Opalka

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Family heirloom from Poland, brought to Amsterdam, NY in the 1900s by the Opalka family. Carolyn Male got the seeds from her co-worker, Carl Swidorski, whose wife was from the Opalka family and introduced the seeds through the SSE Yearbook in the 1990s. Indeterminate, regular leaf plant with wispy foliage produce some of the best tasting, red, paste tomatoes with 5-inch long fruit shaped like a banana pepper with a pronounced tip on the bottom. Fruit has very few seeds, is extremely meaty and loaded with rich sweet flavors lending to its sauce appeal. The taste is so profound that this is also a good tomato for eating fresh.

Varieties

Heirloom / Open Pollinated

Fruit Colors

Red

Flesh Colors

Red

Fruit Shapes

Elongated / Plum/Pear/Piriform

Fruit Sizes

Medium

Culinary Uses

Paste / Sauce / Canner / Salad

Maturities

Mid-season

Plant Types

Indeterminate

Origins

Poland

Leaves

Regular / Wispy

Flavors

Sweet