{"id":7672,"date":"2019-08-31T13:18:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T20:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=7672"},"modified":"2026-08-14T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:30:40","slug":"napa-chardonnay","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/product\/napa-chardonnay\/","title":{"rendered":"Napa Chardonnay"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Grown, sold, and described by <a href=\"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Bunny Hop Seeds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plant growth: indeterminate <\/li>\n<li>Leaf type: regular leaf<\/li>\n<li>Time to maturity: midseason<\/li>\n<li>Approx. number of seeds per pack: 20+<\/li>\n<li>Germination tested after Hot Water Seed Treatment for Fungal and Bacterial Diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cNapa Chardonnay,\u201d is stated in some vendor sites to be a yellow mutant of the pink Napa Ros\u00e9 by Brad Gates. I am not sure if it is actually a segregate of the same cross that produced Napa Ros\u00e9 versus a mutant showing up in a stable line, but I have not seen this stated by the breeder yet. Mr. Gates describes it on the Wild Boar Farms site as \u201cyellow cherry with an pearlescentness.\u201d I usually think of a yellow-fleshed tomato with a clear epidermis as a \u201cwhite\u201d variety, and this one seems to fit that description. The yellow flesh does get nicely warm-toned, but the clear epi keeps it from being butter-yellow in appearance. I have noticed that some folks are tagging the word \u201cBlush\u201d onto the name, but as the breeder has not done this on his site, I will list it in accordance with the breeder\u2019s specified original name.<br \/>\nThe fruits are plump and a bit flattened, very pretty, and juicy. I found the flavor to be a bit mild compared to Napa Ros\u00e9, but this could have been influenced by the heavy rains we had as the fruits were ripening. I found these to be fairly sweet, with a clean tomato flavor, not musky or strongly acidic. I will definitely grow it again, as taste reviews by other growers have been very positive.<br \/>\nPlease note that I am marking this as a developing variety, although it is likely stable. The reason for this is that my plants and the unripe fruits definitely have a slight anthocyanin dusting. This shows on the green fruits as light purple, and on the ripe fruits as more of a tan color. The thing that makes me cautious is that Mr. Gates stated that the segregate Napa Ros\u00e9 is a sister line to Blue Boar Berry, which expresses notable anthocyanin. Napa Chardonnay does not have antho in the photos shown in the Wild Boar Farms\u2019 listing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7673,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[12,35,60,16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-7672","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-bunny-hop-seeds","product_cat-cherry-grape","product_cat-developing-varieties","product_cat-yellowwhite","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/7672","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\/7673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=7672"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=7672"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=7672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}