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'Gold Nugget' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Cherry
Early-Season
 
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Description: F1 hybrid. Early cherry type developed by Dr. James Baggett, Oregon State University. Determinate plants produce yellow, 3/4 to 1 inch, crack resistant fruit with few seeds. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to Fusarium Wilt (Race 1) and Verticillium Wilt. About 55 to 60 days to maturity.
Days To Maturity: 55-60
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2014
Johnny's Selected Seeds - updated in 2014

 
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Reviewed on 01/24/2007 by MargoRed - An intermediate gardener

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Onondaga, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Determinate yellow cherry-size tomato is easy to grow in a container (as I did summer 2006). Taste was ok, but not a strong point. Did produce well in a mild wet summer. Some cracking of fruit. Resists disease well. There are better cherry-size tomatoes out there.
 

Reviewed on 01/17/2005 by Listasky - An intermediate gardener

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Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is one of the tomatoes developed by Dr. Jim Baggett at OSU for cool weather growing areas and will set fruit without pollinization (it is parthenocarpic). This tomato does produce prolifically and early, another one that is quite tasy when you don\'t have any other fresh tomatoes. With too much water, they tend to be lower in flavor and split. Earliest fruits have very few, if any, seeds in them. Rather small determinate plant, might do well in a container.
 




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