Scientific Name : Solanum lycopersicum
Common Name : Tomato, Small-Fruited
Blooming Season : Late Spring, Summer
Plant Habit : Climbing, Upright
Spacing : 18 - 36" (46 - 91cm)
Height : 60 - 84" (152 - 213cm)
Width : 36 - 48" (91 - 122cm)
Exposure : Sun
Grower Information :
Seed supplied as: Raw.
Tomato Class : Small-Fruited
Type : Specialty Small-Fruited
Habit : Indeterminate
Tomato Colour : Orange
Fruit Characteristics : Dipper, elongated, pointed
Fruit Size : 2-2.5 in./5-6 cm long x 0.5-0.7 in./1-2 cm wide
Disease Resistance : HR: F1, N, TMV
Days to maturity from transplant : 60-65
Production Method : Field, Protected Culture
Just right for dippingSun Dipper’s elongated fruit can be held between your fingers for easy use with dips and sauces. The orange fruit looks great on a vegetable platter and tastes delicious. The fruit’s unique shape will stand out at retail and the durable plant has great resistance to in-ground diseases, as well.
- Sun Dipper is an orange “dipper” tomato with elongated fruit that is easily held between your fingers for dipping in dressing on a vegetable platter.
- This unique elongated fruit shape is eye-catching and delicious, and it’s perfect for differentiating vegetable programs at retail.
- The plant is indeterminate and has resistance to Fusarium, Nematodes and Tobacco Mosaic Virus.
- Sun Dipper performs well in field production as well as high tunnels.
- Prune plant to 1 to 2 leaders to increase fruit size up to 3 to 4 in. (8 to 10 cm) long.
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