![]() Stake tomatoes so that their leaves and branches are kept off the ground, for good airflow between plants, and for easier harvest. Water tomatoes at the soil level, keeping the leaves dry. We recommend you prune the suckers that form in the crotches of the branches by the main stem. Start seeds 6-8 weeks before the last frost and transplant into garden well after the danger of frost. Germination rate: 82% on Planting / harvesting notes Photo credit: Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. In 2010, Stenger listed this tomato in the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook, and in 2018, Jay Erisman’s nomination earned the tomato a place in the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Ellis about the story, and decided to change the name from simply “Aunt Lou” to the name it has today. Ellis in Sardinia, Ohio, who passed them to tomato enthusiasts Gary Millwood of Kentucky's Blue Ribbon Tomatoes and seed keeper Mary Stenger in Berea, KY. Aunt Lou shared this tomato with her great nephew Francis Parker, who was quite a character, and who shared seed packets with hand-written descriptions far and wide. Ripley was home to Rankin House, which is now known to have been an important safe house on the underground railroad, and it was in this town where he shared some of these tomato seeds with a white woman named Lou. While tomatoes are native to South America and were likely domesticated in Mexico, the story of this particular variety begins in the mid-19th century with an unnamed Black man, perhaps escaping slavery, from Kentucky to Ripley, Ohio, seeds in hand. Storied, dark pink-red slicer weighing in at 4-12 ounces with a pleasant tang and lots of seeds.
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