Kumato was bred in Spain and Ilex in Spain sent me Negro de Olmeda which he said was a sister to Kumato.
There are many links here at Tville
It was initially introduced to the US under another name by Dulcea, as Rosso Bruno
http://www.tomatoville.com/showthread.php?
wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumato...ghlight=Kumato
When Syngenta got a hold of it their first description of it was hilarious,as in from The Galapagos islands,somehow connected to turtles,with sexual overtones of why eating Kumatos would be good for you.I think Terry at Secret Seed Cartel may still have that info,I did as well but too hard to find in my faves.
I know Ilex very well, and he wouldn't be dealing with F1 hybrids,so when he sent me the sister to Kumato, Negro de Olmeda, it implies,at least to me,that perhaps Kumato and the former one were initially bred and then who knows what happened whe Snyngenta got a hold of it.
Many have tried to make selections from the F1,with varying results
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...71.g3t8TMsVUsA
Ok,I just had to see if I could find where Kumato was said to be from the Galapagos IS, and I did. Terry's blog about that as well as several others talk about the sexual powers of Kumato that Syngenta alluded to
https://www.google.com/search?q=Kuma..._AUIBigA&dpr=1
Happy reading.
Carolyn