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'Burpee's Long Keeper' Tomatoes |
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Main-season standard tomato with red, 6- to 7-ounce fruit. Indeterminate plants. Bred for storage quality. Also known as 'Long-Keeper' or 'Long Keeper'.
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78-85
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)
Taste: (3.7 Stars)
Yield: (4.3 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.3 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 3
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 02/01/2008 by
Kristi
- An experienced gardener
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Bonneville, Idaho, 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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| Did live up to its Longkeeper name but flavor was a bit bland - acceptable in our Zone 4 early winter when all our other tomatoes are gone but wouldn't compare well in a head-to-head with any of them. |
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Reviewed on 12/16/2007 by
Oregon
- An experienced gardener
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Lane, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| The taste could be better but it's fine. What is amazing is how well they keep. We pick the last of ours out of our unheated greenhouse in December and they keep until March! Since they are green when we pick the last of them their flavor is about like the ones you buy in the grocery store but a whole lot cheaper than in the store! I highly recommend this tomato! |
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Reviewed on 04/02/2006 by
Cowpoke
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Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 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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| An excellent variety for late season. I have kept them in my garage from last frost in early November to the 2d week in March. Flavor is good and certainly better than any of the tasteless supermarket wonders offered in the winter. Relatively easy to grow but requires one to start seed in early July here. I try to set out in early to mid-August here in Zone 7. I have never had disease problems in an area known for virulent tomato diseases but don't know if they are disease tolerant or just growing in cooler conditions than my main-season varieties. I am also trialing "Mystery Keeper" as an alternative. |
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