do slack off production in mid-September and are a challenge to rip out and remove.

One vine produced over a quart per picking of clear pink, elongated, olive shaped fruit about an inch and a half long and about 3/4 inch in diameter. The flesh is soft. The flavor is sweet and not assertive. The skins are not tough or thick but hardly ever burst unless you leave them to over-ripen.

Because they are a bit soft when ripe, I prefer to eat them under-ripe when eating them fresh out of hand or in a salad. But when fully ripe, they are really conducive to halving, drizzling with olive oil, roasting with fresh garlic cloves, and making into a whole tomato puree for pasta, etc.