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'Bloody Butcher' Tomatoes |
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Cherry
Early-Season
Heirloom
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Early, heirloom, cherry tomato with red, 2-inch, 3- to 4-ounce fruit in clusters of 5 to 9. Indeterminate plants.
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| Days To Maturity: |
55-70
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| Seed Sources: |
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (3.9 Stars)
Yield: (3.6 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 11
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 04/17/2017 by
lizmom
- An experienced gardener
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Franklin, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Very early. So so plant and fruit. |
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Reviewed on 01/26/2011 by
GABrownThumb
- A novice gardener
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Hall, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This variety just doesn't produce well for me in Zone 7 / GA. I've tried it twice, separated by about 5 years. The tomatoes themselves are small, which in itself is not a big deal (they're about golf ball-sized or slightly larger), and the flavor is nicely tangy. However, the plants have produced fewer small tomatoes than my other vines produce of full-sized ones. |
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Reviewed on 10/03/2009 by
DennisM
- An intermediate gardener
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Iron, Michigan, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is a workhorse of a tomato. Through horrible zone 3b conditions Bloody Butcher just kept producing cluster after cluster of medium sized tomatoes. Purchased from selectedplants.com I would plant Bloody Butcher again. |
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Reviewed on 05/07/2009 by
HiDesertOrganics
- An intermediate gardener
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San Bernardino, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Very tasty and productive, in spite of the abuse I put my outdoor container plant through last winter. |
| | | 1 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.
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Reviewed on 07/12/2007 by
jaliranchr
- An intermediate gardener
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Lincoln, Colorado, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Bloody Butcher produced my earliest ever non-cherry tomato. I have grown it three years and never been disappointed by its production and has a very good flavor for an early tomato. |
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Reviewed on 07/05/2007 by
GardenMom
- A novice gardener
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Albany, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| This tomato is fantastic! It started producing almost immedietly, even before the cherry tomatoes- I had plants in lots of different locations in my garden, because of the different conditions in these different areas, the plants were all different sizes, but all started producing right away. The first tomato had an amazing flavor, very unusual for early tomatoes, with a true tomato flavor, slightly acidic with a really wonderful crisp texture, not mushy like so many earlys. As of yet, I have 5 2"- 3" bloody butchers ripened just as my first cherry tomato is starting to turn. No issues with any viruses, blossom end rot, cat facing, etc. Please plant this tomato! Just a quick note on the end of the year- Bloody Butcher really likes chilly weather, my plants in full sun were fried by mid-summer and the only one that made it through was shaded in the back- my review still stands, nothing replaces a good early tomato and Bloody Butcher is the best. |
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Reviewed on 02/08/2007 by
girlgonegardening
- An intermediate gardener
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Porter, Indiana, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| I've grown this tomato both in zone 9 and when I moved to zone 5....it did much better in zone 5 as it did not seem to like the zone 9 heat at all. I save seeds eyar after year and it has never had any disease problems, blossom end rot, or cracking. |
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Reviewed on 01/01/2007 by
celeste
- An intermediate gardener
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Ada, Idaho, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Love this tomato. Does exceptionally well in the greenhouse (low light, disease-prone environment.) Does well even with cooler temps. One year after planting outside, it completely froze to ground level following a late frost. I thought it was dead & chopped the blackened stems/leaves off at ground level. I purchased some new transplants to grow instead. However, Bloody Butcher came back (from almost nothing--didn't realize there was still some root down there) and grew faster and produced sooner than my replacement transplants. Stupice & some of the "early's" (early cascade and an early girl-ish variety, forgot which) almost do as well in the greenhouse, but I like the flavor of Bloody Butcher a little better than Stupice and a lot better than the "early's". |
| | | 1 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.
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Reviewed on 12/01/2006 by
barkeater
- An experienced gardener
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Vermont, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These were by far the earliest tomatoes I've ever grown in the ground, and tasted great, which is why it gets 5 stars. It yielded consistently right through to seasons end. |
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Reviewed on 10/22/2006 by
MATERGIRL
- An intermediate gardener
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York, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These are small and extremely early tomatoes. I grew these and Stupice, another early tom. I rather perferred Bloody Butcher, but they both have decent flavor for earlies. It's an easy plant to grow and yields are fairly good. Will grow again as I love to see how early I can get that first garden tomato! |
| | | 1 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.
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Reviewed on 01/20/2006 by
Dellareina
- An intermediate gardener
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Broome, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This is just another round red determinate. I can't understand why anyone is so excited about it. Some of the Russian varieties are earlier and tastier--Schelkovsky and Praleska easily beat it in all categories. As for the color in the photos, nah. It's not a deep dark lucious red. It's just red. If you want early success go to the Eastern European varieties. |
| | | 1 of 1 gardener found this review helpful.
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