Pleated Tomatoes

[Darren Abbey]

Originally Posted by carolyn137

If you look at the some of the earlier posts in this thread you'll see that I linked to the one you just linked to as well as several other links showing ruffled, ridged, large yellow ones, all in response to Charline's picture of the one she initially showed which had the name accordian/accordion attached to it, so then we had to go through the variety known as Accordian as well.

it's all good.

Carolyn

Yeah, I've been caught a couple times thinking I was reading the last page of comments and was really reading (and thus replying) to the first page.

Makes me feel like a goof every time.

Originally Posted by LindyAdele

The Zapotec I always planted was pink - and quite 'dry' inside, with a very rich flavour. I loved how it looked sliced on a pate with others.
I am thinking of trying Tim's Black Ruffles, it's just a cross with Zapotec. I am hoping to find a yellow one out there but searching this site, or the Tomatobase hasn't helped much...
Thanks everyone for the names of some of the 'classic' pleated tomatoes! None of them are quite as frilly as Zaoptec.

Yes, Yellow Ruffled is supposed to be a very good tomato (taste; heat-tolerant; I believe productivity).

[goodwin]

I thought of another heavily pleated red called Red Ruffles. It has intense flavor and produces loads of these.

Happy New Year! Lee

[crazyoldgooseman]

Originally Posted by barefootgardener

I was having a senior moment and then the light bulb went off.. Here is Sierra Leone. It is a beautiful, large, red ribbed/pleated tomato that is somewhat hollow inside. It has a fair amount of meat, few seeds and the fruit have a mild-good flavor. It was very productive for me. Makes a better stuffing tomato, although I did throw the fruit in with a mix of tomatoes to make into some sauce.

Seed originally came from West Africa.. Hence the name

Ginny

Wow I like those! (now I have to get the seed and try another)

[crazyoldgooseman]

Those Pum Rims is nice!

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by Ed of Somis

Hi G, Those Polish Dwarfs do not look anything like the ones I grew this year.

You're right. I didn't think so either.
My guess is that it is some kind of COSTOLUTO of Italian types.
They had very little juice, perfect on pasta. Here is a picture of a better one in the plate, the red pleated one, of course.

[goodwin]

I don't know anything about the history of Pum Rim, but it is a very unusual tomato. The seed was sent to me by a friend in the city of Luberci (Russia) along with a number of other tomatoes from Russia and Ukraine. I hope to hear from him again soon and I plan to ask.

Lee