Mexico Midget
Heirloom tomato
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 60-70 days 2 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red, currant
- 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
Collected in Mexico, a rampant vine covered in half-inch red fruit whose flavor is concentrated far beyond its size. Reseeds itself freely wherever fruit drops.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 60-70 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 88% 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.
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
Gardener's Delight
65-75 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Matt's Wild Cherry
60-70 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Bloody Butcher
55-60 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Coyote
60-70 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Moskvich
60-65 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Red Currant
65-75 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, 1 seed catalog and 1 community collection. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds catalog · Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co., Seed Catalog
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection