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 resistance to late blight
Notes:
- easy to harvest; sometimes dropping from the vine at peak ripeness
- 1800’s heirloom from the Bratka family
Sources:
- Bountiful Gardens: VTO-5605
Results from My Garden:
| SEASON | SOURCE | DATES | PLANTS | SPACING | MATURITY | YIELD PER PLANT | AVG SIZE | DISEASE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | BG | 2/25 | |||||||
