By Niki Jabbour
Source: Savvy Gardening
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TOMATOES
7) Beefsteak tomatoes
The ultimate summer lunch is a tomato sandwich made from thick slices of a homegrown beefsteak tomato. Yum! Beefsteak tomatoes are among the most popular types of tomatoes to grow and have a firm, meaty texture and flavor that can range from sweet to tart and tangy. Pick a variety that suits your tastebuds. The shape of beefsteak tomatoes is typically a flattened globe and the color selection includes shades of red, yellow, pink, orange, green, and black. Here are some of my essential beefsteak tomato varieties:
Big Beef (70 days) – The top beefsteak variety grown by gardeners, Big Beef is famous for its large, rounded fruits that have a rich tomato flavor. The indeterminate plants are resistant to many tomato diseases and start to fruit just 70 days from transplanting.
Costoluto Genovese (78 days) – This Italian heirloom variety always has a place in my garden as we love the sublime flavor of the deeply pleated fruits. Plus, the plants are productive and grow about 6 feet tall.
Brandywine (78 days) – Brandywine tomatoes, a farmers market favorite, often weigh in over a pound and make a sublime tomato sandwich. The reddish-pink fruits are juicy, meaty, and richly flavored, and the plants are vigorous and tall.
Cherokee Purple (72 days) – Cherokee Purple is one of the world’s most popular heirloom tomatoes! It’s famous in tomato growing circles for its outstanding flavor which regularly wins the top prize in tomato-tasting competitions. The indeterminate plants produce a good crop of medium-large, slightly flattened fruits that are a dusty burgundy color with purplish shoulders.
Bonus Beefsteak varieties (one of the most popular types of tomatoes!)
Amalfi Orange (80 days) – Amalfi Orange is a recent beefsteak introduction but one that I’ve been enjoying immensely the past few summers. The large, flattened orange fruits boast an heirloom flavor, but hybrid characteristics like excellent vigor, long shelf-life, and high productivity. Indeterminate plants.
Captain Lucky (75 days) – The bushy, determinate plants of Captain Lucky grow 3 to 4 feet tall and each produce more than a dozen huge tomatoes. The fruits are gorgeous – green to gold to yellow to pink inside and out! Very meaty texture and a bright tomato flavor.
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