Millet's Dakota Tomato
Price: $2.95
SKU: 3401491'Millet's Dakota' originated from John W. Millet of Bismarck, North Dakota, and was introduced by Will's in 1913. Our parent stock source was USDA ARS accession number NSL 27105 (PI644967).
Harvest Timing: Early/Short Season
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Full light and cooler temps (60° to 70°) will help to prevent the seedlings from becoming too leggy. If plants become rootbound before you can safely set them into the ground, transplant them into larger pots.
Harden off plants before planting outside. Young plants are very susceptible to frost and sunburn damage. Avoid too much nitrogen. Water evenly but not in excess.
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Customer Reviews:
By Mark Dewey on October 9, 2018
This was one of my first tomatoes to set fruit in 2018, out of about 60 varieties. The fruits get pretty large for an early tomato. Production is decent. The earliest fruits to ripen on the plant weren't my favorite for taste, but sometimes flavor changes through the season (and I need to taste it again; it got hidden by other plants growing around it). The plant wasn't terribly large. We had it growing with black plastic covering the ground, and we rarely watered the tomatoes, this year.
It's a promising variety. You should probably grow it and see what you think. Varieties I favored over it, this year (grown in the same conditions), include Brandy Boy (stabilized version), Frosty F. House, Mountain Princess, and Sausage. I favored it over many others, though.
By Cindy Asher on January 27, 2016
In my garden here in Missouri, it produced heavily and was crack resistant. In the kitchen, they are exceptionally easy to peel and have a great, old-fashioned tomato flavor. Not the largest tomato (averaged 6 to 8 oz. for me) but a handy size for canning.
