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While Roma is an open-pollinated variety, in general it is not considered an heirloom tomato. Maturing in under three months, the plant itself grows to 1 metre (39 inches) in height and the single fruit weighs about 60 grams (2.1 ounces). [4] Roma tomatoes are one of the best varieties for canning due to their lower water content. [5]
Seeds given to Bill McDorman when in Irkutsk, Siberia in 1989, by a gentleman named Sasha. Selected by Organic Garden Magazine as one of the 10 best early producing tomatoes in the world. [121] Scorpio (Skorpion) Red 70–80 days hybrid, true to Type 6–8 cm diameter, 400-800g Round, oblate, beefsteak Indeterminate Regular Sandwiches Salads ...
A plum tomato, also known as a processing tomato or paste tomato, is a type of tomato bred for sauce and packing purposes. It is generally oval or cylindrical in shape, with significantly fewer locules (seed compartments, usually only two) than standard round tomatoes and a generally higher solid content, making them more suitable for processing into paste.
The Fourth of July tomato plant produce 4-ounce tomatoes that are bright red.This variety of tomato is usually ripe 49 days after transplanting in the ground. While Fourth of July tomato plants are one of the earliest varieties of non-cherry tomatoes, they will continue to produce tomatoes until late summer to early fall, and in some ideal weather conditions they will produce up to the first ...
Tomato and potato cultivars are commonly classified as determinate or indeterminate according to the amount of time that they produce new leaves and flowers. Varieties that produce few leaves and flowers over a shorter period are classed as determinate and those that produce new leaves and flowers for longer are classed as indeterminate.
The maturity time of the plant ranges from 70 to 75 days since it is a mid-season variety. The tomatoes are medium in size weighing 8-10 oz each and ripens in less than 6 weeks. [ 5 ] The exterior and interior of the fruit is bright red in color with a distinct flattened-globe shape. [ 9 ]
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 ...
Growing degree days (GDD), also called growing degree units (GDUs), are a heuristic tool in phenology.GDD are a measure of heat accumulation used by horticulturists, gardeners, and farmers to predict plant and animal development rates such as the date that a flower will bloom, an insect will emerge from dormancy, or a crop will reach maturity.