What is your "Earliest" bi-color beefsteak?

jflournoy · January 16, 2015

This question is for those of you who have grown multiple different varieties of bi-color beefsteaks. We grew Big Rainbow last year and liked it very well for production, flavor and beauty. But, it was one of the last tomatoes to start ripening for us, out of the 80 or so overall varieties we planted. I'm wondering if some of you have any recommendations for other good bi-color beefsteaks that are a little bit earlier to start ripening?

Thanks.

KarenO · January 16, 2015

Hi there,

Most bicolour beefsteaks tend to be later varieties it seems but one I have grown is Dagma's perfection. It is one that comes in around 75 days. It's a pretty ~10oz fruit, light yellow with pink blush and marbling.
KarenO

jflournoy · January 16, 2015

Hi Karen, thanks for that info., I've heard of that one but never grown it. I know how much people like certain tomatoes is very subjective, but what do you think about that variety overall? Disease, production, flavor?

AKmark · January 17, 2015

Northern Lights was fairly early for me, but it goes from ripe to mush pretty quick and flavor is ok.

**carolyn137** · January 17, 2015

I've grown many gold/red bicolor varieties in my zone 5 area but cannot answer your question easily and here's why.

I can grow variety X in a season and the same variety in another season and there can be quite a difference in time to first ripe fruits.

All due to weather in a particular season.

And I had to be regrowing many varieties for seed production for my SSE listings at the time.

In general I agree with what karen said above, and that's that most of them would ripen up in late midseason, that's about 65 to 80 days for me, and some in early late season, that's 80 plus days for me.

Carolyn

January 16, 2015	#1
jflournoy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Ohio Posts: 118	What is your "Earliest" bi-color beefsteak? This question is for those of you who have grown multiple different varieties of bi-color beefsteaks. We grew Big Rainbow last year and liked it very well for production, flavor and beauty. But, it was one of the last tomatoes to start ripening for us, out of the 80 or so overall varieties we planted. I'm wondering if some of you have any recommendations for other good bi-color beefsteaks that are a little bit earlier to start ripening? Thanks.

January 17, 2015	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	I've grown many gold/red bicolor varieties in my zone 5 area but cannot answer your question easily and here's why. I can grow variety X in a season and the same variety in another season and there can be quite a difference in time to first ripe fruits. All due to weather in a particular season. And I had to be regrowing many varieties for seed production for my SSE listings at the time. In general I agree with what karen said above, and that's that most of them would ripen up in late midseason, that's about 65 to 80 days for me, and some in early late season, that's 80 plus days for me. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

January 16, 2015	#2
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Hi there, Most bicolour beefsteaks tend to be later varieties it seems but one I have grown is Dagma's perfection. It is one that comes in around 75 days. It's a pretty ~10oz fruit, light yellow with pink blush and marbling. KarenO

January 17, 2015	#4
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	Northern Lights was fairly early for me, but it goes from ripe to mush pretty quick and flavor is ok.