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Old February 14, 2010   #25
travis
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Originally Posted by b54red View Post
I'm trying Royal Hillbilly; I hope it's not the same as Hillbilly Potato Leaf.
First of all, I agree 100% about Big Beef. Great tomato.

Royal Hillbilly is nothing like Hillbilly Potato Leaf at least in my limited experience with both.

Hillbilly Potato Leaf failed to set fruit at the slightest spat of bad weather. Royal Hillbilly laughed at foul weather conditions and produced oodles of tomatoes start to finish. Some were small but most were half to 3/4 pounders.

Only negative things I have to say about Royal Hillbilly is their flavor can be a little washed out in wet weather, but what tomato is not, and the outside fruit walls are a bit thinner than I like in a tomato. That can be a problem when the seeds and gel are too close to the outside and the weather stays wet.

Once the weather dries out and stays hot, Royal Hillbilly developed consistently sound fruit with an outstanding, bold, old fashioned tomato flavor in a beautiful deep pink fruit.
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