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'Marion' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Standard
Main-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Main-season, standard Rutgers-type. Indeterminate vines bear dark red, globe-shaped, 8-ounce fruit.
Days To Maturity: 75
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
Western Wonder, LLC - updated in 2011

 
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Taste: (2.0 Stars)Taste
Yield: (1.5 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (2.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 01/03/2015 by klossoke - An experienced gardener

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Howard, Maryland, 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

Too small for an all purpose tomato, will not grow again.
 

Reviewed on 05/20/2006 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

A once popular release from Clemson University. Similar to Rutgers but a bit more disease resistance. A tangy tomato, more so than Rutgers. Grows reasonably well. It is a small core tomato that tends to drop off the vine when fully ripe.
 




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