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EXOTIC - LITCHI TOMATO - MORELLE DE BALBIS - Solanum sisymbriifolium Seeds
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EXOTIC - LITCHI TOMATO - MORELLE DE BALBIS - Solanum sisymbriifolium Seeds

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It sure doesn't look like any tomato you've ever grown before because it isn't though it is related. Litchi Tomato, aka Morelle De Balbis, known as Solanum sisymbriifolium bears reams of tasty, juicy and somewhat seedy red fruit guarded by pretty and poky yellow spines. The whole plant is covered with them in fact with the exception of the large bluish white flowers.
Start at the same time as tomatoes and plant out after last frost. It'll begin small and innocent enough but after a few months, it will be between the size of a tall kid or a giant adult depending. Mine have all been around 4 feet though I've heard at least one report of 8 feet. Harvesting the fruit is a delicate matter of avoiding the spines but they are a wonderful addition to the solanacaea fruit collection such as ground cherries and tomatillos.
It's taste is often described as being similar to cherries, or at least a cherry crossed with a tomato, with a pleasantly (in my mind) seedy raspberry overtone. It will continue to pump out the bee friendly flowers and tasty fruit until AFTER first frost.
Grow it as an ingredient in salads and other dishes that could benefit their fruity flavour, and as a pretty addition to the productive beds.
10 Seeds per pack.
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13 Aug 2014