The "Better Boy"

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

variety is a hybrid between the ''Teddy Jones

heirloom tomato An heirloom tomato (also called heritage tomato in the United Kingdom, UK) is an Open pollination, open-pollinated, non-hybrid heirloom plant, heirloom cultivar of tomato. They are classified as family heirlooms, commercial heirlooms, mystery heir ...

variety'' and an unknown red variety developed by plant breeder John Peto. ''Better Boy''

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

grows from an indeterminate plant, growing to about in weight, and typically ripens in around 72 days, growing to about high. ''Better Boy'' tomatoes are resistant to both

verticillium ''Verticillium'' is a genus of fungi in the division Ascomycota, and are an anamorphic form of the family Plectosphaerellaceae. The genus used to include diverse groups comprising saprobes and parasites of higher plants, insects, nematodes, mo ...

and

fusarium wilt Fusarium wilt is a common vascular wilt fungal disease, exhibiting symptoms similar to Verticillium wilt. This disease has been investigated extensively since the early years of this century. The pathogen that causes Fusarium wilt is ''Fusarium o ...

. Due to the relatively high amount of fruit it yields, it is recommended that the ''Better Boy'' varieties should be sturdily staked when planted in a

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

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Tomato cultivars

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