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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]
Yellow/ Red 80–85 Heirloom Large Beefsteak Indeterminate Regular Leaf Large fruited yellow tomatoes with red swirls, and mild/sweet flavor [12] Blaby Special: Red 70–80 Heirloom Medium Round Originally from Blaby England and supplied throughout the country during WWII. Cultivar was brought back into cultivation in 2006 [13] Black Beauty ...
Tigerella is a bi-colored tomato cultivar, relatively small, 2 to 4 ounces (60-120 g), and early (59 days). [1] Upon maturity the fruit is red with yellow stripes, essentially the same as Green Zebra, except that the fruit is red instead of green, and has a sweeter flavor.
A collection of yellow pear tomatoes Pear tomatoes on the vine Pear tomatoes sliced. Pear tomato or teardrop tomato is the common name for any one in a group of indeterminate heirloom tomatoes. [1] [2] There are yellow, orange, and red varieties of this tomato, the yellow variety being most common. They are generally sweet, and are in the shape ...
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Many heirloom tomatoes are sweeter and lack a genetic mutation that gives tomatoes a uniform red color at the cost of the fruit's taste. [2] Varieties bearing that mutation which have been favored by industry since the 1940s – that is, tomatoes which are not heirlooms – feature fruits with lower levels of carotenoids and a decreased ability to make sugar within the fruit.
Green Zebra tomatoes. Green Zebra is a tomato cultivar with characteristic dark green and yellow stripes. [1] Newer variations blush reddish instead of yellow when ripe. It is more tart (described as 'spicy' and 'zingy') [2] than a regular tomato, and it is an early cultivar. Compared to other tomato varieties, it can produce somewhat mealy ...
It has a beefsteak tomato shape, mixed red and deep purple flesh, and can have green shoulders near the stem even when fully ripe. The plant is heavily cultivated in spite of the fruit requiring 80 to 100 days to reach maturity, making it among the slowest maturing varieties of common tomato, and the cultivar's relatively low yield.