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'Porter' Tomatoes |
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Paste
Early-Season
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Early-season paste heirloom. Indeterminate vines bear deep-red, 4-ounce fruit. Sunburn- and crack-resistant.
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65
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| Seed Sources: |
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.5 Stars)
Taste: (4.0 Stars)
Yield: (5.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 2
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 12/20/2014 by
vnewton
- An experienced gardener
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Hunt, Texas, 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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| My Porter was not 4 oz., more like 2 oz. but this was the most prolific tomato I had! I loved the taste. I am definitely going to plant this one every year! Great little tomato that takes the heat and produces all the way till the frost gets it. |
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Reviewed on 07/23/2006 by
plainsman
- An experienced gardener
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Washington, Nebraska, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| The toughest variety out there in heat tolerance. This will load up in even mid summer heat. Would make tomotoes in even the hottest parts of Texas when nothing else would bear. Grown in Nebraska in deep loam, these flood me with fruit a little bigger than a cherry tomatoe, slightly longer than wide, deep pink, mild flavor with plenty of meat, but not robust flavor. No pest or disease problems for me. I prefer the Improved Porter Variety here in Nebraska, as flavor and size are better. These never flinched in hottest weather here, with very strong production throughout the season until killed by freeze. Size never changed, with fruit just slightly larger than a cherry variety. |
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