Tomate

From Peru. Large plants bear heavy fruitset of slightly elongated fruits with 2 partially filled locules. Mellow, sweet flavor. Most likely a marginally stabilized landrace from the part of the world where tomatoes were first cultivated. 

Ten Hung Tan Chieh

From China. Large, healthy, regular leaf plants produce a heavy fruitset of small to medium sized beefsteaks. Very nicely balanced tomato flavor with equal parts acid and sweetness. Good all purpose tomato. 

Pygmy

From Nigeria. Small, regular leaf plants bear a medium to heavy fruitset of medium sized, meaty beefsteaks. Very nice balanced flavor with a hint of pumpkin, reminiscent of Brandywine. Great for sandwiches or on a bagel with cream cheese.

Bola Chico

My first entry for the class of 2013. From Mexico. Modestly sized, regular-leaf plants bear a heavy fruitset of mostly round, golf ball sized fruit. More gel and seeds than flesh and flavor is somewhat acidic. Most likely a landrace or minimally developed cultivar.

Siling Labuyo

    This is Siling Labuyo, or Filipino bird's eye pepper. It is one of the world's hotter peppers, slightly milder than a habañero.  Apparently it is becoming less common even in its native land, giving way to the larger and milder Thai peppers at markets across the Philippines, but dont take my word for it: http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/the-disappearing-siling-labuyo
    Seeds were found at a farmer's market in Tacloban in the province of Leyte. They are devilishly hot but the perfect addition to a plate of sisig. Masarap, diba? The leaves themselves are used in tinola, a Filipino soup dish. The fruits are fairly late to mature but I had several hundred on my one large plant which was far more than most people will be able to find use for. They can be used when green or after they fully ripen to a bright red; both are little packets of fire. I used them in stir fries and in salsa in place of jalapeños. I also ate more than a few fresh which is strangely addicting. The burn is intense but short lived and fortunately does not seem to survive my digestive process. Your results may vary. 
   As far as I can tell, this is the only commercial source of true siling labuyo. There are a lot of similar peppers but it seems that the actual Filipino variety is rather hard to come by. 

   My siling labuyo plant as of July 6th. Lucy seems very pleased with it as well. 

   The mature plant in late September. I brought her indoors so the fruit would have time to fully ripen for seeds. 

   And a few fruit on the plant. 

Kabobi

From Iran. Small plants with a moderate fruitset of small to medium sized fruit. Very similar in taste to Round Lemon, also from Iran. It is interesting to note regional differences. While Filipino varieties have a tendency towards high acidity, all four of the Southwest Asian varieties I have grown have been decidedly sweet.  Kabobi is no exception and fans of sweet tomatoes will enjoy this variety.

Round Lemon

From Iran. Medium sized, moderately productive plants. Definitely on the sweet side of balanced but a hint of acid keeps it from being a one dimensional flavor. Medium sized, thick walled fruits resist cracking and are well suited for a variety of purposes.