Special Archeological Package 2021

‘Gete-okosimin’ squash

by chris | Apr 5, 2020

The ‘Gete-okosimin’ squash is from pre-Columbian time and was grown by Native Americans in the region around Wisconsin but had vanished from cultivation and was lost to humanity. It is said that the seeds from the Gete-okosimin squash were found by archaeologists...

Chiapas

by chris | Apr 4, 2020

Chiapas tomato: Determinate plant growth pattern that sprawling on the ground rather than holds up right position. This is ancient heirloom tomato variety is a mid-season tomato that takes 75 days for ripe fruit. Plant maxes out at 2 feet tall.Very productive variety...

Wild Galapagos

by chris | Feb 6, 2020

Indeterminate vines. 85 days to ripen fruit after transplantation. A wild and edible tomato species endemic to the Galapagos Islands (AKA Solanum cheesmaniae).The Wild Galapagos Cherry is one of two wild tomato species found in and endemic to the Galapagos Islands...

Egyptian

by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016

Legend has it that the Egyptian tomato was discovered in a 4000 year old Egyptian tomb. While intriguing a story, tomatoes are native to the Andes and only made their way across the pond well after colonialism, and weren’t accepted as a food until 1550...