Jet Star is red, bright crimson, dark scarlet. Neon red, large spherical and uniquely round, juicy, savory fruit off this vine sure taste like a tomato should. I compare the flavor to Sudduth’s Brandywine, and would make perfect ketchup. Jet Star is tangy, sultry, sweet. Acidity is hidden beneath sugar, and complex flavor profiles that emerge from proper ripening on and off the vine. Plants are large vines, capable of being propped and pruned to resemble a bush that yields well on symmetrical flower sets. Minimal pruning and work are required for Jet Star as it remains healthy, robust, and resist cracking in less-than-ideal conditions. I consider this tomato a new heirloom. A 1969 F1 hybrid has developed into a cultural icon for the savory tomato category. As an excellent red tomato on my market stand, Jet Star exceeds flavor profiles that people are used to, as a better texture than 'Big Beef', and excellent flavor against celebrity, and doesn’t compare to various other red tomatoes that often come off the vine, bland and boring. Not so with Jet Star! High yields of delicate slicer globe fruits red inside, and out. If JetStar were a Beef-steak, with a red 'Brandywine' type, a slicer body, it could be the bridge between the former two.
