Vegetable Seed Supplier — Central Valley, CA

California's Central Valley — Fresno, Tulare, Kings, and San Joaquin counties — produces the majority of the nation's processing tomatoes. Orsetti Seed Company supplies hybrid processing tomato varieties to growers and processors throughout the Valley, with varieties developed for California conditions and evaluated for mechanical harvest performance.

Central Valley processing tomato production demands determinate varieties that concentrate set, tolerate heat during fruit development, and stand up to mechanical harvesting. Orsetti's processing tomato catalog covers a range of days to maturity from 67 to 80 days, fruit weights from 5.5 to 9 oz, and documented resistance to Verticillium wilt, Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, nematodes, and Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Quality testing — including germination, vigor, purity, and moisture — is standard for every lot.