The early tomato thread

[bower]

Siletz is a second parthenocarpic variety grown this year for comparison with Cold Set. It was later to flower and to set fruit, but set very quickly once it started. Blushing fruit at 137 days from germination and fully ripe 141 days. The first fruit (and overall) are smaller than Cold Set ( 3 oz or less), with a tart tomato flavour. Unlike Cold Set which produced lots of seeds, the first fruit shown below is completely parthenocarpic; what appear to be seeds in the photo turned out to be simply mush. The second fruit contained only half a dozen very tiny seeds. There is one larger tomato on the bush so I hope there are seeds in it!
Growth habit and susceptibility was very similar to Cold Set, quite small and bushy and a bit cranky in the cold.