Tomato 'Lemon Drop'

It's unfortunate this variety isn't more popular, it is one of my favorite variety to grow for overall sweetness. I've grown it for sever...Read Moreal seasons in zone 10b and 6a. The plant have a durable characteristic similar to Black Cherry, very tall vines with sturdy stems. It needs tall trellising to be productive. The yield is less compared to Black Cherry however. The fruit size is smaller than Black Cherry, but larger than Sungold.

To get the best brix value it needs to be in full sun and the fruits should ripen to deep yellow with no more green tint. The flavor is different from Sungold, more refreshing to me personally, but just as sweet.

I've been growing this for 5 or 6 years now, and it's my husband's favorite. It's also a hit with my coworkers, and a couple of them hav...Read Moree grown it as well.
It grows like a weed, frequently climbing over the top of my 6' trellis, even in my heavy clay soil. While it's very prolific, it's also somewhat thin-skinned and tends to split when picked. We try to pick them when they're still a little underripe and/or we try to leave the stem attached to avoid this.

Extremely productive plant! Each flowering branch has upward of 100 tomatoes.

I found this one growing on a branch of "Snow White Cherry.I tried the seed and they came "true"so I have continued to propagate it since...Read More then.It is a bright lemon yellow with good flavor and indeterminate growth habit.I shared the seed with SSE and after their initial trials they made it available for sale.Lemon Drop does have one bad feature.If heavy rains come late in fruit developement,some of the ripe ones will crack.This is true of many open pollinated varieties in my garden.If you ferment seed,be careful.Many will sprout during fermentation.I just dry and plant with no disease problems so far.