Abstract: ‘Zhefen 718’is a new tomato hybrid developed from the maternal line T16-005A and the paternal line T19-025A1A. It combines quality and storage tolerance. It grows vigorously and has strong early maturity;it has excellent continuous fruit setting ability,yielding around 60 000 kg · hm^-2;the fruits are round and uniform,weighing about 230 g each;mature fruits are pink,with bright color;the skin and flesh are thick,resistant to cracking;the taste is sweet and sour,with a soluble solids content of 5.5-6.0 °Brix;it has good overall stress resistance and high commercial fruit yield;it has strong resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus,tomato mosaic virus（ToMV）,root-knot nematode,leaf mold,Verticillium wilt,and Fusarium wilt,and moderate resistance to gray leaf spot. It is suitable for early spring and late autumn facility cultivation in the Yangtze River Basin.

Key words: tomato, hybrid, cultivar