Livingston's Magnus Tomato

Magnus 90 days, indeterminate — The plants of 'Magnus' are a potato leaf type that produce six to eight ounce, oblate, pink fruit. This combination of pink fruit on a potato leaf plant is somewhat rare. Additionally, the fruit are quite smooth, attractive, and have an excellent balanced flavor. Developed by the Livingston Seed Company, it was introduced in their 1900 seed catalog as follows: "This very distinct and most promising new variety, of the color of Beauty and Acme, is our latest addition to the Tomato family. It is thicker, heavier, and more solid than either of the above, making it easily the most handsome sort in cultivation. It is unsurpassed in quality and in the production of fine, large fruit. While perfectly adapted to main crop planting, yet it matures so quickly that it will take first rank for early market. The form is perfect, uniform, large and attractive. Flesh is very firm. It is robust grower, with short joints, setting its clusters closer together than most