Micado Violettor

Details

  • Lycopersicon esculentum
  • Rare
  • Open-Pollinated: ?
  • Type: indeterminate, potato-leaf type
  • Shape: slicer
  • Color: purple
  • Maturity: 75-85 days
  • Size: 4-6 oz tomatoes
  • Yield: “vigorous vines”
  • Taste: “excellent quality & flavor”
    • just okay flavor, in my trials
  • Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
    • potato-leaf tomato plants are usually better for hot, sunny climates

Notes:

Sources:

  • Seeds of Change (discontinued)

Results from My Garden:

 SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE
2009 SoC seed         “ok production” “smaller fruits”  
2010 SoC seed  5/8 2   146 days 1 3 oz 3 oz  
2011 SoC seed 3/8 > 4/1 > 4/18 2   111 days 11 14 oz 1.25 oz  
2012 SoC seed 2/19 > 4/14 > 6/5 2-1=1   76 days 2 1.2 oz 1/2 oz stunted (RKN?); slight V

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