Mountain Magic vs Juliet
Two blight-tolerant saladette hybrids for wet-summer gardens.
| Mountain Magic | Juliet | |
|---|---|---|
| Breeding | F1 hybrid | F1 hybrid |
| Growth habit | Indeterminate | Indeterminate |
| Days to maturity | 66-70 | 60-62 |
| Fruit color | red | red |
| Fruit size class | saladette | grape |
| Typical weight | - | - |
| Primary uses | snacking, slicing | snacking |
| Introduced | - | 1999 |
| Documented resistances | 3 | 2 |
| Saves true from seed | No (F1) | No (F1) |
Measured against each other
The table above is two descriptions placed side by side. Below are the trials that grew both varieties in the same ground, in the same season, measured by the same people. That is the only setting where a difference between them is something somebody observed rather than something we inferred.
Evaluation of Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties, 2012
2012 · Organic research field, Long Island · New York| Measurement | Mountain Magic | Juliet | What the trial concluded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late Blight severity | 0.1-0.3 % | 37.8-70 % | Juliet was more severely affected here. This trial published no mean separation for this measurement, so the difference is untested. |
Superscript letters are the trial's own mean separation, not ours. Entries sharing a letter were not separated at the trial's significance level however far apart the two figures look, and where a trial published none we say the difference is untested rather than treating the arithmetic as the finding. Each block is one site and one season.
Disease resistance
Mountain Magic
Juliet
Traits
Both: F1 Hybrid, Indeterminate, Red, Early Season, Snacking, Crack-Resistant
Only Mountain Magic
- Saladette
Only Juliet
- Grape
Origins
Mountain Magic
Randy Gardner's NC State campari-type and the flagship of the modern blight-resistant generation: full Ph-2 + Ph-3 late blight resistance with early blight tolerance, in a two-ounce fruit sweet enough to win taste trials.
Juliet
The 1999 AAS winner that mainstreamed the grape-tomato form in home gardens: glossy red mini-Romas in clusters, crack-proof, with useful field tolerance to blights.
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Sources & References
Evidence: 7 sources, including 4 independent references.
- NC State Fresh-Market Tomato Breeding Program (Mountain series) · North Carolina State University, University or Government
- Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog · Johnny's Selected Seeds, Seed Catalog
- Vegetable MD Online · Cornell University, Plant Pathology, University or Government
- Evaluation of Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties, 2012 · Cornell Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (2012), University or Government
- Evaluation of Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties, 2013 · Cornell Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (2013), University or Government
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog
- Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners · Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Community Collection