Heinz VF Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Price: $2.95
SKU: 3400111
Heinz VF
75 days, determinate — 'Heinz VF' tomato is an mid-season, whose regular leaf plants produce heavy crops and are resistant to both fusarium and verticillium disease. Its fruit are bright red in color, globe to flattened-globe shaped, crack resistant, weighing three to twelve ounces, averaging about eight ounces each, and with a classic, red tomato flavor. Since it is a determinate variety, the fruit all tend to ripen within a relatively short period of time making it a good processing type tomato.
Reportedly bred by the Heinz Company, we obtained our original seed sample from the Germania Seed Company of Chicago, Illinois and have been growing it here on the farm in Oregon since the late 1990s. We are still trying to track down the history and pedigree of this cultivar. To date, the earliest record we have found in an old Terre Haute, Indiana newspaper where the old Quinlan Seed Store was advertising plants for sale.[1] Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.
Fruit Color: Red
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Genetic Classification: Determinate and Semi-Determinate
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Genetic Classification: Determinate and Semi-Determinate
Informational References:
- "Advertisement for Quinlan's Seed Store," The Terre Haute Tribune, p. 17, April 28, 1972.
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★★★★☆ Great but beware!
By TomatoNut (Texas) on February 11, 2024
By TomatoNut (Texas) on February 11, 2024
This is a nice tomato to eat, but is not recommended for first time tomato growers. Also known as Heinz Classic Ketchup Tomato, the plants are the fragilest things I've ever seen. Branches readily break, so they will need tons of support and be careful when harvesting.
