PWB (“Prize Winning Bi-Color”)
An absolute beast of a bicolor beefsteak that reliably pumps out flawless, glowing yellow fruits with dramatic rose-red marbling and an average weight of 1 lb or more – often pushing 1½–2 lbs in good conditions. The flavor is exceptionally rich, sweet, and full-bodied with perfect acid balance; easily one of the very best tasting large bicolors most gardeners have ever grown. Plants are vigorous, highly disease resistant, and remarkably fuss-free, setting heavy crops consistently from mid-season until frost. A true “set it and forget it” performer that belongs in every serious tomato garden.
 
HISTORY: In January 2016, at a seed swap hosted by the Ann Arbor Seed Club at Downtown Home & Garden in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a packet simply labeled “Gilogly Pink” (from a Seed Savers Exchange donor) caught the eye of a club member. When grown out, it threw a spectacular yellow-and-pink bicolor beefsteak that went on to win top honors at the 2007 Ann Arbor Tomato Tasting. The new line was quickly nicknamed “Prize Winning Bi-Color” (PWB).
 
The original seed was clearly the result of an open-pollinated bee cross, and early grow-outs were variable—one rogue plant even produced an egg-shaped red saladette of astonishing flavor (later dubbed “PWC – Prize Winning Cherry,” though that version was never stabilized). Over several seasons of careful selection, the big bicolor beefsteak line stabilized beautifully. By 2019 every plant, including those shared with Garden Manager Mike Washburn at the legendary Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, came true-to-type and produced jaw-dropping crops. Mike’s late-August text said it all: “I need to know ALL about this PWB!!!!” The chefs at Blackberry Farm were blown away.
 
Still grown and shared mostly among passionate tomato enthusiasts, PWB remains a modern heirloom treasure: a chance seedling that turned into one of the finest tasting, highest yielding bicolor beefsteaks in existence. If you only have room for a handful of varieties, make sure this is one of them.
 
Sold as one plant in a 3.5" pot.