Details

• Open-Pollinated: ?
• Type: semi-determinate, according to one vendor, determinate according to another
• Shape: lightly pleated oblate shape
• Color: vivid orange color, both inside and out
• Maturity:
  • main season tomato
  • 85 days
• Size:
  • large
  • 2.5 – 3 inches
  • 4-11 oz tomatoes
• Yield: ?
• Taste: “taste compares to a good red, but not as sweet as expected
• Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
  • developed for northern climates
  • “also performs magnificently in hot southern regions”
  • flea beetles loved this plant

Notes:

• developed by University of New Hampshire for northern areas (TSC)
• cross of ‘New Hampshire Victor’ and orange sport of ‘Scarlet Dawn’ by Yaeger at UNH; released about 1943
• compact plant with tons of flowers

Sources:

• Territorial Seed Co

Results from My Garden:

SEASON	SOURCE	DATES	PLANTS	SPACING	MATURITY	YIELD PER PLANT		AVG SIZE	DISEASE
2010	TSC seed	3/7 > 4/23 > 5/15	2	18×21″	76 days	32	4.9 lbs	2.5 oz
2012	TSC seed	2/19 > 4/14 > 6/5	1	18×24″	76 days	1	4 oz	4 oz	flea beetles