Valencia Tomato
Valencia tomato from Seeds of Change
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 |