The tomato is a staple specialty crop for Florida. New varieties developed by leading seed manufacturers are enabling more growers to give consumers fruit that not only looks good, but also tastes better.
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HM 1823 - Clifton Seed Company
This new fresh market tomato is a round determinate variety that produces deep, smooth, slightly flattened globe-shaped fruit with excellent size, color, and firmness. A strong plant habit gives fruit good cover and a strong disease package that includes high resistance to
Fusarium Crown and Root Rot, results in high yield potential. CliftonSeed.com
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Camaro - Sakata
Camaro produces early maturing, extra-large, and firm red globe-shaped fruit on mid-compact determinate plants. Setting and size is good through the plant with final yield potential being high. The deep-red fruit have smooth shoulders and perform well for both vine-ripe or for mature green gassing. Sakata.com
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Charger -Sakata
Charger is a very high-yielding determinate salad variety. It shows wide adaptability for the eastern U.S. through Central America for markets requiring extra-large fruit. The fruit are very firm and smooth-shouldered with excellent color for mature green and vine ripe markets. The plants are medium to tall and benefit from light to no pruning. Sakata.com
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Grand Marshall - Sakata
Grand Marshall is a vigorous hot set variety with extra-large and large fruit that are firm, deep oblate-shaped on medium-strong to strong vigorous determinate plants. The deep-red fruit have smooth shoulders and perform well for both vine-ripe or for mature green gassing. It has good performance under hot conditions. Sakata.com
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Raceway - Sakata
Raceway is a great quality choice for high yield. The smooth fruit are mostly extra-large, deep oblate to globe shaped, very firm with deep red color for the mature green and vine ripe markets. The plants are determinate, vigorous, medium to tall in height, and benefit from light pruning. Sakata.com
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0155 Juicy Tomatoes Florida Growers Should Consider
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Paul Rusnak is the Senior Online Editor of American Vegetable Grower, American Fruit Grower, and Greenhouse Grower magazines, all Meister Media Worldwide brands. He is based in Northeast Florida. See all author stories here.