your best Orange beefsteak?

[simmran1]

For me, I like Cossack better than most others in this category. (available Gardenhoard.com)

I also have grown Orange Wellington from Burpee, and I would say these two are a toss-up for plant size, productivity and taste.

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by eyolf

When I originally saw this thread, and the "beefsteak", I didn't have much to add. In my growing area, big beefsteaks are a bit unreliable. We get some every year, sometimes many, often only a few, and the greenies ripen inside.

Good enough to can, but not tops for flavor.

But I DO love two orange globes. Djena Lee, and Faribo Gold Heart.

Djena is well-known.

I don't get many heart-shaped tomatoes from Faribo, but the flavor is good, and it has one other quality I truly appreciate; it stays attractive and tasty longer than most; we had the last one at Thanksgiving last year... weeks after the frost killed everything off.

Faribo was developed at the U of MN in the 1950's and released through Farmer's Seed and Nursery in Faribault, MN. Farmer's seed, like other Midwestern Seed houses (Gurney's, Henry Field, Northrupp-King, etc) is no more.

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You really shouldn't be getting any heart-shaped fruit, other than an oddity, with Faribo Golden Heart. It is basically an oblate shape. It was likely given its name because the "heart" or interior of the fruit was a golden color.