Tomato Varieties

Variety	Source	lbs fruit/plant	# fruit/plant	avg. weight/fruit (oz)	% ripe fruit	Comments
Sunmaster	Baxter	17	75	3.2	8	Large, firm fruit
Whirlaway	Ferry Morse	15	80	3.2	9	Standard large fruit
Sunbeam	Asgrow	14	50	4.8	7	Uniform, large fruit
Heatwave	Peto	13	63	3.2	8	Standard large fruit
Sanibel	Peto	13	50	4.8	3	Nice fruit
Majesty	Asgrow	13	50	4.8	8	Very uniform
Shady Lady	Sunseeds	12	33	6.4	10	Large fruit
STM 5810	Sakata	12	83	1.6	5	Largest Roma type
Danson 149	Danson seed	12	46	4.8	7	Large, nice fruit
California hybrid #3	California hybrids	11	53	3.2	1	Nice fruit
RFT 1570	Rogers	11	83	1.6	6	Roma
Mountain Supreme	Asgrow	11	60	3.2	1	Large fruit, but late
Cisco	Asgrow	10	42	3.2	2	Nice large fruit
Quality 23	Rogers	10	50	3.2	1	Large, but late fruit
RFT 5470	Rogers	10	100	1.6	4	Small Roma
Lucky Lady	Sunseeds	10	52	3.2	7	Good fruit, but low yield
Danson 145	Danson seed	9	46	3.2	1	Large fruit
Sunjay	Asgrow	8	45	3.2	3	Poor production, but good fruit
F 47	Asgrow	8	39	3.2	5	Large fruit, low production
Quality 21	Rogers	7	32	3.2	4	Low production
Florasette	Asgrow	7	33	3.2	6	Low production
RFT 9102	Rogers	6	28	3.2	8	Low production
^{z Once over harvest on 16 June with golf ball and larger size fruit counted.}

FALL TRIAL
Table 2. Size and firmness of eight tomato varieties grown at Henry Verstuyft farms in Bexar County near San Antonio in 1999.

Variety	Seed Source	Fruit Size (ounces)					Fruit Firmness (lbs) ^z
Sunbeam	Asgrow	9.50		b	c	d	1.93			c	Excellent production, large fruit
Sungem	Asgrow	9.90		b	c	d	1.89		b	c	Excellent production, large fruit
Florida 47	Asgrow	11.0				d	1.88		b	c	Excellent production, large and firm, good taste
Surefire	Rogers	7.40	a				1.78		b	c	Earliest ripe fruit
BHN 189	BHN	9.30		b	c		1.72	a	b	c	Fair to good product, medium size fruit
Merced ^y	Rogers	8.50	a	b			1.61	a	b		Good Production
Sunmaster	Baxter	10.6			c	d	1.60	a	b		Earliest large fruit
Celebrity	Peto	10.3			c	d	1.41	a			Good production, but late

CHERRY TOMATO SELECTIONS	COMMENTS
Hoffman Cherry Surprise	Soft but great flavor
Dwarf Cherry Surprise	Firm fruit
BHN 268	Layers of firm fruit, trememdous production

1999 Spring and Fall Tomato Variety Trial