Payette

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Payette
Maturity	midseason
Growth habit	det., dwarf
Leaf type	regular, rugose
Fruit color	red
Fruit shape	round
Fruit size	small
Fruit type	salad
Variety type	open-pollinated
Country	USA

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70 days, det., rugose foliage, 6-10 oz red fruit, good producer, SSE TOMATO 57.

Source 

BELG FI L (Luc Fichot, Belgium)

Year: 2007

Location: Pasadena, Texas

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Being an Idaho native next to Parma where the tomato was bred, I figured I’d try this one out. It was a very stiff, very dwarf plant (nice, compact size—I think it got two feet fall at the most). I got a few small tomatoes (not cherries, but definitely not 3”); they were not early (maybe near the end of the midseason). The taste was decent. I'm pretty sure my seeds had been de-acclimatized to the hot, dry conditions of SW Idaho. So, I saved seeds to help re-acclimate it to the area, and it’s looking faster-maturing and a lot more prolific this year (2017); it is a good year, however, despite the late last frost (probably due to all the spring rains and the super cold winter we had). Time will tell how it does, though (hopefully I’ll report later). Because it’s compact, named after my area, and because I believe it has a lot of potential, I plan to keep growing it every year from seeds saved the harvest before I grow it (depending on results after a few years). The plant looks similar to Snow Fairy, so far (although Snow Fairy might be more prolific and early in my area without acclimatization). If you're in SW Idaho, you might try such tomatoes as Matina and Thessaloniki, although they're not anything like dwarfs (but no matter which open-pollinated varieties you grow, I recommend saving fresh seeds every year for best results).

Seed source:

Sand Hill Preservation Center (ordered 7 Oct 2015)

Year grown: 2016

Location: New Plymouth, Idaho

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History

• SSE TOMATO 57
• Breeder and vendor: University of Idaho, Parma, Idaho.
• Parentage: L. peruvianum, L. hirsutum, Bison, Stokesdale, Sioux, Bounty.
• Characteristics: dwarf, compact plant; fruit early (1 week earlier than Sioux), smooth, red, medium sized, good yields. Resistance: curly top.
• Similar: Epoch.
• Adaptation: southwestern United States and southern Idaho. University of Idaho Bul. 1962.

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Seed Availability

Year	Commercial Vendors	Seed Savers Yearbook (Member listings)	Seeds of Diversity (Member listings)
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2013	Sand Hill Preservation Center	.	.
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2009		1	.
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2007		.	.

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Related (parents)

• Bison
• Stokesdale
• Sioux
• Bounty