{"id":5041,"date":"2015-10-22T22:10:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T22:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/?p=5041"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:10:09","slug":"missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover the history and flavor of the ‘Missouri Pink Love Apple’ tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants. Learn how to grow and enjoy this delicious tomato while exploring its fascinating past through the CORE Project\u2019s preservation efforts. A must-try for gardeners and heirloom enthusiasts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[239,41,109],"class_list":["post-5041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-varieties","tag-heirloom-tomatoes","tag-tomato","tag-tomatoes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMissouri Pink Love Apple Tomato - SeedSavers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the history and flavor of the 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato - SeedSavers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover the history and flavor of the 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SeedSavers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-10-22T22:10:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T22:10:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Meredith Burks\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Meredith Burks\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Meredith Burks\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/95431459da7bdffd49cd6324fa401fe4\"},\"headline\":\"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-22T22:10:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T22:10:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\"},\"wordCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"heirloom tomatoes\",\"Tomato\",\"Tomatoes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Varieties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\",\"name\":\"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato - SeedSavers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-10-22T22:10:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-04T22:10:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Discover the history and flavor of the 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675,\"caption\":\"Missouri Pink Love Apple tomato\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/\",\"name\":\"SeedSaversExchange\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Seed Savers Exchange\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg\",\"width\":2122,\"height\":561,\"caption\":\"Seed Savers Exchange\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seed_savers_exchange\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/sseheritagefarm\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/seedsavers\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/95431459da7bdffd49cd6324fa401fe4\",\"name\":\"Meredith Burks\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4134a34fe5d2eb0f68dca380d10df3939dc3eaf109cefeb68358adcf270eeea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4134a34fe5d2eb0f68dca380d10df3939dc3eaf109cefeb68358adcf270eeea?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Meredith Burks\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/author\/mburks\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato - SeedSavers","description":"Discover the history and flavor of the 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato - SeedSavers","og_description":"Discover the history and flavor of the 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants.","og_url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/","og_site_name":"SeedSavers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/","article_published_time":"2015-10-22T22:10:53+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-11-04T22:10:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Meredith Burks","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Meredith Burks","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/"},"author":{"name":"Meredith Burks","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/95431459da7bdffd49cd6324fa401fe4"},"headline":"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato","datePublished":"2015-10-22T22:10:53+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T22:10:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/"},"wordCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg","keywords":["heirloom tomatoes","Tomato","Tomatoes"],"articleSection":["Varieties"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/","url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/","name":"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato - SeedSavers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg","datePublished":"2015-10-22T22:10:53+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-04T22:10:09+00:00","description":"Discover the history and flavor of the 'Missouri Pink Love Apple' tomato, a cherished heirloom with roots dating back to the 1860s. This pink beefsteak variety produces juicy, meaty fruit all season long on indeterminate plants.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/rt-11.jpg","width":1200,"height":675,"caption":"Missouri Pink Love Apple tomato"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/missouri-pink-love-apple-tomato\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/","name":"SeedSaversExchange","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#organization","name":"Seed Savers Exchange","url":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Seed-Savers-Exchange-logo.jpg","width":2122,"height":561,"caption":"Seed Savers Exchange"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seedsaversx\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seed_savers_exchange\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/sseheritagefarm","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/seedsavers\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/95431459da7bdffd49cd6324fa401fe4","name":"Meredith Burks","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/axg.b87.myftpupload.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4134a34fe5d2eb0f68dca380d10df3939dc3eaf109cefeb68358adcf270eeea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4134a34fe5d2eb0f68dca380d10df3939dc3eaf109cefeb68358adcf270eeea?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Meredith Burks"},"url":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/author\/mburks\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7368,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5041\/revisions\/7368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seedsavers.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}