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'St. Pierre' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Standard
Main-Season
Heirloom
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Standard, main-season, French heirloom beefsteak. Plants bear 4- to 6-ounce, deep-red fruit.
Days To Maturity: 75-85
Seed Sources:
 
Rating Summary
 
Overall: (3.3 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (3.3 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 09/05/2014 by sadie - An experienced gardener

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All Counties, Ontario, Canada
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Nice slicer. Seems more resistant to disease than others this year. No shoulder cracks which is good. Mid to large globe. Taste is average. I will grow it again. Later in ripening than I anticipated, but everything was this year.
 

Reviewed on 11/30/2006 by DD - An experienced gardener

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Linn, Iowa, 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

Average, but not good enough to make it back to my garden.
 

Reviewed on 12/12/2005 by Paani - An experienced gardener

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St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I planted this tomato in place of Stupice in 2005 to fill the role of the reliable constant yielder of a small-medium red tomato for if and when the bigger/smaller/tastier/rarer ones weren't ripe yet or if they failed. It served this purpose quite well (though Arkansas Traveller did so even better I'd say). A good tomato; nothing surprising or exceptional in my experience. Grown in MO.
 




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