Italian Heirloom

Chervena_chuska · August 3, 2011

I am having a challenging tomato year but finally got a couple first red tomatoes.

Italian Heirloom was the first and I've never grown them before but I have to say I was amazed to see how much meat and how little water they had, much like a paste tomato but full size. They look like a perfect sauce tomato! I also have about 20 green ones waiting to get bigger and ripen so it seems like a heavy producer. I just hope it survives what's ailing it.

Anyone else grown these?

FILMNET · August 3, 2011

Which one there is a ton of them different ones

Chervena_chuska · August 3, 2011

Hm, I don't know, they were called "Italian Heirloom". I got them from Seed Savers.

http://www.seedsavers.org/Details.aspx?itemNo=826

Douglas14 · August 3, 2011

What a coincidence.... I just came across this variety as I was looking at different internet seed sources. I had already made up my mind to try it next year, before I came across this post. It looks like a promising variety. I plan on getting my seeds from SSE as well. It's listed in the "Top 10" Favorite Heirloom Tomatoes (large to medium sized) at Tomatofest.
The SSE blurb makes it sound quite promising as well. They look very nice in the pic at SSE. I'm already excited to try them. How's the taste by the way?

Chervena_chuska · August 4, 2011

They tasted like very classic delicious tomatoes! I only have those and a couple cherries that are ripe so it's hard to compare for me. Hopefully the plant holds on to ripen up those nice green ones.

FILMNET · August 4, 2011

These are Franchi Italian pears great ones

last years ones

kath · August 4, 2011

I'm growing Italian Heirloom but didn't get it planted out until 6/13, so I'm still waiting for ripe fruit. The seeds are from a trade, but the source was Uprising Seeds. I'll let you know what I get.

HoosierDaddy · August 5, 2011

This is the second year I grew Italian Heirloom. I transplanted it to the garden in early May and it just started ripening last week.

Your description is just like mine, meaty and less water. Wife loves them for making bruschetta.

August 3, 2011	#1
Chervena_chuska Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 15	Italian Heirloom I am having a challenging tomato year but finally got a couple first red tomatoes. Italian Heirloom was the first and I've never grown them before but I have to say I was amazed to see how much meat and how little water they had, much like a paste tomato but full size. They look like a perfect sauce tomato! I also have about 20 green ones waiting to get bigger and ripen so it seems like a heavy producer. I just hope it survives what's ailing it. Anyone else grown these?

August 3, 2011	#2
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Which one there is a ton of them different ones

August 3, 2011	#4
Douglas14 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 602	What a coincidence.... I just came across this variety as I was looking at different internet seed sources. I had already made up my mind to try it next year, before I came across this post. It looks like a promising variety. I plan on getting my seeds from SSE as well. It's listed in the "Top 10" Favorite Heirloom Tomatoes (large to medium sized) at Tomatofest. The SSE blurb makes it sound quite promising as well. They look very nice in the pic at SSE. I'm already excited to try them. How's the taste by the way?

August 4, 2011	#5
Chervena_chuska Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 15	They tasted like very classic delicious tomatoes! I only have those and a couple cherries that are ripe so it's hard to compare for me. Hopefully the plant holds on to ripen up those nice green ones.

August 4, 2011	#7
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I'm growing Italian Heirloom but didn't get it planted out until 6/13, so I'm still waiting for ripe fruit. The seeds are from a trade, but the source was Uprising Seeds. I'll let you know what I get.

August 5, 2011	#8
HoosierDaddy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Zone 5 SE Michigan Posts: 50	This is the second year I grew Italian Heirloom. I transplanted it to the garden in early May and it just started ripening last week. Your description is just like mine, meaty and less water. Wife loves them for making bruschetta.