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'Summer Sweetheart' Tomatoes |
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Cherry
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Lycopersicon lycopersicum. F1 hybrid. Red cherry type fruit. Indeterminate plants bear red, mini apple shaped fruit on trusses that can hang over 18 inches long, often splitting in two halfway down with perfectly alternating fruits, up to 20 or 25 per truss. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to Late Blight, Early Blight, and Septoria as well as cracking. About 75 days to maturity. This is a result of Martha Mutschler-Chu at Cornell University cross with Maine’s Will Bonsall's Gardener's Sweetheart.
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75
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| Seed Sources: |
Fruition Seeds - updated in 2019
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.1 Stars)
Taste: (4.1 Stars)
Yield: (4.5 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 11
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KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 11/26/2019 by
Saratoga MG
- An experienced gardener
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Saratoga, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Small fruits, but larger than cherry tomatoes with a decent flavor late into the season, on a plant that needed supports, although only grew to about 4 feet . Messy looking vines, but it yielded quite well and showed good disease resistance. Flavor was sweet and not too acidic. A good snacking tomato |
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Reviewed on 11/22/2019 by
Tompkins MGV
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Tompkins, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Grew vigorously and produced a LOT of small, red tomatoes. Not a great flavor, but maybe they should have been left to ripen longer. After a few weeks of ripe tomatoes on the plant, it seems that someone who walked by our garden regularly discovered it and took most of the fruit. No disease or pest problems. |
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Reviewed on 11/21/2019 by
CCEYates
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Yates, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Nice, high yielding tomatoes. These need to be allowed to ripen for quite a while after they turn red to get the best flavor and texture. No cracking or blossom end rot. They are delicious roasted. No disease issues. The plants needed quite a bit of pruning and tying to stay manageable. Good yields for us. |
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Reviewed on 11/15/2019 by
CCE Orrange County
- An intermediate gardener
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Orange, 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: More than 8 hours per day
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| Short plant. Very productive, 100+ little bit bigger than a golf ball in size. Good salad and in sauce. |
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Reviewed on 11/11/2019 by
Albany County MGs
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Albany, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I was very impressed by the amount of tomatoes this plant produced. The taste was pretty good especially if left to mature to real red. I was impressed also by how well they kept once harvested and even improved their flavor. They didn\\\'t crack which was a real bonus. I tried to oven dry/roast them and am happy to report they make a fine roasted tomato. Would recommend as it was one of the few varieties that did well this season. |
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Reviewed on 11/10/2019 by
CCE Nassau County NY
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Nassau, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This variety did well: disease-resistant and high yield, grows in clusters of six to eight tomatoes each. It was still procucing at the beginning of November when we had to pull the plants because an overnight frost damaged all the leaves. We harvested lots of green and partially-ripe tomatoes that are ripening in paper bags. Update: Two weeks later and we have dozens of tomatoes that ripened in the paper bags. |
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Reviewed on 10/18/2019 by
CCE Rockland
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Rockland, 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
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| Study plant, about 4\' tall which needed staking. Grew disease free through mid-October, then pulled plants to close gardens. Tomato production was prolific from early August to mid October. Tomatoes were 1" round, red, firm skinned, and did not split. Tasted very good with a real tomato flavor but not overly sweet. |
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Reviewed on 10/08/2019 by
Cutler Botanic Garden
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Broome, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Poor yield but here was no late blight! |
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Reviewed on 10/07/2019 by
CCE Oneida County
- An intermediate gardener
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Oneida, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Small sized firm tomato that has a sweet taste. Great to add to salads The plant displayed several blooms mid-September. We harvested the tomatoes early October. Our spring/summer was rainy and humid. The plant grew healthy. We did stake the tomato plant. |
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Reviewed on 09/24/2019 by
Wayne County CCE
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Wayne, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Firm rich tomato flavor. Nice form and color, beautiful to pick nice even red color. |
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Reviewed on 09/15/2019 by
CCE Putnam
- An intermediate gardener
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Putnam, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Planted transplant on 5/19. 6/5: flowering. 6/8: first tomato noted. 7/6: largest plant of all tomatoes in our beds. 8/1: first harvest. 8/10: large number of tomatoes on plant. 8/24: a very large, healthy, thriving plant with abundant yield. 9/4: Total yield to date: 9 lbs. This is not our final evaluation. Final entry 11/24: Total yield was 11 lbs. Production continued late into the season. |
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