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'Yellow Pear' Tomatoes

Sub-Category:	Pear Main-Season Heirloom

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Open pollinated. Main season pear type. Indeterminate plants bear yellow, 3/4 to 1 ounce, 1 1/2 inch fruit. Disease resistant variety. More evaluation needed to confirm resistance to late blight. About 70 to 80 days to maturity.
Days To Maturity:	70-80
Seed Sources:	Totally Tomato - updated in 2015 Henry Field's Seed and Nursery Co. - updated in 2015 BBBseed - updated in 2015

Rating Summary

Overall: (3.5 Stars) Taste: (3.3 Stars) Yield: (4.3 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.2 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 31

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 04/17/2017 by lizmom - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Franklin, Ohio, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Although this tomato plant produces a lot of very bad tastting fruit, I rate it with low prod because it produces ZERO edible fruit. Since it has been around many years, most serious tomato growers use it (and Celebrity) as poster children for bad tasting tomatoes.

Reviewed on 06/01/2014 by JMac62 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Lake, Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Excellent indeterminate cherry tomato. I have grown this variety for 4 years now, and it has outperformed all other varieties I have tried. Very high yield, both in ground and in containers. Good taste. I generally use these in salsas, salads, and in tomato pie, though many get eaten off the vine by my kids while they play outside. Very easy plant, which my 5-year old is able to grow successfully in his garden. No pests or disease to speak of in the time I have been growing these plants.

Reviewed on 03/07/2013 by Little Bit Farm - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Ok, so in the past I had tasted this tomato in other people\'s gardens and had never been blown away by the flavor. To me it was too tart, and just didn\'t have the deep flavor that I look for in a tomato. When it comes to cherry size tomatoes I prefer sweetness. Also these have always been a little firm to me, unless they are over-ripe. However, I grew this on year, and completely neglected it as the weeds just went crazy, and I thought the plant was dead to tell you the truth. Imagine my surprise when I went out in the fall to clean up the garden, and found that not only was the plant not dead, but that it had actual tomatoes on it! There were a couple of ripe ones which I ate. Again the flavor of these ripe tomatoes were only so-so. Not wanting to waste the rest of the green tomatoes, I took them inside, and threw them in a bowl with the intent of using them in something. The bowl got set aside, and I actually forgot about the tomatoes. Long about December, I was cleaning up and found the bowl of tomatoes set in an out of the way corner of the kitchen. Now I don\'t know if it was because it was December, and I had not tasted a truly ripe tomato in months, or if their flavor had improved with storage, but I sat there and ate every Yellow Pear tomato in that bowl. They were sweet, juicy, and full of the flavor that they were missing in the fall. All I can tell you is that it was a wonderfully pleasant surprise! I will be growing them again with the intent of ripening green ones indoors in the fall!

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Reviewed on 12/05/2012 by ClaudiaH. - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cortland, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Yelllow Pear is very prolific, tasty, and produces till frost. Harvest and eat like candy. A special treat for kids.

Reviewed on 11/16/2012 by Roger1963 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Schuyler, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Loved the heat , pest free, disease free and taste great. My favorite!!

Reviewed on 10/30/2012 by Chautauqua CCE - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Chautauqua, New York, 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
Great for kids of all ages. Produced a VERY HIGH yield that were easy to harvest and eat right off the vine - especially for young kids. A nice pop of color to the tomato \"patch\" too. Very juicy but a little seedy.

Reviewed on 10/22/2012 by CCE Oneida County - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oneida, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
It was more of a novelty tomato in our garden. Visitors were able to pick and eat them with ease. They looked nice in a salad along with other tomatoes, but had a lack luster taste. Vines wanted to take over everything that was near the plant and had to be kept in check through the season.

Reviewed on 10/22/2012 by nmeohen1 - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cortland, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Yummy.

Reviewed on 10/19/2012 by CCE Seneca County - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Seneca, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
This plant was a good producer and the fruit was tasty as well.

Reviewed on 09/25/2012 by Debbie L - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Orange, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Huge plant! Very outstanding yield.

Reviewed on 09/11/2012 by LouLou - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Wayne, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
The Yellow Pear grows and tastes like cherry tomatoes, although not as sweet as some. It looks lovely in a salad adding yellow to the greens. It came as a seedling and soon took off in our compost-amended soil. Growth had to be harnessed in for our trial bed because it soon crowded into the next bed, so a larger space should be given this plant.

Reviewed on 02/28/2011 by Joseph L - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cache, Utah, United States Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
A good reliable tomato in my garden. Have never had a disease or pest problem with it. It starts producing early and continues until killed by frost.

Reviewed on 08/15/2010 by YorkerJenny - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Onondaga, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I grow this variety for its shape and color. Otherwise, it has very average taste, just lik esupermarket plastics. some of them crack, no resistance to late blight, so plants already started to die before my other varieties (I have 20 varieties this year). I'll grow them until my seeds are over, then I'll try another yellow variety, probably sungold.

Reviewed on 03/13/2010 by katheo - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Tompkins, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Very dull flavor. Only useful to add color to a salad.

Reviewed on 01/03/2010 by KimMD - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Howard, Maryland, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
This tomato is truly an almost invasive vine that produces high yields. I've had problems with spots on the fruits the last several years, and I'm not sure if it's insect or fungus damage (all my tomatoes were affected to some degree). Although other reviewers have complained of tastelessness, ours have been quite flavorful - we've bought the plants and not started from seed. It's always been reliable for us, but we'll probably try a more "well behaved" variety next year. This one "ate" its neighbors and the trellised cucumbers before tackling the heat pump.

Reviewed on 11/01/2009 by TheFluffyOne - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Kane, Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
First of all, remember this tomato from years back, my childhood, teens, and young adult hood and I always loved it. A nice sub-acid, tomato taste that I once considered refined. Then about 15 years ago something happen and I have not been able to find what I consider YellowPear as a seed source. Instead I get mealy, flavorless, tomatoes that yield well but are not worth eating. They crack at a touch of moisture and are essentially worthless. For the last 15 years I have tired seed supply after seed supply and none match my memory. My latest seeds came from Lake Valley Seed and they are among the worst ever. I want to try Beams.

Reviewed on 05/14/2009 by VT gardener - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Chittenden, Vermont, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
These crack VERY easily. No flavor. I only grew them for the color. now I don't bother. Grow Sun Gold instead. Trust me.

Reviewed on 04/27/2008 by pointydog - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Orange, New York, 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
Dependable producer that often self seeds in my garden. Indeterminate , vigorous vines yield from 7 to 13lbs of small fruits per plant. I have been growing this variety for about 9 years. Good flavor (better than most market tomatoes, but not better than most heirlooms) superior yields and novelty color and shape make this one a favorite. When pulled before frost an additional 2-3 pounds of fruit can be ripened indoors by hanging the plant upside down in a cool cellar. This technique will provide good quality fruits through November.

Reviewed on 02/16/2008 by madisonfarmer - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Madison, New York, 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
Vigorous plants reach 6 feet or higher . Great flavor and great yield.

Reviewed on 01/01/2008 by gdionelli - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Cabell, West Virginia, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Good container variety. Pretty, but taste is ordinary. Best slightly green. I had no disease problems with it.

Reviewed on 11/03/2007 by bamoore - A novice gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oakland, Michigan, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
This tomato has a very hi-yield, but the flavor was somewhat lacking. It is possible the flavor would be better with more sun (where I grew them barely gets six hours). The fruit also is prone to cracking.

Reviewed on 05/26/2007 by jenevershed - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Monroe, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
For anyone who enjoys heirlooms and fun novelty veggies, I'd highly recommend growing this variety at least a season. They certainly bear fruit prolifically and regularly which is always a plus but the taste isn't anything to wow over and I had just about every fruit split on me. Perhaps there are strains of the yellow pear with better genetics out there. I have a feeling that my seed came originally from families that used only split fruit for seed and consumed the better crops, eventually leading to a gene pool of inferior yellow pear tomatoes. Who knows I could be completely wrong. But I did get my seed from a seed trade with fellow gardeners.

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Reviewed on 05/15/2007 by GardenMom - A novice gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Albany, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
This plant is a must for kids, they love those little pears that are so prevalent. The flavor is not fantastic, but it makes up for that with a high high production. It is a huge plant, different limbs that I would lose track of through my patch would get over 12 feet long! It also readily re-seeds itself, I usually don't plant any because there is a plant or two coming up on its own that peeps out. Although I can't give it high flavor marks, it's effortless in my garden and pumps out tomatoes like there's no tomorrow!

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Reviewed on 03/23/2007 by Clarksville Bob of Maryland - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Howard, Maryland, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This has been our family's traditional yellow tomato for 4 generations. We blanch them for 30 seconds, plunge them into cool, spigot water, cut off any "green" at the stem end, pop them out of their skins, and then simmer them with an equal amount of sugar and a little chopped or thinly sliced fresh lemon for about an hour to make yellow tomato preserve that is absolutely mouthwatering on a toasted & buttered English muffin. (Nowadays we sometimes add a little pectin at the end of the process to get a thicker preserve and to cut down on the simmering time.) However, Yellow Pear tends to split after summer rains and then must be picked and used quickly or the fruits tend to spoil right on the vines. This indeterminate variety is a vigorous grower and must be staked or caged and then ruthlesslessly trimmed to keep it from becoming your tomato-bearing kudzu. This summer I'm going to try a "new" (for me) small yellow, but my heart remains with Yellow Pear.

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Reviewed on 02/07/2007 by talbin - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Hennepin, Minnesota, 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
I grow Yellow Pear every year. It has moderate yields of small, low-acid yellow tomatoes. For best flavor, pick the tomatoes when they still have a bit of green on them. If grown with a complementary red cherry tomato, you can make beautiful salads and appetizers with them. The plants get very tall and will sprawl all over if you let them.

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Reviewed on 09/09/2006 by MATERGIRL - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	York, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Very cute pear-shaped cherry type. Yellow, but best eaten when still just slightly green and firm. When totally yellow, texture tends to get too mushy for my taste. Sweet and candy-like. No pest or disease problems. I will grow again for the taste and beauty. Overall a very nice tomato. Yeilds are OK, but I'd grow two plants next year so I have plenty for company and give-aways.

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Reviewed on 07/13/2005 by Miss_Mudcat - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Indiana, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
A beautiful little tomato, but that's about all it has going for it. However, my 5 year old eats them as fast as she can pick them. Very mild flavored tomato. Prolific. Must be picked very frequently because they split.

Reviewed on 01/26/2005 by Lee_ - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	North Carolina, United States Frost Free Season: More than 203 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Variety had no distinguishing charateristics in my NC7 garden other than shape. Taste and yield were not impressive. Variety quickly was hit by fusarium and never recovered.

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by Nancy Strasser - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Pulaski, Virginia, 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
Early. Does well in cool temperatures.

Reviewed on 12/16/2004 by Sal - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Michigan, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
A cute little novelty. Taste is average. Not my favorite.

Reviewed on 11/01/2004 by Daisy's Mom - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Monroe, New York, 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
Attractive small bright yellow fruit, but they have a tendency to crack. Not especially sweet. Lower leaves have a tendency to blight, especially in damp weather.

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