Quick Summary of Williams Striped
- 🌍 Origin: A well-known heirloom variety originating from the USA.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). There is often conflicting information from commercial seed vendors who describe it as a compact bush (up to 1 m / 3.3 ft). However, real growers consistently report it reaching 1.6 m (5.2 ft) and higher, even in open ground.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Massive, oblate (flat-round) bicolors with distinct ribbing on the shoulders. The skin is a glowing yellow with a strong red/pink blush. The interior flesh is yellow with beautiful red marbling.
- 👅 Flavor: The official descriptions promise a sweet, buttery, and juicy flesh. While many growers confirm it is very sweet and delicious, performance can vary by climate and soil—some growers in cooler regions found it to be a bit bland.
- ⏳ Maturity & Yield: Mid-season. It tends to produce fewer fruits per truss (only 2 to 3), but it compensates with sheer size, with fruits easily reaching 300-600 g (10.5-21 oz), and occasionally pushing up to 800 g (1.7 lbs).
Another bicolor – the fruits are large, it didn’t grow to the claimed 800 g (1.7 lbs), but it grew to almost 500 g (1.1 lbs). There are few fruits set per truss – 2 to 3, but all the fruits are large. Beautiful and tasty.
And approximately how tall was it?
“Williams Striped USA — tall, mid-season. The fruits are huge flat bicolors of yellow-red color, weight 300-600 g (10.5-21 oz), sweet, buttery, juicy flesh. For the greenhouse.”
“Quite a compact bush up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, produces sweet yellow fruits with a pink blush weighing up to 800 g (1.7 lbs).”
The seeds of this tomato were bought in the “Schastlivy Sad” (Happy Garden) online store. Their description: Quite compact bushes up to 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, produce sweet yellow fruits with a pink blush weighing up to 800 g (1.7 lbs).
For me, a tomato of this variety grew outdoors in the open ground, the bush was about 1.6 m (5.2 ft) tall. The fruits are ribbed on top, beautiful bicolors, large, but didn’t quite reach the promised 800 grams. Inside the cut tomato – yellow flesh with red stripes inside. Unfortunately, they turned out to be completely bland, I rated the taste a 4- (out of 5).
