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'Roman Candle' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Paste
Main-Season
 
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Description: Main-season paste tomato. Indeterminate plants bear banana-shaped, 2-inch by 4-inch, yellow fruit. Sport from 'Speckled Roman'.
Days To Maturity: 85-90
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Reviewed on 12/26/2005 by MATERGIRL - An intermediate gardener

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York, Pennsylvania, United States
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

Fairly prolific, disease free, somewhat crispy, meaty, fairly dry, medium-small banana-shaped tomato. Flavorful with sweet/tart balance. Nice looking yellow fruits (but not quite the day-glo yellow in the ad). Only drawback was that they had a fairly woody pith. Would be nice for slicing into salads, but I wanted a canning tomato and the pith was difficult to work around.
 




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