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How you plant your tomatoes significantly impacts their growth and yield. Space plants at least 18-24 inches apart to allow air circulation and reduce the risk of diseases.
The Hillbilly Tomato, scientific name Solanum lycopersicum, is an heirloom cultivar originating from West Virginia in the 1800s. There is also a potato-leaf variant named Hillbilly Potato Leaf. [1] The fruit is considered a beefsteak tomato weighing 1-2 pounds. It is round, heavily ribbed and its skin and flesh is orange-yellow with red streaks.
Mr. Stripey (sometimes confused with Tigerella) is a type of heirloom tomato with unusually small leaves and a mix of a yellow and red color that can fool some growers into thinking they are picking an unripe tomato. [1] Under good conditions in size, shape and internal structure it may be considered a "beefsteak". [2]
(days) Genetic type Fruit size Shape Growth Leaf type Primary use Disease resistance code Additional information Refs Alicante: Red 55–70 Heirloom 2–6 oz Standard Indeterminate Regular leaf Common in the UK, used to be the classic breakfast tomato because of the high productivity & taste [2] Azoychka: Yellow 68–78 Heirloom Large Beefsteak
It is an open pollinated beefsteak from the family Solanaceae with an excellent balance of acidity to sweetness and much flavor. [1] A true New Jersey tomato has both high acids and high sugars, and a thin skin. It lasts days at full ripeness, not weeks as modern, commercially bred tomatoes for automatic harvest and long-haul shipment, do. [2]
Opt for a low-sodium tomato juice to avoid overdoing it on the salt, and limit your intake to 4 ounces per day. Tomato soup benefits Tomato soup is a simple plant-forward dish usually made with ...
The only tomato that many visitors to Wichita’s largest farmers market saw recently was a young woman dressed as a tomato for Tomato Day at the Kansas Grown! Farmers’ Market.
The Early Girl tomato is a medium-sized globe-type F1 hybrid popular with home gardeners because of its early ripening fruit. Early Girl is a cultivar of tomato with indeterminate growth, which means it produces flowers and fruit until it is killed by frost or another external factor (contrast with a determinate cultivar, which would grow to a limited, predefined shape and be most productive ...