Vegetables
Hybridizer or Originator: North Carolina State Univ.

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Flattened Globe
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 6-8 oz.
Tomato Plant Height: 4 feet
5 feet
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 77
Disease Resistance: Anthracnose
Fusarium Wilt 1
Fusarium Wilt 2
Verticillium Wilt
Stemphyllium
Physiological Resistance: Cracking

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.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Photo Gallery
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: July 26 2022
The best determinate red tomato!
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: June 22 2021
First big size ripe tomatoes!
Location: My Place
Date: Late Summer 2009
Very Nice Tomato
Location: My Place
Date: Summer 2009
One Pound 5 Ounces: Nice For Sandwiches
Location: My Gardens
Date: Summer 2009
Cracks Near Stem: Not Good!
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2007-06-18
Comments:
  • Posted by gardenfish (Arkansas - Zone 7b) on Jul 26, 2022 7:59 AM concerning plant:
    This has to be the toughest tomato I've ever grown, it just shrugs off disease and insects! It produces a really attractive slightly flattened red tomato, and the fruit has that old fashioned tomato flavor.
    It doesn't bear a lot of fruit, but here in the South summer temps get into the high nineties and all tomatoes quit producing. I've grown this tomato before, and it resumed bearing fruit in the cooler autumn months.
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Mar 9, 2014 3:05 PM concerning plant:
    One of the older members of the Mountain series. Large round red fresh market tomato. Did reasonably well here until struck down by TSWV.
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