Juliet
F1 hybrid tomato
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 60-62 days 4 sources, 1 independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red, grape
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
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.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 60-62 days | Consensus range across the cited sources, which include both independent references and commercial catalogs. |
Against the rest of the tomato database
Where this variety sits among every tomato we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
earlier than 94% of the 258 tomatoes we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
Trial results
What this variety did in published university trials. These are observations of a season, not properties of the seed, so they are kept separate from the measurements above and are never merged into them. Letters are each report's own mean-separation groups.
Across every trial
What each measurement rests on. A figure from one plot in one season and a figure seen repeatedly across sites and years are different kinds of evidence, so the weight is printed beside the number rather than left for the reader to count.
| Measurement | Observed | Evidence behind it | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late Blight severity | 37.8-70 % | 1 observation from 1 trial, 2012 |
Ranges span what was observed; no average is taken across trials. Where the trials measured differently or grew at different populations the figures are a spread across conditions, not one population, and the row says so.
Evaluation of Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties, 2012
2012 · New York · full season · published as "Juliet"
| Measurement | Result | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Late Blight severity | 37.8-70 % | Visual severity rating under natural infection |
Each trial states its own limits, and they are worth reading before acting on any figure here. Yields in these reports are extrapolated from small research plots and run higher than commercial farms achieve; cull rates reflect the disease pressure of one particular season.
Production systems
Described as suited to
No source we cite says which production system this variety suits.
Grown in trials under
Grown in open field in 1 trial we hold. That records where the plants stood, not where the variety belongs; no other system has been tested here.
Traits
Disease resistance
| Code | Disease | Level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Early Blight (Alternaria linariae (A. solani)) | tolerant | Breeder declared |
| - | Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans) | tolerant | Breeder declared |
Every resistance claim here cites a publisher's whole output rather than one publication, and does not say where inside it the statement appears, so it cannot be looked up as cited. That is a gap in our records rather than a judgement on the claim, and it is counted and being worked down.
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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- F1 hybrid
Mountain Magic
66-70 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Sweet Chelsea
65-70 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Sweet Million
60-65 days · Indeterminate
Head to head
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Sources & References
Evidence: 5 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, Community Collection
- 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