Maya and Sion’s Airdrie Classic is a great tasting, early variety that is a cross of the famous heirloom tomato ‘Brandywine’ and the hardy, early Czech variety ‘Stupice’.
The initial cross was made by the master Saskatchewan plant breeder, Stanley Zubrowski in 1999 (you can read our interview with Stanley HERE).
The cross was further selected and named by Jeff Casey (Casey’s Heirloom Seeds) of Airdrie, AB and released in 2009.
The pinkish-red tomatoes are medium to large in size (140 g to 240 g) and have a very good sweet and flavourful taste. Please note that the tomatoes are mainly ruffled beefsteak-type tomatoes – but there is variability in fruit shape (see image). The 3 ft (90 cm) plants have beautiful potato leaves.
Thank you to our original seed source Stanley Zubrowski. Also check out Stanley’s other varieties: Prairie Glow, Stanley Zubrowski, Yellow Fireworks, and Stan’s Best Cherry.
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How to Grow Tomatoes? Start seeds indoors 6 weeks before the last frost. Plant seed 5mm (¼ inch) deep. Transplant after the danger of frost has passed/later spring.
