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| 'Big Beef' Tomatoes |
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Standard
Main-Season
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| Description: |
Hybrid. Main-season standard tomato with red, beefsteak-type, 8- to 12-ounce, 4- to 6-inch, globe-shaped, mostly blemish-free, crack-resistant, slightly acidic fruit. Indeterminate plants. Resistant to alternaria, alternaria stem canker, fusarium wilt 1, fusarium wilt 2, gray leaf spot, nematode, tomato mosaic virus and verticillium wilt. Tolerant to cracking. All American Selection 1994.
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70-75
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| Rating Summary
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Overall:
(3.9 Stars) 
Taste:
(3.6 Stars)
Yield:
(3.8 Stars)
Ease/Reliability:
(4.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 22
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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, Aug 31, 2009
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Reviewer:
backyd_grdnr from CO
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| I found Big Beef to be a good, but not great tomato. The taste was better than average, but not outstanding. It lacked the full-flavor of heirlooms such as Cherokee Purple. The tomatoes seemed to hold up better when sliced than some other varieties. Very meaty and solid. The yield was average. |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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, Apr 02, 2009
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riceke from GA
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| A very good main crop. Fruit avg 8-10 oz. Hi production. Plant became a huge sprawling mess when planted too close. Very healthy and disease tolerant. Lasted until frost with slight infections which is unusual here in GA where the tomatoes usually tire out around late August. I would have rated this tomato a 5 if it was for the sprawling branches. Tough to keep neat. Stake or cage with strong supports. Flavor was good until the stink bugs discovered it. |
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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 , Jan 11, 2009
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Reviewer:
Keeper from CT
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| Common Tomato that is sold on stands and in super markets everywhere in CT. After planting this variety two years in a row and receiving mixed results, I have to give this variety a thumbs down. Under good conditions Big Beef did well but when we had a slightly dry year it performed poorly. (Other varieties did well) While it's a good looking tomato it lacks a lot in true tomato taste. |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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 , Jan 03, 2009
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Reviewer:
lakeeriegarden from OH
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| I think this is the best hybrid out there. Better Boy, Celebrity, all of them take a bow to this incredibly disease resistant and easy to grow tomato. Plus it simply tastes better. No mealiness at all that you find in so many of the other hybrids. I'd say this may be the best all around tomato there is. |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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, Aug 30, 2008
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Reviewer:
flowerbill1952 from MD
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| Used to be my main hybrid variety. Now I plant Celebrity as I think the flavor is a little better. |
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