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Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds - Heirloom with Old-fashioned Tomato Flavor
Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds - Heirloom with Old-fashioned Tomato Flavor
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Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds - A Taste of Heirloom History
Discover the vibrant and delicious Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds, an open-pollinated heirloom variety that brings old-fashioned tomato flavor to your garden. With its bright orange-red, smooth, and juicy 10-12 oz. fruits, this indeterminate plant grows up to 5’ tall, offering a bountiful harvest in just 75-90 days.
Why Choose Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds?
These heirloom tomato seeds produce round, meaty slicers packed with rich, sweet, and tangy flavors—perfect for sandwiches, salads, or fresh eating. The non-GMO seeds ensure you’re growing a natural, time-tested variety with a fascinating backstory.
A Story Worth Savoring
Originally bred by Joe Bratka’s father, the Box Car Willie Tomato was nearly lost to time until Carolyn Male revived the seeds in the mid-1990s. Now, you can grow this piece of gardening history in your own backyard!
Key Features:
- Bright Orange-Red Fruits: 10-12 oz., round, and smooth
- Indeterminate Habit: Vigorous vines reaching 5’ tall
- Heirloom & Non-GMO: Preserved for generations
- Rich Flavor: Classic tomato taste for fresh eating
Plant these organic-friendly seeds and enjoy a slice of tomato heritage. Order your Box Car Willie Tomato Seeds today and grow a story as flavorful as its fruit!
- Each packet contains 10 seeds
- Color: Orange
- Shape: Round
- Size: 10-12 oz.
- Maturity: 75-90 days after transplant
- Plant Size: 5 ft.
- Plant Habit: Indeterminate
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Heirloom – Open-pollinated
- Untreated/Non-GMO

Just started these seeds the 23rd of March.. looking good, all germinated. Planting 6 varieties of Tomato, and this one is the one you want if you were to only pick one!! Thank you for your timely delivery. Very pleased with my order!
I'm not sure if the seeds I received were mislabeled but my tomatoes were huge! Their average size was 1.5 pounds! The stalks of the plants were thick too! These were one of my favorite tomatoes from all the varieties that I grew this year.
The boxcar Willie tomatoes are a superior tomato, easy to grow, and the flavor is on believable a good old fashion tomato. When you plan him he won’t go wrong. Everybody should try boxcar Willie’s they are the best.
I’m surprised to see no reviews on this tomato. Amazing flavor. Our family has been growing this for at least 18 years, right at the same time our garden center started growing it. Has a great following. An employee and I both taste tested this at a local farm years ago. It had won the taste test over so so many tomatoes. Yields are quite impressive too. I highly recommend it, I’m sure it can be in your garden as a yearly treat like ours!
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