Rutgers
A historic tomato bred for both processing and fresh markets, valued for improved uniformity and flavor.
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Released 1934
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Taste & texture
- Used for
- Historical market useFresh eating and processing (original 1934 cultivar).
conditions: Historical cultivar as of its 1934 release; not a claim about the identity or use of present-day seed lots.
sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu ↗Context & source
Historical original Rutgers tomato use, as described by Rutgers; the same article says the original line was not later maintained and modern seeds may be derivative selections or different cultivars.
Original record: Historic tomato developed for both processing and fresh markets; the institutional history describes improved uniformity and flavor, with an explicit caveat about later seed identity.
- /interpretation/context
- conditions: Historical cultivar as of its 1934 release; not a claim about the identity or use of present-day seed lots.
Origin & family
Where Rutgers began
Recorded origin
United States
- Institution
- Campbell Soup Company; Rutgers NJAES
- Crossed
- 1928
- Released
- 1934
Rutgers’s family
3 varieties · 2 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
Rutgers
United States
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Field notes
Original source notes
trait observations
- trait
- source reported character
- source url
- sebsnjaesnews.rutgers.edu ↗
- observation
- Historic tomato developed for both processing and fresh markets; the institutional history describes improved uniformity and flavor, with an explicit caveat about later seed identity.