Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: White
Flesh Color: White
Fruit Shape: Round
Cherry
Fruit Size: Tiny/Currant
Fruit Weight: 0.15 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 8 feet
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: very sweet

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: Deer Resistant
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.

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Common names
  • Currant Tomato
  • Wild Tomato
  • Spoon Tomato
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum pimpinellifolium
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium

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Comments:
  • Posted by TimHoover (Elysian FIelds, Texas - Zone 8a) on Mar 15, 2014 6:20 PM concerning plant:
    This tomato is fun to grow. Hugely productive and weirdly sweet! Not quite white, more of a palest yellow when ripe. It is somewhat prone to cracking, but with its outlandish production, this is not an issue. It is my favorite of the pimpinellifolium group. Kids will often like this one even if they do not care for tomatoes. Tell them it is a "new" type of fruit! Will often self-sow for me. Once established, it does not require much pampering, but be ready for its rampant growth. Fruit is very small, marble sized.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on Sep 21, 2011 7:57 PM concerning plant:
    Indeterminate. 70 days to fruit.
    "Creamy white tomatoes with a yellowish tinge. A wild type tomato from South America that produces hundreds of fruits. It can get by on poorer quality soil & is somewhat drought tolerant. The seedlings start out small, so start them early. The flavor is sweet and crisp."
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