Will the real Costoluto Genovese please stand up!

Fusion_power · November 20, 2012

I grew Costoluto Genovese in 2012 from seed supplied by Brokenbar who stated that these tomatoes came right straight out of a market in Italy. The fruits were significantly different from most of the pictures I have seen including all of the photos at Tatiana's. I don't have a pic of the fruits, my camera was out of commission at the time, but here is a good description.

The plants were heavily productive. I recall picking a 5 gallon bucket of ripe fruit from 3 plants and doing it again 5 days later. The fruits were very flattened and slightly elongated with serious fluting on all sides and averaged about 4 inches wide by 5 inches long by 1.25 inches thick. Seed locules were only on the outside edge of the fruits. The fruits were relatively dense and meaty with intense tomato flavor and not as sweet as most. They had very bright red color when fully mature and would hold on the vine 3 or 4 days which is longer than most heirloom varieties. The skin was relatively thick, not like typical modern hybrids, but a bit thicker than many heirlooms I grow. Please take a look at the pics on tbase and see what you think keeping in mind that the tomatoes I grew were very different.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Costoluto_Genovese

DarJones

November 20, 2012	#1
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	Will the real Costoluto Genovese please stand up! I grew Costoluto Genovese in 2012 from seed supplied by Brokenbar who stated that these tomatoes came right straight out of a market in Italy. The fruits were significantly different from most of the pictures I have seen including all of the photos at Tatiana's. I don't have a pic of the fruits, my camera was out of commission at the time, but here is a good description. The plants were heavily productive. I recall picking a 5 gallon bucket of ripe fruit from 3 plants and doing it again 5 days later. The fruits were very flattened and slightly elongated with serious fluting on all sides and averaged about 4 inches wide by 5 inches long by 1.25 inches thick. Seed locules were only on the outside edge of the fruits. The fruits were relatively dense and meaty with intense tomato flavor and not as sweet as most. They had very bright red color when fully mature and would hold on the vine 3 or 4 days which is longer than most heirloom varieties. The skin was relatively thick, not like typical modern hybrids, but a bit thicker than many heirlooms I grow. Please take a look at the pics on tbase and see what you think keeping in mind that the tomatoes I grew were very different. http://t.tatianastomatobase.com/wiki/Costoluto_Genovese DarJones