Celebrity vs Mountain Pride
Two determinate market hybrids that defined home-garden reliability.
| Celebrity | Mountain Pride | |
|---|---|---|
| Breeding | F1 hybrid | F1 hybrid |
| Growth habit | Semi-Determinate | Determinate |
| Days to maturity | 70-72 | 74-77 |
| Fruit color | red | red |
| Fruit size class | large | large |
| Typical weight | 7-10 oz | 8-10 oz |
| Primary uses | slicing | slicing |
| Introduced | 1984 | 1984 |
| Documented resistances | 4 | 2 |
| Saves true from seed | No (F1) | No (F1) |
Disease resistance
Celebrity
Verticillium WiltV · resistant
Fusarium Wilt of TomatoFF · resistant
Root-Knot NematodeN · resistant
Tobacco Mosaic VirusT · resistant
Mountain Pride
Verticillium WiltV · resistant
Fusarium Wilt of TomatoFF · resistant
Traits
Both: F1 Hybrid, Red, Medium Slicer, Mid Season, Slicing, Crack-Resistant
Only Celebrity
- Semi-Determinate
Only Mountain Pride
- Determinate
Origins
Celebrity
Colen Wyatt's masterpiece at Petoseed and the 1984 All-America Selections winner: the definitive dependable garden tomato, stacking V, F1-2, N, and T resistance under crack-free red fruit. Named an AAS 'Perennial Favorite'.
Mountain Pride
The first of Randy Gardner's Mountain series at NC State, released in 1984 and the variety that established the line's reputation for crack-free, uniformly ripening fruit on determinate plants.
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Sources & References
Evidence: 4 sources, including 3 independent references.
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog
- Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners · Cornell University Cooperative Extension, University or Government
- Vegetable MD Online · Cornell University, Plant Pathology, University or Government
- NC State Fresh-Market Tomato Breeding Program (Mountain series) · North Carolina State University, University or Government