{"id":6192,"date":"2026-10-23T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:29:57","slug":"deans-haleys-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/deans-haleys-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean’s Haley’s Rainbow Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Dean’s Haley’s Rainbow is a mid-early indeterminate<\/strong> variety bred by Dean Slater<\/strong>, highly notable for its striking variegated foliage<\/strong>. It produces bicolor fruits (yellow with a pink blush), but growers report significant discrepancies in fruit shape. While the original description calls for small round plums, seeds currently in circulation are throwing much larger, ribbed, oblate tomatoes, indicating the line is segregating. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)<\/h2>\n
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“DEAN’S HALEY’S RAINBOW” USA – seeds from V.V. Redko.<\/p>\n

Her description: “A variety from Dean Slater, height 4 ft (1.2 m), mid-early. Variegated leaf, fruits are round-plum shaped up to 3.5 oz (100 g), yellow colored with a pink blush, honey-sweet, grow in clusters.”<\/p>\n

I kept it to 3 stems, it got to about 6 ft (1.8 m) tall. The fruits were oblate, with slight ribbing and a blush. The clusters are large, tomato weight was 4.6-5.3 oz (130-150 g) on the 1st and 2nd trusses, and higher up they were 2.5-3.5 oz (70-100 g). The taste was a 4 out of 5, maybe the lack of heat affected it. An absolutely gorgeous variety.<\/p>\n

Edited October 17, 2019 by Khrizantema57<\/em><\/p>\n

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Why are the fruits shaped like that?<\/p>\n

In the original version they were round-plums with 4 locules.<\/p>\n

Did it start segregating into oblate ones later?<\/p>\n

Seeds are from the same source.<\/p>\n

Edited March 31, 2023 by Zelenaya_jizn<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Segregation<\/h2>\n