Illustration of Lucid Gem tomato
Illustration based on known variety traits. Appearance varies by growing conditions.

No. 095 · open-pollinated

Lucid Gem

Lucid Gem is an indeterminate open-pollinated beefsteak with yellow ripening toward orange, with glossy black anthocyanin splashes on the shoulders fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.

Typebeefsteak
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size5 to 9 oz
Coloryellow ripening toward orange, with glossy black anthocyanin splashes on the shoulders
Difficultymoderate

Flavor

Described as very sweet with fruity undertones, a striking bicolor with good flavor and storage. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

Bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms in 2016 from a cross of Beauty King and Blue Beauty, one of his anthocyanin Boar Series varieties.

What it does well

  • Dramatic yellow-orange fruit with black antioxidant shoulders
  • Sweet, fruity flavor with meaty flesh
  • Heat tolerant, crack resistant, and stores well

Where it frustrates

  • Shifting colors make ripeness harder to judge
  • Indeterminate vines need staking

Like Lucid Gem, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Berkeley Tie-Dyebut yellow-orange with black shoulders rather than port-wine stripedIndigo Rosebut a larger bicolor beefsteak rather than a dark round fruit

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