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'Beam's Yellow Pear' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Pear
Main-Season
 
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Description: Main-season pear variety. Indeterminate plants bear 1 1/2-inch, yellow, pear-shaped fruit.
Days To Maturity: 70-80
Seed Sources: Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

 
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.8 Stars)Taste
Yield: (5.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 11/15/2013 by KSgarden - An intermediate gardener

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Stevens, Kansas, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Planted this for the first time this year (2013). It was one of the most prolific tomatoes in the garden with great taste.
 

Reviewed on 03/24/2008 by Beltsville E - An experienced gardener

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Prince Georges, Maryland, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

The rich taste of this tomato was a huge improvement over regular yellow pear tomatoes. The plant grew rapidly for most of the season and had to be pruned several times. It bore huge quantities of golden yellow fruit for most of the season, but succumbed to stem blight in October.
 

Reviewed on 02/05/2008 by lakeeriegarden - An intermediate gardener

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Lorain, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

As remarkable as the color, shape and productivity is this fruits (I can't bring myself to call it a tomato) lack of flavor. It really is bizarre to have something tangible touch your palate, roll over your taste buds and leave you absolutely wondering what is in your mouth, confident though it is not a tomato. Put it in salads and let the dressing flavor it.
 

Reviewed on 03/26/2007 by WinterSown - An intermediate gardener

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Nassau, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Some people either love or hate Yellow Pear--I love it! It is mild tasting, children will be very fond of this tomato. It's a fave garden snack for me. The plant is huge and produces a lifetime supply of small yellow, pear-shaped fruits. They can reseed so if you don't want more of them the following Spring, then do a good garden clean-up in late Autumn.
 
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