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Old November 8, 2014   #37
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Cole Robbie, I'm still working on the same question myself.

If sunscald is a problem, I can give you two to scratch off your list. Zolotoe Serdtse and Orange-1 are both great producers and early, determinate or semi, but they really suffered a lot of sun damage this year, when the hot sunny weather kicked in two weeks earlier than usual (there was damage on other plants too, but not as bad)..

We switched back to Moravsky Div for an early red this year, at home and at the farm. They were great tasting, early, productive, and pretty resistant to sun damage in my greenhouse. At the farm we did a last pick and cut them down just last week. They surely pay the rent for their space, but it's an indeterminate though. The plants are not huge, compared to some, all the same.

Are you looking for determinates to plant in containers and sell? If so, the really small plants that load up with fruit would probably go over best. Siletz and Cold Set are two that are really small plants, with relatively large, abundant and decent tasting fruit, but they both also split pretty badly in my greenhouse when the weather got hot. Also susceptible to foliage disease, requiring high maintenance. The search continues....
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