Also exhibits good disease tolerance. This is one of many excellent tomatoes released by Dr. Jim Baggett of Oregon State. The earliest, Oregon 11, sacrifices too much in quality, while Oregon Spring, a couple of days later, provides the best fruit. Part of the breeding effort on this was to develop a variety which could be set out in very cool spring temperatures. Understand, the plants cannot be allowed to freeze, but they can go out in April if freezing can be prevented.
Yields are high and, most important, flavor is great, nicely acidic.
Lots of customers have asked us to include this variety in the catalog. Bred specifically for storage qualities which are sometimes reported as being well into the following year. The flavor may not be to everyone's taste, for it does have a high acid content. Also one of the later varieties to mature. An heirloom from West Virginia preserved by Darrell Kellogg, a railroad supervisor, in Redford, MI after receiving seed from a friend.