Will the real Costoluto Genovese please stand up!

Tania · November 22, 2012

I grew this tomato from different seed sources - the first one was from Territorial Seeds, and it did not come as fluted as I was expecting, so I kept looking.

The ones from Thompson & Morgan were correct (I do not have a picture of ripe fruit) - flattened and ribbed.

Re Costoluto Fiorentino - I am still at loss with this one, as I tried it twice from different seed sources and both times got smooth fruits. Not sure if this is correct for this variety - I was expecting something more ribbed and ruffled. My seed source was Seeds of Italy, so I was a bit puzzled at the outcome. But my seed trading partner, Klaus-Peter Schurz, seemed to be able to secure seeds for the ribbed one. I will ask him what his source was.

November 22, 2012	#18
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	I grew this tomato from different seed sources - the first one was from Territorial Seeds, and it did not come as fluted as I was expecting, so I kept looking. The ones from Thompson & Morgan were correct (I do not have a picture of ripe fruit) - flattened and ribbed. Re Costoluto Fiorentino - I am still at loss with this one, as I tried it twice from different seed sources and both times got smooth fruits. Not sure if this is correct for this variety - I was expecting something more ribbed and ruffled. My seed source was Seeds of Italy, so I was a bit puzzled at the outcome. But my seed trading partner, Klaus-Peter Schurz, seemed to be able to secure seeds for the ribbed one. I will ask him what his source was. __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase