Quick Summary of Fedora
- 🌍 Origin: An heirloom variety circulated among European collectors. These specific seeds were sourced from a grower in Germany in 2015.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall-growing). Shows moderate resistance to Leaf Mold (Cladosporium), rated a 3 out of 5 by growers.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Heart-shaped (oxheart) tomatoes that exhibit prominent “green shoulders” (retaining green coloring at the top even when ripe). The fruits are medium to large.
- ⏳ Yield & Performance: Very productive, yielding multiple heavy fruits per plant, though ripening times can vary significantly even between bushes planted next to each other.
- 👅 Grower Consensus: While productive and decently sized, some veteran growers find it doesn’t stand out enough in taste or overall performance to earn a permanent spot in their limited greenhouse space.
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I grew the Fedora variety this year in a greenhouse. The seeds were from Irina Ts. from Germany (2015).
Tall (indeterminate), productive, heart-shaped. I grew 2 bushes. On one bush, the fruits ripened faster. The fruits have green shoulders. Resistance to Leaf Mold (Cladosporium) on a 5-point scale is 3 points.
The weight of the fruits from one bush (I didn’t weigh the very last ones) in grams: 250 + 212 + 203 + 185 + 172 + 143 + 183 + 108 + 113 + 338 + 340 (ranging from 3.8 oz to 12 oz).
I have no desire to repeat this variety for now.
Here is what the fruits look like on a green background.
