Dwarf Champion
Heirloom tomato · Solanum lycopersicum · introduced 1889
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- Dwarf
- Days to maturity
- 70-80 days
- Fruit
- pink, medium
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Champion
Dwarf Champion is an 1889 heirloom; Champion is a modern VFNT hybrid.
Origin & history
Introduced in 1889 as the first commercially successful dwarf tomato, with stiff rugose foliage on a self-supporting plant. Its genetics underpin the modern Dwarf Tomato Project a century later.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-80 days | Consensus range across the cited commercial catalogs; no independent source documents it yet. |
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See tomato diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- heirloom
Black Sea Man
75-80 days · Determinate
- open-pollinated
Dwarf Rosella Purple
70-80 days · Dwarf
- heirloom
Eva Purple Ball
70-78 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Rose de Berne
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Abraham Lincoln
77-87 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Ailsa Craig
70-80 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all commercial catalogs. No independent reference documents this variety yet.
- Victory Seeds variety histories · Victory Seed Company, Seed Catalog
- The Dwarf Tomato Project · Dwarf Tomato Project (Craig LeHoullier, Patrina Nuske Small, and volunteer breeders) (2005), Community Collection