Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 8 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 4 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Canning
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Early
Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 80
Disease Resistance: Late Blight
History: Developed by Dr. James Baggett & Jim Myers, Oregon State U., released in 2003.
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: Disease resistant to late blight fungus
Country: USA

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: Summer
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
Start indoors
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
Bumblebees
Bees
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 'Legend'.

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

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2013-09-07
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2016-06-29
growing in an Earthbucket
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used courtesy of the Victory Seed Company
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2016-05-01
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Comments:
  • Posted by BetNC (Henderson County, NC - Zone 7a) on Aug 13, 2017 8:32 PM concerning plant:
    This is a very productive plant with tasty fruit. It had a definite flush in mid-July, petering down to mid-Aug. I was very pleased and plan to continue growing it!
Plant Events from our members
BetNC On September 1, 2016 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
cut down early for impending surgery
plant mature height was a bit over 4'
BetNC On July 3, 2016 Fruit Ripened
64 days post-transplant
BetNC From July 3, 2016 to August 13, 2017 Harvested
produced 55 fruit, somewhat variable in size and shape; very good taste
BetNC On May 5, 2016 Seeds sown
BetNC On May 1, 2016 Transplanted
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