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'Red Pear' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Pear
Early-Season
Heirloom
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Main-season German heirloom. Pear tomato with yellow to red, 2-inch, smooth-textured fruit that resists cracking. Indeterminate plants. Note: Another variety also called 'Red Pear' is a large Italian heirloom beefsteak type.
Days To Maturity: 70-80
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Yield: (3.5 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 04/27/2008 by pointydog - An experienced gardener

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Orange, 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

Nice compliment to Yellow Pear, but not nearly as prolific or easy. Fruits and plants are smaller than Yellow Pear, and annual yields per plant are under 3# in my garden. Novelty shape is attractive, and flavor is good. This one can often be found at local garden centers, making it available to gardeners who don't start their own seeds.
 

Reviewed on 10/29/2006 by Erma - An intermediate gardener

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Polk, Tennessee, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Nice companion to yellow pear. I mainly raised this one because I remembered it from my grandparents garden. I wasn't disappointed. It produced so many I was begging people to take them. Makes an excellant juice and looks nice in salads. I found the taste an old timey tomato taste. Nice to pop in the mouth straight from the vine. No disease problems.
 




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