Big Beef
F1 hybrid tomato · Solanum lycopersicum · introduced 1994
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 70-73 days
- Fruit
- red, beefsteak
- Weight
- 10-12 oz
- Bred by
- Seminis Vegetable Seeds
Origin & history
The 1994 AAS winner that finally put real beefsteak size and flavor on a fully disease-resistant plant, another Colen Wyatt design in the Petoseed-to-Seminis lineage.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-73 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
| Fruit weight | 10-12 oz | Typical range for the cultivar, as a consensus across the cited sources. Not a measured mean from any single crop: fruit weight varies with season, spacing and where on the plant the fruit set. |
Traits
Disease resistance
| Code | Disease | Level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium dahliae) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| FF | Fusarium Wilt of Tomato (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| N | Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| T | Tobacco Mosaic Virus (Tobamovirus tabaci / ToMV) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| ASC | Alternaria Stem Canker (Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| St | Gray Leaf Spot (Stemphylium spp.) | resistant | Breeder declared |
Breeder declared means the resistance was stated by whoever breeds or sells the seed. That is not a reason to disbelieve it, and for most resistance genes it is the only evidence that exists: the breeder screens the line and publishes the result in their catalog, and no independent party re-tests it. We label it rather than quietly presenting it as though someone had checked.
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Sources & References
Evidence: 4 sources, including 2 independent references.
- Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog · Johnny's Selected Seeds, Seed Catalog
- 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