Livingston’s Golden Queen Tomato

Golden Queen

78 days, indeterminate — Characteristically described as the “Queen of all the Yellows,” “Of superior flavor …,” “… it is solid, always smooth, entirely free from ridges.”^[2,3] The fruit are early, a good size, beautiful and excellent for slicing.

Introduced by Alexander W. Livingston in 1882, the standard catalog description over the years have been fairly consistent. In their 1893 seed catalog, they describe it as follows:

Also from 1893, while reminiscing about the origin and history of the ‘Golden Queen’ tomato in his book entitled “Livingston and the Tomato,” Mr. Livingston wrote:

Several companies have sold yellow fruited tomatoes over the years calling them “Golden Queen.” However, they are not true to Livingston’s. Our seed was grown out from stock obtained from the National Seed Storage Lab accession number NSL 27357 by Craig LeHoullier and is true to the original documentation. Each packet contains approximately 20 seeds.