No. 073 · heirloom
Wapsipinicon Peach
Wapsipinicon Peach is an indeterminate heirloom cherry tomato with pale creamy yellow fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.
Flavor
Described as sweet, mild, and fruity with a lightly tangy, delicate character. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.
Origin
An Iowa heirloom named for the Wapsipinicon River, first offered in the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook by Jeff Nekola in 1996 and a winner of the SSE heirloom taste test in 2006.
What it does well
- Unusual fuzzy peach-like skin
- Sweet, mild fruity flavor, a taste-test winner
- Productive over a long season
Where it frustrates
- Soft, tender fruit does not store or ship well
- Pale color makes ripeness harder to judge
Growing it
- Indeterminate vine. It keeps growing and setting fruit right up to frost, so plan on a tall stake or cage and regular pruning through the season.
- Mid-season timing, ripening around 70 to 80 days from transplant.
- Generally forgiving and beginner-friendly to grow.
- One of our picks for the cold, short-season gardens of New England.
Disease resistance
An heirloom, sold without formal disease-resistance codes.
Why no hardiness zone?
Tomatoes are warm-season annuals, so variety choice comes down to days to maturity and your local frost dates.
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Common questions
- Is Wapsipinicon Peach determinate or indeterminate?
- Wapsipinicon Peach is an indeterminate variety. Indeterminate vine. It keeps growing and setting fruit right up to frost, so plan on a tall stake or cage and regular pruning through the season.
- How long does Wapsipinicon Peach take to ripen?
- Wapsipinicon Peach ripens in about 80 days from transplant. Mid-season timing, ripening around 70 to 80 days from transplant.
- Is Wapsipinicon Peach an heirloom or a hybrid?
- Wapsipinicon Peach is an heirloom, an open-pollinated variety with a documented history, so seed saved from it comes back true to type.
- What can I grow instead of Wapsipinicon Peach?
- A close swap is Isis Candy, but pale fuzzy yellow rather than red and gold marbled.
Sources
- Wapsipinicon Peach Tomato · Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
- Wapsipinicon Peach Tomato (78 Days) · Pinetree Garden Seeds
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