Here’s the few open-pollinated varieties that come to mind at the moment – some I’ve grown, some I haven’t:

Texas Wild – origin Southern Texas, found on old homestead – small red cherry, currant/pimpinellifolium, similar to many of this type

Texas Pink – I have never been able to find anything out about the origin or history, but it is a nice flavored med-lg pink beefsteak I’ve grown

JD’s Special C-Tex – bred by the late JD Whitaker of Conroe, Texas, thought to be a cross between Brandywine and an unknown black, one I like

Tamu-Joy – I have not grown this one, and all I know about it is it was developed by Texas U and is red and OP

Texas Kansas Marketer – med red that I haven’t grown and know little about, can’t find any specifics on origin/history

Texas Star – another one I can’t find any history on – similar in appearance to Oaxacan Jewel, good flavor

When they are ripe, the husk turns brown and starts to split. Many people use them in salsas or for making sauces used in Mexican cuisine.

First of all, those are beautiful pictures of Traveler tomato. Mouthwatering!

Bradley is another tomato bred for southern heat and humidity by University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. It’s parentage is Gulf State Market x Pinkshipper.

Bradley subsequently was used in the development of Traveler, which is to say, Gulf State Market provided input as Morgan points out. Traveler 76 is an improved version of Traveler and is even more crack resistant.

Even though I live in Indiana, I’ve found Arkasas tomatoes like Bradley and Indian Stripe perform very well for me during our hottest and most humid spells. They also have grown well for me in containers while other tomatoes have pooped out in the heat.

Bill

Thanks for your comment. I did some research and found a PlantFiles article on Louisiana Gulf State. This might be what you are talking about. I have not seen these plants around, but you might get lucky.

Louisiana Gulf State is supposed to be an improved Gulf State Market developed in 1936 at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Gulf State Market (a 1917 variety) is the parent of many tomato varieties including one of the most popular and tasty tomato varieties I’ve grown — Arkansas Traveler. Traveler, as it was officially known, was developed at the University of Arkansas in 1976 for farmers who liked GSM but had problems with splitting in wet weather. Arkansas Traveler does not split as readily.

If you cannot find Louisiana Gulf State, you might give Arkansas Traveler a shot.