This was a great tomato in my garden last year. Produced well and had way better than average taste--not a Brandywine--but still great. ...Read More Good uniform shape with no cracking. By mistake I gave my seedling away this year!!
I will make sure it is in my garden every year from now on.
New Boston, MI (Zone 6a) | February 2007 | positive
We grew about 30 heirloom tomato varieties in the field last year for our produce stand here in southeastern Michigan, zone 5/6. J.T.D. g...Read Moreave us some of our most perfect and best selling fruit. No cracks, big crops and really, really great flavor. Perfect looking round tomatoes are not known as always the best tasting ones. This one is extraordinary. It's now on our permanent all time favorites list for our stand. Our customer's loved them, some came back every morning to see if we had more, they were dependable for a daily harvest once they came in (mid-season heirloom for us). We have a real good sandy loam, but more on the sandy side than not. When most of the other varieties cracked after the heavy rain cycles we had, this one stayed perfect. Also, we grow all organic and with a 4 year old and a baby, our plants never received any pest control treatment, not even preventative natural ones, due to no time and there was no disease or bug damage to these plants in 2006 for us. J.T.D. is all around wonderful fresh and in recipes. No wonder it made Campbell's Tomato Soup an American legend.
"85 days, indeterminate — J. T. Dorrance. In 1887, J. T. (John Thompson) Dorranc...Read Moree developed a unique line of condensed soups for the Campbell company.
Dorrance crafted condensed soup out of hardy stock ingredients, slashed the price of soup from thirty cents to a dime per can, and revolutionized the industry. By 1922, soup was such an integral part of the company’s presence in America, that Campbell’s formally added "Soup" onto its name. The company used the red and white school colors of JTDCornell University to produce a distinctive, and now famous, label.
The tomato, named in honor of the man, was bred by the Campbell Soup Company for specific characteristics for growing in New Jersey and for its own factory use.2 Aside from its significance as a good red processing tomato, it has the historical significance of being used as a parent in the development of other important tomato varieties.
The plants are vigorous and productive. Fruits are medium to large sized (six to sixteen ounces), red, globe to oblate shaped and tasty."
This was a great tomato in my garden last year. Produced well and had way better than average taste--not a Brandywine--but still great. ...Read More
We grew about 30 heirloom tomato varieties in the field last year for our produce stand here in southeastern Michigan, zone 5/6. J.T.D. g...Read More
History from Victory Seeds website:
"85 days, indeterminate — J. T. Dorrance. In 1887, J. T. (John Thompson) Dorranc...Read More