Stupice

Stupice sets sweet, slightly oval red fruit around two inches across, carried on indeterminate, potato-leaf vines that grow to about four feet tall. The fruit forms in clusters along the stems, reaching roughly two and a half by two inches at their fullest. Gardeners consistently rate its flavor highly through the whole summer, and the plant keeps producing heavy yields all season long, including in northern climates.

Stupice's fruit works well fresh, in salads and salsas, or roasted, and the plant suits both open garden rows and large containers.

Stupice has earned a reputation as a favorite in northern climates thanks to its cold tolerance. One long-time grower reported that after fifteen years of growing tomatoes, this was the first plant whose bottom leaves stayed green, with no blight or leaf-spot damage showing. More broadly, it is described as thriving across a range of weather conditions.

Stupice traces back to 1955, originating in the town of Stupice in Czechoslovakia, where it was bred for hardiness and flavor. Czechoslovakian breeder Milan Sodomka later passed the variety to Forest Shomer, who had established the Abundant Life Seed Foundation, in 1976. Shomer's organization introduced it commercially in the United States the following year, and it has remained a popular variety ever since.