Roma VF
Open-pollinated tomato
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- Determinate
- Days to maturity
- 73-80 days 3 sources, 1 independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red, plum
- Weight
- -
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.
The breeder attribution here is supported by Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners. These claims name their own evidence rather than resting on the record's source list as a whole, because a species that distinguishes a variety, or an attribution to a breeding programme, is worth being able to check on its own.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Roma VF | Synonym | The re-selection carrying V and F resistance; the names are used interchangeably in the trade. |
Origin & history
The USDA-bred paste tomato that became a supermarket generic. Released from the Beltsville program in the 1950s, with the VF re-selection adding fusarium and verticillium resistance, one of the earliest mainstream examples of resistance breeding in a home-garden variety.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 73-80 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.
later than 52% 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
| Code | Disease | Level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Fusarium Wilt of Tomato (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| V | Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium dahliae) | resistant | Breeder declared |
F records that this variety has some resistance to this disease without naming which gene. The pathogen has 3 named races that different genes answer differently, so how much of it this covers is not established by the source.
V records that this variety has some resistance to this disease without naming which gene. The pathogen has 3 named races that different genes answer differently, so how much of it this covers is not established by the source.
Fusarium Wilt of Tomato: Recorded at disease level. This pathogen has 3 named races that varieties meet differently, and the source we cite does not distinguish them.
Verticillium Wilt: Recorded at disease level. This pathogen has 3 named races that varieties meet differently, and the source we cite does not distinguish them.
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.
Related varieties
- open-pollinated
Martino's Roma
75-80 days · Determinate
- open-pollinated
Bellstar
68-75 days · Determinate
- heirloom
Grandma Mary's Paste
70-80 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Health Kick
70-75 days · Determinate
- open-pollinated
Heinz 1350
75-78 days · Determinate
- F1 hybrid
Plum Regal
68-75 days · Determinate
Head to head
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Sources & References
Evidence: 3 sources, including 1 independent reference.
- Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners · Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Community Collection
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog
- Vegetable MD Online · Cornell University, Plant Pathology, University or Government