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'Jelly Bean' Tomatoes |
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Grape
Early-Season
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Hybrid. Early grape tomato with red, 1-inch fruit. Indeterminate plants. Resistant to verticillium, fusarium 1 and 2, nematodes and tobacco mosaic. Also known as 'Red Jelly Bean'.
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60-70
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| Seed Sources: |
Gurneys Seed & Nursery Co. - updated in 2019
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.6 Stars)
Taste: (3.2 Stars)
Yield: (4.2 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.4 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 5
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 08/17/2019 by
bst
- An experienced gardener
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Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Fantastic grape tomato. Medium size, firm, sweet, crunchy flavorful tomato. Produces abundant clusters of fruit that holds on the vine very well and keeps on the counter in the kitchen for a long time. The plant itself gets very tall - it outgrew by 8 foot stakes and then flopped over and continued growing. You need to contain this plant either with a tall stake or two or a very tall cage. Great tomato for snacking both while you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'re wandering around in the garden and while you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'re wandering around in the house. Nice tossed in a salad too. I have not had a single one drop off the plant no matter how ripe they got. Some ripen every day, so the supply is plentiful. Unless you have a huge tomato loving family, one plant is enough. I will definitely plant these every year.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nSEPTEMBER 2019 UPDATE: These are still producing like crazy. Best part is they keep in a basket in the kitchen for weeks and remain firm and great tasting. Still have not had a single one drop from the plant in the garden. |
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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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| Acceptible, but mediocre taste. Probably the best red grape available to consumers, but not worthwhile to me. There are much better round cherries. |
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Reviewed on 11/01/2009 by
TheFluffyOne
- An experienced gardener
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Kane, Illinois, 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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| This was a great tomato for me. As an OP Heirloom snob I have to admit I will continue to grow this hybrid very gladly until I run out of seeds. And after that I will probably continue to grow it. The taste is good, very sweet, and meaty, reminiscent of a paste tomato only with a bit more flavor. This is not what I consider classic tomato flavor but it is very good for what it is. The thing that really makes this tomato stand out is it is a terrific keeper and a very, very good dryer. As a meaty, lightly seeded tomato it dries very well when sliced in two. I do not think there is any way you could go wrong or be disappointed if you grow this.
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Reviewed on 07/21/2006 by
bugsy
- An intermediate gardener
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Orange, California, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 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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| In my Southern California garden, this was a very bland tasting, large grape tomato. The skins were pretty tough as well. Varieties that do well in the South seem not to do well for me here. |
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Reviewed on 05/02/2006 by
JackiMac
- An intermediate gardener
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Jefferson, Alabama, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 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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| This was an amazing plant! Grew very large the more I neglected it. It produced many clusters of small grape type fruits with very little or no cracking and they held the vine well. No dropping as they ripened. The taste is sweet, almost the old time tomato flavor. Definitly NOT bland or acidic. A favorite here in our hot humid southern area. |
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