Details
- Lycopersicon esculentum
- Rare
- Open-Pollinated
- Type: indeterminate
- Shape: flattened, pleated tomatoes
- Color: light pink
- Maturity: 75-80 days
- Size:
- 6-8 oz (SoC website)
- 5-7 oz (SoC seed packet)
- 1-2 oz (my results)
- Yield: produces well
- Taste: pretty darn good
- Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
- prone to radial splitting
- susceptible to Verticillium
Notes:
- selected in 1986 from a single fruit from Oaxaca, Mexico
Sources:
- Seeds of Change (discontinued)
Results from My Garden:
SEASON | SOURCE | DATES | PLANTS | SPACING | MATURITY | YIELD PER PLANT | AVG SIZE | DISEASE | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | SoC seed | 3/8 > 4/18 > 5/10 | 2 | 18×24″ | good production | too small | |||
2010 | SoC seed | 3/7 > 5/8 | 2 | 18×21″ | 86 days | 14 | 1.3 lbs | 1.5 oz | |
2011 | SoC seed | 3/8 > 4/1 > 4/18 & 5/12 | 2 | 18×21″ | 131 days | 9 | 0.7 lbs | 1.2 oz | |
2012 | SoC seed | 2/19 > 4/14 > 6/5 | 2 | 18×21″ | 124 days | 2 | 2.5 oz | 1.7 oz | V, outcompeted by pine roots |