Description

Latah tomato
Solanum lycopersicum

Small red tomato, 3 to 5 cm in diameter. Excellent flavor. Very early, the first to be harvested (mid-July in zone 4b). Bushy plant with few leaves, 50 cm high. Do not prune. Does very well in containers. This variety is considered to be resistant to mildew. Developed in Latah County by the University of Idaho in Moscow, USA. Determinate, 55 days to maturity.

Full sun, well drained and rich soil. Sow indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the last frost. 5 mm deep. 40 cm between plants.

Germination: 90% in November 2024
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.

Note
My 90-year-old father’s favorite tomato. He says it’s a tomato that tastes like a real tomato, just like in the old days. It’s so early that it can be grown in partial shade. You can even sow directly outside in June, after the risk of frost. The plants are small and easy to stake, and production lasts well into late summer. Its sparse foliage probably makes it less susceptible to fungal diseases.