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Beefsteak tomatoes are some of the large and meatiest tomato plant . They hold together well , are perfect for sandwich , and are among the best love apple for eat raw . These large tomatoes ( typically 10 to 16 ounce each ) typically have a knee bend and irregular shape , ca-ca them pathetic candidates for mechanized processing , but idealistic for home garden and kitchens .
gardener can rule germ and works for many eccentric of beefsteak tomatoes . The following are five favourite :
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1. Brandywine
Brandywine is an heirloom love apple , which means it ’s open - pollinated and not a loanblend . It ’s a large , meaty , pinkish , late - time of year tomato . Gardeners excuse its small payoff and scratchy ripen because of its classical tomato flavor .
2. Cherokee Purple
Cherokee purple is pop for its strange dust-covered rosiness people of color , its dim and juicy texture , and its luscious sweet flavor similar to Brandywine ’s . Some turn over Cherokee Purple to be one of the advantageously - taste heirloom tomatoes .
3. Big Beef
Big Beef is a hybrid prized for its large strapping fruits and old - fashioned , homegrown sapidity . A midseason tomato , it ’s a backbreaking manufacturer , breed to yield hopeful red , bland tomatoes until frost .
4. Black Krim
An heirloom tomato plant from the Black Sea area of the former Soviet Union , Black Krim bring about intense , slightly piquant maroon tomato in mid season . Its color tends to be dour in red-hot weather .
5. German Johnson
German Johnson is a democratic heirloom tomato from the southern United States . It produce very big ( 16 - ounce ) reddish - pinkish yield with meaty human body and few seeds . German Johnson tomatoes are democratic for canning and slicing .
Learn more about beefsteak tomatoes at the following sites:
Growing Tomatoes in the Home Gardenfrom Ohio State University ExtensionTomatoesfrom Arizona Cooperative ExtensionGrowing Heirloom Tomato Varieties in Southwest Floridafrom University of Florida
Lynne Lamstein garden in Maine and Florida and is currently work on a sustainable landscape painting . She has a degree in decorative horticulture from Temple University .
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