Mr. Stripey
Heirloom tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 80-85 days
- Fruit
- bicolor, beefsteak
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Stripey | Shared name (ambiguous) | The American Mr. Stripey is a large low-acid bicolor, unrelated to the English variety Tigerella sold under the same name. |
Commonly confused with
These are different varieties. A name shared between them does not make them the same seed.
- different variety
Tigerella
Two unrelated varieties sold under the name Mr. Stripey on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Origin & history
A low-acid bicolor heirloom, yellow with red marbling, widely sold in garden centers under a name that has also been applied to the unrelated English variety Tigerella, a recurring source of confusion in the trade.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 80-85 days | Consensus range across the cited commercial catalogs; no independent source documents it yet. |
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.
Evaluation of Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties, 2013
2013 · New York · full season · published as "Mr Stripey"
| Measurement | Result | Method |
|---|---|---|
| Late Blight severity | 11.9 % | Visual severity rating under natural infection |
| Late Blight: disease progress (AUDPC) | 203.6 index | Area under the disease progress curve |
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.
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
Big Rainbow
85-95 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Gold Medal
75-90 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Hillbilly
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Old German
80-85 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Pineapple
85-95 days · Indeterminate
- heirloom
Aker's West Virginia
80-85 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 3 sources, including 1 independent reference.
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog
- Burpee catalog · W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Seed Catalog
- Evaluation of Late Blight Resistant Tomato Varieties, 2013 · Cornell Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center (2013), University or Government