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'Ponderosa' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Standard
Main-Season
Heirloom
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Main-season, standard heirloom. Indeterminate vines bear pink, meaty, 1- to 2-pound fruit. Also known as Henderson's Ponderosa.
Days To Maturity: 90
Seed Sources: Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

 
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Overall: (3.5 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.5 Stars)Taste
Yield: (3.0 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 12/16/2007 by Oregon - An experienced gardener

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

Not very productive and rather bland tasting but they are big! I
 

Reviewed on 05/28/2006 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

This ancient Henderson cultivar (Purple Ponderosa in my youth) has long been a standard for table use. It grows large, has excellent flavor and is very reliable for an OP. IT is however a very rough tomato, with catfacing and convoluted shapes the order of the day. A very Ugly tomato.
 




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