California >>heirloom<< tomatoes?

[habitat_gardener]

Looking at the lists of tomatoes that originated in the midwest, I started wondering if any heirlooms came from California (assuming "california heirloom" is not an oxymoron) or the west coast in general. "Heirloom," that is, as opposed to OP varieties that were developed in Calif., most notably Brad Gates's Wild Boar Farms tomatoes.

[mjc]

Out of the several thousand varieties in existence, there's bound to be a couple...

But that said, exactly how are you defining 'heirloom'. Because there are several older (1950s and before) OP 'standard' varieties that were developed on the West Coast.

The Burbank Slicing tomato comes to mind...

[habitat_gardener]

Tomatoes with a back story? with a history? that were saved for a generation or two?

You're right, there are bound to be some.

[mjc]

I haven't really looked...but the Burbank Slicer definitely fits that definition.

[carolyn137]

I'll have to think about this a bit more but two do come to mind.

Santa Clara Canner is Italian in origin but selections were made from the original to get Santa Clara Canner and no one seems to know when and how that Italian one got to CA..

And Diener is a selection from Santa Clara Canner.

I've grown both of them.

[dustdevil]

I would think some of the old Campbell's varieties would possibly be CA heirlooms.

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by dustdevil

I would think some of the old Campbell's varieties would possibly be CA heirlooms.

The early headquarters for Campbell's was in NJ and many varieties were developed there mainly for soup, of course. Some are still available and I'd consider them as commercial type heirlooms.