South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato?

[garyc1234]

I was randomly surfing the internet today, and saw that the South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink tomato is the state fruit and vegetable for Arkansas. Is this even a specific tomato type or just a generic pink tomato? If it is a specific kind of tomato, just wondering if anyone's tried growing it, and how does it taste?

[Scooty]

http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.ne...x?entryID=3156

The act’s wording describes a type rather than specifying a species because there exists no registered breed styled “South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink Tomato.”

Apparently, this usually refers to the locally popular - "Bradley Pink."

[carolyn137]

This link should answer your question very well

http://www.arfb.com/mobile/headlines...g_in_arkansas/

Carolyn

[My Foot Smells]

Originally Posted by garyc1234

I was randomly surfing the internet today, and saw that the South Arkansas Vine Ripe Pink tomato is the state fruit and vegetable for Arkansas. Is this even a specific tomato type or just a generic pink tomato? If it is a specific kind of tomato, just wondering if anyone's tried growing it, and how does it taste?

Bradley County (esp. Warren, Ark.) has long been the state's tomato growing "region" of Arkansas and gets a lot of billing. It goes back maybe 100 years, when farmers in south Arkansas opted out of cotton and started to produce tomatoes.

Several big farms still operate in the region and supply tomatoes to the state and outside areas. The tomatoes I see are simply "warren" tomatoes, or Bradley county. They are red, round, about 14 oz and tasty.

I asked the ? about "type" this year at local grocery, they thought I was from planet mars. Just like Cave City and Hope are know for their watermelons and are sold under that heading "Cave City Watermelon."

Just like the vadilia onion is grown in Vadilia, Georgia, etc., etc...

I'm sure there is a type, but the Bradley County Tomato is not pleated, it is round and smooth, and pink. It's weird how folklore carries this tradition. IMO, it is poppycock, the nostalgic history sells though and markets better than any type of brand name.

fwiw, the Cave City watermelon is more like a basketball, the Hope watermelon is very oblong and humungous. They are marketed under the City of Origin.

Sorry, I did not answer your question...... but I do not know the answer and have eaten several over the years. They even have a Bradley County Tomato Festival that gets good reviews - I haven't been to that - yet.

(fwiw: the state bird is the mosquito, haha, j/k)

[My Foot Smells]

It sounds like Dr. C. has discovered a good source. However, the tomato is a typical prototype tomato and not the absolute best, it is the epitome of what a tomato should be and taste like, but other types are more flavorful to me. If you didn't know any better, you would think they are wonderful.

The Bradley reminds me of a better boy, consistent performer, and it's a tomato. hard to formulate words with description for some reason. But I'm probably not the person to ask either.

[travis]

Some of the pink tomatoes developed by the University of Arkansas for the pink tomato market and home garden include Bradley, Traveler, Traveler 76, and Ozark Pink.

I've grown all four, and all four are excellent performers.

There are other pink, fresh market tomatoes grown in Arkansas truck gardens and home gardens earlier than those mentioned above, such as Pinkshipper, Trucker's Favorite, and Gulf State Market..