John Henry Tomato
I found this giant tomato at my local farmers market back in 2016 in Butler Pennsylvania. I purchased it from a gentleman in his 50s. He said that his father grew this for decades prior and he has continued growing since his father no longer gardened. He said it has to be over 90 years old his dad grew it ever year as he was growing up as a kid. So I brought the tomato home tasted it excellent old timey, well balanced, giant slicing sandwich tomato. So I saved the seeds and started to research it to see if I could find any information on this giant tomato. I could not find any. I then proceeded to get a hold of Don Kellums and Seed Savers they both could not find or have any information on this heirloom tomato. I will include the email I got from seeds saver at the end of the description. I grew it this year the biggest tomato was 2 pounds 10.2 oz. The rest are over a pound and a half. A Regular Leaf, Late Producing, Indeterminate Heirloom Tomato(20 seeds)

This is the email I got from seedsavers
Philip Kauth 9/21/16
to me
Hello Shawn,
I was forwarded the email you sent customer service about the John Henry tomato. I run the evaluation program at Seed Savers and get to look at 80 tomatoes every year. But, I have never heard of the John Henry tomato. I looked up the name in our database and the member exchange and no one has it. I even suppose if Don Kellums has never heard of it then the tomato is rather rare. Sorry I couldn’t help more, but some heirlooms are just in a particular family and have never been released anywhere else. I hope you enjoy the tomato, and if you have more questions let me know.
Regards,
Phil
Philip Kauth, PhD
Assistant Curator
Seed Savers Exchange
Decorah, IA 52101
Email: philip@seedsavers.org
Phone: 563-382-5990 x 108