Lycopersicon, Tomato 'Dona'

I grow 100 tomato plants every year. I have grown at least 12 new varieties every year for 15 years. That is a lot of tomatoes. Usually I...Read More find only one variety a year that I like and continue to grow in greater numbers.
Donas are our mainstay tomato. They are fantastic. When I hear reviews that say the plant is small and the tomatoes are round and tasteless I know they do not have a Dona.
No matter the weather,and we have it all here, they produce large amounts of slightly flattened,blemish free, incredibly tasty, crack free fruit.The plants are indeterminate and grow right out of my 5 foot hight concrete reinforcing wire cages.
If I had to grow just one tomato,heaven forbid, it would hands down be Dona. Spring Grove,Mn.

Dona is a good, medium sized "workhorse" tomato with a nice old-fashioned tomato flavor. Exceptional flavor for a hybrid.

I have planted Donas for my fall garden in Houston, Texas now for many years. They are usually tremendous producers for me. Not too large...Read More but the plants are always loaded down and often have to be multiple staked and tied off. I have had them get as tall as 9 feet and being indeterminate, I have also cut them back and left some of them in place for the summer garden as well.

The only problem I have had is finding them available to transplant in the garden. They sell out so fast whenever they show up at the various usual locations.

I have grown Dona for 5 years here with good success, just south of san francisco, california. the summers are dry, cool to warm, calm to...Read More windy, and low humidity here. I like the flavor of Dona, and it produces consistently high quality fruit with excellent disease resistance.

A 1993 fresh market round red from Vilmorin. It is one of the two French hybrids that I am familiar with, the other being Joker from the ...Read Moresame company. I don't know where folks are getting the idea that this is an heirloom or even open polinated. The Dona sold by major seed suppliers is the French hybrid. It has 6 - 8 ounce fruit and is resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, and nematodes.

This is the third year for me growing the French hybrid 'Dona' and I have had excellent results here in the hot and dry Sacramento Valley...Read More. Heavy producer of medium, red and very sweet fruit. Heavy foilage prevents sun scald which is very important here although I frequently use burlap sheets hung on the cages to shield the vines on 100 degree plus days.

Dona has been an excellent producer in my garden in the Central Valley of California. There is almost no humidity in the summer here (it...Read More doesn't rain from May through October), but the summer heat causes many beefsteak-types to drop their flowers. The Dona tomato produces well and early, and the taste is great.

I grew this tomato several years ago and although the fruit were small,they were pretty good. Production in hot,humid West KY was dissapo...Read Moreinting.The skins were paper thin and didn't toughen up in the heat,but I am using the garden space for tomatoes that seem to do better in my gardening conditions.

I've tried this three years in a row down in hot and humid Houston. Good vine growth, but only produced a handful of small maters. The ...Read Morematers were very sweet (a little too much for me) and tasty. It might do better in a cooler climate.