Livingston’s Gulf State Market

“Livingston’s Gulf State Market,” also called “Gulf State Market (Livingston’s Strain)” is very similar to Louisiana Gulf State. This makes sense since both were developed from the original Gulf State Market, which was “found by Walter Richards of Crystal Springs, Mississippi as a single plant in a field of Early Detroit tomatoes in 1917” and then released by D. M. Ferry & Company. The Livingston Seed Company produced an improved strain of their own, and this is that strain. Livingston’s Strain is a pink medium salad variety nearly perfect in form and sweetly delicious in flavor. The flesh is what I can only describe as “toothsome,” meaning it is not mealy or crunchy or squishy…it is plump and juicy. Louisiana Gulf State has long been a favorite of mine in flavor and ability to produce in the southeast US but Livingston’s Gulf State Market may end up edging alongside it in my list of most favorite varieties. Livingston’s Gulf State Market appears to be a little more resistant to early blight than Louisiana Gulf State, and the fruits were a tad smaller.