Rutgers 250

weaselbean · July 24, 2016

Can anyone give us a report on how their Rutgers 250 plants have done this year. Shure would like to know..

brownrexx · July 26, 2016

I have only gotten 2 ripe fruits so far. They are smaller than some of the other varieties with the big slicers but very tasty. I will do a side by side comparison when I get more ripe ones.

ramapojoe · July 26, 2016

never heard of Rutgers 250 but I have four pretty healthy looking regular Rutgers with lots of green, tennis ball sized tomatoes. ten days of 90+ heat seems to have slowed them to a crawl. hopefully when the weather brakes they will start coming in

brownrexx · July 27, 2016

Rutgers 250 is the "resurrected Jersey tomato" which was bred by Rutgers University to be like the Jersey tomato that people remember from years ago before tomatoes were bred for better shipping and processing. It would be an ancestor to the Rutgers that is available now.

July 24, 2016	#1
weaselbean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: nc Posts: 57	Rutgers 250 Can anyone give us a report on how their Rutgers 250 plants have done this year. Shure would like to know..

July 26, 2016	#2
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	I have only gotten 2 ripe fruits so far. They are smaller than some of the other varieties with the big slicers but very tasty. I will do a side by side comparison when I get more ripe ones.

July 26, 2016	#3
ramapojoe Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: new jersey Posts: 97	never heard of Rutgers 250 but I have four pretty healthy looking regular Rutgers with lots of green, tennis ball sized tomatoes. ten days of 90+ heat seems to have slowed them to a crawl. hopefully when the weather brakes they will start coming in

July 27, 2016	#4
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	Rutgers 250 is the "resurrected Jersey tomato" which was bred by Rutgers University to be like the Jersey tomato that people remember from years ago before tomatoes were bred for better shipping and processing. It would be an ancestor to the Rutgers that is available now.