New to me this year, Hanigan's Large Yellow

[patty_b]

By the name, Hanigan's Large Yellow, I was expecting a large size tomato. Mine have been in the 4-6oz range, and not so large. Very meaty, firm and tasty, so I would say large in taste. Is anyone else growing these this year, or might I have an imposter?? Didn't find any info in the 2006 SSE book and don't have additional info to base my results on. Thanks, Patty

[Raymondo]

Great colour Patty, similar to the Earl of Edgecombe I grew last year.

[carolyn137]

Patty, I have all the SSE Yearbooks except for the 1982 and I just looked in the 2008 and there's no listing for this variety.

What was your source of seeds?

[patty_b]

I rec'd seeds from our good buddy David, who is connected to all corners of the earth. Looked back at my pack and see there is also a Hanigan's Large Red, thinking it might be a last name from someone that he had rec'd the seeds from??
Better give the red a try next time because the yellow was just like I like them! I really thought they would be in SSE.......... Thanks, Patty

[Tormato]

Patty,

I think I still have the original envelopes from HLY & HLR, with info on them. I'll try to hunt them down. I remember them being his mom's main farm stand tomato. I'll also contact David.

Gary

[greenthumbomaha]

Resurrecting an old thread.

I started one seedling of Hanigan's Yellow for a salsa garden for my neighbor. She will not have a garden this year, so I will adopt the seedling. I see Patti and Tania both grew this, but no mention in Tville since 2008.

Height is always an issue for me in a confined space garden. I would like to know the approximate mature height. If there is interest in seed saving/sharing, it would be best in a pot to avoid disease chances in my yard. Things looked pretty awful at season end last year. Please post any info if you have recent memory of this variety.


- Lisa


I appologize, I see on the dbase that it was regrown in 2015. That's a good sign!