Sun Gold
F1 hybrid tomato
- Breeding
- F1 hybrid
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 57-65 days 3 sources, none independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- orange, cherry
- 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.
Also known as
| Name | Kind | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Sun Gold | Synonym | Frequently written as two words. |
Origin & history
Bred by Tokita Seed of Japan and introduced in 1992, the apricot-orange cherry whose tropical-sweet flavor made it the single most beloved cherry tomato in American gardens and farmers markets. Prone to splitting; nobody cares.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 57-65 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.
Traits
Disease resistance
| Code | Disease | Level | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Fusarium Wilt of Tomato (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici) | resistant | Breeder declared |
| T | Tobacco Mosaic Virus (Tobamovirus tabaci / ToMV) | 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.
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.
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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Apero
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- F1 hybrid
Esterina
65-70 days · Indeterminate
- F1 hybrid
Favorita
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- F1 hybrid
Fire Fly
60-65 days · Indeterminate
Head to head
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Sources & References
Evidence: 3 sources, 2 seed catalogs and 1 community collection. No independent reference documents this yet.
- 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