Dwarf Sweet Sue Tomato
Price: $3.95
SKU: 3403301
80 days, dwarf — 'Dwarf Sweet Sue' is a rugose, potato leaf dwarf that will reach from four to five feet tall by the end of the growing season, and produces variably shaped (round to oblate), smooth, bright yellow fruit in the five to eighteen ounce range. When very ripe, they take on a pronounced pink blossom end blush. The fruit have a well balanced, full, delicious flavor with particularly sweet overtones. 'Dwarf Sweet Sue' seems to be quite disease tolerant and one of the more prolific of the "Dwarf Tomato Project" varieties.
Developed by members of the "Dwarf Tomato Project" as a selection out of the "Sneezy family" ('Golden Dwarf Champion' and 'Green Giant', cross made by Patrina Nuske Small in 2005). The tomato originated as a selection of 'Summertime Gold' and was found and named by Craig Lehoullier in 2007 after his wife, Susan (who loved the tomato and is very sweet!)
Primary work on 'Dwarf Sweet Sue' was done by Craig, David, Patrina, Michael Volk, and Susan Anderson, with additional help from Russell Pietzch (Australia), Stephanie Gernert, Martha Hufford, Ruth TenBrink, Paul Fish, and Carol Knapp. Ted Maiden did the finalizing work and seed propagation for is 2012 release.
Very limited supplies. Each packet contains approximately 10 seeds.
Fruit Color: Yellow
Special Groups: Container Friendly
Special Groups: Dwarf Tomato Project
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Customer Reviews:
By Joel C (Long Island NY) on September 8, 2024
I gew 26 different tomato plants and this one was my favorite by far. The taste is just incredible for me as it is intense which is how I prefer my tomatoes. Will definitely grow this for years to come.
By Dave (Wisconsin) on September 4, 2023
Tried a few of the dwarf varieties and this is by far the best flavor I have gotten from and of the beefsteak types. Will be growing 3x the plants next year.
By Suzy (Portland, OR) on September 25, 2022
This is one of my favorites, but you have to pick it at exactly the right time. The first one or two mold on the vine before they're completely ripe.
After those, the flavor is nice and sweet. You have to wait to harvest until the pink shows on the blossom end to get the best flavor, but don't wait until they're too soft -- it's not a nice texture then, soft and mushy.
The plant is nice and sturdy, and has been about 4 feet high for me. I grow my tomatoes in pots and this does well.
I've grown this a couple of years now, so I think this is representative of the tomato.
By Mario DiMartino on August 19, 2019
I really enjoy the flavor from this tomato. It is like a burst of zesty tomato in your mouth with a great bit of sweet behind it. Production has been decent, but the plant is really not that compact. It is already over five feet tall and kind of bushy. It needs to be caged or staked for sure. A good overall tomato.
By Brian Mitchell on December 29, 2018
This taller dwarf plant (almost six feet tall for me) produced a good yield of medium/large sized yellow fruit... some of which featured a light pink starburst as the blossom end.
We did have nearly four weeks of extreme heat for this area (consistent mid-to-upper 90s) and this resulted in significant blossom drop. But after the temperature returned to normal (in the 80s), the production increased. All in all, this plant should produce a very good yield under normal conditions.
Most of the fruit was in the seven-to-eight ounce range, though a few were over twelve ounces. And, despite its name, the fruit was more acidic than 'sweet'. Of course, that could very well be due to the environmental stress of the month-long heatwave.
