Abstract
zSeeding dates 14 Jan. (spring) and 24 Aug. 1993 (fall). yAverage fruit diameter and weight of the first five fruit to ripen per plant. xNumber of green and ripe fruit ≈2 weeks after first fruit color. wDays from seeding to first appearance of gold (‘Micro-Gold’ and Fla. 7565), yellow (‘Yellow Canary’), or red (‘Micro-Tom’) fruit. vMean separation within columns for each season by Duncan’s multiple range test significant or nonsignificant (NS) at P ≤ 0.05. ‘Micro-Gold’ is a miniature dwarf tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) with goldcolored fruit. It is a companion to ‘MicroTom’ (Scott and Harbaugh, 1989), which has been the smallest tomato cultivar released to date. Like ‘Micro-Tom’, ‘Micro-Gold’ is being released as a tomato that can be grown singly in small pots (13 cm in diameter; 1-liter volume), as three plants in hanging pots (15 cm in diameter; 1.8-liter volume), or more plants in larger hanging pots. It is also ideal for window boxes or garden borders because the plant canopy diameter is only 19 cm (spring) to 26 cm (fall) (Table 1). ‘Micro-Gold’ combines ornamental aspects of a well-proportioned, diminutive, tomato plant with a mildtasting fruit that can be eaten. The small plant size makes it ideal for commercial growing, shipping, and retail selling.
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