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'Alicante' Tomatoes

Sub-Category:	Standard Early-Season

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Description:	Early- to main-season standard heirloom. Indeterminate vines bear red, golf-ball sized fruit.
Days To Maturity:	70
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Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (3.0 Stars) Yield: (4.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)

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Reviewed on 08/13/2008 by rwkrieger - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Prince William, Virginia, 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
Alicante was a nice little tomato in my Northern Virginia garden. The productive plant came out as a red and almost the size of a golf ball in my commercial container. The vines are vigorous easily getting to at least 6 feet in length. The description says it is popular as a boiling tomato in England but I just ate them raw and they had a decent tomato flavor somewhat better than store bought.

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