Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Reviewed on 10/17/2005 by BPippin - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ontario, New York, 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: 6 to 8 hours per day
Tried this along with other varieties to see if it would mature as stated in the catalogs. It did not for me. I think it is a good variety, just not any earlier than the standard I've used of 80 days. It had nicely shaped, fair taste, and unblemished fruit.

Reviewed on 12/31/2004 by MaineMan - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Maine, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
We purchase this variety from the Wal-Mart seed racks where it is labelled as Burpee Select Tomato "Early Harvest Hybrid". (It may also appear on Costco seed racks under that name). In our relatively short 140-day growing season it has outperformed all other varieties we have tried. It responds well to our long summer days and foliar feeding and grows rather tall for a determinate, so it does better caged. Smaller cages may fall over from the weight of the fruit. "Flick" the first blooms to pollinate them until the local bees (honey, bumble, and carpenter) find them. You can shorten its 67-day rating by starting your plants extra early under bright lights and set out large plants in bloom. The 8-oz rating for the fruit is conservative, and we have had many in the one-pound range with bun-sized slices. It yields well until frost. Tasty, smooth, and dependable in our Augusta, Maine area.

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