No. 073 · heirloom
Wapsipinicon Peach
Wapsipinicon Peach is an indeterminate heirloom cherry tomato with pale creamy yellow with a faint blush and soft peach-like fuzz fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.
Typecherry tomato
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size1 to 3 oz
Colorpale creamy yellow with a faint blush and soft peach-like fuzz
Difficultyeasy
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
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Sources
- Wapsipinicon Peach Tomato · Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
- Wapsipinicon Peach Tomato (78 Days) · Pinetree Garden Seeds