Tomato 'Hege German Pink'

I echo the comments of Vgary and Suze. Suze was kind enough to give me a few seeds for trial and everything about this tomato is excelle...Read Morent. I grew it in a 10 gal container and it just took off and pumped out these pink beauties with awesome taste.

Hege German Pink This is a wonderful tomato, the very best pink, tasty and productive, beefsteak, OP, regular leaf, indeterminate, 75/...Read More80 days.

Mr. Hege, known as L.E., germinated hundreds and hundreds (thousands) of this tomato each year and sold the seedlings at the Farmer's Markets in several locations near his home in Welcome, NC. During the summer he grew them and sold them at the Farmer's Markets. Visitors to market always selected his tomatoes for home use over any varieties there! They loved the taste and quality! I understand he acquired the German Pink from an elderly gentleman who grew for market many years ago. So, it is an honor to continue the legacy passed on to us of this fine variety.

Lacy Eugene Hege Jr., 86, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Lexington Memorial Hospital.
Seed shared byRon Simmons of Walnut Cove, NC.
The packet says Hege, Davidson County, German Pink

L.E. Hege Jr.
WELCOME — Lacy Eugene Hege Jr., 86, of Craver Road, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Lexington Memorial Hospital.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home, Hickory Tree Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Caudle and the Rev. Ray Surratt officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Oliver United Methodist Church Cemetery.

This is a wonderful tomato, one of the very best I had the opportunity to taste at Tomatopalooza '07. I've grown it out for myself this ...Read Moreyr from seeds saved from the event, and it is one of the very best pinks in my garden this yr. Productive and tasty.

Craig LeHoullier (my source) says "I got them last spring from Ron Simmons of Walnut Cove, NC. The packet says Hege, Davidson County, German Pink (Hege is underlined)."