2016 Tomato Crop
Here are the tomatoes that made my short list for this coming tomato growing season!
Category Archives: Varieties to Grow
Eva Purple Ball Tomato
Details Solanum lycopersicum Open-pollinated heirloom Type: Indeterminate Shape: round Color: rosy pink-red Germination: 6-14 days Maturity: 69-80 days Size: 5-7 oz fruits Harvest Length: 17+ weeks Yield: Beginner: 100 lbs/sq ft Advanced: 418 lbs/sq ft Taste: “wonderful all-purpose tomato with excellent flavor” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: unusually high disease resistance for an heirloom some […]
Homestead 24 Tomato
Details Solanum lycopersicum Open-Pollinated Type: Determinate Shape: round, slightly flattened Color: red Germination: 6-14 Maturity: 69-80 Size: 8-oz Harvest Length: 17+ weeks Yield: Beginner: 100 lbs/sq ft Advanced: 418 lbs/sq ft “big, leafy vines produce lots” Taste: “very good flavor” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: tolerates & sets fruit in high temperatures resists cracking resists […]
Principe Borghese Tomato
Details Open-Pollinated Type: determinate Shape: roma Color: red Maturity: 80 days Size: small, 1 x 2 inch Yield: “prolific” Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Sources: Territorial Seed Co: In the Tuscany region of Italy, racks of this fragrant tomato fill backyards to be dried and used in winter sauces and cooking. This prolific […]
Yellow Brandywine Tomato
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: Indeterminate Shape: Slightly flattened fruit, with slightly rough skin Color: golden-yellow Maturity: 80 days Size: large fruit: 6″ diameter Yield: ? Taste: rich, full flavor that is very uncharacteristic of yellow varieties “one of the best-tasting yellow tomatoes we have ever trialed” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: golden-yellow version of the Brandywine The Amana […]
White Wonder Tomato
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Shape: ? Color: translucent skin, yellow more than white Maturity: 85-90 days Size: large fruits: 1-2 lbs 5-6 oz according to another source Yield: ? Taste: “extraordinarily sweet tasting tomato” “mild & sweet” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: believed to be related to “White Apple Tomato” from the 1860’s Sources: […]
Viva Italia Tomato
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: plum Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “excellent disease resistance” (source?) Notes: Sources: Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE
Valencia Tomato
Details Lycopersicon esculentum Open-pollinated heirloom Type: indeterminate Shape: round Color: orange Maturity: midseason; 75-80 days Size: 8-10 oz, 8-12 oz (SoC.com), “large” Yield: ? Taste: juicy vibrantly flavored full, complex tomato taste great balance of acid-sweet bursts with flavor pineapple-like as well as buttery Meaty with few seeds Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: good choice for northern or cooler growing […]
Ultra Magnum Tomato
Details Hybrid Type: ? Shape: ? Color: red Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: won a taste test Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: V – Verticillium F – Fusarium T – Tobacco Mosaic Virus Notes: Sources: apparently it used to be carried by Stokes Seeds, but has since been discontinued Results from My Garden: SEASON SOURCE […]
Tumbling Tom Yellow Cherry Tomato
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: determinate Shape: round Color: yellow to yellow-orange Maturity: ? Size: 1-2″ Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: good for containers Root knot nematode resistant Notes: weeping growth habit makes it good for containers, or cascading over walls well-branched, strong vines allow for no staking Sources: Results from My […]