The North Texas tomato growing season split up into a spring or early summer crop and – with luck – a 2d crop in the fall . The midsummer ’s sustained high temperature constitute setting fruit difficult for tomato works even when protected with subtlety textile . For consistent yields , the best varieties are those with modest to medium - sized yield that are resistive to verticillium wilt , fusarium wilting , and root - knot nematode – designated by the letters " VFN " on the plant ’s recording label . Some variety are also insubordinate to tobacco mosaic virus that is shown by a " T " on the label .

‘Celebrity’

An old standby , ' Celebrity ' cultivars produce well in North Texas and the variety is an All - American Selections honour achiever . The intercrossed plants are a determinant ( bush tomatoes that grow to a set pinnacle producing fruit over a poor time ) salmagundi that grow to 4 to 5 foot tall in full sun . The yield is medium size – under one pound – and bright red . Fruit ripens in 70 to 80 Day and the plant is FVNT resistant .

‘Super Sweet 100 VF’

A cerise - sized cross tomato plant , ' Super Sweet 100 ' is an indeterminate varietal that postulate staking or cage . Each 6 to 8 foot tall plant produces hundreds of tomatoes that can be bring to salads or eaten as a sweet , healthy collation . The ' Super Sweet 100 VF ' is similar in preference to the traditional ' Sweet 100 , ' but with more disease resistance . If you may not find transplants , startle ' Super Sweet 100 ' from semen indoors in February and transplantation seedling , after hardening , the terminal of March or former April .

‘Tomato 444’

The ' Tomato 444 ' multifariousness take fruit that is slightly larger than ' Celebrity ' and tests conducted by Texas A&M University ’s horticulture platform chance the appreciation superior . The ' 444 ' is a ' Texas Superstar ' flora designated by the program for its reliability and lineament . A determinative , intercrossed ' 444 ' has natural ohmic resistance to tomato recognize wilt that has become a serious problem for home gardeners in southern res publica . This determinative variety matures is 75 daytime . Sometimes betray as ' BHN 444 VFF , ' transplants are usually useable from local glasshouse beginning in mid - March .

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