Striped Roman - Page 2

Grub · April 4, 2007

I grew Speckled Roman for the first time this past season and thought they tasted really good, better than most other novelties, with a meaty paste-like texture but no flouriness, and a good tomato taste that had some zip. The spindly RL plant, typical of pastes, was very hardy and suprisingly productive. Colleagues loved the appearance of Speckled Roman. The frutis caught the eye amongst an array of heirlooms of all different shapes and colours sitting on the lunch table. 7.5/10.

Gerardo · July 18, 2016

Sometimes it's best to consult the archives.

I bought this one from Fedco. Just started a few, as stripes seem to get everyone excited.

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/search?item=4138

Does anyone have opinions pro/con?

Worth1 · July 18, 2016

I do you will like it.
It is for me the best and most productive of the paste tomatoes and the best tasting striped tomato I have had so far.
I dont consider it a novelty tomato at all as I do many of them.

Don't know why I haven't grown it in so long but it will be back.

Worth

Gerardo · July 18, 2016

That's great news Worth. Endorsements like that can't be beat.

Worth1 · July 18, 2016

Just remember it is a paste and it is what it is but it is a good one.
Did well here where I live unlike the many others I have tried that were total flops.

Worth

Gerardo · July 18, 2016

Gotcha. Fuhgeddaboudit.

**carolyn137** · July 18, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerardo

Sometimes it's best to consult the archives.

I bought this one from Fedco. Just started a few, as stripes seem to get everyone excited.

http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/search?item=4138

Does anyone have opinions pro/con?

All of that info in the link is/was also discussed in several SSE yearbooks.Fedco does extract a lot of info from those year books and IMO does an excellent job of sharing info.

But I'm glad to see that Fedco put it in one nice place ,so everyone can see it

Note that the two initial parents were Banana LEgs, bred by Tom Wagner,and Amy Goldman tracked down Antique Roman

I've grown Banana Legs, bred by Tom Wagner, and also Striped and Speckled Roman,nothing was said about that in the Fedco blurb.

If I really wanted to grow a striped long one I'd grow Casady's Folly, bred by Tom Wagner.

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/w...sady%27s_Folly

But I'm not so enthusiastic about most striped varieties.

You'll see in the link that Amy Goldman first SSE listed it, and where did she get the seeds.Tom had sent me 22 varieties to trial,Casady's was one of them,Amy saw it in my tomato field and begged me for seeds so she could beat Farmer Piggett at the next Dutches Country Fair
I said OK, but don't share those seeds.

HA!

Carolyn

Urbanheirlooms · July 18, 2016

I grew Speckled Roman last year and decided not to grow it again this year. I had a huge problem with BER with this variety. I am growing similar shaped varieties this year-Black Icicle & Trenton' Tiger. The first dozen or so Black Icicle tomatoes to start ripening all had BER. Since then, I have probably gotten about a dozen or so ripe without issue (they were picked before ripe stage). The Trenton's Tiger has had relatively no BER, as pretty as Speckled Roman and the taste was definitely much better-actually one of my favorite new ones. The Black Icicle is another very pretty and tasty one. The speckled Roman plants had lots of leaf curl and wispy foliage. Not the case with Trentons Tiger.

Just my 2 cents with.

July 18, 2016	#17
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,598	Speckled Roman Paste Tomato Sometimes it's best to consult the archives. I bought this one from Fedco. Just started a few, as stripes seem to get everyone excited. http://www.fedcoseeds.com/seeds/search?item=4138 Does anyone have opinions pro/con?

April 4, 2007	#16
Grub Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,722	I grew Speckled Roman for the first time this past season and thought they tasted really good, better than most other novelties, with a meaty paste-like texture but no flouriness, and a good tomato taste that had some zip. The spindly RL plant, typical of pastes, was very hardy and suprisingly productive. Colleagues loved the appearance of Speckled Roman. The frutis caught the eye amongst an array of heirlooms of all different shapes and colours sitting on the lunch table. 7.5/10.

July 18, 2016	#18
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I do you will like it. It is for me the best and most productive of the paste tomatoes and the best tasting striped tomato I have had so far. I dont consider it a novelty tomato at all as I do many of them. Don't know why I haven't grown it in so long but it will be back. Worth

July 18, 2016	#23
Urbanheirlooms Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: New Castle, Virginia Posts: 205	I grew Speckled Roman last year and decided not to grow it again this year. I had a huge problem with BER with this variety. I am growing similar shaped varieties this year-Black Icicle & Trenton' Tiger. The first dozen or so Black Icicle tomatoes to start ripening all had BER. Since then, I have probably gotten about a dozen or so ripe without issue (they were picked before ripe stage). The Trenton's Tiger has had relatively no BER, as pretty as Speckled Roman and the taste was definitely much better-actually one of my favorite new ones. The Black Icicle is another very pretty and tasty one. The speckled Roman plants had lots of leaf curl and wispy foliage. Not the case with Trentons Tiger. Just my 2 cents with.