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No. 098 · open-pollinated

Polar Baby

Polar Baby is a determinate open-pollinated slicer with bright red, round fruit. It ripens in about 60 days.

Typeslicer
Habitdeterminate
Days to maturity60
Fruit size2 to 3 oz
Colorbright red, round
Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as sweet and surprisingly well flavored for such an early tomato. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

An early, cold-tolerant determinate tomato developed by plant breeder John Holm in Fairbanks, Alaska, for short, cool seasons.

What it does well

  • Very early and bred for cold climates
  • Sets fruit with night temperatures in the 40s
  • Compact 18 to 24 inch plant, good for containers and short seasons

Where it frustrates

  • Small fruit and a concentrated determinate harvest
  • Flavor is good rather than complex

Like Polar Baby, but...

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

Sub-Arctic Plentybut reported sweeter for an ultra-earlyGlacierbut bred specifically in Alaska for the cold

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