Tomato, cocktail Red Racer F1
2018 AAS Edible – Vegetable Winner
Red Racer, a cocktail size tomato, produced small, uniform fruits with great taste in the AAS Trials. Cocktail tomatoes have a good sweet/acid balance and are a smaller variety tomato (although larger than cherry or grape tomatoes). These tomatoes are uniform in size and mature as a cluster of fruits. The compact determinate plants produced a huge yield 7-10 days earlier than the comparisons and are ideal for small space and container gardens. One judge summed up this winner saying “Red Racer is small in size but big in taste!” Available in both organic and conventional seeds.
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Plant Description
Genus:
Solanum
Species:
lycopersicum
Common Name:
Tomato, cocktail
Plant Habit:
Compact, determinate
Plant Height:
3 feet
Plant Spread:
24 inches
Fruit Color (Harvest):
Red
Fruit Shape:
Round
Fruit Weight:
2 ounces
Fruit Size:
1.5 inches
Fruit Flavor Description:
Classic tomato flavor
Foliage Color:
Green
Disease Resistances or Tolerances:
Verticillium, Fusarium (1,2), Nematode, Tomato mosaic virus, Gray Leaf Spot
Breeder:
Bred by EarthWork Seeds, Distributed by Garden Trends Wholesale
Close Market Comparison:
: Mountain Magic F1, Premio F1
Planting & Care
Garden Spacing:
2 feet
Days To Harvest (Sowing Seed):
90
Days To Harvest (Transplant):
57
Duration Type:
Annual
Light Needs:
Full sun
Water Needs:
Normal
Season Type:
Warm season
Staking Required:
No (optional)
Container:
Yes
Judges Observations
- “Good for home gardeners.”
- “Nice, small, uniform-shaped fruit with good taste.”
- “Could be quite useful for small space gardening”
- “Entry was vigorous, high yielding, compact plant for container.”
- “Very nice plant habit that matured earlier with good quality fruit”
- “Trial variety was a very heavy producing compact tomato.”
Reviews
Bonnie –
These were planted as part of my Master Gardener internship, in the Urban Garden Center, Pearl City, HI. Planted 4 seeds, 4 seeds germinated and grew quickly with a very sturdy main stem. Vigorous growth and prolific fruiting. Although late blight is a problem, the plants are otherwise very healthy and there is still a significant harvest. Planted on March 23, 2018, most recent harvest on June 22 yielded approximately 20 lbs of good fruit from the 4 plants. Taste is excellent with nice round shape.
AAS Display Garden- River Valley Master Gardeners –
Excellent germination and fast grower. Set tomatoes in heat of summer when other varieties didn’t. Full tomato taste from golf ball size tomatoes. Zone 6a