No. 001 · hybrid
Sungold
Sungold is an indeterminate hybrid cherry tomato with tangerine orange fruit. It ripens in about 60 days.
Flavor
Catalog and grower descriptions put Sungold among the sweetest cherry tomatoes grown, intensely sweet and fruity, almost tropical, measured at roughly 8 on the Brix scale. Flavor is subjective, so treat this as the widely repeated catalog description rather than a measured fact for your garden.
Origin
An F1 hybrid cherry tomato that became one of the most popular tomatoes grown by home gardeners in cool climates. Its breeder lineage is commonly attributed to Tokita Seed of Japan, which is noted here as the widely repeated account rather than a source-confirmed fact.
What it does well
- Exceptional sweetness
- Very high yield over a long season
- Starts bearing early, which suits cool short-season gardens
Where it frustrates
- Skins split and crack readily
- Best picked the moment it colors up, it does not hold
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Where to buy seed
Related reading
Sources
- Sungold F1 Tomato (60 days) · Pinetree Garden Seeds
- Sun Gold F1 Cherry Tomato Seed · Johnny's Selected Seeds