Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Yellow
White
Flesh Color: Yellow
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Small
Fruit Weight: 4 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 7 feet
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Late
History: Originated with Elbert S. Carman in 1890 under the name White Peach. This strain came from Dennis Schlicht and is named after the Wapsipinicon River in northeast Iowa.
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: fuzzy fruit

General Plant Information (Edit)
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.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Wapsipinicon Peach'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2022-07-27
Location: Calaveras County, CA
Date: 2020-08-24
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-09-03
This is one of my favorites...so delicious!
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2021-08-29
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2020-07-14

Courtesy Sustainable Seed Company
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Date: 2013-08-10
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Comments:
  • Posted by Faerygardener (Sierra Foothills, Calaveras County, CA - Zone 8b) on Apr 6, 2024 11:16 AM concerning plant:
    I had been growing Manyel as my yellow but added this some years back and have since dropped the Manyel as this Peach is carried by companies I usually mail order from and is a bit more prolific. It's tasty as well. Hot and dry summer climate here so the mid size tomatoes fare better.
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