Willard Wynn are gargantuan tropical fruits, on robust, gigantic tree like plants. The late Willard Wynn in Rockcastle County, KY grew, and selected this Yellow German variant for decades under the spell of humidity and heat, and is well adapted to the Southern Appalachians. This could be the biggest tomato available, some nearing 3lbs with exquisite intact bottoms. Uncanny flavors of tropical fruit, mango banana, pineapple, guava, citrus not typical of any gourmet tomato. Sweet, juicy, fruity pulp inside the bright gold translucent red marble skin. Round, and discreet, full, and spherical, with fine shallow flat ripple shoulders, Willard Wynn is so old, it was selected in a garden for half a century or longer, further grown in a variety of climates. Brought back from near extinction by myself, from two lonely, tall plants delivered by the famous heirlooms.org family of Dr. Michael Best from the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, of Berea, Kentucky. To call this variety rare, is indeed an understatement. Shapes occur as oval, round, large gem shapes, born on large woody tree-like frame vines that resist cracking, immune to disease, and thrive in intense heat, and humidity. Willard Wynn can often express a very smooth skin of golden honey orange, and subtle red marbling. You can tell his selections chose golden, ideally symmetrical round fruits for years on end. This perfect tomato offers a glimpse in genetic expressions focused on flavor because of favorites, rather than an emphasis on money with an ideal for production. Coincidentally, this type is vigorous, disease resistant, and full of true flavor!
