kumato

[sodbuster]

I have been reading about this new tomato sygenta seeds have out. Its called a kumato in europe and in canada its called a rosso bruno. It says the seeds are not available to the citizens of the u.s....I would like to try it but no where can I get hold of any seed.
Has anyone heard about it or guide me in the right direction to get hold of the seed?

[michaeljohnson]

The Kumato and the Rosso Bruno version have been out for a number of years now 3 or 4 at least, and there are hundreds of seeds available of Kumato on the net from private individuals in exchange lots,

The Kumato is a very good tomato, quite a nice flavor and is also very disease resistant, and will often be the last tomato left standing in your garden, they are also quite large and can often reach the size of an average orange.

It is far too late to start any seeds now this season, but if you have not found any by oct/nov time I can no doubt supply you with some if you contact me then, as I have a few hundred seeds of it kicking about somewhere

[marjeta]

My kumato that I grew last year (got seeds from Iva) produced smaller fruits (like Black ethiopian ones). It's a tasty ad firm salad type variety. I'm growing it this year too.

[juliekru]

I have Kumato seeds and am growing Rosso Bruno right now. PM me for seeds.
Juliekru

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

I guess i'm a few years late to the party on this one. Just learned about this tomato. Seems potentially interesting. What i find most interesting is that it is claimed to be bred partially from a galapagos tomato. What is interesting is that one of the accessions i was most interested in growing last year from the galapagos islands was one that was described as having brown fruits. Perhaps this is one of the ones used in the breeding of the Kumato. Unfortunately i started them too early with too little light last year and my seedlings died. Here's hoping i can try again.

I also ordered some seeds for the kumato here. www.bonanza.com/listings/Tomato-Kumato-Yummy-Sweet-Tangy-20-Fresh-Seeds-Brown-Delicious-/400800103 (sodbuster)

[raymondo]

Kumato, sold in supermarkets, was popular here for a couple of years but interest seems to have waned. They have sweet, juicy flesh but tough skin. It was among the first of the non-red tomatoes to hit the supermarket shelves here but there is an array of colours available now, all hard as bullets!

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

interesting. I had read that they are still popular in some places in Europe and maybe even in new places where syngenta decides to keep introducing it. But you make a good point. I've been seeing more and more Heirloom type tomatoes that are large, lumpy, red, purple, yellow, orange. I'll just call them rainbow tomatoes or rainbow heirlooms now. People seem to want that more and more which is nice. But with so many newer tomato colors it's hard to say if a brown closed-source variety will be popular or even marketable in the near future.