Gold Medal is a modern hybrid, advertised as an heirloom. The newest of the German bi-color hybrid varieties I offer, compared to Old German yellow, however, has much less flavor than the properly selected Pineapple and Willard Wynn. Gold Medal shows what happens when selected for growth, rather than flavor, respecting the group of German bi-color styled tomatoes. Gold Medal, however, exceeds yield expectations, providing commercially consistent round fruits, rarely with ‘ugly’ bottom, or unusual shapes. With the symmetry, and focus on production, the flavor was directed toward a tomatoey flavor, and expresses less fruit tones. Colors on the mostly round or circular fruit are brighter lemon yellow, and less red streaking, whereas Old German, expresses orange lava tones, beneath a golden streaked flesh. Gold Medal expresses pink marbling with a blush red bottom. A productive, viney plant, for a less patient bi-color tomato enthusiast. I guess this is considered an heirloom, or a modern day selected hybrid of a tougher character.
