Dwarf, Regular leaf, Early to Mid season producing dark Pink oblate fruits between 4oz and 16oz (115g and 460g)
70 days, dwarf
— 'Boronia' is a rugose
, regular leaf, dwarf variety that typically reaches three to four feet in height in a typical growing season. It produces medium to medium large (four to sixteen ounce), oblate shaped fruit that are pink in colour with dark shoulders and have a smooth, meaty texture. It resembles ' Cherokee Purple
' fruit both in its appearance as well as in its delicious, intense flavour quality.
Developed by members of the " Dwarf Tomato Project
" from a cross between ' New Big Dwarf
' and ' Paul Robeson
', 'Boronia' is the collaborative work of Patrina Nuske Small (who named it after a native Australian fragrant flower, Boronia megastigma
), Gina McDermott, Tanya Kucak, David Lockwood, Craig LeHoullier
, Sherry Shiesl, Carol Knapp, Michael Volk and Bill Minkey. Introduced in 2014.
