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F1 hybrid
Shirley
Also sold as: Shirley F1, Tomato Shirley
Long-established British-market F1 cordon tomato producing heavy trusses of uniform 70-90 g red salad fruit with strong disease resistance and reliable greenhouse performance.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 85 g (70–90 g)
- Days to maturity
- 68 days from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- Medium
- Productivity
- Very high
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Especially reliable under glass but can crop outdoors in favourable sites. Short-jointed growth helps pack trusses onto the cordon. Keep moisture even to limit splitting, stop the leader at the top of the support or after the desired number of trusses.
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