TomatoVarietyTrial2007

ReportofresearchconductedattheAberdeenR&ECenter StephenLove WilliamBohl TomSalaiz

Introduction Withthenumeroustomatovarietiesavailablefromlocalnurseries,retailers,andseedcompany catalogues,itcanbechallengingforahomegardenertoselectavarietythatissuitedtothelocal climate,andwillfittheirneedsforenduse.AlthoughmanytomatoesvarietieswillgrowineastIdaho, littlewasknownabouttheiractualproduction.Inanefforttoprovidecurrentinformationabouttomato varietiessuitableforeastIdaho,avarietyfieldtrialwasconductedattheUniversityofIdahoAberdeen ResearchandExtensionCenter. Procedures TwentyseventomatovarietieswereevaluatedinafieldtrialattheUniversityofIdahoAberdeen ResearchandExtensionCenterin2007.Selectionofvarietiestestedwasbasedonretailerclaimsof earliness,recommendationsfrommarketgardeners,andhomeownerpreferencesasindicatedthrough arecentsurvey. Thetrialconsistedofthreereplicationswithfourplantsperplots.Plantswerespaced2feetapartin rowsspaced3feetcoveredwithblackplastic.TransplantswereproducedoncontractbyDaleandPat Palmer,localgreenhouseproducers.PlantsweretransplantedtotheplotsthelastweekofMay. Plotswerefertilizedusingapproximately80lb/AofNjustpriortoplanting.Thiswastheonlyfertilizer theplotsreceivedallseason.Plotswereusuallyirrigatedtwiceaweekwithabout0.7to0.9inches watereachtime. Thefirstharvestofeachplotbeganwhenapproximately10fruitwereripeineachofthethree replicatedplots.Subsequentharvestsweremadeweeklyuntilthetrialwaskilledbyahardfrostthelast weekofSeptember.Atharvest,fruitwerepicked,separatedintomarketableandunmarketable categories,counted,andweighed.InlateAugust,allvarietiesproducingripefruitwereenteredintoan informalpreferencetastetest. Informationpresentedforeachvarietyisbasedontheneedsofhomegardenersandsmallmarket gardeners.Emphasisisplacedonprovidinginformationaboutripeningpattern,growthhabit, appearance,andculinaryquality.Marketableyield,measuredinpoundsproducedperplant,isalso reported.

ResultsofEvaluation
Trialresultsarepresentedintwoforms.Thefirstisagraphthatsummarizestheharvestpatternsfor the27varieties(Figure1).TheearliestvarietieswerereadytoharvestthefirstweekofAugust.Alight frostthatdidnotterminateplantgrowthoccurredduringthesecondweekofSeptember,whichwas followedbyasecondlightfrostafewdayslater.AhardfrostonSeptember24killedtheplantsinthe trial,afterwhichonefinalpickingwascompleted. Thesecondpartofthisreportistheharvestdatawithadescriptionandapictureofeachvariety.The dataisalsosummarizedinTable1attheendofthisreport.Notallpictureswerefromtheactualtrial. Thosewiththefruitsittingonabluesurfacearefromthetrial.Thedatapresentedincludethe following:

MarketableYield Thisvalueistheproductivityofthevarietyandisreportedinpoundsperplant.Onlyripefruitthatwere freeofdefectsandsuitableforsaleinthemarketplacewereincludedinthiscategory.Itisasumofall fruitharvestedforallharvestdatesforeachvariety.Unripefruitremainedontheplantattheendof theseasonandaroughestimatewasmadeofthepercentageoftotalproductionwasnotpicked. MarketableCount Thenumberofmarketworthyfruitproducedandisreportedonaperplantbasis.Itisthesumfruit harvestedfromallharvestdatesandindicatesthequantityoffruityoumayexpectfromavariety. AverageWeight Averagefruitweight,expressedinouncesperfruit,wasdeterminedbydividingtotalmarketableyieldin ouncesbytotalmarketablecount. PercentMarketable Thisvalueisthepercentoffruitthataremarketworthyasmeasuredagainstthetotalproduction.A highvalueisindicativeofrelativelyfewdefectsand/orrotproblemsforavariety. AppearanceRating Asubjectiveratingofexternalfruitattractivenesswasmadeusingaratingscaleof1to10where10is theproverbialbestthereis.Thatis,therewerenodefectsorblemishes,andthefruitwastruetocolor andshapeforthevariety. TasteRating Thisvaluewasobtainedfrom16panelistswhotastedeachvarietyandratedthemforflavorona1to10 scale,where10isthemostflavorful.Notallvarietieswereavailablefortestingatthesametime,so somevarietieswerenotevaluated.Weconsideredevaluationoftheearlyvarietiesasbeingmost importantsosomeofthelatevarietiesthatdidnothaveripefruitwerenotincludedinthetastetest. GrowthHabit Growthhabitisanindicationofplantsizeandvigor.Thevarietiesweredividedintofourcategories usingdescriptionsthatarecommonfortomatovarieties.Theyare: ExtDet=Extremelydeterminatevarietieswithsmallvines,earlyfruitset,shortharvestperiod, andsometimesearlyplantdeath. ModDet=Moderatelydeterminatevarietieswithsmalltomediumvines,moderatelyearlyfruit set,andmoderateharvestperiod. ModInd=Moderatelyindeterminatevarietieswithmediumtolargevines,moderatelylatefruit set,andfairlylongfruitharvestperiod. ExtInd=Extremelyindeterminatevarietieswithverylargevines,usuallylatefruitset,andalong harvestperiod(iftheseasonallows).

Figure1.Fruitharvestintervalsfor27tomatovarietiesplantedattheAberdeenR&ECenterin
Theyellowfooterandheadermark thefourweeksinAugust,theredthe fourweeksinSeptember.

August

September

GemState FourthofJuly NorthernLights SashaAltai Marglobe OregonSpring Phoebes SubarcticPlenty Sweet100 EarlyGirl BetterBoy BigBeefy Champion ConstolutoGenovese EarlyGoliath HeatwaveII NorthernExposure SanmarzanoRoma SuperSioux Ace HowardGermanRoma YellowPear Armana BlackBrandywine Brandywine BurgessStuffing CaspianPink

PerformanceDataandDescriptions: FirstEarlyVarieties GemState

MarketableYield:8.1 MarketableCount:96 AverageWeight:1.4 PercentMarketable:93 Appearancerating:5 TasteRating:5.2 GrowthHabit:ExtDet Oneoftwoexceptionallyearlyvarietiesthat wasreadyforharvestthefirstweekof August.GemStateproducedsmall(12.5 inches),lightred,roundfruit.Yieldof marketablefruitwasmoderate.Exceptfora littlesunburn,noseriousfruitdefectswere seen.Productionwascompressedintothe firstpartoftheseasonandslowlydeclined thereafter.Nofruitwereleftonthevineat killingfrost.Theplantsweresmallandsusceptibletodisease.Culinary qualitywasaverage. Authorsnote:thisvarietywillgiveyouthefirsttomatoofthesummer butsmallsizeandlateseasondeclinemeanyoushouldhavelater varietiesinlinetoproducesomebiggerlateseasontomatoes.

FourthofJuly
MarketableYield:19.5 MarketableCount:141 AverageWeight:2.2 PercentMarketable:96 Appearancerating:5 TasteRating:4.9 GrowthHabit:ModDet Oneoftwoexceptionallyearlyvarietiesthat wasreadyforharvestthefirstweekof August.FourthofJulyproducedsmall(1.52.5 inches),darkred,roundfruit.Yieldwashigh. Noseriousfruitdefectswereseen. Productionwasconsistentthroughoutthe seasonandcontinueduntilkillingfrost.About oftheseasonlongfruitproductionremainedonthevineatseasons end.Thevinesweremoderateinsizeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywas slightlybelowaverage. Authorsnote:earlinessandproductionmakethisvarietyimpressive andIrecommenditforfirstpick,butthesmallishsizeandmediocre qualitymeanasecondlaterproducingvarietyisagoodidea.

EarlyVarieties NorthernLights
MarketableYield:16.4 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 washigherearlyintheseasonbutcontinueduntilkillingfrost,atwhich timeonlyaboutofthefruitremainedonthevine.Theplantswere mediumsizedandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywaswellbelowaverage. Authorsnote:Thiswasoneofthemoreattractiveandproductiveearly varieties,howevermostofthetastepanelistsdidnotlikeitsflavor, whichtendedtobebland.

SashasAltai
MarketableYield:9.0 MarketableCount:38 AverageWeight:3.8 PercentMarketable:78 Appearancerating:4 TasteRating:6.3 GrowthHabit:ModDet AnearlyvarietyfromRussiathatwasreadyfor harvestthesecondweekofAugust.Sashas Altaiproducedsmall(1.52inches),lightred, slightlyflattenedfruit.Yieldwasmoderate. Exceptforsomegeneralmalformation,no seriousfruitdefectswereseen.Productionwas compressedintothefirstpartoftheseasonand slowlydeclinedthereafter.Nofruitremained onthevineatkillingfrost.Theplantsweresmallandsomewhat susceptibletodisease.Culinaryqualitywasaboveaverage. Authorsnote:Thisisaninterestingvarietyforearlyproductionwith greateatingqualitybutitssizeprofileislessthandesirable.

MediumEarlyVarieties Marglobe
MarketableYield:12.4 MarketableCount:23 AverageWeight:8.6 PercentMarketable:84 Appearancerating:7 TasteRating:5.5 GrowthHabit:ModDet Oneofthefewvarietieswithlargefruit thatwasreadyforpickingthethirdweek ofAugust.Marglobeproducedlarge(3.5 5inches),mediumred,roundfruit.Yield wasgood.Fruitappearancewasexcellent exceptforaslighttendencytocrack. Productionwasheavyearlyandslowly declinedthereafter.Productionwas nearlycompleteatkillingfrostandverylittlefruitremainedonthe vines.Theplantsweremediumsizedandrelativelyhealthy.Culinary qualitywasaverage. Authorsnote:Thisvarietycombinesearlinessanddecentyieldand large,attractivefruit.

OregonSpring
MarketableYield:13.1 MarketableCount:37 AverageWeight:5.7 PercentMarketable:66 Appearancerating:5 TasteRating:5.5 GrowthHabit:ModDet Amoderatelyearlyvarietywithattractive fruitthatwasreadytoharvestthesecond weekofAugust.OregonSpringproduced Picturenotavailable round,mediumred,mediumsized(2.53.5 inches)fruit.Yieldwasgood.Theone problemwiththisvarietywasatendencyto crack,sometimesseverely.Productionwas consistentintomidSeptemberwhenitstartedtodeclineandonly aboutofthefruitremainedonthevineatkillingfrost.Theplants weresmalltomediumsizedandsomewhatsusceptibletodisease. Culinaryqualitywasaverage. Authorsnote:Ifnotforthetendencyforthefruittocrack,thiswould beoneofthebestearlyvarietiesaround.

Phoebes
MarketableYield:8.2 MarketableCount:35 AverageWeight:3.7 PercentMarketable:83 Appearancerating:4 TasteRating:5.9 GrowthHabit:ExtDet Amoderatelyearlyvarietythatwasreadyto pickduringthethirdweekofAugust. Phoebesproducedsmalltomediumsized (2.54inches),mediumred,roundfruit.Fruit sizetendedtodeclineastheseason progressed.Yieldwaslowtomoderate.No seriousfruitdefectswereseen.Production washighearlyanddeclineduntiltherewas nofruitleftatkillingfrost.Theplantswere smallandverysusceptibletodisease.Culinaryqualitywasabove average. Authorsnote:Productivityandfruitsizeforthisvarietywasalittle disappointing,anditwasnotasearlyasexpected,butthefruitquality wasgood.

SubarcticPlenty
MarketableYield:12.5 MarketableCount:54 AverageWeight:3.7 PercentMarketable:96 AppearanceRating:5 TasteRating:5.1 GrowthHabit:ModDet Asmallfruitedvarietythatwas moderatelyearlyandreadytoharvest bythethirdweekofAugust. SubarcticPlentyproducedsmall(23 inches),mediumred,slightlyoval fruit.Yieldwasmoderatetogood. Thisvarietyhadvirtuallynofruit defects.Productionwasconsistent untilthelastweekoftheseasonandonlyaboutofthefruitremained onthevineatkillingfrost.Theplantsweremediumsizedandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasslightlybelowaverage. Authorsnote:Thesmallfruitsize,combinedwithslightlylatermaturity makesthisvarietylessattractivewhenitisapparentthatyoucan harvestlargefruitfromothervarietieswithinthesametimeframe.

Sweet100
MarketableYield:12.3 MarketableCount:540 AverageWeight:0.4 PercentMarketable:96 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:8.1 GrowthHabit:ExtInd Aremarkablevarietythatcombinedearly fruitproduction(readybythethirdweek ofAugust)withanindeterminategrowth habit.Sweet100producedsmall(11.5 inches)cherrytomatoeswithdarkred color.Yieldwasgood.Exceptfora tendencytosplitwhenripe,noserious fruitdefectswereseen.Productionwas consistentovertheentireseason,andaboutofthefruitremainedon thevineatkillingfrost.Numerousfruitsfellonthegroundbefore ripening.Theplantswereverylargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywas outstanding. Authorsnote:Thisismyfavoritetomatoforsnacksandsalads.Itis unmatchedinflavorandfruitisalwaysreadywhenyouarehungry.

MediumMaturingVarieties EarlyGirl
MarketableYield:11.8 MarketableCount:39 AverageWeight:4.8 PercentMarketable:93 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:5.7 GrowthHabit:ModInd Thisisthestandardvarietyforhomegarden productioninsoutheastIdaho.Despiteits name,fruitwasnotreadytopickuntilthe Picturenotavailable lastweekofAugust.EarlyGirlproduced mediumsized(34.5inches),mediumred, roundfruit.Yieldwasmoderate.No seriousfruitdefectswereseen.Onceit startedtobearfruit,productionwasconsistenttotheendofthe seasonleavingaboutofthefruitonthevineatfirstkillingfrost.The plantsweremediumlargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasslightly betterthanaverage. Authorsnote:Althoughthequalityofthisvarietyisquitegood,itisnot especiallyearly.

MediumLateVarieties BetterBoy
MarketableYield:13.5 MarketableCount:23 AverageWeight:9.4 PercentMarketable:81 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:5.5 GrowthHabit:ModInd Thisisprobablythesecondmostwidely availablevarietyissoutheastIdaho.It wasmoderatelylatebeingreadyto harvestduringthesecondweekof September,justintimeforthefirstlight frost.BetterBoyproducedlargesized (34inches),mediumred,roundfruit. Yieldwasmoderatetogood.Fruitinafewplotswereverybadly cracked.Productionwasheavyforthelastfewweeksoftheseason andabouthalfthefruitremainedonthevineatkillingfrost.Theplants werelargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasaverage. Authorsnote:Thisvarietyisagoodproducerandprovidesconsistent eatingquality,butisnotearlyenoughtobethesolevarietyplanted.

BigBeef
MarketableYield:14.8 MarketableCount:22 AverageWeight:10.8 PercentMarketable:87 Appearancerating:8 TasteRating:6.1 GrowthHabit:ModInd Thisvarietywasreadyforharvestthefirst weekofSeptember.BigBeefproducedlarge (47inches,some8inches),mediumred, slightlyflattenedfruit.Yieldwasgood. Exceptforalittlegeneralmalformation,no seriousfruitdefectswereseen.Production wasspreadconsistentlyacrossthelastfour weeksoftheseasonandaboutthefruitremainedonthevineat killingfrost.Theplantswerelargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywas excellent. Authorsnote:Bynature,thebeefsteakvarietiestendtobelate maturing,butthisonecameonwithmostofthestandardvarietiesand producedverylarge,extremelyattractiveandflavorfulfruit.Itwas probablythebestofthetwooutstandingbeefsteakvarietiesinthetrial.

Champion
MarketableYield:14.2 MarketableCount:28 AverageWeight:8.1 PercentMarketable:85 Appearancerating:8 TasteRating:5.5 GrowthHabit:ModDet Championproducedsomeofthemost attractivetomatoesinthetrial.Thisis anothercommonvarietyinsoutheast Idahoandwasreadytopickthefirstweek ofSeptember.Thefruitweremedium large(35inches),mediumtodarkred,and round.Yieldwasgood.Noseriousfruit defectswereseen.Productionwasheavyandconsistentforfour weeksandonlyaboutofthefruitremainedonthevineatkilling frost.Theplantsweremediumsizedandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywas average. Authorsnote:Itwouldbeniceifthisvarietywasalittleearlier,butthe fruitqualitymakesithardtopassup.

ConstolutoGenovese
MarketableYield:15.1 MarketableCount:28 AverageWeight:8.6 PercentMarketable:82 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 sizedandfairlyhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasaverage. Authorsnote:Thisvarietydoesnothaveexceptionalearlinessor superioreatingquality,butmaybeworthgrowingjustfortheunusual shapedfruit.

EarlyGoliath
MarketableYield:13.1 MarketableCount:22 AverageWeight:9.5 PercentMarketable:88 Appearancerating:8 TasteRating:5.5 GrowthHabit:ModInd Oneoftwogoodearlybeefsteakvarietiesthat startedbearingthefirstweekofSeptember. EarlyGoliathproducedsomeofthemost attractiveandlargestredtomatoesinthetrial, (45.5inches,some9inches).Theywerelight redandroundtoslightlyflattened.Yieldwas good.Therewerenoseriousfruitdefects. Productionwasconsistentoverthelastfourweeksoftheseasonand aboutthefruitremainedonthevinesatkillingfrost.Theplantswere relativelylargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasaverage. Authorsnote:AlongwithBigBeef,thisappearstobeanothergood beefsteaktomatothatcanbesuccessfullyproducedinsoutheast Idaho.

HeatwaveII
MarketableYield:10.2 MarketableCount:26 AverageWeight:6.3 PercentMarketable:91 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 PercentMarketable:85 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:4.5 GrowthHabit:ModDet Thisvarietyislateforanorthernbred tomato,ripeningduringthefirstweekof September.NorthernExposurehadfairly Picturenotavailable large(34.5inches)lightred,roundfruit. Yieldwasmoderate.Therewerenoserious fruitdefects.Productionpeakedduringthe secondweekofSeptemberandaboutthe fruitremainedonthevinesatkillingfrost.Theplantswererelatively largeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywaswellbelowaverage. Authorsnote:Foravarietypurportedtobebredforproductionincool climates,thisvarietydidnotprovideanythingtobecomeexcitedabout. Thefruitcameonlate,waslightredincolor,andhadpoorflavor.

SanmarzanoRoma
MarketableYield:7.0 MarketableCount:38 AverageWeight:2.9 PercentMarketable:90 Appearancerating:5 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ModInd ThisisoneoftheEuropeanromatypeswith elongated,angularfruit.Thefruitwere smalltomediuminsize(23.5inches)and lightred.Harvestedyieldwaspoorand therewerenoseriousfruitdefects.Fruit yieldwastheheaviestduringthethirdweek ofSeptember,butaboutofthefruitremainedonthevinesatkilling frost.Theplantswererelativelylargeandhealthy.Eatingqualitywas nottested. Authorsnote:Thiscouldpossiblybeagoodsaucetomatobutthere areotherromatypesthataremuchearlierandripeninatighter timeframe.

SuperSioux
MarketableYield:10.9 MarketableCount:23 AverageWeight:7.6 PercentMarketable:85 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:2.5 GrowthHabit:ModDet Thisisastandardredvarietythatisfairlylate, ripeningduringthefirstweekofSeptember. SuperSiouxproducedmediumsized(34.5 inches),lightred,slightlyflattenedfruit.Yield wasmoderate.Therewerenoseriousfruit defects.Productionwasconsistentoverthe lastfourweeksoftheseason,andonlyabout ofthefruitremainedonthevinesatkillingfrost.Theplantswere mediumsizedandmoderatelyhealthy.Culinaryqualitywaspoor. Authorsnote:Thepooreatingqualityandlatematurityofthisvariety meansitwontbemakingmylistoffavorites.

LateVarieties Ace
MarketableYield:7.9 MarketableCount:13 AverageWeight:9.7 PercentMarketable:81 Appearancerating:7 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ModInd Thisisapopularcommercialvarietyfor freshmarketproduction.Aceproduced mediumsized(2.54.5inch),pinkish red,roundfruit.Yieldwaspoorand productionspacedevenlyuntilfrost whenaboutofthefruitremained. Otherthananindentedstemend,there werenoseriousfruitdefects.The plantsweremoderatelylargeandsomewhatunthrifty.Culinaryquality wasnottested. Authorsnote:Idontseethatthisvarietyhasmuchtoofferinour environment.

HowardGermanRoma
MarketableYield:6.2 MarketableCount:17 AverageWeight:5.8 PercentMarketable:85 Appearancerating:5 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ModInd OneoftwoEuropeanromatypesinthe trial.Thiswasthelatestmaturingofthe twoanddidnotstartripeninguntilthe secondweekofSeptember.Howard GermanRomaproducedmediumsized (35incheslong,halfaswide),lightred, oblong/pointyfruit.Harvestedyieldwas poorbecausemostofthefruitwasstillonthevineatkillingfrost. Therewerenoseriousfruitdefects.Theplantswererelativelylarge andhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasnottested. Authorsnote:Thisisalate,butpossiblyuseful,saucetomato.There othervarietiesthatfitourseasonbetterandwouldproducemore consistently.

YellowPear
MarketableYield:5.2 MarketableCount:148 AverageWeight:0.6 PercentMarketable:94 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
MarketableYield:6.2 MarketableCount:4 AverageWeight:24.8 PercentMarketable:75 Appearancerating:7 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ExtInd Thisheritagevarietyhadthe largestfruitofanyinthetrial(56 inchesaverage,some9inches). Theyripenedtoayellowishorange colorandhadaflattenedshape. Harvestedyieldwaspoorbecause ofthetomatoesremainedonthe vinesatkillingfrost.Therewas sometendencyforfruitrot.Theplantswerelargeandhealthy. Culinaryqualitywasnottested. Authorsnote:Ilikedtheflavorofthistomatowhichwasmildandjuicy. Itmaybeworthfussingovertogetafewlateseasontomatoes.

BlackBrandywine
MarketableYield:5.4 MarketableCount:11 AverageWeight:7.9 PercentMarketable:82 Appearancerating:4 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ExtInd Thisheritagevarietyripenedtoa somewhatunattractivegreenish blackishredcolorandhadfruitshaped likeasquashedpear.Thefruitwere mediumsized(34inches).Harvested yieldwaspoorandmorethanofthe tomatoesremainedonthevinesatkilling frost.Theplantswereverylargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasnot tested. Authorsnote:Manypeoplevouchfortheflavorofthistomato.It wouldhavetobeexceptionaltomakeupforthelatenessandwork involvedingettingacrop.

Brandywine
MarketableYield:2.6 MarketableCount:2 AverageWeight:20.8 PercentMarketable:35 Appearancerating:5 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ExtDet Thisheritagevarietyproducedlarge (3.55inches,some8inches),warm pinktomatoes.Theywereslightly flattenedandusuallyattractive. Harvestedyieldwasverypoor becausethefruithadatendencyto rotjustasitripenedandmorethan remainedonthevinesatkillingfrost. Theplantswerelargeandhealthy.Culinaryqualitywasnottested. Authorsnote:Iknowseveralpeoplewhoclaimthisisthetomatoto diefor.ItisprettyandIthinkittastesgood,butinthisclimateitwillbe atoughonetogrow.

BurgessStuffing
MarketableYield:5.8 MarketableCount:13 AverageWeight:7.1 PercentMarketable:87 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ModInd Thisheritagetomatoisveryunique. Thefruitareshapedlikeasweet pepper,andtheinsideispartially hollow.Forthatreasonthefruitdont weighmuch.Theyweremedium sized(34.5inches)andquartered. Harvestedyieldwaspoorbecause morethanofthefruitremainedon thevinesatkillingfrost.Theplantswerelargeandhealthy.Culinary qualitywasnottested. Authorsnote:Thisveryuniquetomatoisperfectforstuffedtomatoes, thusthename.Ifyoulikestuffedtomatoesitmaymakeitworththe troubletoproduce.

CaspianPink
MarketableYield:1.3 MarketableCount:2 AverageWeight:10.4 PercentMarketable:41 Appearancerating:6 TasteRating:NT GrowthHabit:ExtInd Thisheritagevarietygrowsfruit almostaslargeasArmana(4.56 inches,some9inches),buttheyare brightpinkwhenripe.Thefruitwere roundorslightlyflattened.Harvested yieldwasverylowbecauseoffruitrot andlateness.Therotwassosevere thatitdelayedthefindingof harvestableripefruituntilthelast pickingonthe25thofSeptember.Culinaryqualitywasnottested. Authorsnote:Itookthistomatohomeandfoundittohavewonderful flavor.However,itwouldtaketremendousdedicationtogetpastthe rotproblemsandextremelylatematurity.

Table1.Summaryofresultsfor27tomatovarietiesgrownin2007attheUniversityofIdahoAberdeen R&ECenter. Variety Marketable Market able Yield (lbs./plant) Count1 8.1 19.5 16.4 9.0 12.4 13.1 8.2 12.5 12.3 11.8 13.5 14.8 14.2 15.1 13.1 10.2 11.8 7.0 10.9 7.9 6.2 5.2 Average Percent Market Weight able (oz./fruit) FirstEarlyVarieties 96 1.4 93 141 2.2 96 EarlyVarieties 73 3.6 83 3.8 78 MediumEarlyVarieties 23 8.6 84 37 5.7 66 35 3.7 83 54 3.7 96 540 0.4 96 MediumMaturingVarieties 39 4.8 93 MediumLateVarieties 23 9.4 81 22 0.8 87 28 8.1 85 28 8.6 82 22 26 23 38 23 13 17 148 9.5 6.3 8.2 2.9 88 91 85 90 38 Appearance Taste Growth Rating2 Rating3 Habit4

GemState FourthofJuly Northern Lights SashasAltair Marglobe OregonSpring Phoebes Subarctic Plenty Sweet100 EarlyGirl BetterBoy BigBeef Champion Constoluto Genovese EarlyGoliath HeatwaveII Northern Exposure Sanmarzano Roma SuperSioux

5 5 5 4 7 5 4 5 6 6 6 8 8 6 8 6 6 5 6 7 5 7

5.2 4.9 4.4 6.3 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.1 8.1 5.7 5.5 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 NT 4.5 NT 2.5 NT NT NT

ExtDet ExtDet ModDet ModDet ModDet ModDet ExtDet ModDet ExtInd ModInd ModInd ModInd ModDet ModInd ModInd ModDet ModDet ModInd ModDet ModInd ModInd ExtInd

Ace Howard GermanRoma YellowPear

7.6 85 LateVarieties 9.7 81 5.8 85 0.6 94

Variety

Marketable Market Yield able (lbs./plant) Count1 6.2 5.4 2.6 5.8 1.3

Armana Black Brandywine Brandywine Burgess Stuffing CaspianPink

1

Average Percent Weight Market (oz./fruit) able VeryLateVarieties 4 24.8 75 11 7.9 82 2 20.8 13 7.1 2 10.4 35 87 41

Appearance Taste Growth Rating3 Habit4 Rating2

7 4 5 6 6

NT NT NT NT NT

ExtInd ExtInd ExtDet ModInd ExtInd

Thenumberofmarketworthyfruitproducedandisreportedonaperplantbasis. 2 Asubjectiveratingofexternalfruitattractivenesswasmadeusingaratingscaleof1to10where10meansnodefectsorblemishes,andthe fruitwastruetocolorandshapeforthevariety. 3 Ratedonascaleof1to10scalewhere10isthemostflavorful. 4 ExtDet=Extremelydeterminatevarietieswithsmallvines,earlyfruitset,shortharvestperiod,andsometimesearlyplantdeath. ModDet=Moderatelydeterminatevarietieswithsmalltomediumvines,moderatelyearlyfruitset,andmoderateharvestperiod. ModInd=Moderatelyindeterminatevarietieswithmediumtolargevines,moderatelylatefruitset,andfairlylongfruitharvestperiod. ExtInd=Extremelyindeterminatevarietieswithverylargevines,usuallylatefruitset,andalongharvestperiod(iftheseasonallows).

Pleasefeelfreetocommentontheusefulnessofthisinformationortoaskquestionsoftheauthors. StephenLoveorTomSalaiz AberdeenR&ECenter 1693S2700W Aberdeen,ID83210 2083974181 slove@uidaho.edu tsalaiz@uidaho.edu WilliamBohl BinghamCountyExtension 583W.SextonStreet Blackfoot,ID83221 2087858060 wbohl@uidaho.edu