Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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I have tomato seeds from Italy I brought back with me last fall. Its a popular regional tomato My uncle Nino grows in Nocelle Italy, about an hour south of Naples. Its a slicer that they use frequently for Caprese salad but also in a mix salad and even sliced and baked. My uncle say it is Pomodoro di Sorrento, which is basically tomato from Sorrento. Its an OP with good balanced mild flavor.
I know there are older threads here on Tville about this very tomato and I suspect the seeds are not hard to find here in the US but if you cannot obtain any, I can spare a few. Google search "Pomodoro di Sorrento" and you will likely find more info. Here is a photo, just look past the cherry tomato. IMG_20161025_125608456.jpg |
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Sorrento are one of the non-Franchi offerings from Grow Italian and it's where my seeds came from and as I mentioned above, a favorite of my mother -- http://www.growitalian.com/tomato-sorento-106-98/ |
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Someone above suggested checking out Tania's website, so I did under the listing of Italian tomatoes.
So in addition to some of those already mentioned I've grown the following and I'd vouch for and add Casino Mama Leone Matt d Imperio Myona Provenzano Spadaro, Just to name a few. While some may not consider the various Albengas and Liguria's as slicers, I would since they have some of the best tastes of the Italian ones. Another one I just remembered is this one http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...b=General_Info Seeds were sent to me by Roberta in Italy a US Expat who had moved there. She sent me many other ones as well, but I'd have to go back and check data books to find the names. Carolyn
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thanks to all of you. I will make a list and see what I can find for next year. I had a young friend of my daughters here a few years ago and she said tomatoes were gross. I asked her why... and if she had ever eaten a GWR or a yellow or a pink one? she said no to all. all she had ever tried was a grocery store tomato. sad. I made her try them all. she was shocked at the flavor and texture of them. So if I am growing an Italian tomato I ' want to grow something with flavor.
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When I hear "Italian Tomatoes " immediately Roma, SanMarzan, costoluto pop up in my mined.
To me they are good cooking tomatoes. I have watched a lot of Italian Chefs, cook on TV. They never make a salad like we do in the US. They cook with tomatoes, MOSTLY.
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Growing up, we had one of three salads on the table AT THE END of every meal, they just weren't what Americans think of as salads -- sliced tomatoes and onions with salt, dried oregano and olive oil; sliced cucumbers with salt, dried oregano, red wine vinegar and olive oil; or sliced (yes, with a knife!) leaf lettuce with salt, olive oil and red wine vinegar. Everyone's favorite was the tomato and onion salad. |
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Marmande is from what I know the default French tomato, not Italian.
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There's always Italian Market Wonder. If it's the Market Wonder I got from wintersown.org in the fall of 2014, then it's very indeterminate, and it tastes great. It wasn't prolific in semi-arid, very hot, northern drought conditions for me, though, but I didn't have any of the plants in ideal conditions (they did better than a number of varieties, though). I imagine it could produce decently in regular conditions, however. I had two plants crowded in the shade, and one plant in adverse soil (it handled the soil well, considering, though; some other tomatoes were stunted in it, but Market Wonder grew).
The fruits are fairly firm. They taste a lot like how I imagine Brandywine tastes. Last edited by shule1; May 26, 2017 at 05:53 PM. |
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I've grown it for the past 5 seasons, it's a keeper. Flavor is good as eaten fresh or made into sauce. A good producer also. |
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Harvested a 1 lb 14 oz Dawsons Russian 117 (Russian 117 x Georgia Streak) and decided we needed some Caprese salad. It was very tasty-just right acidity/sweetness and smooth texture.
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that looks awesome. what a nice presentation for us, too. well done.
thanks pmcgrady. these are the bits of information I am looking for.
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#29 |
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I originally got my seed from Willhite and they may have been off base. Close though.
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http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...ussian_Oxheart The original name and what it should be is Orange Russian 117 as Tania has also noted.. It was the first bicolor heart known and I think it's a great variety/ Carolyn,who notes that there are always some vendors who change original names to something different and always will be.
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