Vegetables
Year Introduced: 2014
Hybridizer or Originator: Dwarf Tomato Project

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Purple
Other: with green stripes that ripen to olive-gold
Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 6-10 oz.
Leaf Type: Rugose Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Dwarf (Tree-type)
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 80
Miscellaneous: Suitable for patio
Country: Australia / USA

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
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: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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.
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: OSSI-Pledged (Open Source Seed Initiative)
Parentage: Rosella Purple x Berkeley Tie-Dye, Pink

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Adelaide Festival'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
  • Dwarf Tomato

Photo Gallery
Location: Westbrook, CT
Date: 2018-07-27
Hard to tell when fruit is ripe. This one is not quite there.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2015
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2015
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2015
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Plant Events from our members
dave On July 18, 2023 Seeds sown
dave On April 12, 2023 Transplanted
Jon and I installed these at the farm in Sunset today.
dave On March 4, 2023 Potted up
Potted up 108 plants into 4" cells.
dave On February 8, 2023 Seeds germinated
dave On February 2, 2023 Seeds sown
Sowed 128 seeds.
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