If you ’re plant love apple in your Arkansas garden , you ’re certainly not alone . accord to the University of Arkansas Extension , not only are tomatoes the most popular garden vegetable in the state , but 80 percent of gardeners nationwide opt them to any other homegrown solid food . Tomatoes like the hot summer in Arkansas , and they thrive in its rainy mood .

Red

Better Boy is the Graeco-Roman garden Lycopersicon esculentum . It produces globe - shaped fruit in about 72 days . This vigorous , undetermined plant is immune to fusarium wilt disease , verticillium wilt disease and rout greyback nematodes . Celebrity , a determinate vine , has large , firm , crack - resistant yield that attain maturity in 70 daylight . It is tolerant to fusarium wilt , verticillium wilt , tobacco plant mosaic computer virus and nematodes .

Indeterminate tomatoes are vining , and they will produce yield throughout the time of year until killed by hoarfrost . Determinate tomatoes , also live as bush tomatoes , spring up to about 4 feet tall , and their crops will mature all at the same time .

Pink

The tasty Brandywine is an undetermined tomato with deep - pinkish skin that matures in 78 days . Because it is an heirloom tomato , it is not bred to be resistant to specific diseases , but it ’s hardy and easy to grow . Arkansas Traveler , another heirloom that is particularly appropriate for gardeners in the state , bring on pink fruit that is meek , juicy and quick to harvest in 76 day . Another expert choice for Arkansas is Ozark Pink , which has some disease immunity and matures in 75 days .

Paste

library paste tomatoes usually are grown more for sauce and cooking than for slicing . Plum Dandy has blockish red tomato plant that you’re able to reap in 82 days . It is determinate and resistant to former blight , fusarium wilting and verticillium wilt . Lemon Boy is an indeterminate tomato that produces big , lemon - icteric yield . This very rich hybrid is quick to reap in 72 days .

Cherry

cerise tomatoes are splendid container plants , and they ’re fun to eat decently off the vine . The Sweet Chelsea is a hybrid that ask heating plant to set its flush . Its 1 - inch red fruit are quick to harvest in 65 days . It is resistant to fusarium wilt , verticillium wilt , nematode and tobacco mosaic virus . The Juliet hybrid has clusters of small fruit that look like miniature plum tomatoes . It is undetermined and quick to glean in 65 daytime . Burpee says it ’s the most chap - tolerant cherry red tomato plant .

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