Chef's Choice Orange
F1 hybrid tomato · Solanum lycopersicum · introduced 2014
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 75-80 days
- Fruit
- orange, beefsteak
- Weight
- 9-12 oz
- Bred by
- -
Origin & history
The 2014 All-America Selections winner that launched the Chef's Choice series, a bright orange beefsteak bred to pair heirloom-style flavor with hybrid disease resistance.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-80 days | Consensus range across the cited independent references. |
| Fruit weight | 9-12 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 |
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: 1 source, all commercial catalogs. No independent reference documents this variety yet.
- All-America Selections winners database · All-America Selections, Trial Program