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Paul Robeson Tomato

Details Rare Open-Pollinated Type: indeterminate Shape: oval, slightly flattened, mildly pleated tomatoes Color: black skin, red flesh Maturity: 85-90 days Size: 8-10 oz Yield: ? Taste: “earthy flavor with a perfect acid-sweet balance” I did like the taste of this tomato Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: susceptible to wilt (V or F) Notes: according to […]

Patio Hybrid Tomato

Details F1 hybrid Type: determinate? Shape: slicer Color: red Maturity: main crop Size: small Yield: “pretty abundant” Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: very compact; great for containers Notes: Sources: Results from My Garden: was rather productive, but seemed to be especially tasty to the little green web-spinning worms – and the compact nature […]

Oregon Spring Bush Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Determinate! Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: 55-70 days early season tomato Size: 4-6 oz fruit Yield: ? Taste: sweet, juicy flesh Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: early season = good for cool areas cracking and misshapen in Redding full sun doesn’t like the heat! Notes: this tomato was spoken highly […]

Orange King Tomato

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 […]

Oaxacan Pink Tomato

Oaxacan Pink tomatoes from 2011 harvest

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 […]

Nepal Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: beefsteak Color: ? Maturity: early season Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: “great taste” (TKG) Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “good in cool areas” (TKG) Notes: Recommended in The Kitchen Garden Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE     […]

Planting Out Too Early -or- Neglecting to Up-pot?

This season’s crop of tomatoes is not looking quite as vigorous and healthy as last year’s crop – why? Here’s what they looked like last year, in June of 2010, a little over one month after planting out: and here’s what they looked like this year in June, about 1 1/2 months after planting out […]

Micado Violettor

Details Lycopersicon esculentum Rare Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate, potato-leaf type Shape: slicer Color: purple Maturity: 75-85 days Size: 4-6 oz tomatoes Yield: “vigorous vines” Taste: “excellent quality & flavor” just okay flavor, in my trials Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: potato-leaf tomato plants are usually better for hot, sunny climates Notes: Sources: Seeds of Change […]

Martian Giant Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: round beefsteak Color: red with very faint strange striping Maturity: 90-100 days Size: 10-16 oz tomatoes (per SoC website) 7-12 oz tomatoes (per SoC seed packet) Yield: ? Taste: “rich…perfect acid/sweet balance, making it an exceptional slicer” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Seeds of Change developed this […]