I planted Celebrity this year on the advice of a small local nursery. We got spoiled when we had our “summer Place” on the Klamath River and I planted 50 plants that I started from seed. We are happy to have two weekly farmers street markets for 4 months of the year
Celebrity is one of my main crop tomatoes along with Tasti Lee, Jet Star, and Early Girl. It was bred in the 80’s for fresh market sales in the South because of its ability to withstand the Southern summer heat. It is one of my favorite slicers and is my most asked for tomato. There are some new F1 varieties that claim resistance to early and late blight, but you would be more satisfied with cardboard soaked in Campbell’s tomato juice. My opinion, but I would never plant any tomato that has “mountain or goliath” in its name, way to many complaints at the market about them.