Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Green
Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
Other: irregular
Fruit Size: Medium
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Plant Spread: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention.
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum
Also sold as:
  • Emerald Evergreen

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Date: 2014-08-13

Date: 2014-08-09

Date: 2014-07-23
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 26, 2014 1:57 PM concerning plant:
    80 days. Large plants with heavy yields of lovely lime-green fruit. Rich and sweet flavor, popular market variety and available now in many upscale stores.
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Mar 7, 2014 5:01 PM concerning plant:
    This an oldtimer that we grew in the 40's as a novelty. Actually, it grew pretty well and the fruit was smooth and relatively uniform. Was not very popular as table fare, and of course no one wanted canned green tomatoes. In my memory, I prefer it Aunt Ruby's German Green, but I never tried them side by side.
  • Posted by TimHoover (Elysian FIelds, Texas - Zone 8a) on Mar 15, 2014 4:40 PM concerning plant:
    I have grown Evergreen on and off for decades. Has a nice flavor. In fact, it is surprising when you bite into it. You expect something "wrong," yet it is very good! Does remarkably well in the midwest.

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