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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]
Plum tomato: Red Looks almost identical with Roma tomato: Raf tomato: Red Raspberry Lyanna Pink Open Pollinated Hybrid 6–10 oz Oblate Semi-Determinate Regular Leaf Canning Slicing Sweet, rich flavor. [107] [108] Rebekah Allen Pink 65–70 Heirloom Round Indeterminate Regular Leaf Some disease resistance. Complex, balanced flavor. [109] [110 ...
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.
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.
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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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.
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 ...