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'German Red Strawberry' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Standard
Main-Season
Heirloom
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Main-season, standard, German heirloom. Indeterminate plants bear strawberry-red, 3 1/2-inch, 10-ounce fruit that are also shaped like strawberries.
Days To Maturity: 85
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Yield: (3.2 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 10/09/2008 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

My seed source was Sweden (the nation) and Shumways. This was the best tasting tomatoe I produced this year and it far out surpassed Big Boy, the complexity of Krim and one of my favorites in Backfield. Production was not incredible, but the fruits I did have were the best I have tasted for pure tomatoe, acid, sweet and a robust flavor. Fruits are nice sized, meaty and for people with intestinal problems with seeds, one can just cut the end off and eat them without having to pick seeds out. The plants are tough without any care. With care in not over watering like any fruit and ripened in hot summer weather, one would have large, very good tasting fruit. Tomatoes need heat to have a rich taste. For my eating tomatoe this one is the one I will be growing as my main crop in the plains states. God bless
 

Reviewed on 09/10/2008 by FarmerDoug -

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Culpeper, Virginia, United States
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I found this to be one of the worst tasting heirlooms I've grown. In a season when my other tomatoes tasted fantastic, this one was rather bland and boring. While it looks nice, it is far from one of my favorites.
 

Reviewed on 02/01/2008 by mheide - An intermediate gardener

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Jackson, Missouri, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

A great tasting, meaty tomato that is great for slicing. I had pretty low yields the season I grew it but it was an extremely hot and dry summer.
 

Reviewed on 07/15/2007 by MikeH - An experienced gardener

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Henderson, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

GRS has done very well in my garden the last 2 years.Deep red strawberry-shaped fruit,about a pound each on a 5 foot RL plant that is pretty compact for it's height. Very good taste for slicing,and would work for canning as well,I would think.
 




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