{"id":6502,"date":"2026-10-27T12:28:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:29:39","slug":"golden-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/golden-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Queen (USDA Strain) Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> The USDA strain of Golden Queen is a historic indeterminate<\/strong> heirloom originally introduced by A.W. Livingston in 1882. Over the decades, commercial breeders selected out its distinct pink blush, but the USDA seed bank preserved the original, slightly bicolor genetics. Growers praise its tender, sweet, and low-acid flavor. Be aware that it can drop blossoms during prolonged heatwaves, and while it stays smooth in a greenhouse, it is highly prone to radial cracking if grown outdoors.<\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 6 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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Old Livingston variety, introduced in 1882. It’s yellow with a light pink blush that actually carries through into the flesh. Over the years, breeders completely selected this beautiful mistake out of the commercial lines. Thankfully, it was recovered through the seed bank and this strain matches the original.<\/p>\n

Mid-season, the vine grew over 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. It did drop blossoms during a prolonged heatwave. Fruits reach up to 7 oz (200 g), pure yellow with a pink blush that varies in size. The flavor is tender and sweet, with barely any tang.<\/p>\n

We grew ours under plastic and they didn’t crack at all. I’ve seen pictures online where every single fruit on the vine had radial cracking around the stem, but I’m guessing those were grown completely outdoors.<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udf45 Have you grown the USDA strain of Golden Queen?<\/strong> Leave a comment below!<\/a> Did you get the historic pink blush on yours, or did it suffer from radial cracking in your garden?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\ud83c\udf45 Quick take: The USDA strain of Golden Queen is a historic indeterminate heirloom originally introduced by A.W. Livingston in 1882. Over the decades, commercial breeders selected out its distinct pink blush, but the USDA seed bank preserved the original, slightly bicolor genetics. Growers praise its tender, sweet, and low-acid flavor. Be aware that it … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,1,61],"tags":[1511,410,1247,724,15,409],"class_list":["post-6502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heirloom-other","category-beefsteak-large-slicers","category-orange-and-yellow-tomatoes","tag-a-w-livingston","tag-american-heirloom","tag-historic-tomato","tag-indeterminate-tomato","tag-sweet-flavor","tag-yellow-tomato"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6503,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions\/6503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}