{"id":7363,"date":"2016-03-09T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7363"},"modified":"2015-03-03T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T17:33:54","slug":"popular-tomato-varieties-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/03\/09\/popular-tomato-varieties-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Tomato Varieties In U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7388\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAPS-Tomato-Fest-09-23.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7388\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7388\" alt=\"Fun With Tomatoes\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAPS-Tomato-Fest-09-23-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAPS-Tomato-Fest-09-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/SAPS-Tomato-Fest-09-23-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fun With Tomatoes<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many\u00a0people who have &#8220;retire&#8221; from gardening still plant a patch of tomatoes every spring. Tomatoes don&#8217;t ask for a lot of care. There is nothing better than a thick slice of tomato with a burger or tuna salad sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>Every region across the U.S. has their favorite varieties.\u00a0The gardener\u2019s favorite appears to be a meaty medium-sized (6 to 8 ounces) red globe type that oozes with flavor and is not tough skinned.<\/p>\n<p>Determinate (D)\u00a0varieties like Celebrity and Mountain Pride have a strong\u00a0following because harvest time comes at one time and plants are highly disease resistant. Indeterminate (I)\u00a0varieties, many called heirloom types,\u00a0include Better Boy, Brandywine, Cherokee Purple,\u00a0and Mortgage Lifter.<\/p>\n<p>Leafing through\u00a0spring seed\u00a0catalogs, here are some popular varieties along with a brief description:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better\u00a0Boy\u2014VFN\u00a0hybrid; 8- to 12- ounce red fruit; 72 days; I.<\/li>\n<li>Big\u00a0Beef\u2014large-fruited\u00a0beefsteak with good disease resistance; I; AAS* 1994.<\/li>\n<li>Brandywine\u00a0\u00a0\u00ad- popular heirloom variety; great flavor red fruit; disease susceptible; I.<\/li>\n<li>Celebrity\u2014VFNT\u00a0hybrid; 7- to 8-ounce red globe; firm, flavorful fruit; D; 72 days; AAS* 1984.<\/li>\n<li>Cherokee\u00a0Purple\u2013 popular heirloom\u00a0variety; up to 1 lb. flavorful beefsteak with dark\u00a0shoulders; I; 80 days<\/li>\n<li>Cherry\u00a0Grande\u2014VF hybrid; large cluster of 1 1\u20442-inch firm, round, red fruit; D;\u00a060\u00a0days.<\/li>\n<li>Early\u00a0Girl \u2013 VF hybrid; early ripening; 4 &#8211; 6 oz. round red fruit; I; 57 days<\/li>\n<li>Floramerica\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0VF hybrid; 8 -12 oz. red fruit; 76 days; D; AAS* 1978.<\/li>\n<li>Mortgage\u00a0Lifter\u00a0&#8211; old-fashioned huge variety, large fruits, few seeds &amp; meaty.<\/li>\n<li>Mountain\u00a0Pride &#8211; VFFA hybrid; mid-season; 7 oz.; crack resistant; D.<\/li>\n<li>Mountain\u00a0\u00a0Spring\u00a0&#8211; VF hybrid; early; resistance to cracking; D.<\/li>\n<li>Park\u2019s\u00a0Whopper\u00a0&#8211; VFNT hybrid; 14 oz. fruit; 70 days; I.<\/li>\n<li>Super\u00a0San\u00a0Marzano \u2013 small sweet paste &amp; sauce type; highly disease\u00a0resistant; D.<\/li>\n<li>Super\u00a0Fantastic\u00a0&#8211; VF hybrid; 8-ounce red fruit; 70 days; I.<\/li>\n<li>Sweet 100\u00a0 &#8211; hybrid; large clusters of 1-inch, round, red fruit; I; 65\u00a0 days.<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Toe \u2013\u00a0heirloom cherry; \u00bd &#8211; 1 inch round red fruit; 70 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many\u00a0people who have &#8220;retire&#8221; from gardening still plant a patch of tomatoes every spring. Tomatoes don&#8217;t ask for a lot of care. There is nothing better than a thick slice of tomato with a burger or tuna salad sandwich. Every region across the U.S. has their favorite varieties.\u00a0The gardener\u2019s favorite appears to be a meaty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[650,674,645,1144,599,843,1059,729,777,630,646,870],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7363"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7583,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7363\/revisions\/7583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}