Sub-Arctic Plenty

Sub-Arctic Plenty is a determinate open-pollinated slicer with red fruit. It ripens in about 50 days.

Typeslicer

Habitdeterminate

Days to maturity50

Fruit size2 to 3 oz

Colorred

Difficultyeasy

Flavor

Described as a mild, simple early red tomato valued more for its speed and cold setting than for depth of flavor. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

An extremely early determinate tomato developed in Canada for cold, short seasons, often called one of the world's earliest tomatoes, bearing clusters of small red fruit on a compact unstaked bush.

What it does well

Among the earliest tomatoes in the world, ripening very fast from transplant
Sets fruit early and under cool summer conditions
Compact determinate bush that needs no staking and can be planted close

Where it frustrates

Small fruit, around 2 oz
Flavor is mild and less complex than later heirloom slicers

Like Sub-Arctic Plenty, but...

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

Glacierbut Glacier is noted as sweeter while Sub-Arctic Plenty is even earlier Stupicebut a compact determinate bush rather than a tall vine

Where to buy seed

Sources

Sub Arctic Plenty Tomato (60 Days) · Pinetree Garden Seeds
Sub Arctic Plenty Tomato Seeds · Urban Farmer