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'Riesentraube' Tomatoes |
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Cherry
Main-Season
Heirloom
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Main-season, European heirloom cherry tomato. Indeterminate plants bear clusters of 20 to 40, 1-inch, round fruit with distinct nipple on the blossom end.
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| Days To Maturity: |
80
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| Seed Sources: |
Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.1 Stars)
Taste: (3.9 Stars)
Yield: (4.1 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.4 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 8
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 10/05/2011 by
A. W. Davidson
- An experienced gardener
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Marion, Indiana, 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
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| Pretty good tomato. Had good yield and full tomato flavor. produced well during a hot summer. It was pretty popular at the market in mixed baskets. People who wanted a tomatoey flavor as opposed to a sweet cherry went for this one. Plants sold very well for me as well. I will probably grow again. |
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Reviewed on 12/22/2010 by
Charlie LI
- A novice gardener
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Suffolk, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| Got seeds from Baker Creek, started 4 weeks before going into ground,
Took off!! huge plants which required extra staking and boy, the amount of Tomatos I got from these 4 plants more than satisfied my cherry tomato intake. Great flavor and plenty of tomatos. I will continue to grow Riesentraube!! |
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Reviewed on 08/15/2010 by
YorkerJenny
- An intermediate gardener
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Onondaga, New York, 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
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| They really have very big and tall plants. I needed a lot of support for them. And lots of very tart tomatoes. Maybe it works for juice, but I think it's so sour to eat fresh. Also I have to seperate all the parts to wash really good. Maybe I should make a tomato soup, then I rate it for its taste, but for now, nothing is special. Seperating each tomato to many pieces to wash good and I can't eat fresh. So, it's not for me. But I should say pretty strong plants against late blight. |
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Reviewed on 01/29/2007 by
starflakes
- An experienced gardener
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Roberts, South Dakota, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| As you can read from the reviews Riesentraub gets mixed results, but this is not the tomatoes fault but the seed companies idiot descriptions. Riesentraub is not a cherry tomatoe. Mine were almost 2 inches and in the salad class which it is. It is a warm germinating tomatoe so it is slow and it is a late producing tomatoe. It does not have 40 clusters of fruit, but it does produce a nice yeild on large plants. If you understand this tomatoe then it is wonderful, especially for tomatoe juice as it is equal to Campbells canned which is expensive. It's flavor is not cherry, but Beefstake, robust and rich. This is not so much a snacking breed, but an eating and juicing genus and it excels there. The fruit is eye appealing. The plants disease free, but it is understandable why people are mixed in results as the seed companies are lying about Riesentraub. It is a very good tomatoe though. |
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Reviewed on 11/16/2006 by
remyo
- An experienced gardener
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Erie, 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
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| The plants got large but didn't produce a lot of tomatoes until very late. Maybe it is a heat sensitive variety being it was very hot last year. Other cherry types I have grown don't seem to be as affected by the heat. The tomatoes were cute with the pointed end, but I didn't care for the flavor. It was acid with no sugar. |
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Reviewed on 05/27/2006 by
farmerdill
- An experienced gardener
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Richmond, Georgia, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| For me, it was an average to good cherry tomato. Performed ok, But no better than several other open pollinated cherry types. It did not stand out in any category. |
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Reviewed on 03/23/2006 by
Cowpoke
- An experienced gardener
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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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| Easy to grow, enormous yields of red cherries with dimpled blossom ends. A favorite amongst my friends and plants are in high demand. |
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Reviewed on 11/28/2005 by
Echidne41
- A novice gardener
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St. Lawrence, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 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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| Tasty- neat shape. Just a little bigger than a standard cherry. Not outstanding, but no complaints and pleasant memories. |
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