West Virginia '63

[tomatoaddict]

Has anyone heard of this tomato and if so, does anyone have any seeds.

[geol]

Allegedly has the highest degree of blight resistance known to exist in a tomato. I have a few seeds I can spare, give me a PM.
West Virginia ‘63

[carolyn137]

Allegedly has the highest degree of blight resistance known to exist in a tomato. I have a few seeds I can spare, give me a PM.

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But only to Late Blight, aka P infestans, which is not that common in many parts of the US.

And while that was true in about 1963 there are other Late Blight tolerant varieties that have been bred since then, such as Legend and others.

And if you ask anyone in the PNW where Late Blight is a somewhat constant problem, I think you'll find that they aren't too enthused with Legend or similar as regards its tolerance.

[maryinoregon]

Carolyn is right. I don't know anyone who likes Legend, so I haven't bothered to grow it.

Can't remember who asked about West Virginia 63 on gardenweb several years ago. Gary? Don't know if he ever grew this one.

I wonder if it tastes good?

[tomatoaddict]

I ran across the article about it written by the University of West Virginia and it just peeked my interest. I hadn't heard of it. I don't want to bother growing it if it's not really good. I know I hated Legend too.
If anyone has tasted it, I would love to hear a review.

[geol]

My father grew this tomato on his farm in West Virginia. Not in response to any disease problems, but just a seed trial through the county agent if I recall. That’s where I got my seed.
The W.V.U. site claims resistance to fusarium and verticillim, as well as being immune to p. infestans. Here in N.J., I’ve haven’t had many disease problems to speak of, so I can’t really attest to what tolerances it may have, other than to say it's been trouble free for me. It's a nice, uniform, red tomato, not too unlike the Rutgers or Ramapo O.P. that I grew along side it last year. Maybe a little sweeter and slightly smaller on average.

[Deer Park]

West Virginia 63 performed very well for me this year here in zone 9A/B. For me, just another good medium sized variety. I don't plan on growing it again as I have many yet to be enjoyed.

Michael