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Tomato Chef's Choice Orange F1 2014 AAS Vegetable Award Winner Chef's Choice Orange F1 is a hybrid derived from the popular heirloom Amana Orange which matures late in the season.

Tomato Chef’s Choice Orange F1

2014 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner

Chef’s Choice Orange F1 is a hybrid derived from the popular heirloom Amana Orange which matures late in the season. Now you can experience the wonderful flavor of an orange heirloom tomato in only 75 days from transplant. Its disease resistance is an added bonus. Chef’s Choice Orange has a wonderfully bright, almost neon, internal color and superior flesh taste and texture for an early maturing orange tomato. Excellent for soups and sauces because the intense color does not fade or discolor when cooked. Home chefs are going to love cooking with this variety as well as eating it fresh.

Average size fruits are 12 ounces but can weigh up to 1 pound. Large 5-foot tall plants are indeterminate and the leaves cover fruit well to protect from sunburn.

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Categories: 2014, All, Edibles/Vegetables, Indeterminate, National, Tomato Tag: Chefs
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AAS WINNER DETAILS

Winner Type: National
Class: Tomato
Variety Name: Chef’s Choice Orange F1
Genus: Solanum
Species: lycopersicum
Year: 2014
Common Name: Beefsteak tomato
Type: Edible – Vegetable
Breeder: Seeds by Design
Close Market Comparison: Sunkist and Orange Welllington F1

PLANT NEEDS

Duration Type: Annual
Light Needs: Full sun
Water Needs: Dry to normal
Season Type: Warm season
Staking Required: No

PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

Foliage Color: Dark green
Plant Habit: Requires staking, vining
Plant Height: 5 feet
Fruit Color (Harvest): Bright orange
Fruit Shape: Flat boat shaped
Fruit Size: 5-6 inches
Fruit Weight: 9-12 ounces
Fruit Flavor Description: Sweet mild flavor, firm tasty flesh
Number Of Fruits Per Plant: 20 plus

IN THE GARDEN

Garden Spacing: 15-18 inches
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed): 120
Days To Harvest (Transplant): 75
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Disease Resistances or Tolerances: TMV, Crack, Anthracnose

HOW TO GROW

Sow seeds for transplant about 5 weeks before setting out in frost-free garden setting. Transplant in sunny location in 5-foot rows with a 15-18 inch spacing. These large 5-foot vines are indeterminate and require staking. The staking effort is well worth the reward of 20 plus beautiful orange beefsteak tomatoes. Harvest these boat shaped fruit when they reach a deep orange color, but are still slightly firm to the touch. Enjoy fresh or cooked in soups and sauces.

Reviews

  1. Ruth – 05/14/2021

    I grew these tomatoes for the first time in 2020. We live near Ottawa Ontario. These tomatoes are very flavorful!! I had beautiful large smooth skin tomatoes right up until frost. At that time I picked them all and brought them into my house and we enjoyed them well into November. I will be growing them again and again!

  2. Dave Hames – 02/26/2018

    Chef’s Choice Orange is my new favorite orange slicing tomato. It has heirloom flavor with hybrid vigor and productivity! The large tomatoes are meaty and flavorful with a nice balance of acid and sweet. It makes a great companion when served with the other varieties in the Chef’s Choice line of tomatoes.

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