Tomato Trials
It is that time of year where we start thinking about our summer gardens!!
Each year we have our Master Gardeners plant and rate a number of tomato varieties. We also give a set to Tom Fowler with the University of Missouri Extension Service. He combines our set with a number of additional varieties. I am still working on data from our Kansas Master Gardeners and will write on those results later. Following are the results from varieties that Tom grew in 2015-2017 All data are from the combined results of all three years. We list the average fruit size in ounces, the numbers of fruit per plant and the number of pounds per plant. I have listed the varieties in alphabetical order.
|
Variety
|
Avg/Fruit (oz)
|
Fruit/Plant
|
Lbs/Plant
|
|
Amana Orange
|
11.74
|
6.6
|
4.9
|
|
Amish Paste
|
2.51
|
59.9
|
9.4
|
|
Anna Russian
|
7.42
|
16.5
|
7.6
|
|
Arkansas Traveler
|
5.03
|
20.8
|
6.5
|
|
Beefmaster
|
9.52
|
17.5
|
10.4
|
|
Beefsteak
|
4.50
|
30.3
|
8.5
|
|
BHN871
|
5.91
|
19.5
|
7.2
|
|
Big Beef
|
5.98
|
21.2
|
7.9
|
|
Big Boy
|
5.83
|
12.1
|
4.4
|
|
Black Krim
|
6.72
|
13.0
|
5.5
|
|
Brandywine Black
|
6.58
|
17.5
|
7.2
|
|
Brandywine Pink
|
12.28
|
9.1
|
7.0
|
|
Brandywine Red
|
8.18
|
6.1
|
3.1
|
|
Brandywine Yellow
|
9.04
|
1.3
|
0.7
|
|
Celebrity
|
5.65
|
26.5
|
9.4
|
|
Chef’s Choice
|
6.14
|
24.0
|
9.2
|
|
Cherokee Purple
|
8.48
|
13.7
|
7.3
|
|
Delicious
|
4.44
|
23.2
|
6.4
|
|
Early Girl
|
3.44
|
36.2
|
7.8
|
|
Florida 91
|
6.71
|
23.1
|
9.7
|
|
German Johnson
|
8.37
|
6.7
|
3.5
|
|
Giant Belgium
|
11.41
|
8.3
|
5.9
|
|
Golden Jubilee
|
5.22
|
13.9
|
4.5
|
|
Jet Star
|
5.81
|
29.6
|
10.8
|
|
Mortgage Lifter
|
8.33
|
9.1
|
4.7
|
|
Oxacan Jewel
|
5.83
|
14.2
|
5.2
|
|
Oxheart
|
6.11
|
15.5
|
5.9
|
|
Ponderosa Pink
|
9.62
|
6.4
|
3.8
|
|
Roma
|
1.85
|
63.9
|
7.4
|
|
Rutgers
|
4.01
|
29.9
|
7.5
|
|
Summer Pick
|
7.40
|
21.0
|
9.7
|
|
Vintage Wine
|
8.07
|
6.8
|
3.4
|
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