| Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
| Skin Color: | Green Striped |
| Flesh Color: | Green |
| Fruit Shape: | Round |
| Fruit Size: | Small |
| Fruit Weight: | 2-4 oz. |
| Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
| Tomato Plant Height: | 5 feet |
| Best Uses: | Salad Snacking |
| Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
| Earliness: | Mid-season |
| Days to Maturity: | 75 |
| History: | Compact plants can be considered "semi-determinate" in growth habit. It was bred and introduced in 1983 by Tater Mater Seed. |
| Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: | Very productive. Few blemishes. Recommended to market farmers. |
| Country: | USA |
| Plant Habit: | Vine |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F) |
| Plant Height: | Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Plant Spread: | Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Leaves: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety. |
| Uses: | Vegetable Suitable as Annual |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Resistances: | Rabbit Resistant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
| Pollinators: | Self Various insects |
| Containers: | Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention. |
| Parentage: | Stabilized from an complex crossing of: Evergreen X three unspecified varieties from the 1940s and 1950s. |
| Child plants: | one child plant |
| dnrevel | On April 20, 2024 | Seeds germinated Sprouted, aided by heat mats in the greenhouse. |
| dnrevel | On April 13, 2024 | Seeds sown Seed from Marcella. Seed sown in cells and placed on heat mats in greenhouse |
| dnrevel | On June 8, 2023 | Transplanted Added another Green Zebra to our CSS garden, in new strawberry row near the west end by the gate. |
| dnrevel | On May 29, 2023 | Transplanted Good sized sprouted plant planted in blueberry row at CSS. |
| dnrevel | On April 21, 2023 | Seeds germinated Also divided seedlings or pruned out small seedlings on April 26th. |
| dnrevel | On April 10, 2023 | Seeds sown Love this tomato! Glad to sow seed for new (first spring) greenhouse. Placed on heat mat. Glad to see I'm able to choose an earlier sowing date this year, 2023. |
| dnrevel | On October 5, 2021 | Harvested |
| dnrevel | On May 23, 2021 | Transplanted Transplanted at Project Grow on a very hot day. Tomatoes love the heat, but it can be tough on the gardener. |
| dnrevel | On March 24, 2021 | Seeds sown Seeds sown indoors, pots on a heat mat, under lights. Seed from Marcella, Project Grow. |
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