Golden Giant

Beefsteak tomato. Flattened to slightly flattened fruit is dark orange. Fruit measure 2.5-4.5 inches long, 3.-5 inches wide and weigh 1-1.5 pounds. Fruit are found in 2-3 per cluster. Style position is slightly exserted. Indeterminate with standard leaves. Mid season maturity and average productivity when grown at Heritage Farm in 2016. This was well-liked by staff and described as sweet, tangy, and meaty. Donated to SSE in 2014 by Wayne Hayes of Annville, KY. He has grown this variety since the late 1960s and obtained it from his parents, Floyd and Ruby Hays. (Wayne’s last name is spelled differently than his parents’). Wayne's earliest memory of the tomato is of his parents growing it each year was in the mid 1950s at their home in Gray Hawk, KY. SSE Accession # 132652