Tumbling Tom
Open-pollinated tomato
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- Determinate
- Days to maturity
- 63-70 days 1 seed catalog · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red, 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.
Origin & history
A trailing cherry variety bred for hanging baskets, spilling two feet over the rim rather than growing upright, which made it the standard basket tomato in garden centers.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 63-70 days | Consensus range across the cited commercial catalogs; no independent source documents it yet. |
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 86% 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.
Production systems
Described as suited to
A claim about the seed, from the sources this record cites. A system not listed here has not been ruled out; no source addressed it.
Grown in trials under
Not recorded in any trial we hold.
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
- open-pollinated
Washington Cherry
60-65 days · Determinate
- heirloom
Gardener's Delight
65-75 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Gold Nugget
56-60 days · Determinate
- open-pollinated
Red Robin
55-60 days · Dwarf
- open-pollinated
Tiny Tim
45-55 days · Dwarf
- open-pollinated
Alaskan Fancy
55-60 days · Determinate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all seed catalogs. No independent reference documents this yet.
- Tomato Growers Supply catalog · Tomato Growers Supply Company, Seed Catalog