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From Tatiana’s TOMATObase:
This variety was brought to the U.S. from the Black Forest region of Germany in the late 1800s by the family of Joseph Bratka of Elmwood Park, New Jersey .Introduced in Seed Savers 1991 Yearbook by Carolyn Male of Latham, New York (NY MA C). First offered commercially by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange in 1994.