{"id":22908,"date":"2026-09-25T05:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=22908"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:55:07","slug":"orange-dreams","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/product\/orange-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Grown, sold, and described by <a href=\"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bunny Hop Seeds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plant growth: micro-dwarf, determinate<\/li>\n<li>Leaf type: rugose, regular leaf<\/li>\n<li>Time to maturity: early-midseason<\/li>\n<li>Approx. number of seeds per pack: 15+<\/li>\n<li>Germination tested after Hot Water Seed Treatment for Fungal and Bacterial Diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cOrange Dreams\u201d is the first truly orange micro-dwarf tomato I have ever grown. The seedlings were so vigorous that I actually thought this might not be a true micro-dwarf, so I put the seedlings in a huge (25 gallon) grow bag among my other balcony dwarfs. But the dear little things remained short, I believe no more than 12\u201d tall, and they had half shade\/half sun daylight hours.<\/p>\n<p>I sliced the first 0.4 ounce fruit open and found the orangey-orange that comes with the tangerine gene. No sign of the pinkish beta-carotene orange or the yellow flesh that looks like an orange tomato from the outside at full ripeness. No, this is a true orange cherry. Not only that, but with the tangerine gene the lycopene is available for absorption without first being broken down by heat or oil. This means that your body can absorb more lycopene from the tangerine gene tomatoes; they are more bioavailable. But don\u2019t take my word for it, look at the science: \u201cWith tangerine tomato juice we observed a marked 8.5-fold increase in lycopene bioavailability compared to red tomato juice (P<0.001). Fractional absorption was 47.70 \u00b1 8.81% from tangerine and 4.98 \u00b1 1.92% from red tomato juices\u201d (Cooperstone et al., 2016). [https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/mnfr.201400658; https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC4460827\/ Accessed 26 September 2026]\n\nBut what about the flavor? My tasting notes read, \u201cGreat, GREAT flavor. Sweet, acid, yum-O!\u201d Remember that tastes are subjective and can vary from person to person\u2026but I loved it!\n<strong>NOTE: One packet per order please. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22916,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[12,35,107,50,17,7],"product_tag":[118],"class_list":["post-22908","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bunny-hop-seeds","product_cat-cherry-grape","product_cat-ellies-wow-varieties","product_cat-micro-dwarf-tomatoes","product_cat-orange","product_cat-tomato-seed","product_tag-new-for-2027","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=22908"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22908"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}