Details
- Lycopersicon esculentum
- Open-pollinated heirloom
- Type: indeterminate
- Shape: round
- Color: orange
- Maturity: midseason; 75-80 days
- Size: 8-10 oz, 8-12 oz (SoC.com), “large”
- Yield: ?
- Taste:
- juicy
- vibrantly flavored
- full, complex tomato taste
- great balance of acid-sweet
- bursts with flavor
- pineapple-like as well as buttery
- Meaty with few seeds
- Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
- good choice for northern or cooler growing areas
Notes:
- family heirloom from Maine
- is it called Valencia for the orange, or Valencia, Spain?
- SoC.com: “it looks just like a navel orange on the vine”
Sources:
- Seeds of Change (no longer available)
Results from My Garden:
| SEASON | SOURCE | DATES | PLANTS | SPACING | MATURITY | YIELD PER PLANT | AVG SIZE | DISEASE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | SoC seed | 3/8 > 4/2 > 4/18 | 2 | 18×20″ | 112 days | 7 | 10 oz | 1.5 oz | |
| 2012 | SoC seed | 2/19 > 4/16 > 6/5 | 1 | 18″x24″ | 121 days | 1 | 2 oz | 2 oz | out-competed by pine roots |
