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'Speckled Roman' Tomatoes |
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Paste
Main-Season
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Main-season paste tomato (good for slicing, too). Stabilized cross between two heirloom varieties, 'Antique Roman' and 'Banana Legs'. Indeterminate plants bear meaty, 3-inch-wide by 5-inch-long fruit with jagged yellow and orange stripes and few seeds.
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85-90
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Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.8 Stars)
Taste: (4.2 Stars)
Yield: (3.8 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (3.6 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 5
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 09/08/2012 by
Ferdzy
- An intermediate gardener
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Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| The long skinny shape and striped skin make it seem like this is just a novelty, but nothing of the sort. This is a good, productive tomato that produces quite large tomatoes in generous quantities over a long period of time. They are tasty fresh, and solid enough to can - a winner! EDIT 2015: We will not be growing these next year; much as we like them, they have a nasty tendancy to develop black fungal problems along the lines of the stripes or speckles. Sad. |
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Reviewed on 02/08/2011 by
phenocryst
- An experienced gardener
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Inyo, California, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Large, beautiful, meaty tomatoes but VERY susceptible to blossom-end rot compared with others I have grown. If I could succeed with these, I would grow them every year, but after a 3 season trial they are out of the rotation. |
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Reviewed on 10/19/2007 by
Jim Oliver
- An experienced gardener
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Wayne, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 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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| 1st year growing this variety. Good results. Will plant again next year. |
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Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by
Julie
- An intermediate gardener
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Kentucky, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Speckled Roman was a pleasant change from some other paste varieties; however, not all of the seed produced red/yellow striped fruit. In 2002, two of the six plants I grew ripened to yellow with darker gold stripes, and the fruit from these seemed mealy in comparison to the reds. |
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Reviewed on 09/14/2004 by
Catskills
- An experienced gardener
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Ulster, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| 2005 update: Even better than last year! Delicious. 2004: Beautiful tomatoes! The skin is orange-red with subtle yellow streaks running vertically. The skin is especially smooth and blemish free, like plastic or vinyl-- but not overly tough, even in this terrible tomato summer. Lots of fruit per plant. They do better tied up as some of those on the ground have succumbed to rot and pests. Size varies from small like Juliette to almost as big as Amish Paste. The flesh is delicious sliced and they excel in paste.
This is our 4th year with Speckled Roman. They have produced beautifully in all summers. |
| | | 2 of 2 gardeners found this review helpful.
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