Purple Calabash nns – expect deeply fluted fruits, pick whilst still pinkish or let them ripen to deep burgundy/purple. Big but not huge fruits, less than 400g, some describe these as ugly fruits but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Use this amazing heirloom for wedges in salads, chopped into salsas or for sauces where the rich, almost wine-like flavour with a citrus tang will shine. Drought tolerant, crack resistant and stores well too. Indeterminate
Price for 12 seeds
Undoubtedly an heirloom, Purple Calabash Tomato dates to pre-Columbian Mexico. It was even grown by the 3rd American president, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), author of the Declaration of Independence.