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TomatoVariety

Trial

2007

ReportofresearchconductedattheAberdeenR&ECenter

StephenLove

WilliamBohl

TomSalaiz

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Introduction

Withthenumeroustomatovarietiesavailablefromlocalnurseries,retailers,andseedcompany

catalogues,itcanbechallengingforahomegardenertoselectavarietythatissuitedtothelocal

climate,andwillfittheirneedsforenduse.AlthoughmanytomatoesvarietieswillgrowineastIdaho,

littlewasknownabouttheiractualproduction.Inanefforttoprovidecurrentinformationabouttomato

varieties

suitable

for

east

Idaho,

a

variety

field

trial

was

conducted

at

the

University

of

Idaho

Aberdeen

ResearchandExtensionCenter.

Procedures

TwentyseventomatovarietieswereevaluatedinafieldtrialattheUniversityofIdahoAberdeen

ResearchandExtensionCenterin2007. Selectionofvarietiestestedwasbasedonretailerclaimsof

earliness,recommendationsfrommarketgardeners,andhomeownerpreferencesasindicatedthrough

arecentsurvey.

Thetrialconsistedofthreereplicationswithfourplantsperplots. Plantswerespaced2feetapartin

rows

spaced

3

feet

covered

with

black

plastic.

Transplants

were

produced

on

contract

by

Dale

and

Pat

Palmer,localgreenhouseproducers. PlantsweretransplantedtotheplotsthelastweekofMay.

Plotswerefertilizedusingapproximately80lb/AofNjustpriortoplanting. Thiswastheonlyfertilizer

theplotsreceivedallseason. Plotswereusuallyirrigatedtwiceaweekwithabout0.7to0.9inches

watereachtime.

Thefirstharvestofeachplotbeganwhenapproximately10fruitwereripeineachofthethree

replicatedplots. Subsequentharvestsweremadeweeklyuntilthetrialwaskilledbyahardfrostthelast

weekofSeptember. Atharvest,fruitwerepicked,separatedintomarketableandunmarketable

categories,counted,andweighed. InlateAugust,allvarietiesproducingripefruitwereenteredintoan

informalpreference

taste

test.

Informationpresentedforeachvarietyisbasedontheneedsofhomegardenersandsmallmarket

gardeners. Emphasisisplacedonprovidinginformationaboutripeningpattern,growthhabit,

appearance,andculinaryquality. Marketableyield,measuredinpounds producedperplant,isalso

reported.

ResultsofEvaluation

Trialresults

are

presented

in

two

forms.

The

first

is

agraph

that

summarizes

the

harvest

patterns

for

the27varieties(Figure1). TheearliestvarietieswerereadytoharvestthefirstweekofAugust.Alight

frostthatdidnotterminateplantgrowthoccurredduringthesecondweekofSeptember,whichwas

followedbyasecondlightfrostafewdayslater.AhardfrostonSeptember24killedtheplantsinthe

trial,afterwhichonefinalpickingwascompleted.

Thesecondpartofthisreportistheharvestdatawithadescriptionandapictureofeachvariety. The

dataisalsosummarizedinTable1attheendofthisreport.Notallpictureswerefromtheactualtrial.

Thosewiththefruitsittingonabluesurfacearefromthetrial. Thedatapresentedincludethe

following:

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MarketableYield

Thisvalueistheproductivityofthevarietyandisreportedinpoundsperplant. Onlyripefruitthatwere

freeofdefectsandsuitableforsaleinthemarketplacewereincludedinthiscategory. Itisasumofall

fruitharvestedforallharvestdatesforeachvariety. Unripefruitremainedontheplantattheendof

theseasonandaroughestimatewasmadeofthepercentageoftotalproductionwasnotpicked.

MarketableCount

Thenumberofmarketworthyfruitproducedandisreportedonaperplantbasis. Itisthesumfruit

harvestedfromallharvestdatesandindicatesthequantityoffruityoumayexpectfromavariety.

AverageWeight

Averagefruitweight,expressedinouncesperfruit,wasdeterminedbydividingtotalmarketableyieldin

ouncesbytotalmarketablecount.

PercentMarketable

This

value

is

the

percent

of

fruit

that

are

market

worthy

as

measured

against

the

total

production.

A

highvalueisindicativeofrelativelyfewdefectsand/orrotproblemsforavariety.

AppearanceRating

Asubjectiveratingofexternalfruitattractivenesswasmadeusingaratingscaleof1to10where10is

theproverbialbestthereis.Thatis,therewerenodefectsorblemishes,andthefruitwastruetocolor

andshapeforthevariety.

TasteRating

Thisvaluewasobtainedfrom16panelistswhotastedeachvarietyandratedthemforflavorona1to10

scale,where

10

is

the

most

flavorful.

Not

all

varieties

were

available

for

testing

at

the

same

time,

so

somevarietieswerenotevaluated.Weconsideredevaluationoftheearlyvarietiesasbeingmost

importantsosomeofthelatevarietiesthatdidnothaveripefruitwerenotincludedinthetastetest.

GrowthHabit

Growthhabitisanindicationofplantsizeandvigor. Thevarietiesweredividedintofourcategories

usingdescriptionsthatarecommonfortomatovarieties. Theyare:

ExtDet=Extremelydeterminatevarietieswithsmallvines,earlyfruitset,shortharvestperiod,

andsometimesearlyplantdeath.

ModDet

=

Moderately

determinatevarieties

with

small

to

medium

vines,

moderately

early

fruit

set,andmoderateharvestperiod.

ModInd=Moderatelyindeterminatevarietieswithmediumtolargevines,moderatelylatefruit

set,andfairlylongfruitharvestperiod.

ExtInd=Extremelyindeterminatevarietieswithverylargevines,usuallylatefruitset,andalong

harvestperiod(iftheseasonallows).

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Figure1.Fruitharvestintervalsfor27tomatovarietiesplantedattheAberdeenR&ECenterin

GemState

FourthofJuly

NorthernLights

SashaAltai

Marglobe

OregonSpring

Phoebes

Subarctic

Plenty

Sweet100

EarlyGirl

BetterBoy

BigBeefy

Champion

ConstolutoGenovese

Early

Goliath

HeatwaveII

NorthernExposure

SanmarzanoRoma

SuperSioux

Ace

HowardGermanRoma

YellowPear

Armana

BlackBrandywine

Brandywine

BurgessStuffing

CaspianPink

August September

Theyellowfooterandheadermark

thefourweeksinAugust,theredthe

fourweeksinSeptember.

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PerformanceDataandDescriptions:

FirstEarlyVarieties

GemState

MarketableYield: 8.1

MarketableCount: 96

Average

Weight:

1.4

PercentMarketable: 93

Appearancerating: 5

TasteRating: 5.2

GrowthHabit: ExtDet

Oneoftwoexceptionallyearlyvarietiesthat

wasreadyforharvestthefirstweekof

August.

Gem

State

produced

small

(1

2.5

inches),lightred,roundfruit. Yieldof

marketablefruitwasmoderate. Exceptfora

littlesunburn,noseriousfruitdefectswere

seen. Productionwascompressedintothe

firstpartoftheseasonandslowlydeclined

thereafter. Nofruitwereleftonthevineat

killingfrost. Theplantsweresmallandsusceptibletodisease. Culinary

qualitywasaverage.

Authorsnote:thisvarietywillgiveyouthefirsttomatoofthesummer

butsmallsizeandlateseasondeclinemeanyoushouldhavelater

varietiesinlinetoproducesomebiggerlateseasontomatoes.

FourthofJuly


MarketableCount: 141

AverageWeight: 2.2


Appearancerating: 5

TasteRating: 4.9

GrowthHabit:ModDet

Oneoftwoexceptionallyearlyvarietiesthat

wasreadyforharvestthefirstweekof

August. FourthofJulyproducedsmall(1.52.5

inches),darkred,roundfruit. Yieldwashigh.

Noseriousfruitdefectswereseen.

Productionwasconsistentthroughoutthe

seasonandcontinueduntilkillingfrost. About

oftheseasonlongfruitproductionremained

end. Thevinesweremoderateinsizeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywas

slightlybelowaverage.

onthevineatseasons

Authorsnote:earlinessandproductionmakethisvarietyimpressive

andIrecommenditforfirstpick,butthesmallishsizeandmediocre

qualitymeanasecondlaterproducingvarietyisagoodidea.

EarlyVarieties

NorthernLights


MarketableCount: 73

AverageWeight: 3.6

PercentMarketable:83

Appearancerating: 5

TasteRating: 4.4

GrowthHabit:ModDet

Amongtheearliestofvarietiestested

andreadyforharvestthesecond

weekofAugust. NorthernLights

producedmediumsized(34inches),

attractive,lightred,slightlyflattened

fruit. Yieldwashigh. Occasionalcat

facing(apuckeredsurfaceblemish)

wasvisibleonsomefruit. Production

washigherearlyintheseasonbutcontinued

timeonlyaboutofthefruitremainedonthevine. Theplantswer

mediumsizedandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywaswellbelowaverage.

Authorsnote:Thiswasoneofthemoreat

untilkillingfrost,atwhich

e

tractiveandproductiveearly

varieties,howevermostofthetastepanelistsdidnotlikeitsflavor,

whichtendedtobebland.

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SashasAltai

d: 9.0

Det

AnearlyvarietyfromRussiathatwasreadyfor

was

allandsomewhat

nwith

MarketableYiel

MarketableCount: 38

AverageWeight: 3.8


Appearancerating: 4

TasteRating: 6.3

GrowthHabit: Mod

harvestthesecondweekofAugust. Sashas

Altaiproducedsmall(1.52inches),lightred,

slightlyflattenedfruit. Yieldwasmoderate.

Exceptforsomegeneralmalformation,no

seriousfruitdefectswereseen. Production

compressedintothefirstpartoftheseasonandslowlydeclinedthereafter. Nofruitremained

onthevineatkillingfrost. Theplantsweresm

susceptibletodisease. Culinaryqualitywasaboveaverage.

Authorsnote:Thisisaninterestingvarietyforearlyproductio

greateatingqualitybutitssizeprofileislessthandesirable.

MediumEarlyVarieties

Marglobe

leYield:

12.4

Det

Oneof

the

few

varieties

with

large

fruit

rylittlefruitremainedonthe

ry

ietycombines

earliness

and

decent

yield

and

Marketab

MarketableCount: 23

AverageWeight: 8.6


Appearancerating: 7

TasteRating: 5.5

GrowthHabit:Mod

thatwasreadyforpickingthethirdweek

ofAugust.Marglobeproducedlarge(3.5

5inches),mediumred,roundfruit. Yield

wasgood. Fruitappearancewasexcellent

exceptforaslighttendencytocrack.

Productionwasheavyearlyandslowly

declinedthereafter. Productionwas

nearlycompleteatkillingfrostandve

vines. Theplantsweremediumsizedandrelativelyhealthy. Culina

qualitywasaverage.

Authorsnote:

This

var

large,attractivefruit.

OregonSpring

ld: 13.1

Det

Amoderatelyearlyvarietywithattractive

to

dtodeclineandonly

dencyforthefruittocrack,thiswould

MarketableYie

MarketableCount: 37

AverageWeight: 5.7


Appearancerating: 5

TasteRating: 5.5

Growth

Habit:

Mod

fruitthatwasreadytoharvestthesecond

weekofAugust. OregonSpringproduced

round,mediumred,mediumsized(2.53.5

inches)fruit. Yieldwasgood. Theone

problemwiththisvarietywasatendency

crack,sometimes

severely.

Production

was

consistentintomidSeptemberwhenitstarte

aboutofthefruitremainedonthevineatkillingfrost. Theplants

weresmalltomediumsizedandsomewhatsusceptibletodisease.

Culinaryqualitywasaverage.

Authorsnote:Ifnotfortheten

beoneofthebestearlyvarietiesaround.

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Phoebes


MarketableCount: 35

AverageWeight: 3.7


Appearancerating: 4

TasteRating: 5.9

GrowthHabit: ExtDet

Amoderatelyearlyvarietythatwasreadyto

pickduringthethirdweekofAugust.

Phoebesproducedsmalltomediumsized

(2.54inches),mediumred,roundfruit. Fruit

sizetendedtodeclineastheseason

progressed. Yieldwaslowtomoderate. No

seriousfruitdefectswereseen. Productionwashighearlyanddeclineduntiltherewas

nofruitleftatkillingfrost. Theplantswere

smallandverysusceptibletodisease. Culinaryqualitywasabove

average.

Authorsnote:Productivityandfruitsizeforthisvarietywasalittle

disappointing,anditwasnotasearlyasexpected,butthefruitquality

wasgood.

SubarcticPlenty

MarketableYield:

12.5

MarketableCount: 54

AverageWeight: 3.7


AppearanceRating: 5

TasteRating:5.1

GrowthHabit: ModDet

Asmall

fruited

variety

that

was

moderatelyearlyandreadytoharvest

bythethirdweekofAugust.

SubarcticPlentyproducedsmall(23

inches),mediumred,slightlyoval

fruit. Yieldwasmoderatetogood.

Thisvarietyhadvirtuallynofruit

defects. Productionwasconsistent

untilthelastweekoftheseasonandonlyaboutofthefruitremained

onthevineatkillingfrost. Theplantsweremediumsizedandhealthy.

Culinaryqualitywasslightlybelowaverage.

Authorsnote:

The

small

fruit

size,

combined

with

slightly

later

maturity

makesthisvarietylessattractivewhenitisapparentthatyoucan

harvestlargefruitfromothervarietieswithinthesametimeframe.

Sweet100



AverageWeight: 0.4


Appearancerating: 6

TasteRating:

8.1

GrowthHabit: ExtInd

Aremarkablevarietythatcombinedearly

fruitproduction(readybythethirdweek

ofAugust)withanindeterminategrowth

habit. Sweet100producedsmall(11.5

inches)cherrytomatoeswithdarkred

color.Yield

was

good.

Except

for

atendencytosplitwhenripe,noserious

fruitdefectswereseen. Productionwas

consistentovertheentireseason,andaboutofthefruitremainedon

thevineatkillingfrost. Numerousfruitsfellonthegroundbefore

ripening. Theplantswereverylargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywas

outstanding.

Authorsnote:Thisismyfavoritetomatoforsnacksandsalads. Itis

unmatchedinflavorandfruitisalwaysreadywhenyouarehungry.

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MediumMaturingVarieties

EarlyGirl


MarketableCount: 39

AverageWeight: 4.8


Appearancerating: 6TasteRating: 5.7

GrowthHabit: ModInd

Thisisthestandardvarietyforhomegarden

productioninsoutheastIdaho. Despiteits

name,fruitwasnotreadytopickuntilthe

lastweekofAugust. EarlyGirlproduced

mediumsized(34.5inches),mediumred,roundfruit. Yieldwasmoderate. No

seriousfruitdefectswereseen. Onceit

startedtobearfruit,productionwasconsistenttotheendofthe

seasonleavingaboutofthefruitonthevineatfirstkillingfrost. The

plantsweremediumlargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasslightly

betterthanaverage.

Authorsnote:Althoughthequalityofthisvarietyisquitegood,itisnot

especiallyearly.

MediumLate

Varieties

BetterBoy


MarketableCount: 23

AverageWeight: 9.4


Appearancerating: 6

TasteRating: 5.5

GrowthHabit: ModInd

Thisisprobablythesecondmostwidely

availablevarietyissoutheastIdaho. It

wasmoderatelylatebeingreadyto

harvestduringthesecondweekof

September,justintimeforthefirstlight

frost. BetterBoyproducedlargesized

(34inches),mediumred,roundfruit.

Yieldwasmoderatetogood. Fruitinafewplotswereverybadly

cracked.Production

was

heavy

for

the

last

few

weeks

of

the

season

andabouthalfthefruitremainedonthevineatkillingfrost. Theplants

werelargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasaverage.

Authorsnote: Thisvarietyisagoodproducerandprovidesconsistent

eatingquality,butisnotearlyenoughtobethesolevarietyplanted.

BigBeef


MarketableCount: 22

AverageWeight: 10.8

PercentMarketable:

87

Appearancerating: 8

TasteRating: 6.1

GrowthHabit:ModInd

Thisvarietywasreadyforharvestthefirst

weekofSeptember. BigBeefproducedlarge

(47inches,some8inches),mediumred,

slightlyflattened

fruit.

Yield

was

good.

Exceptforalittlegeneralmalformation,no

seriousfruitdefectswereseen. Production

wasspreadconsistentlyacrossthelastfour

weeksoftheseasonandaboutthefruitremainedonthevineat

killingfrost. Theplantswerelargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywas

excellent.

Authorsnote:Bynature,thebeefsteakvarietiestendtobelate

maturing,butthisonecameonwithmostofthestandardvarietiesand

producedverylarge,extremelyattractiveandflavorfulfruit.Itwas

probablythebestofthetwooutstandingbeefsteakvarietiesinthetrial.

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Champion


MarketableCount: 28

AverageWeight: 8.1


Appearancerating:

8

TasteRating: 5.5

GrowthHabit: ModDet

Championproducedsomeofthemost

attractivetomatoesinthetrial. Thisis

anothercommonvarietyinsoutheast

Idahoandwasreadytopickthefirstweek

ofSeptember.

The

fruit

were

medium

large(35inches),mediumtodarkred,and

round. Yieldwasgood. Noseriousfruit

defectswereseen. Productionwasheavyandconsistentforfour

weeksandonlyaboutofthefruitremainedonthevineatkilling

frost. Theplantsweremediumsizedandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywas

average.

Authorsnote:Itwouldbeniceifthisvarietywasalittleearlier,butthe

fruitqualitymakesithardtopassup.

ConstolutoGenovese


MarketableCount: 28

AverageWeight: 8.6


Appearancerating: 6

TasteRating: 5.5

GrowthHabit: ModInd

Aheritagevarietywithunusualfruit

shape. Itwasreadyforharvestthe

firstweekofSeptember. Constoluto

Genoveseproducedmediumtolarge

(3.55inches),darkred,flattenedfruit

thatwasmarkedlyribbed. Yieldwas

good. Catfacingandmalformation

werefairlycommon. Productionwas

heavythefirstweekofharvestthentrailedoff. Onlyaboutofthe

fruitremainedonthevineatkillingfrost. Theplantsweremedium

sizedand

fairly

healthy.

Culinary

quality

was

average.

Authorsnote:Thisvarietydoesnothaveexceptionalearlinessor

superioreatingquality,butmaybeworthgrowingjustfortheunusual

shapedfruit.

EarlyGoliath


MarketableCount: 22

AverageWeight: 9.5


Appearance

rating:

8

TasteRating: 5.5

GrowthHabit: ModInd

Oneoftwogoodearlybeefsteakvarietiesthat

startedbearingthefirstweekofSeptember.

EarlyGoliathproducedsomeofthemost

attractiveandlargestredtomatoesinthetrial,

(4

5.5

inches,

some

9

inches).

They

were

light

redandroundtoslightlyflattened. Yieldwas

good. Therewerenoseriousfruitdefects.

Productionwasconsistentoverthelastfourweeksoftheseasonand

aboutthefruitremainedonthevinesatkillingfrost. Theplantswere

relativelylargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasaverage.

Authorsnote:AlongwithBigBeef,thisappearstobeanothergood

beefsteaktomatothatcanbesuccessfullyproducedinsoutheast

Idaho.

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HeatwaveII


MarketableCount: 26

AverageWeight: 6.3


Appearancerating: 6

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit: ModDet

Astandardredvarietythatstarted

bearingthefirstweekofSeptember.

HeatwaveIIispurportedtoproduce

wellwheresummersarehot. Ithad

smalltomedium(23.5inches),light

red,roundfruit. Yieldwasmoderate

andtherewerenoseriousfruitdefects.Productionpeakedthethirdweekof

Septemberandonlyaboutoffruit

remainedatkillingfrost. Theplantsweremediuminsizeandhadsome

tendencyforrot. Culinaryqualitywasnottested.

Authorsnote:Thisvarietydidnotappeartobeverywelladapted,

showedunhealthyvines,andproducedsmallfruit. Itperformedpoorly

foralatematuringvariety.

NorthernExposure

MarketableYield:

11.8

MarketableCount: 23

AverageWeight: 8.2


Appearancerating: 6

TasteRating: 4.5

GrowthHabit: ModDet

Thisvariety

is

late

for

anorthern

bred

tomato,ripeningduringthefirstweekof

September. NorthernExposurehadfairly

large(34.5inches)lightred,roundfruit.

Yieldwasmoderate. Therewerenoserious

fruitdefects. Productionpeakedduringthe

secondweekofSeptemberandaboutthe

fruitremainedonthevinesatkillingfrost. Theplantswererelatively

largeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywaswellbelowaverage.

Authorsnote:Foravarietypurportedtobebredforproductionincool

climates,thisvarietydidnotprovideanythingtobecomeexcitedabout.

Thefruit

came

on

late,

was

light

red

in

color,

and

had

poor

flavor.

SanmarzanoRoma


MarketableCount: 38

AverageWeight: 2.9


Appearancerating: 5

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit: ModInd

ThisisoneoftheEuropeanromatypeswith

elongated,angularfruit. Thefruitwere

smalltomediuminsize(23.5inches)and

lightred. Harvestedyieldwaspoorand

therewerenoseriousfruitdefects. Fruit

yieldwastheheaviestduringthethirdweek

ofSeptember,butaboutofthefruitremainedonthevinesatkilling

frost.The

plants

were

relatively

large

and

healthy.

Eating

quality

was

nottested.

Authorsnote:Thiscouldpossiblybeagoodsaucetomatobutthere

areotherromatypesthataremuchearlierandripeninatighter

timeframe.

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SuperSioux


MarketableCount: 23

AverageWeight: 7.6


Appearancerating: 6

TasteRating: 2.5

GrowthHabit: ModDet

Thisisastandardredvarietythatisfairlylate,

ripeningduringthefirstweekofSeptember.

SuperSiouxproducedmediumsized(34.5

inches),lightred,slightlyflattenedfruit. Yield

wasmoderate. Therewerenoseriousfruit

defects. Productionwasconsistentoverthe

lastfourweeksoftheseason,andonlyaboutofthefruitremainedonthevinesatkillingfrost. Theplantswere

mediumsizedandmoderatelyhealthy. Culinaryqualitywaspoor.

Authorsnote:Thepooreatingqualityandlatematurityofthisvariety

meansitwontbemakingmylistoffavorites.

LateVarieties

Ace


MarketableCount:

13

AverageWeight: 9.7


Appearancerating: 7

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit: ModInd

Thisisapopularcommercialvarietyfor

freshmarket

production.

Ace

produced

mediumsized(2.54.5inch),pinkish

red,roundfruit. Yieldwaspoorand

productionspacedevenlyuntilfrost

whenaboutofthefruitremained.

Otherthananindentedstemend,there

werenoseriousfruitdefects. The

plantsweremoderatelylargeandsomewhatunthrifty. Culinaryquality

wasnottested.

Authorsnote:Idontseethatthisvarietyhasmuchtoofferinour

environment.

HowardGermanRoma


MarketableCount: 17

AverageWeight: 5.8


Appearancerating: 5

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit: ModInd

OneoftwoEuropeanromatypesinthe

trial. Thiswasthelatestmaturingofthe

twoanddidnotstartripeninguntilthe

secondweekofSeptember. Howard

GermanRomaproducedmediumsized

(35incheslong,halfaswide),lightred,

oblong/pointyfruit. Harvestedyieldwas

poorbecausemostofthefruitwasstillonthevineatkillingfrost.

Therewere

no

serious

fruit

defects.

The

plants

were

relatively

large

andhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasnottested.

Authorsnote:Thisisalate,butpossiblyuseful,saucetomato.There

othervarietiesthatfitourseasonbetterandwouldproducemore

consistently.

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YellowPear



AverageWeight: 0.6


Appearancerating: 7

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit: ExtInd

Thisisauniquetomatowithyellow

fruitthatreallylookslikeapearasits

nameindicates. Thefruitweresmall

(11.5inches)andweretypically

perfectlyformed. Harvestedyieldwas

poorbecausemostofthefruit

remainedonthevinesatkillingfrost.Theplantswereextremelylarge,rangy,

andhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasnot

tested.

Authorsnote:Inmyopinionthesetomatoestastefairlygood,butnot

nearlyasgoodasSweet100. Theymaybeworthplantingasaculinary

specialtyoraconversationstarter.

VeryLateVarieties

Armana


MarketableCount: 4

AverageWeight: 24.8


Appearancerating: 7

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit: ExtInd

Thisheritagevarietyhadthe

largestfruitofanyinthetrial(56

inchesaverage,some9inches).

Theyripenedtoayellowishorange

colorandhadaflattenedshape.

Harvestedyieldwaspoorbecause

ofthetomatoesremainedonthe

vinesatkillingfrost. Therewas

sometendencyforfruitrot. Theplan

Culinaryqualitywasnottested.

tswerelargeandhealthy.

Authorsnote:

Iliked

the

flavor

of

this

tomato

which

was

mild

and

juicy.

Itmaybeworthfussingovertogetafewlateseasontomatoes.

BlackBrandywine


MarketableCount: 11

AverageWeight: 7.9


Appearancerating: 4

TasteRating: NT

GrowthHabit:

ExtInd

Thisheritagevarietyripenedtoa

somewhatunattractivegreenish

blackishredcolorandhadfruitshaped

likeasquashedpear. Thefruitwere

mediumsized(34inches). Harvested

yieldwaspoorandmorethanofthe

tomatoesremained

on

the

vines

at

killing

frost. Theplantswereverylargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasnot

tested.

Authorsnote:Manypeoplevouchfortheflavorofthistomato. It

wouldhavetobeexceptionaltomakeupforthelatenessandwork

involvedingettingacrop.

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Table1.Summaryofresultsfor27tomatovarietiesgrownin2007attheUniversityofIdahoAberdeenR&ECenter.

Variety Marketable

Yield

(lbs./plant)

Market

able

Count1

Average

Weight

(oz./fruit)

Percent

Market

able

Appearance

Rating2

Taste

Rating3

Growth

Habit4

First

Early

Varieties

GemState 8.1 96 1.4 93 5 5.2 ExtDet

FourthofJuly 19.5 141 2.2 96 5 4.9 ExtDet

EarlyVarieties

Northern

Lights

16.4 73 3.6 83 5 4.4 ModDet

SashasAltair 9.0 38 3.8 78 4 6.3 ModDet

MediumEarlyVarieties

Marglobe 12.4 23 8.6 84 7 5.5 ModDet

OregonSpring 13.1 37 5.7 66 5 5.5 ModDet

Phoebes

8.2

35

3.7

83

4

5.9

ExtDet

Subarctic

Plenty

12.5 54 3.7 96 5 5.1 ModDet

Sweet100 12.3 540 0.4 96 6 8.1 ExtInd

MediumMaturingVarieties

EarlyGirl 11.8 39 4.8 93 6 5.7 ModInd

MediumLateVarieties

BetterBoy 13.5 23 9.4 81 6 5.5 ModInd

BigBeef 14.8 22 0.8 87 8 6.1 ModInd

Champion 14.2 28 8.1 85 8 5.5 ModDet

Constoluto

Genovese

15.1 28 8.6 82 6 5.5 ModInd

EarlyGoliath 13.1 22 9.5 88 8 5.5 ModInd

HeatwaveII 10.2 26 6.3 91 6 NT ModDet

Northern

Exposure

11.8 23 8.2 85 6 4.5 ModDet

Sanmarzano

Roma

7.0 38 2.9 90 5 NT ModInd

SuperSioux 10.9 23 7.6 85 6 2.5 ModDet

LateVarieties

Ace 7.9 13 9.7 81 7 NT ModInd

Howard

GermanRoma

6.2 17 5.8 85 5 NT ModInd

YellowPear 5.2 148 0.6 94 7 NT ExtInd

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Variety Marketable

Yield

(lbs./plant)

Market

able

Count1

Average

Weight

(oz./fruit)

Percent

Market

able

Appearance

Rating2

Taste

Rating3

Growth

Habit4

VeryLateVarieties

Armana 6.2 4 24.8 75 7 NT ExtInd

Black

Brandywine

5.4 11 7.9 82 4 NT ExtInd

Brandywine 2.6 2 20.8 35 5 NT ExtDet

Burgess

Stuffing

5.8 13 7.1 87 6 NT ModInd

CaspianPink 1.3 2 10.4 41 6 NT ExtInd1Thenumberofmarketworthyfruitproducedandisreportedonaperplantbasis.2Asubjectiveratingofexternalfruitattractivenesswasmadeusingaratingscaleof1to10where10meansnodefectsorblemishes,andthe

fruitwastruetocolorandshapeforthevariety.3Ratedonascaleof1to10scalewhere10isthemostflavorful.4ExtDet=Extremelydeterminatevarietieswithsmallvines,earlyfruitset,shortharvestperiod,andsometimesearlyplantdeath.

ModDet=Moderatelydeterminatevarietieswithsmalltomediumvines,moderatelyearlyfruitset,andmoderateharvestperiod.

ModInd=Moderatelyindeterminatevarietieswithmediumtolargevines,moderatelylatefruitset,andfairlylongfruitharvestperiod.

ExtInd=Extremelyindeterminatevarietieswithverylargevines,usuallylatefruitset,andalongharvestperiod(iftheseasonallows).

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