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[[File:gardenlime.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomato 'Garden Lime'. ©Kelly]]
 
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[[File:gardenlime2.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomato 'Garden Lime, plant. June 2017. ©Kelly]]
  
 
'''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]]
 
'''Grower:''' [[:Category:AB_GI_K|Kelly]]

Revision as of 12:59, 29 August 2017

Tomato 'Garden Lime'. ©Kelly
Tomato 'Garden Lime, plant. June 2017. ©Kelly

Grower: Kelly

Year: 2011, 2016, 2017

Accession: 127

Seed Source: Plant Gene Resources Canada, accession no. CN 18817

Comments:

2017
2016 Crop failure.
2011 Very tasty green tomato, complex acidic flavour. A new favourite. I think a warmer year would definitely increase production.


Plant Growth Observations

Vine Growth Type: Indeterminate

Vine Growth Habit: Sprawling

Plant size: Medium (4ft)

Leaf type: Regular

Leaf Coverage: Good

Maturity: Mid (83 days)

Fruit Observations

Skin colour: Green

Flesh colour: Green

Fruit Shape: Pleated

Fruit Fasciation: Extreme Fasciation

Fruit Firmness: Firm

Fruit Set: Fair

Average Fruit Diameter: 3"

Average Fruit Length: 2"

Average Fruit Weight: 225g (8oz)

Other Observations

  • Resistant to cracking and splitting.
  • Resistant to BER.
  • Needs warmer weather, otherwise suffers from blossom drop.

History

  • Donated to PGRC in 1992 from a German source.