Variety characteristics:

• 438 Muddy Waters is a visually dramatic green-when-ripe tomato producing round to slightly oblate fruits weighing approximately 2.8 to 4.2 oz in this seed lot. The fruits mature from green to yellow green and olive gold, while sun-exposed shoulders develop intense indigo-purple, blue-black, and mahogany-brown pigmentation. Their juicy lime-green flesh delivers pleasant sweetness, bright fruitiness, and a complex, balanced tomato finish. Plants in this compact seed lot grow approximately 2.6 to 3.3 feet tall, with slightly greater height possible under greenhouse conditions. Provide dependable staking or caging to support the productive branches. Excellent for fresh slicing, sandwiches, salads, salsa, chilled soups, and colorful tomato platters.