Eva Purple Ball, Arkansas Traveller, Burgundy Traveller, Atkinson, Marion, Tropic, and Walters all have significant levels of tolerance to Fusarium. Of this list, Eva Purple Ball sticks out like a sore thumb because it is supposed to be an heirloom but the disease tolerance it shows is more like some of the early VF varieties. None of these varieties have exceptional flavor.
I have tons of seed from an Eva Purple Ball X Big Beef cross that I am working on stabilizing to a pink nearly round fruit on semi-determinant plants. There is lots of disease tolerance in the stock so selection is based on production and consistency mostly. If you would like a few seed to trial, pm me an address.
DarJones
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