open-pollinated
Ailsa Craig
Also sold as: Ailsa Craig Tomato
Classic Scottish cordon tomato, bred in 1908 and introduced in 1912, with prolific small red fruit and a notably traditional acidity-forward flavour.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 50 g (30–70 g)
- Days to maturity
- 75 days (55–75)
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- Medium
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Heat tolerance
- Medium
- Cool-climate suitability
- High
- Growing notes
- Performs well under glass and outdoors in UK conditions. Maintain even water because the relatively tender skin can split after irregular watering.
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