Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America

Tomato (S-Z), Lists 1-26 Combined

Edited by John W. Scott

Salad Choice - Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed Co. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.

Saladmaster (CVF 27) - Breeder: Western Region, Agr. Res. Sta., USDA. Vendor: various seed companies. Characteristics: open pollinated, excellent flavor. Resistance: curly top, verticillium, fusarium, and Alternaria tenuis. Adaptation: intermountain west. 1976.

Salvador - Breeder: Rogers. Vendor: Sluis and Groot Seeds. Characteristics: indeterminate, compact, vigorous plant with firm, medium fruit average 180 g. Resistance: bacterial canker. 1994.

Samurai - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran Seed Co. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Plum type. Resistance: Fusarium (race 3). Similar: Saladette, Roma. Adaptation: U.S. 2003.

San Marino (E0208A) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: medium early pear tomato for whole peel pack and paste, medium size vine with curly foliage, the fruit is blocky, uniform ripening, highly colored. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, high to fruit cracking; tolerance to early blight. Similar: Napoli. 1975.

San Marzano Large Fruited - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Mountain View, Calif. Characteristics: larger fruited San Marzano type. Similar: San Marzano. Adaptation: general. Ferry-Morse, 15 Apr. 1963.

San Quinton (XPH 5299) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: good yields of large fruit for multiple harvests. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: Humaya. 1987.

Sandra (43506) - Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: F1 hybrid. Adaptation: North America. 1997.

Sanibel (PS 826693) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, large determinate, jointless, light green shoulder, midseason maturity, deep oblate, extra firm fruit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, nematodes, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: Florida. 1995.

Santa (Idaho 39-2) - Breeder and vendor: University of Idaho, Moscow. Parentage: (Payette x Uniset) selection x Early Sub-Arctic. Characteristics: determinate, ultra-early maturity concentrated fruit set, sparse foliage, cold tolerance, slightly oblong, 3-5 cm fruit, orange-red color. Adaptation: cool summer areas. Similar: Sub-Arctic cultivars. HortScience 15:536-537. 1980.

Santa Clara (XP 5200) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, large, indeterminate; firm fruit. Resistance: V, F, and S. Similar: Angela 1-5100. Adaptation: Brazil and the tropics. 1986.

Santa Fe (NVH 4468) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: blocky square to slightly square-round fruit, jointless pedicel, green shoulder, good color and firmness. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, tobacco mosaic virus, gray leaf spot, bacterial speck, Cladosporium leaf mold races a, b, c. Similar: Santa Cruz, Kada, Rio Grande. 1991.

Santiago (NVH 4465) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: very large globe to slight flattened globe shaped fruit, smooth with good color. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, tobacco mosaic virus, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Sunny, Celebrity, Jackpot, Bingo. 1991.

Santiam (OSU T65-9-2-13-9-1) - Breeder and vendor: Oregon State Univ. Parentage: severianin x Starshot. Characteristics: open pollinated, early and large-fruited; good seedless fruit set under cool temperatures in western Oregon. Resistance: verticillium (strain 1). Similar: Severianin. Adaptation: western Oregon and Washington.

Saturn (NC 70-TR5) - Breeder: North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta., Raleigh. Vendor: North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers. Parentage: complicated involving PI 129080, Beltsville no. 3813, STEP 174, Manalucie and others. Characteristics: adapted to training and ground culture; deep globe, medium size fruit (3 pounds); fresh-market type. Resistance: fusarium race 1, southern bacterial wilt, and cracking. Adaptation: wide, especially in warm temperatures, subtropical and tropical areas. Res. and Farming 29:1971.

Saucy (OSU S-131) - Breeder and vendor: Oregon State University. Characteristics: early maturing paste tomato, very compact determinate plant, fruit blocky plum shape, easy picking and peeling, keeps well on and off plant. Similar: Roma. 1993.

Scala (RS 1652297) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Royal Sluis. Characteristics: medium size, medium to good firmness, round to high-round shape, internodes somewhat long, indeterminate vine, nice green to red color with good uniformity, strong plant, good coverage, large fruits (230 grams), beautiful red color fruit when ripe. Resistance: Fusarium wilt (race 1, 2), tomato mosaic (strain 0-2), Verticillium wilt (race 1), tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Similar: Daniela. Adaptation: Brazil. 2002.

Scotia - Breeder and vendor: Dominion Expt. Farm, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Parentage: Meteor x Quebec no. 5. Characteristics: (determinate; green shouldered; medium-sized fruit; very early; productive. Similar: Quebec no. 5. Adaptation: short season, cool areas. 1957.

Season Opener (806) - Breeder and vendor: Orsetti Seeds. Characteristics: processing hybrid, early maturity, round shape for peeling and product use, very good vine quality provides good protection, high yields. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, verticillium wilt race 1. 1989.

September Dawn (174L) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: fruit red, large, flattened globe shape, uniform ripening; indeterminate plant; late. Resistance: fusarium wilt and fruit cracking. Similar: Campbell 14G. Adaptation: eastern United States. 1963.

Shady Lady (Sunre 6559) - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: determinate bush is very sturdy and does not fall open under fruit weight, excellent set of large and extra large fruit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Blazer. 1989.

Sheyenne - Breeder and vendor: North Dakota Agr. Expt. Sta., Fargo. Parentage: (Stokesdale x Bounty) x (Firesteel x small-fruited determinant selection from Morden Expt. Farm). Characteristics: vigorous, heavy foliage type, early maturity, large fruit. Similar: Cavalier. Adaptation: Great Plains Area. N.D. Bimonthly Bul. vol. 21 Nov. 1959.

Short Red Cherry (76T164) - Breeder and vendor: University of California, Davis. Parentage: (70T99 x PI 280597). Characteristics: indeterminate with short internodes due to brachytic gene, rugose leaves, 2-2.5 cm fruit, early season. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, verticillium wilt race 1, tobacco mosaic virus, alternaria stem canker, root-knot nematodes. HortScience 15:98. 1980.

Show Girl (SXT 6569) - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, determinate, mid-late season, large globe fruit, smooth blossom scar, easy stem removal. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, verticillium wilt race 1, nematodes, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: central and northern California. 1992.

Sierra Madre (42512) - Breeder and vendor: Enza Zaden. Characteristics: F1 hybrid. Adaptation: North America. 1997.

Sierra Sweet (79N88) - Breeder and vendor: University of California, Davis. Characteristics: fresh market type, determinate vine, globe shaped, uniform shoulder color, orange-red fruit, high soluble solids content, midseason maturity. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, verticillium wilt race 1, root-knot nematodes. Adaptation: fall production in California. HortScience 19:133. 1984.

Siletz (OSU 165) - Breeder and vendor: Oregon State University. Characteristics: early fruit set and seed set, seedlessness, large average size for early cultivar, determinate habit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1. Similar: Oregon Spring. 1994.

Silverado (FMX 951) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: high yielding pear type hybrid, medium early, medium sized vine, good foliage color, fruit harvests essentially stem-free, has good firmness and color. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Macero 2. 1990.

Simba (PS 185) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: large fruited, indeterminate garden and greenhouse tomato, vigorous, very flavorful. Resistance: cracking, verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, tobacco mosaic virus. 1990.

Simi - Breeder: Univ. of California, Riverside. Vendor: Haven Seed Co. Parentage: Riverside x N. Dakota 216-2-3. Similar: Santa Clara. Characteristics: large size, rich, red color, uniform coloring of miniature fruit Some resistance to fusarium wilt and verticillium. Adaptation: regionally to southern California's coastal plains for processing. Hilgardia 21:289-299. 1952.

Single Beefsteak VFN - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, very large fruit with small blossom scar. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium, and nematodes. Similar: Super Steak. Adaptation: wide. PVP certificate no. 8200028. 1983.

Sioux - Breeder: Dept. of Hort., Nebraska Agr. Expt. Sta., Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln. Parentage: Stokesdale x Allred. Characteristics: second early, intermediate, dependable fruit setting in hot weather, fruits round, very smooth, very uniform; generally suitable for home or fresh early market throughout upper Mississippi valley. Univ. of Nebraska, Dept. of Hort. Prog. Rpt 6. 1944.

Siouxann - Breeder: South Dakota State College, Brookings. Vendor: Guerney's. Parentage: Sioux x Earliana. Characteristics: early, high quality; for home use. Similar: Sioux. Adaptation: regionally to the Great Plains Area. 1950.

Sivestre (XP 12299) - Breeder: Tara Jacoby. Vendor: Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Indeterminate saladette, fresh market, extra large fruit size, uniform green, productive. Resistance: ASC, St, FW 1&2, V-1. Similar: Tequila (Vilmorin). Adaptation: Mexico, Argentina. 2000.

Small Wonder - Breeder and vendor: Idaho Agric. Expt. Sta., Moscow. Parentage: ND102 x Sub-Arctic Early. Characteristics: short determinate cherry tomato, very early season, cold tolerance, bright red fruit. Adaptation: home and market gardens in cool growing areas. North Dakota Farm Research 47:14-15. 1989.

Smithbright (ST-180) - Breeder and vendor: Smithfield. Characteristics: early, pick your own type, firm with good holding ability. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: TH 318. 1993.

Smoothie - Breeder: Corneli Seed Co., St. Louis. Parentage: unknown. Characteristics: small determinate vine, good cover; fruit large, concentrated, early; suitable for mechanical harvesting and early market. Adaptation: universal. Corneli Seed Co. 1962.

Snake (XPH 5473) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: elongated pear type, average weight 65 g, L/D ratio is 1.70, medium-large plant, very vigorous. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: Hypeel 244, Bandera, Loira. 1989.

Solar Set (Fla. 7164) - Breeder: University of Florida, Bradenton. Vendor: Asgrow. Parentage: Fla 7171 x Fla 7060. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market type, determinate vine, early-midseason, medium-large, flat-round fruit, firm. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1, gray leaf spot; tolerance to heat. Adaptation: fall crops in Florida, southeastern United States. Fla. Agric. Expt. Sta. Circ. S-359. 1989.

Solid Red Strain A - Breeder and vendor: Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, West Springfield, Mass. Parentage: high vitamin C lines from Univ. of New Hampshire. and the Univ. of California crossed, outcrossed to Firesteel twice. Characteristics: a distinct cultivar, late determinate plant, Pritchard maturity, small spherical, three- to five-celled fruit, deep-red color, high pectin content. Resistance: fruit cracking. Adaptation: cooler areas of the northeastern United States. Eastern States Catalog. 1955.

Solid Red Strain B - Breeder and vendor: Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, West Springfield, Mass. Parentage: high vitamin C lines from Univ. of New Hampshire and Univ. of California crossed, outcrossed to Firesteel. Characteristics: a distinct cultivar, late determinant plant, Pritchared maturity, small, flat, globe, many-celled fruit, deep-red color, high pectin content. Resistance: fusarium and fruit cracking. Adaptation: northeastern United States. Eastern States Catalog 1955.

Solido (Nun 5062) - Breeder: Canners. Vendor: Nunhems. Characteristics: bush type, fresh market fruit, 150-160 g, jointed, green shoulder, deep red when mature. Resistance: tobacco mosaic virus, verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, gray leaf spot. 1990.

Solimar (XPH 5796) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: fresh market, large fruited, globe shape, midseason maturity. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Sunny. 1992.

Sonar (XPH 5498) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: large fruit, high yielding fresh market hybrid, fruit are smooth, globe shaped, firm, have green shoulders. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Pakmor. 1987.

Sonnet - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, compact plant, large and extra large size, uniform-shouldered, globe, ultra firm fruit for ground culture. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot, tobacco mosaic virus. Adaptation: California Central Valley. 1998.

Sorrento (E0208A) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, medium early pear tomato for whole peel pack and paste; vine is medium size with curly foliage; fruit is blocky, uniform ripening, highly colored, highly resistant to rain induced fruit cracking. Resistance: fusarium wilt and tolerant of early blight. Similar: Napoli. Adaptation: eastern and midwestern United States. 1975.

Southland - Breeder: USDA, Southeastern Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, Charleston, S.C. Parentage: (Marglobe x Devon Surprise) x Pan America) x Rutgers. Characteristics: a vine type tomato. Resistance: fusarium wilt, alternaria. Similar: Marglobe. So. Seedsman, Sept. 1948. p. 16.

Spartan Hybrid - Breeder: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich. Parentage: Michigan State Forcing x Coopers Special (F1). Characteristics: F1 hybrid, earlier and higher yielding than Michigan State Forcing. Adaptation: greenhouse production of the midwestern United States. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 42:524-528. 1943.

Spartan Red 8 - Breeder: Michigan Agr. Expt. Sta., East Lansing. Parentage: Nebr. 12 x Ohio W-R Globe. Characteristics: set fruit at high temperature, early, close spaced clusters, uniform ripening. Adaptation: fall greenhouse. Mich. Agr. Expt. Sta. Quart. Bul. 43. 1961.

Spectrum 151 (PSX P15196) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: high soluble solids, high yield, vigorous plant. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2. 1990.

Spectrum 385 (PSP 38591) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: rugged cultivar, high quality, pear shaped fruit, high soluble solids, excellent whole peel characteristics. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, bacterial speck. 1990.

Spectrum 579 (PSX P57994) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: high viscosity, medium solids, firm fruit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, bacterial speck. 1990.

Spitfire (FMX 157) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: medium early, uniform green, crimson gene type, earlier with larger and firmer fruit than Sunny. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot. Similar: Sunny. 1990.

Springfield (FMX 174) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: leaves are broad and dark green providing excellent cover, the vine is determinate, size is large, fruit are firm, globe shaped, fruit size is distributed better medium-large. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, tobacco mosaic virus, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Sunny, Shady Lady, Sunbelt. Adaptation: California, Florida. 1995.

Springtime - Breeder and vendor: Farmer Seed and Nursery Co., Faribault, Minn. Parentage: (Prichard x Tiny Tim)5 x (Penn Orange x Break-O-Day)5. Characteristics: very early, small fruited, high yield, good flavor. Similar: Chatham. Adaptation: Canada, Alaska, and the northern tier of the United States. 1955.

Stair - Breeder and vendor: Purdue Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta., Lafayette, Ind. Parentage: (Indiana Baltimore x Pan America F11) x Rutgers F8. Characteristics: uniform fruit size and shape, 4-ounce fruit size, relatively crack-free, for whole pack use. Resistance: fusarium wilt. Adaptation: Indiana and area. Purdue Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 68. 1958.

Stallion (17484) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, determinate saladette type, firm, uniform shape and size. Resistance: Adaptation: Mexico. 1999.

Stanislaus 55 (17055) - Breeder and vendor: Orsetti Seeds. Characteristics: processing hybrid, similar to Halley 3155 but 10 days earlier and nematode resistant. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1, nematodes. Similar: Halley 3155. 1997.

Starfire - Breeder: Canada Dept. of Agr. Res. Expt. Farm, Morden, Canada. Parentage: Earlinorth x Morden BB3, backcrossed three times with Morden BB3. Characteristics: fruit oblate shaped, bright-red color. Similar: Fireball. Adaptation: Canadian Great Plains and eastern areas. Can. J. Plant Sci. 1963.

State Fair - Breeder: South Dakota State College, Brookings. Vendor: Gurners Seed Co. Parentage: Gem x Long Red. Characteristics: high quality; heat tolerant. Similar: Gem. Adaptation: wide. S.D. Res., vol. 4, no. 2. 1954.

Steak Sandwich - Breeder and vendor: Burpee Seed Co. Adaptation: U.S. 2004.

Stella (XPH 5976) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: a saladette type, full season maturity for stake or ground culture. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, bacterial speck. 1993.

Stemless Pennred - Breeder: Pennsylvania Agr. Expt. State College. Parentage: Rouge Naine Hative x Marglobe. Characteristics: stemless (jointless peduncle) fruit, "wilty" foliage, large fruit. Adaptation: regionally to the northeastern United States. Pa. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 446. Sup. No. 1. 1944.

Stokescross no.1 - Breeder and vendor: Francis C. Stokes Co., Vincentown, N.J. Parentage: Chesapeake x Marglobe x Marglobe. Characteristics: F2 hybrid. Resistance: high to fusarium wilt. Similar: Early Rutgers. Adaptation: central and eastern United States. 1951 or 1959.

Stokescross No.5 - Breeder and vendor: Francis C. Stokes Co., Vincentown, N.J. Characteristics: F2 hybrid; hybrid vigor results in faster, stronger growth, better ripening and less cracking. Adaptation: wide.

Stokesdale - Breeder and vendor: Francis C. Stokes Co., Vincetown, N.J. Parentage: outcross from Stokesdale. Characteristics: a free setting stronger plant than Bonny Best. Similar: Stokesdale. Adaptation: Northern tier states and Canada. Stokes Cat. 1936.

Stripper (E9204) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, a distinct cultivar, curly, medium size vine, very concentrated maturity, uniform ripening, medium small, good firmness and color, suitable for products and whole peel, good pH, solids, and viscosity. Resistance: fusarium, verticillium, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: California. 1979.

Styllus (145394) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Horticeres. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: fresh market type, LSL, high yeld potential, short internodes and good vigor; fruit are very firm, round flat, small green shoulder, shiny red at maturity. Resistance: Verticillium wilt, tomato yellow leaf curl virus, southern root knot nematode, Fusarium wilt (race 1, 2), tomato mosaic virus. Similar: Daniella, Gabriella. Adaptation: Brazil. 2003.

Success - Breeder and vendor: Corneli Seed Co., St. Louis. Parentage: unknown. Characteristics: small determinate vine, good cover; fruit large, uniform ripening, early concentrated set; suitable for mechanical harvesting. Corneli Seed Co. 1962.

Sugar Daddy (79050) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: cherry type, sweet flavor. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Cherry Grande. 1995.

Summer Prolific - Breeder: Texas Expt. Sta., Stephenville. Parentage: Porter's Scarlet Globe x Stokesdale. Similar: Porter's Scarlet Globe. Characteristics: thick outer fruit wall, tough skin, sets fruit in hot weather. Resistance: cracking and drought. Adaptation: regionally to the southwestern United States. Texas Prog. Rpt. 1105.

Summer Salad (Md 42) - Breeder: Univ. of Maryland. Parentage: Red Cherry x Fla. 407-D3-D1. Characteristics: open pollinated, jointless, early to midseason, semi-erect, determinate plant with vigorous dark-green foliage; heavy set of small fruit (0.75 to 1 inch). Resistance: fusarium. 1975.

Summer Sunrise (URI 59-99) - Breeder: Rhode Island Agr. Expt. Sta., Kingston. Parentage: (Valiant x Farthest North F2) x Valiant F8. Characteristics: early midseason maturity, sets well with night temp. below 55°F; compact covering vines; fruit flattened globe, excellent red color, thick wall, firm. Resistance: delayed set, skin cracking, green shoulder development. Adaptation: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. R.I. Agr. vol. 7, no. 2, Winter 1960-61.

Summerset - Breeder: Texas Agr. Expt. Sta., College Sta. Vendor: Porter and Son. Parentage: Large Cherry x Bonny Best. Characteristics: small (1.5 to 2 inches in diameter), deep oblate, fruited tomato that sets well under hot weather conditions in southern Texas; primarily for home garden. Adaptation: regionally to southern Texas, but also other localities with high temperatures. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 34:585-589.

Summit (CXD 101) - Breeder and vendor: Campbell Soup Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, firm, round, midseason hybrid, high solids, compact vine; not the same as Summit from North Carolina State University. Resistance: V1, F1, and P2. Similar: UC 204C. Adaptation: California. 1985.

Summit (NC 7993-5-39-1W-1R STEP 671) - Breeder and vendor: North Carolina State University, Fletcher. Characteristics: fresh market, large determinate, late season maturity, jointless pedicel, medium-large, round fruit; not the same as Summit from Campbell. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1. Adaptation: southeastern United States. HortScience 20:787, 1985. 1984. PVP.

Sum-Up (20-Y-25, 23-Y-20) - Breeder: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Vendor: Earl May Seed Co. Parentage: Mozark and Fireball. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, plant determinate, much heavier foliage cover than Fireball and matures 5 days later; fruit red, medium size, globe, uniform ripening; free-setting, high concentration of set. Resistance: fusarium wilt and gray leaf spot. Similar: Mozark. Adaptation: midwestern and northeastern United States. Amer. Veg. Grower, Dec. 1965.

SUN 0289 (SXT 0289) - Breeder: Susan Peters. Vendor: Sunseeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Early fresh market/saladette hybrid with vigorous indeterminate vine. 100-120 grams fruit size. High yield, uniform sized fruit with excellent color and interior quality. Resistance: VW race 1, FW 1&2, TMV, BS. 2001.

SUN 7705 (SXT 7705) - Breeder: Susan Peters. Vendor: Sunseeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Mid season fresh market/saladette hybrid with vigorous, indeterminate vine, wide adaptation, performed well in Baja, Sinaloa, Sonora; good yields, fruit are tolerant to cracking, 120-140 grams fruit size. Resistance: VW race 1, FW 1 and 2, nematodes, TMV, BS. Adaptation: wide. 2001.

Sun Chaser (PS 647095) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, medium-large determinate, heat tolerant, early-mid season maturity, deep oblate, firm. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: Southeastern United States. Similar: Solar Set. 1999.

Sun King (XP 150410) - Vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: large, vigorous, determinate plant; large to extra large, deep oblate fruit; uniform green, normal ripening. Resistance: Fusarium wilt race 1 and 2, Alternaira stem canker, gray leafspot; Verticillium wilt race 1. Similar: Shady Lady. Adaptation: California. 2002.

Sun Leaper (NC 92191, STEP 744) - Breeder: North Carolina State University, Fletcher. Vendor: Rogers. Parentage: NC HS-1 x NC 84173. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market type, determinate, light green shoulder, medium-large, flattened globe, firm. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1; tolerance to heat. Adaptation: eastern North Carolina. 1996.

Sun Sugar (TOK 810811) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, indeterminate vine, golden cherry fruit, early, crack resistant, high sugar content. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, tomato mosaic virus. Adaptation: home garden. 1999.

Sunbeam (XPH 5628) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: higher percent pack of large and extra large fruit than Sunny. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Sunny. 1990.

Sunbolt (XPH 5752) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: large fruited main season, best suited for mature green pick, stake or ground culture adapted. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Sonar. 1991.

Sunbrite (XPH 10009) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: second early large fruited vine ripe hybrid for ground or short stake culture. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Sunbeam. 1992.

Sunburst (SC 830) - Breeder: Clemson Univ. Truck Expt. Sta., Charleston, S.C. Characteristics: high yielding, fresh-market type; fruit firm, smooth, fleshy, good internal color; determinate plant. Resistance: gray leaf spot, fusarium wilt, root-knot nematode, tolerate early blight, and cracking. Similar: Marion. Adaptation: southern states and the Caribbean islands.

Sunchief (XP 10081) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, tall determinate, early-mid season, large uniform green shouldered fruit, smooth blossoms, concentrated set. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot (intermediate). Adaptation: northeastern United States, Ontario and Quebec, Canada. 1999.

Suncoast (Fla. 7065) - Breeder and vendor: University of Florida, Bradenton. Parentage: complex-Walter, Purdue Crimson, Florida and California breeding lines. Characteristics: fresh market, early-midseason, determinate vine with erect foliage, large, firm, globe shaped fruit with even ripening; light green shoulders, crimson (ogc).color. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1, gray leaf spot. Adaptation: home gardens in southeastern United States. Fla. Agric. Expt. Sta. Circ. S-322, 1985. 1984.

Sundance (87-29) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata. 1990. Characteristics: jointless hybrid, determinate plant habit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes. Similar: Bonita. 1990.

Sundrop - Breeder and vendor: W. Atlee Burpee Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, globe-shaped, orange-fleshed fruit; indeterminate vine. Similar: Basket Pak for size, but orange. Adaptation: wide. 1985.

Sungem (XPH 10045) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, medium determinate vine, deep oblate large to extra large fruit, main season vine ripe, firm, uniform green shoulder, excellent flavor. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: east. 1996.

Sunglobe (XPH5741) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: a large fruited ground culture type. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, alternaria stem canker, tobacco mosaic virus. Similar: Jackpot. Adaptation: green pick in California during summer. 1992.

Sunguard (XP 10089) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, medium determinate, mid-season, medium to large uniform green shoulder, firm, deep oblate fruit. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1, 2 and 3, verticillium wilt, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot (intermediate). Adaptation: eastern United States. 1999.

Sunjay (XPH 5795) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: jointless, fresh market, large fruited type for stake culture and mature green pick. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Olympic. 1991.

Sunmaster (PS805588) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot; tolerance to heat. Similar: Heatwave. 1993.

Sunny (XPH674) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh-market and shipper type with attractive medium large to large fruit. Resistance: fusarium (race 1 and 2); tolerant of verticillium. Similar: Tempo. 1980.

Sunoma (131720) - Breeder: Tara Jacoby. Vendor: Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Elongated saladette, larger fruit than 822, larger vine. Resistance: N, BSK, FW 1&2, ToMV, V. Similar: Hybrid 882. Adaptation: Mexico. 2000.

Sunpak (XP 10069) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, short determinate, medium-large fruit, early-mid season, uniform green shoulder, very firm, smooth blossom scar. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: southeastern United States. 1999.

Sunpride (XPH 5626) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: medium sized, fresh market vine ripe type for stake culture in the main crop maturity group. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot, verticillium wilt race 1. Similar: Mountain Pride. 1992.

Sunray - Breeder: USDA, Plant Industry Sta., Beltsville. Parentage: Pan America and Jubilee. Resistance: high to fusarium wilt. Similar: Jubilee. Adaptation: regionally to most of the United States. So. Seedsman. Feb. 1950.

Sunrise (XPH 5551) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: high quality, very productive, jointless pedicel, early maturity, fresh market hybrid for the Midwest and Northeast United States. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot. Similar: Flash. 1989.

Sunset (UNH 11-67) - Breeder: Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham. Vendor: Farmer Seed and Nursery. Parentage: complicated. Characteristics: productive, determinate vine with uniform ripening, large globe fruit. Resistance: moderate to cracking. Similar: Starfire. Adaptation: northern United States. 1970.

Sunshine (XP 10074) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, short determinate, early season, large deep oblate fruit, smooth blossoms. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: northeastern United States, Ontario and Quebec, Canada. 1999.

Sunstart (XPH 10026/Pikquick) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, compact determinate, early season, concentrated fruit set, large deep oblate. Resistance: Adaptation: northern United States, Canada. 1997.

Sunstation (XP 10084) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, short determinate, midseason maturity, large fruit, firm for vine ripes. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Adaptation: eastern and midwestern United States. 1999.

Super 528 (11528) - Breeder and vendor: Orsetti Seeds. Characteristics: processing hybrid, square-round shape, for whole peel and dicing, excellent quality, large vine, exceptional cover, high solids. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1, nematodes. 1996.

Super Bush (80-1301) - Breeder and vendor: Goldsmith Seeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, does not require staking or pruning; produces large meaty tomatoes all season. Resistance: Verticillium, fusarium, and nematodes. Similar: Stakeless. Adaptation: wide. 1983.

Super Chief (SD87-13) - Breeder: South Dakota State University, Brookings. Vendor: Gurneys Seed and Nursery Co. Characteristics: fresh market hybrid, determinate vine, early season, uniform green shoulders, flattened globe, uniform ripening, large size. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, verticillium wilt race 1. Adaptation: South Dakota. HortScience 28:959-960. 1993.

Super Gold Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Burgess Seed and Plant Co., Galesburg, Mich. Characteristics: heavy yielding, large fruit. Similar: Improved Colossal Golden. Burgess cat. 1963.

Super K - Breeder: Cody Flower. Vendor: Sunseeds. Similar: Beefsteak. 1990.

Super Marzano (PSX 309686) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: fruit are large, long, pear shaped, weight approximately 4 oz, green shouldered, maturity is midseason, plants are indeterminate, quite large, have very good disease resistance. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, nematodes, tobacco mosaic virus, bacterial speck. Similar: San Marzano. 1992.

Super Red F1 - Breeder and vendor: Eastern States Farmers Exchange West Springfield, Mass. Characteristics: large, vigorous, indeterminate vines; fruit large, up to 14 ounces, thick walled; slightly flattened; Rutgers season. Adaptation: northeastern United States. E.S.catalog. 1962.

Super Star (2442) - Breeder: Univ. of Idaho Res. and Ext. Center, Parma. Vendor: various seedsmen. Parentage: L. peruvianum, L. pimpinellifolium, L. esculentum. Characteristics: open pollinated, small, determinate vine, three fruit per pound, hand-pick slicer; processes well. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts, curly top, fruit rots and cracking. Similar: Glamour. Adaptation: western United States. 1976.

Superb Hybrid (201-5-88) - Breeder and vendor: University of New Hampshire. Characteristics: compact, excellent cover, uniform unripe, ripe color deep red, fruit weight 185-220 g, no cracking, very firm, no blotch, one week earlier than Valley Girl. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1. Similar: Valley Girl. 1995.

Superior (54 x 224) - Breeder and vendor: Arco Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, large vine, smooth fruit. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium (races 1 and 2), nematodes, and stemphyllium. Similar: Casino Royale and Sunny. Adaptation: San Diego. 1981.

Superman (W36) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, midseason maturity; fruit red, very large, globe-shaped, green shoulder; indeterminate vine. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Similar: Big Boy. Adaptation: northeastern United States. 1964.

Supermarket (XP 3391) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: determinate vine cultivar for green-wrap market; fruit with green shoulder. Similar: Homestead 24. Resistance: Cladosporium, Stemphylium, fusarium, and alternaria. Adaptation: southern and Gulf States; semitropical areas. 1964.

Supersonic (931L) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, main season, indeterminate, heavy yield of large, firm, normal ripening fruit; fresh market. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilt; tolerant to cracking. Similar: Big Boy. Adaptation: northern United States. Joseph Harris Co. Catalog 1968.

Supersteak VFN - Breeder and vendor: W.A. Burpee Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, very large, meaty, smooth fruit of 1 to 2 pounds; large indeterminate plants. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium, and nematodes. Similar: Beef Master. Adaptation: wide. 1980.

Supersweet 100 (NVH 4353) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: cherry type approximately 1" diameter, indeterminate cultivar, staked plants produce several long, multiple branched clusters containing 100 or more fruit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: Sugar Lump, Sweet 100. 1986.

Surecrop (36-2-1-6) - Breeder: New Hampshire Agr. Expt. Sta., Durham. Vendor: Billy Hepler Seed Co. Parentage: L. pimpinellifolium&emdash;Mexico 907W x Mikado, followed by backcross to Victor. Characteristics: high degree late blight resistance, some resistance to early blight. Similar: Victor. Adaptation: northern United States. 1956.

SureFire (GS12) - Breeder: Northrup King. Vendor: Goldsmith. Characteristics: firm, round fruited hybrid that is a consistent, early producer of high yields, average three fruit per lb. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1. 1992.

Sweepstakes (FMX 93) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: medium early, easy stemming large fruited fresh market hybrid for short stakes or bush production. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, tobacco mosaic virus, nematodes, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Bingo. 1987.

Sweet Baby Girl (21368) - Breeder: Jim Waltrip. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Cherry tomato, 18-25 gram fruit, good shelf life, dark red, open plant, short internode, cold tolerant. Resistance: None noted. Similar: Cherry Belle. Adaptation: Home Garden. 2000.

Sweet Cluster (012 890) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, indeterminate vine, cluster harvest, 7-8 fruit per cluster, round to deep oblate, 100-120 g, glossy, deep red. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, nematodes, tomato mosaic virus, cladosporium leaf mold (Cf-5). Adaptation: home garden. 1998.

Sweet Quartz (MS5) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata. Characteristics: cherry tomato with excellent taste, disease free. Resistance: tobacco mosaic virus, fusarium wilt race 1, gray leaf spot, Cladosporium gray leaf mold.

Sweet Tangerine (PS 839894) - Breeder: Jim Waltrip. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Large, relatively firm fruit, smooth golden color, medium early maturity. Resistance: ASC, FW, N, St, To, Vert. Similar: Mountain Gold. Adaptation: home garden. 2000.

Sweetie (PSX I) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, indeterminate habit, tall, fair cover; fruit small cherry size, firm, sweet, borne in long hands with an extended compound inflorescence. Resistance: none claimed. Similar: Sweet 100. Adaptation: wide. 1980.

SXT 0289 - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, vigorous indeterminate saladette type, early-mid season, uniform size, excellent color. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, tomato mosaic virus, bacterial speck. Adaptation: Baja, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit and Michoacan, Mexico. 1999.

SXT 6245 - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, determinate, early to midseason, saladette type, 130 g fruit, firm. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes. Adaptation: Mexico. 1998.

SXT 6252 - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, medium large determinate, roma/saladette type. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, bacterial speck. Adaptation: Mexico and South America. 1998.

SXT 6615 - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, medium-large determinate, midseason maturity, large fruit, globe shape, uniform green shoulders. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Similar. Shady Lady. Adaptation: California and Florida. 1996.

SXT 6624 - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, medium-large determinate, large uniform ripening fruit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2. Adaptation: California. 1999.

SXT 7705 - Breeder and vendor: Sunseeds. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, vigorous indeterminate, saladette type, crack tolerant. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, tomato mosaic virus, bacterial speck. Adaptation: Baja and parts of Sonora, Mexico. 1999.

Tamiami - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: open pollinated, determinate plant, large globe-shaped fruit, green shoulder. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium (races 1 and 2) stemphyllium. Similar: Walter. Adaptation: wide. 1977.

Tango (NVH4467) - Breeder and vendor: Northrup King. Characteristics: large, deep globe, uniform green shoulders, jointed pedicels, fruit have been smooth with good blossom ends, excellent interior qualities, good red color. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, tobacco mosaic virus, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Celebrity, Sunny, Bingo, Blazer. 1991.

Tara (XP671) - Breeder: Tara Jacoby. Vendor: Seminis-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Saladette, jointed, uniform growth, later than Hybrid 882. Resistance: N, BSK, FW 1&2, ToMV, V. Similar: Hybrid 882. Adaptation: Central America and Caribbean. 2000

Taylor (ARCO 574) - Breeder and vendor: Arco Seed Co. Parentage: Florida 1 A is female parent. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, mid-season; deep oblate fruit with green shoulders; normal joint; very tight blossom scars. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium (races 1 and 2), stemphyllium, nematodes. Similar: Celebrity. Adaptation: Florida and southern California's coast. 1985.

Tayrona (57528) - Breeder: John Bill. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Determinate saladette, jointed, uniform green, square, 90-120 grams, early maturity. Resistance: ASC, FW 1&2, St, V. Similar: Chiro. Adaptation: Indonesia. 2000.

TCHE (57568) - Breeder: John Bill. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Vigorous determinate plant, large square fruit, very productive. Resistance: ASC, BSK, FW, ST, V. Similar: Rio Grande. Adaptation: South America. 2000.

Tecumseh - Breeder and vendor: Purdue Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta., Lafayette, Ind. Parentage: [(Walter's A St W 86-3-1-1-1-2-1-1-2 Bk Bk) x Urbana], backcrossed t Urbana five times. Characteristics: slightly later than Urbana. Resistance: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici. Similar: Urbana. Adaptation: Indiana and surrounding states. Purdue Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Res. Bul. 684. 1959.

Tempo (XP2032 A) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, local market and shipping; primarily for mature green and pink production; suitable either for stake or ground culture. Resistance: fusarium race 1 and 2, grey leaf spot, and alternaria. Similar: Floradade. Adaptation: wide. 1978.

Temprano (XPH 5922) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: very early square-round type for whole peel-dice. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Heinz 8773. 1992.

Tendear (Tender Skin - Breeder and vendor: Dearborn Bros., Palmer, Alaska. Parentage: unknown. Characteristics: fruit uniform color, excellent quality, tender skin; plants indeterminate, internodes short making for many trusses of fruit under greenhouse conditions. Similar: Burpee's Table Talk. Adaptation: unknown, greenhouse grown. 1955.

Tenna (XP 4054) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: UC 82 plant type, 120-150 g fruit size, very firm, full season, hand harvest or machine. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: UC 82. 1987.

Texto 2 (STEP 193) - Breeder and vendor: Texas Agr. Expt. Sta., Plant Disease Laboratory, Yoakum, Texas. Parentage: Rutgers x ((Victor x Dobbies Champion) x Pan American) x Rutgers). Characteristics: midseason cultivar with moderately heavy foliage and semi-determinate growth; fruit smooth, medium large, oblate, good for green wrap trade. Resistance: fusarium wilt, collar rot phase of A. solani; partial resistance to blossom end rot and stem cracking. Similar: Homestead. Adaptation: south-central Texas and possibly other southern states.

Texto No.1 - Breeder: Texas Agr. Expt. Sta., College Station. Vendor: Gleccklers Seedsmen, Metamora, Ohio. Parentage: Bounty x Rutgers. Characteristics: early maturity; more productive and fruit somewhat larger than Rutgers; more tolerant to temperature extremes than Rutgers. Similar: Rutgers. Adaptation: southern Texas. Texas Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. L-246. 1955.

The Beef (Castlehy 1069) - Breeder and vendor: Henry Field Seed and Nursery Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, a medium-early extra-large, beefsteak-type fruit with smooth, firm, uniform ripening fruit. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium. Similar: Beefsteak.

Tierra (HMX 6841) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: bears firm, round fruit 110-118 day maturity from planting, fruit quality is excellent for processing; firm rounds are used for paste, whole processing, and diced products. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes.

Tiny Tim - Breeder: Dept. of Hort., Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham. Vendor: Hepler Seed Co. Parentage: Window Box x Red Currant. Characteristics: determinate dwarf plant with small red fruit; tree-like plant; will mature in 3-inch pot. Adaptation: regionally to the north as a houseplant. N.H. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 380:6, 1950. 1945.

Tip Top Trellis (CR8) - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, trellis type; fruits medium red, hard, flattened, prolific, late and uniform ripening; vines indeterminate. Resistance: fruit cracking. Similar: Trellis 22. Adaptation: northeastern trellis area. 1963.

Tivoli (XP616) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, medium-late mechanical harvest canner with excellent fruit color. Resistance: none claimed. Similar: UC82. 1984.

Tom Tom - Breeder and vendor: Joseph Harris Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fruit red, very large, flattened globe shape, uniform ripening; indeterminate vine, late. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Similar: Big Boy. Adaptation: northeastern United States. 1964.

Tomboy - Breeder: Missouri Agr. Expt. Sta., Columbia. Vendor: Vaughn Seed Co., Chicago. Parentage: Earliana, Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium, Break-O-Day, Bison, Early Stone, Winsall. Characteristics: early, large fruit, pink, free setting and productive; home garden type. Resistance: fusarium wilt. Similar: Winsall. Adaptation: eastern United States. Mo. Arg. Expt. Sta. Bul. 734. 1960.

Toro (FMX 1072) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, determinate saladette type, firm, heat tolerant. Resistance: Adaptation: Mexico, United States. 1997.

Toyboy (PSX 212) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, short, compact determinate vine suited for culture in pots, baskets, window boxes, patios; very early medium small red deep round green-shoulder fruit. Resistance: fusarium (race 1). Adaptation: for pot growing. 1977.

Trellis 22 - Breeder: Univ. of Massachusetts, Waltham Field Sta., Waltham. Vendor: Boston Market Gardeners Assn. Parentage: Waltham Forcing x Lloyd Forcing. Characteristics: firm fruit, high yields, good color, grows well on trellis. Similar: Comet. Adaptation: regionally to New England and east coast. Mass. Ann. Rpt. 1936.

Trent (ST-5) - Breeder: Smithfield Expt. Farm, Trenton, Ont., Canada. Vendor: J. Cleminson, Wellington, Ont., Canada. Parentage: [(Red Top x Ferguson) x Rideau]. Characteristics: firm fruited, tolerant to dry conditions. Similar: Rideau. Adaptation: eastern Ontario. 1967.

Tres Rios (XPH 5376) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: large, smooth fruit in second and third harvests. Resistance: tobacco mosaic virus, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Humaya, Pacific. 1990.

Trimson (ST-12) - Breeder: Smithfield Expt. Farm, Trenton, Ont., Canada. Vendor: R. White, Wellington, Ont. Parentage: [(Blitz x High Crimson) x High Crimson) x Trent)]. Characteristics: high crimson color, high yield. Similar: Rideau and Trent. Adaptation: northeast United States and Canada. 1971.

Trinity Pride (PS 842 194) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, indeterminate saladette, midseason maturity. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, tomato mosaic virus, bacterial wilt. Adaptation: Caribbean.

Triumph (Expt. 9976) - Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, midseason, large fruited, square round cultivar, good holding ability, jointless, uniform ripening, large vine. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium (race 1 and 2). Adaptation: California.

Trojan (XPH 5810) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow. Characteristics: a whole peel processing pear type, excellent color. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, alternaria stem canker, nematodes. Similar: Roma. 1991.

Tropic (216) - Breeder: Florida Agr. Expt. Sta., Bradenton. Parentage: 479-6-1 CASTME x 18-D2-D4-8-1. Characteristics: trellis type, vigorous vine, fruit large, attractive, and deep in polar dimension. Resistance: race 1 fusarium and verticillium wilts, gray leaf spot and graywall. Similar: Manalucie and Manapal. Adaptation: southeastern United States. Univ. of Florida Agr. Expt. Sta. Circ. S-198, 1969.

Tuckcross 756P - Breeder and vendor: University of Missouri, Columbia. Parentage: (Ohio WR25 x Missouri 765) x Purdue 110. Characteristics: three way hybrid fresh market type, early season, indeterminate with sparse open plant habit. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, Cladosporium leaf mold race 3; tolerance to cracking. Adaptation: greenhouses in northern United States, Canada. HortScience 16:230-231. 1981.

Tuckcross K (Hybrid 436) - Breeder: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Vendor: Standard Seed Co. Parentage: Tucker's Forcing x Kalohi. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, greenhouse forcing; fruit red, medium to large, high percentage marketable; sets five to six fruit per cluster; tolerates adverse conditions. Resistance: fusarium wilt, Cladosporium fulvum (race 1) and root-knot nematodes. Similar: Truckcross M. Adaptation: midwestern and southern United States. Amer. Veg. Grower, Dec. 1963.

Tuckcross M - Breeder: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Parentage: Tucker's Forcing x Michigan State Forcing. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, earlier maturity and more productive than M.S.F., lighter foliage, better setting ability. Resistance: fusarium wilt and Cladosporium fulvum (race 1). Adaptation: northern United States. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:570-573. 1959.

Tuckcross O - Breeder: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Parentage: Tucker's Forcing x Ohio WR Globe. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early, productive; fruit medium to large, scarlet, tight calyx. Resistance: fusarium wilt, Cladosporium fulvum (race 1). Adaptation: United States and Canada. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:570-573. 1959.

Tuckcross V - Breeder: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Parentage: Tucker Forcing x Valiant. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, early maturity; fruit medium to large, red, high percentage marketable; foliage sparse. Resistance: fusarium wilt, Cladosporium fulvum (race 1). Adaptation: midwestern United States. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:570-573. 1959.

Tuckcross W - Breeder: Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Parentage: Tucker's Forcing x Waltham Moldproof Forcing. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, larger fruit size than Waltham Moldproof Forcing. Resistance: fusarium wilt and several races of Cladosporium. Adaptation: northeastern United States and Canada. Proc. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:570-573.

Tuckers Forcing - Breeder: Missouri Agr. Expt. Sta. Columbia. Parentage: involves Earliana, L. pimpinellifolium no. 160, Break-O-Day, Ponderosa, Gr. Baltimore, Ind. Baltimore, Long Calyx, and Bay State. Characteristics: large fruit size. Resistance: race 1 fusarium wilt and Cladosporium leaf mold. Similar: Bay State. Adaptation: greenhouse forcing only. Mo. Res. Bul. 597. 1955.

Tuppecanoe - Breeder: Dept. of Hort., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, Ind. Vendor: Agr. Alumni Seed Assn. Parentage: II-28-1, Tucker Univ. of Missouri, had Acc. 160 in its parentage). Characteristics: fruit larger than other greenhouse cultivars, red, deep-flattened globe, heavy foliage. Resistance: fusarium wilt, race I. Similar: Spartan Hybrid. Adaptation: greenhouse forcing.

Turrialba - Breeder: Inter-American Inst. of Agr. Sci., Turrialba, Costa Rica. Parentage: Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme x Cuban Marglobe. Characteristics: productive under moist, humid, tropical conditions where other commercial cultivars yield poorly. Resistance: tolerant to P. infestans. Adaptation: regionally to the tropics. La Hacienda, New York. May 1946. Turrialba 1 (1):7-11. 1950.

Turrialba No.2 - Breeder: in the Inter-American Inst. of Agr. Sci., Turrialba, Coast Rica. Parentage: selection from Turrialba for larger fruit size. Characteristics: larger fruit than Turrialba.

Tygress (XP 1432427) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds-Asgrow. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: fresh market type; vigorous, determinate plant, superior yield and quality for main season planting; smooth uniform green fruit with deep oblate shape; quality similar to Florida 47; superior yield and quality in early plantings with virus protection. Resistance: Alternaria stem canker, Verticillium wilt race 1; Fusarium race 1, 2; Stemphylium solani / gray leaf spot; tomato mosaic virus, tomato yellow leaf curl virus. Similar: Florida 47. Adaptation: Florida. 2003.

Uniset (Okla. 20-D) - Breeder: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater. Vendor: Oklahoma Foundation Seed Stocks. Parentage: (Hawaii 3380 x VBL 1-2-3) s dwarf line (USDA). Characteristics: plant typical dwarf (di allele); fruit globular with uniform color (u); sets abundantly in adapted region. Adaptation: southwestern intermountain and north to Iowa. Mimeo of Hort. Dept., OSU. 1965.

Ural (XPH 4029) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Italia. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, pear shape; vine requires little training. Similar: Hypeel 244. Adaptation: Italy. 1986.

Urbana - Breeder: Univ. of Illinois, Urbana. Vendor: Corneli Seed Co. Parentage: series of crosses involving five cultivars. Characteristics: medium early, red; oblate fruit, determinate vine, sets heavily. Resistance: fusarium wilt. Adaptation: regionally to the south and extreme north; honorable mention in the All American Trials. Corneli Catalog. 1952.

V 121 - Breeder: Hort. Expt. Sta., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Lowden. Parentage: Potentate x L. pimpinellifolium. Resistance: races 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 of Cladosporium fulvum. Similar: Potentate. Adaptation: greenhouse forcing. Rpt. HES 1945-1946.

V 548 - Breeder and vendor: Ontario Agr. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Ont., Canada. Parentage: L. hirsutum, John Baer, Vetomold, V121, Sterling Castle. Characteristics: immune to all known races of Cladosporium fulvum. Resistance: leaf mod, blotchy ripening. Adaptation: greenhouse production. New Zealand Comm. Grower 14:4-6, 7; Rpt. Hort. Expt. Sta. 1857-1958: 52-55.

V Marzano M-3 - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Mountain View, Calif. Parentage: selection from segregating material released by California Agr. Expt. Sta. Characteristics: paste type, indeterminate. Resistance: verticillium. Similar: San Marzano. Adaptation: general. F.M. list. 1961.

V Marzano P-4 - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co., Mountain View, Calif. Parentage: selection from segregating material released by California Agr. Expt. Sta. Characteristics: bush, paste type. Resistance: verticillium. Similar: San Marzano. Adaptation: general. F.M list. 1961.

Vagabond (V-508) - Breeder: Hort. Expt. Sta., Vineland Sta., Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds, Ed. Lowden. Parentage: F12 (F8 (Vetomold x V-121) x F2 of BC2 (Vetomold x L hirsutum)); a greenhouse cultivar. Resistance: races of 1 to 9 inclusive of Cladosporium fulvum. Similar: Vetomold. Adaptation: regionally to British Columbia, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Holland. Press Release May 12 1954. 1954.

Valiant - Breeder and vendor: Francis C. Stokes Co., Vincetown, N.J. Parentage: selection from Stokesdale. Characteristics: 5 days earlier than Stokesdale with smaller vine and larger fruit. Similar: Stokesdale. Adaptation: northern tier states and Canada. Stokes Cat. 1937.

Valley Pride (GS 133) - Breeder and vendor: Goldsmith Seeds. Parentage: Univ. of California inbred x private inbred. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, compact plant with concentrated set for machine harvest large; smooth green-shouldered fruit. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts and nematodes. Similar: Jack Pot. Adaptation: western United States. 1976.

Valnorth - Breeder: Cornell Univ. Ithaca, N.Y. Parentage: Farthest North x Valiant4. Characteristics: higher early yield, slightly, smaller fruit than Valiant. Similar: Valiant. Adaptation: has not been extensively tested outside New York for regional adaptation. Farm Res. 20 (1). 1954.

Valor (Expt. 0147) - Breeder and vendor: Keystone Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, mechanical harvest cultivar uniform ripening, round, medium-early maturity; fairly firm and productive and slightly earlier than VF315. Resistance: none claimed. Similar: VF315. Adaptation: California. 1978.

Vantage (V595) - Breeder: Ontario Agr. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Canada. Vendor: Stoke's Seeds, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada. Parentage: complex-Tuckqueen x line derived from L. pimpinellifolium and L. peruvianum derivatives. Characteristics: uniform ripening and cracking. Similar: Vinequeen. Adaptation: greenhouse production. Rpt. Ontario Hort. Ext. Sta. 1962:73-75. 1963.

Vaughan's Early Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Vaughan's Seed Co., Downers Grove, Ill. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, vines vigorous and spreading, foliage cover medium; fruit 5 to 6 full-sized per hand, 6 to 7 ounces each. Similar: Bonny Best. 1952.

Vaughan's Hybrid - Breeder and vendor: Vaughan's Seed Co., Downers Grove, Ill. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, very productive, vines vigorous, spreading, foliage cover heavy; fruit 5 full-sized per hand, 7 to 10 ounces each. Similar: Rutgers. 1952.

Veebrite (V 686E) - Breeder: Hort. Res. Inst. of Ontario, Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: [(C1402 x Coldset) x (Coldset x Heinz 1350)1. Characteristics: determinate, early, open foliage type, with good crack resistance, cold germinability and cold setting ability; large firm, smooth fruit, uniform color, slightly heart shaped for fresh market, whole pack, and strained products. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Similar: Heinz 1350. Adaptation: northern production areas. 1972.

Veecrop (V 6512) - Breeder: Horticultural Res. Inst., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: Glamour x (Early Baltimore x Pritchard). Characteristics: smooth, crack resistant, easy stem removal, deep red color, good flavor, cold setting ability; possesses genes sp and u. Resistance: verticillium wilt. Similar: Galaxy. Adaptation: cool, short-season areas.

Veegan (VH602) - Breeder: Ontario Hort. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Joseph Harris Co, Rochester, N.Y. Parentage: Michigan State Forcing x and T23A. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, free setting. Resistance: leaf molds except race no. 10 and fusarium wilt. Similar: Michigan-Ohio Hybrid. Adaptation: greenhouse culture. Rpt. Ont. Hort. Expt. Sta. 1964:86-87. 1965.

Veeking (Ont 8112, 7915, C43CAAA) - Breeder and vendor: Ontario Hort. Expt. Sta. Parentage: Lafayette x Cal-j. Characteristics: open pollinated, u, sp j-2, ogc round, machine harvestable but large enough for hand picking (120 g) with excellent flavor. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium (race 1). Adaptation: Great Lakes. 1982.

Veemore (V712) - Breeder: Hort. Res. Inst. of Ontario, Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seed. Parentage: [Roma VF x (H1350 x High Crimson)] x [Glamor x (Early Baltimore x Pritchard)]. Characteristics: Fireball season, firm, oblate, slightly lobed, wilty foliage, and crack resistant. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Similar: Fireball. Adaptation: northern areas. 1975.

Veepick (V716) - Breeder: Hort. Res. Inst., Simcoe, Ontario. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Characteristics: paste tomato, prostrate, determinate vine, midseason maturity, long oval fruit, uniform green shoulders, pale exterior color, excellent internal color. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, verticillium wilt race 1. Similar: San Marzano. Can. J. Plant Science 61:769-770. 1981.

Veepro (Ont. 746) - Breeder: Hort, Expt. Sta., Simcoe, Ont., Canada. Vendor: various seedsmen. Parentage: (Roma VF H1350 x High Crimson) ST8 x Florida 1339D3. Characteristics: open pollinated, u, sp, j2, ogc, large firm pear, very early compact; small core, blossom scar and stem scar; suitable for whole pack and product. Resistance: fusarium wilt (race 1). Similar: H1706 and Roma VF. Adaptation: northern United States and Canada. 1978.

Veeroma (V727) - Breeder: Hort. Res. Inst. of Ontario, Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: Roma VF x Chico. Characteristics: early pear, productive, crack resistant with concentrated maturity. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium race 1. Similar: Roma. Adaptation: Ontario, Canada, and the north central United States. 1975.

Vega (HMX 6935) - Breeder and vendor: Harris Moran. Characteristics: bears blocky, round fruit 125-150 day maturity from planting, excellent yield is used primarily for paste product. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2. 1991.

Vegas (FMX 70) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: jointless fresh market hybrid with very concentrated set of uniform green, firm, smooth, thick walled fruit, medium sized vine, determinate, curly foliage, early maturity, machine harvest capability. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot, alternaria stem canker. Similar: Jackpot, Blazer, Duke. 1982.

Vendor (V 656) - Breeder: Horticultural Res. Inst., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: V 596 x Indian River. Characteristics: short internodes, firm, red, uniform ripening. Resistance: some strains of leafmold and tobacco mosaic. Adaptation: greenhouses. 1967.

Ventura (270) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Parentage: selection outcross of Chico 111. Characteristics: early, compact, determinate, pea type, mechanical harvest, 2 to 3 days later than Chico 111. Resistance: fusarium. Adaptation: eastern and southern United States. New Seeds for the World. 1970.

Venture (11-1-12B-1) - Breeder: Ontario Agr Expt. Sta., Vineland, Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada. Parentage: Massachusetts Hybrid-Pritchard. Characteristics: early fruiting, plant small, compact and determinate. Similar: Fireball. Adaptation: southern Ontario. Rpt. Ontario Hort. Expt. Sta., 1962, p. 75. 1963.

Venus (NC 70-TR7) - Breeder: North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta., Raleigh. Vendor: North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers. Parentage: complicated PI 129080, Beltsville no. 3814, STEP 174, Manalucie, and others. Characteristics: adapted to training and ground culture; slightly flat globe, medium size fruit (3 pounds); fresh-market type. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1, southern bacterial wilt, and radial cracking. Adaptation: wide, especially warm temperatures, subtropical and tropical areas. Research and Farming 29:1971.

Veronica (STM 4807) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, roma type, vigorous. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot, bacterial speck race 0. Adaptation: wide. 1996.

Vetomold - Breeder: Horticultural Expt. Sta., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Parentage: Potentate x L. pimpinellifolium. Resistance: immune to races 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9 of Cladosporium fulvum. Similar: Potentate. Adaptation: greenhouse forcing. Rpt. HES 1945-1946.

VF 10 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Parentage: selection from VFW 145B. Characteristics: 7 to 10 days earlier than VF 145B. Adaptation: western United States. New Seeds for the World. 1969.

VF 14 - Breeder: Univ. of California, Davis. Parentage: (VR11 x UC255) x Molokai x C54 (UC). Characteristics: sets fruit at high temperature; fruits slightly smaller and smoother and earlier maturing than CPC no. 2. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. Similar: GPC no. 2. Adaptation: California. 1961.

VF 36 - Breeder and vendor: Univ. of California, Davis. Parentage: UC255 x VR11. Characteristics: early, small, open vine, large pointed fruit. Similar: Pearson or Early Pak. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. 1959.

VF 109 - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: uniform ripening mechanical harvest type with high serum viscosity. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium. Adaptation: western United States. 1970.

VF 145 - Breeder: Univ. of California, Davis. Parentage: (VRII x UC255) x (Ace x C54) x Tiny Tim. Characteristics: fruit firm, small, suitable for mechanical harvesting; pronounced point on blossom end. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. Similar: Earlypak. Adaptation: California. 1961.

VF 145 B-1 - Breeder and vendor: SRS Seeds, Niagara Chemical Div., FMC Corp. Parentage: selection out of VF 145 B. Characteristics: fruit machine harvest well, have green shoulder, small stem scars, excellent interior color, and slightly smaller than VF 145 B; plants smaller, more compact, set more concentrated and maturity 4 days earlier than VF 145 B; stem hairless. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. Similar: VF 145 B. Adaptation: California and the southwestern United States. 1966.

VF 145 B1-2 - Breeder and vendor: SRS Seeds, Niagara Chemical Div., FMC Corp. Parentage: selection out of VF 145 B. Characteristics: fruit green shouldered, slightly smaller, more uniform in ripening than VF 145-B; plants heavy producer, more compact and 2 days later than VF 145 B. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. Similar: VF 145 B. Adaptation: California and the southwestern United States. 1966.

VF 145 B-7879 (S) (XP 624) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, uniform, globe-shaped fruit with high solid content for processing. Resistance: none listed. Similar: VF 145 B. Adaptation: California. 1977.

VF 145 F5 - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: small, determinate, light-green plants; fruit pale green with no distinct shoulders, thick walls, red interior; uniform size and shape fruit. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. Similar: VF 145. Adaptation: California. 1965.

VF 198 (198-6) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed Co. Characteristics: compact determinate, excellent cover vine, elongated firm fruit for mechanical harvest. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium. Adaptation: western United States. New Seeds for the World. 1968.

VF 270 (XP 270) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: selected from Univ. of California material. Characteristics: early, short vine, processing type, round, green shoulder, productive, with good field-holding ability, adapted to machine harvest and bulk handling. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: VF 10, but earlier. Adaptation: California and similar areas. 1973.

VF 365 (VF 36-5 UCG) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: selection from VF 36. Characteristics: an early midseason processing cultivar with uniform ripening fruit type. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Similar: VF 14. Adaptation: Pacific coast. 1965.

VF Earlypak - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: an Early Pak type; fruit with green shoulder. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Similar: Early Pak. Adaptation: similar to Earlypak.

VF Earlypak 909 - Breeder and vendor: Niagara Chemical Div. FMC. Characteristics: Earlypak type for market or processing, deep round green shoulder, dark red fruit. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium. Similar: Earlypak 7. Adaptation: western United States.

VF Napoli - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Characteristics: small pear or paste type with medium compact plant; fruit averages smaller than VF Roma but greater maturity concentration; excess nitrogen will cause larger vines and puffy fruit. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. 1968.

Viceroy - Breeder: Ontario Agr. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: Bounty x Rutgers. Characteristics: large fruit, good internal color, uniform ripening, free setting. Similar: Sioux. Adaptation: cool areas. Rpt. Hort. Expt. Sta. 1957-58. 1960

Victor - Breeder: Michigan State College, East Lansing. Parentage: Allred x Break O'Day. Characteristics: early, determinate, uniform ripening, flattened, often tough fruit. Similar: Bounty and Early Wonder. Adaptation: short season areas. Mich. Arg. Expt. Sta. Quart. Bul., 23 Aug. 1940.

Victoria Supreme (STM 4809) - Breeder and vendor: Sakata Seed America. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, roma type, large fruit. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, bacterial speck race 0. Adaptation: Florida, Baja California. Similar: Rio Grande. 1999.

Vinequeen (V 546) - Breeder: Hort. Expt. Sta., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: complex, involving John Baer, L. hirsutum, Vetomold, V-121, and Stirling Castle. Characteristics: productive; three to five uniform shaped scarlet fruit per pound. Resistance: all known races of Cladosporium fulvum. Similar: Vagabond. Adaptation: for greenhouse forcing.

Vinered - Breeder: Ontario Agr. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: Early Chatham x Rutgers. Characteristics: fruit firm, good internal color, free setting. Similar: Fireball. Rpt. Hort. Expt. Sta. 1957-58. 1960

Viscon (Expt. NCX 3006LF) - Breeder and vendor: FMC. Characteristics: open pollinated, machine harvest canning cultivar; prostrate vine, round, uniform ripening fruit with high solids and extremely high consistency. Resistance: verticillium and fusarium wilts. Adaptation: California and the western United States. 1976.

Viscount (V624) - Breeder: Ontario Agr. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds, St. Catharines, Ont., Canada. Parentage: Ace x Rideau. Characteristics: fruit very smooth, medium size, early mid-season, excellent color. Resistance: cracking. Similar: Rideau, but better color and later. Adaptation: Ontario and the northeastern Untied States. Rpt. Ont. Expt. Sta., 1962, 75-16. 1963.

Vision (V681) - Breeder: Ontario Horticultural Inst., Vineland, Ont., Canada. Parentage: Campbell 1327-D19 x Coldset. Characteristics: firm, crack resistant, cold germination and set. Resistance: fusarium. Similar: Veecrop. 1971.

Vista (XPH450) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, for stake culture. Resistance: none claimed. Similar: Ace Hybrid and Supersonic. Adaptation: arid and semi-arid areas. 1979.

Vita-Gold (PS 36912) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, multi-use, determinate vine, orange fruit, 85 g size, high in beta-carotene, midseason maturity. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, fusarium crown rot. Adaptation: California. 1999.

Viva Italia (PSX 88288) - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: pear shaped fruit, large, vigorous determinate plants, good flavor, disease resistance, good yield. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, bacterial speck, alternaria stem canker, gray leaf spot. Similar: Early pear 1488. Adaptation: wide for fresh market, home garden. 1991.

Vivid - Breeder: Horticultural Res. Inst., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: Earliest-of-All x Pink Red Jacket backcrossed five times. Characteristics: pink, uniform ripening, small, smooth fruit, cold setting ability, indeterminate. Similar: Earliest-of-All. Adaptation: early staking crop. 1968.

VR Moscow (Utah VR 11) - Breeder: Utah State College, Logan, Utah and USDA. Parentage: Utah no. 665 (Peru Wild) x several cultivars of L. esculentum (Moscow was recurring parent in last five backcrosses). Characteristics: determinate, early canning cultivar resembling Moscow in all characters except wilt resistance. Resistance: Verticillium albo-atrum. Similar: Moscow. Adaptation: mainly to Utah. Utah Farm and Home Sci. 13:74-75. 1952.

Vulcan-(V-4804) - Breeder: Hort. Expt. Sta., Vineland Station, Ont., Canada. Vendor: Lowden. Parentage: V473 x Vetomold. Resistance: races 1, 2, 5, 7, and 9 of Cladosporium fulvum. Similar: Vetmold. Adaptation: greenhouse forcing in fall. Rpt. HES 1949-1950.

Wabash (66-30-1) - Breeder: Purdue Univ. Vendor: Agr. Alumni Seed Improvement Assn. Parentage: complicated. Characteristics: early, small, determinate plant, globe shape; firm, crack-resistant fruit. Resistance: fusarium. Similar: Fireball. Adaptation: midwestern United States.

Walter (1544, STEP 535) - Breeder and vendor: University of Florida. Characteristics: fresh market, determinate, midseason, fruit are medium-slightly large, flat-round, symmetrical. Resistance: fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot. Adaptation: Florida, southeastern United States. Fla. Agric. Expt. Sta. Circ. S-202. 1969.

Waltham Mold-Proof Forcing - Breeder: Waltham Field Station, Univ. of Massachusetts, Waltham. Parentage: (Italian Paste Prince Borghese x L. peruvianum) x Pan America (USDA 44 B292 x Improved Bay State) x Improved Bay State. Characteristics: red fruit, three to four to a pound. Resistance: tomato leaf mold (Cladosporium fulvum). Adaptation: greenhouse culture. Phytopathology 43:109. 1953.

Waltham Scarlet - Breeder: Univ. of Massachusetts, Waltham Field Station, Waltham. Vendor: Brecks. Parentage: Trellis 22 x Michigan State Forcing. Characteristics: firm fruit, good color, good flavor, home garden cultivar. Adaptation: regionally to New England.

Washington State Forcing - Breeder: Washington State College, Pullman. Vendor: Gill Bros. Co. Parentage: Bonny Best x Best-of-All (Sutton's). Characteristics: dark-red fruit of about uniform size on all fruit clusters from bottom to top of plant. Similar: Best-of-All. Adaptation: Northwestern United States. Wash. State. College. Bul. 436.1944.

Weshaven - Breeder: Texas Agr. Expt. Sta., College Station. Vendor: Associated Seed Growers and others. Parentage: selection out of a cross between STEP 54 and Southland. Characteristics: fairly open, indeterminate vine growth; large, globe-shaped fruit with green shoulders, fruit are firm with solid flesh and tough skin. Resistance: fusarium wilt and gray leaf spot. Adaptation: southern Texas. Texas Agr. Expt. Sta. L-328, Jan. 1957.

Westernred - Breeder: USDA, Southern Great Plains Field Sta., Woodward, Okla. Parentage: (Porter x Danmark) x Break O'Day. Characteristics: setting fruit under adverse conditions. Adaptation: regionally to the southern Great Plains. Mimeo. Circ. 1951.

Westover (Md. 135) - Breeder: Univ. of Maryland. Parentage: C-17 x Glamour. Characteristics: open pollinated, small-medium vine, midseason; fruit 5 to 7 ounces, smooth, crack resistant, uniform ripening, fairly concentrated set and ripening. Resistance: fusarium and verticillium wilts. Adaptation: eastern United States. 1974.

Willamette (OSU 435-4) - Breeder: Oregon State Univ., Corvallis). Parentage: (Campbell Soup 10 x Pennheart) x Queens. Characteristics: vine determinate, medium small frame, medium sprawling, medium foliage cover; fruit medium large, unusually smooth, uniform color gene, globe to deep globe; small stem and blossom scars; good color and solidity. Resistance: radial cracking. Adaptation: western valleys of the United States and Canada, New York, and Michigan.

Wiltmaster - Breeder: E.P. Basher, Univ. of Delaware, Newark. Vendor: Associated Seed Growers. Parentage: Southland x Rutgers. Characteristics: high yield; good color. Resistance: fusarium wilt. Similar: Rutgers. Adaptation: Middle Atlantic states and the midwestern United States. Del. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 310. 1954.

Window Box - Breeder: Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham. Vendor: Billy Hepler Seed Co. Parentage: Redskin x Dwarf Champion. Characteristics: very early, oval, medium size, red fruit borne on a dwarf determinate plant. Adaptation: regionally to the northern United States.

Window Box Roma (RS 2003) - Breeder and vendor: Seminis Vegetable Seeds. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: fresh market type; long shelflife tomato, uniform green, weight is from 60-80 g, unique, determinate with dark green rugose foliage; for growing in containers and pots; large Roma type pear shaped fruit, very tasty; not for commercial use. Similar: Patio. Adaptation: home garden; U.S. 2001.

Winner (XP 2011) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Parentage: Walter x breeding line. Characteristics: open pollinated, similar to Walter, but fruit size usually larger. Resistance: fusarium (race 2) and verticillium wilts. Similar: Walter. Adaptation: Florida and Mexico. 1973.

Winners Circle (Mkt H 59) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: compact vined, medium early, market hybrid with large, firm fruit for grower-shippers. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, gray leaf spot. Similar: Jackpot, Count Fleet. 1982.

Wisconsin 55 - Breeder: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: selection from crosses involving John Baer, Del Monte, Early Biltmore, and Redskin as parents. Characteristics: very large fruit. Resistance: early blight, tolerant to fusarium wilt. Adaptation: regionally to the North Central states. Wis. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 478, 1958. 1947.

Wisconsin Chief - Breeder: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Parentage: Victor x Long Red. Similar: Sioux. Characteristics: large fruit of good quality; fruit set under cool temperatures; medium early. Adaptation: upper midwestern United States. 1957.

Wolfpack 1 - Breeder and vendor: North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Parentage: (Fla 180 x Dorchester) F10. Characteristics: whole pack processing tomato, determinate, upright vine, concentrated fruit set, firm, blocky fruit, midseason maturity, small core, uniform green shoulder. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: Wolfpack 2. HortScience 21:1247-1248, 1986. 1984.

Wolfpack 2 - Breeder and vendor: North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Parentage: (Fla 180 x Dorchester) F10. Characteristics: whole pack processing tomato, determinate, firm, blocky fruit, midseason, 5 days later than Wolfpack 1. Resistance: fusarium wilt race 1. Similar: Wolfpack 1. HortScience 21:1247-1248, 1986. 1984.

Wonder Boy - Breeder: Petoseed Co., Saticoy, Calif. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, midseason cultivar with indeterminate vine; fruit very large&emdash;1 pound or more. Adaptation: midwestern, eastern and southern United States. The Peto Story, Petoseed Co. 1959.

Wonder Boy VFN - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, large fruited, smooth, deep oblate to globe shape, green shoulders. Resistance: verticillium, fusarium, and root-knot nematodes. Similar: Wonder Boy VF. Adaptation: wide. 1976.

Wondervee (Ont 733) - Breeder: Ontario Hort. Expt. Sta. Vendor: Stokes Seeds. Parentage: Hardin's Minature/3/VFN8//Chico/1350//CampKC 109/3/Genctic Marker/4/potentate/5jRed Currant 6-02-M6. Characteristics: open pollinated, u, sp, firm, early, round, handpick, open vine; fresh market and processing as juice and product. Resistance: verticillium, cracking. Similar: Springset. Adaptation: Great Lakes.

Xena (PS 150817) - Breeder: John Bill. Vendor: Seminis-Petoseed. Parentage: F1 hybrid. Characteristics: Indeterminate saladette, deep blocky fruit, vigorous plant, very productive, uniform sizes. Resistance: ASC,BSK,FW 1&2 N, ST, V. Similar: Tequila. Adaptation: Mexico. 2000.

Yaqui - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, saladette with larger fruit, firm, thick walls. Resistance: nematodes, bacterial speck. Adaptation: California.

Yello Stuffer - Breeder and vendor: Petoseed. Characteristics: indeterminate, 76 day maturity, stake, bush, home garden. Unique pepper shape with large open locules, ribbed, green shoulder, fruit 4 oz or 115 g. 1990.

Yuba (FM 48432) - Breeder and vendor: Ferry-Morse. Characteristics: medium determinate vine, medium sized, square round, red fruit excellent for whole peel use. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt race 1, nematodes. 1990.

Zorba (XP498) - Breeder and vendor: Asgrow Seed Co. Characteristics: open pollinated, earlier, larger fruited than Chico III. Resistance: none claimed. Similar: Napoli and Ventura. 1979.

Zuley - Breeder and vendor: Novartis. Characteristics: F1 hybrid, fresh market, saladette type, vigorous determinate, mid-late season, medium length, blocky round fruit, uniform green shoulders. Resistance: verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, tomato mosaic virus, bacterial speck. Adaptation: Mexico, Central and South America. 1995.