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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]
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.
Red 69–80 Hybrid Small Cocktail Indeterminate Regular Leaf T Noted for its juiciness, high sugar level, low acidity, and lack of mealiness Canario (tomato) Red Medium Round Fruits on show & edible to birds. Magnesium deficiency on lower leaves and very common – not a major problem. Remove infected leaves. Celebrity: Red 70 Hybrid 10 oz.
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 ...
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 ...
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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.