Italian Heirloom
Heirloom tomato · Solanum lycopersicum
- Breeding
- Heirloom
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate
- Days to maturity
- 70-80 days
- Fruit
- red, beefsteak
- Weight
- 12-16 oz
- Bred by
- -
Origin & history
An Italian family heirloom distributed by Seed Savers Exchange, valued by cooks for unusually easy peeling and a high flesh-to-seed ratio in a full-sized red fruit.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 70-80 days | Consensus range across the cited independent references. |
| Fruit weight | 12-16 oz | Typical range for the cultivar, as a consensus across the cited sources. Not a measured mean from any single crop: fruit weight varies with season, spacing and where on the plant the fruit set. |
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See tomato diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
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Nepal
75-80 days · Indeterminate
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Red Brandywine
80-90 days · Indeterminate
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Abraham Lincoln
77-87 days · Indeterminate
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Ailsa Craig
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Sources & References
Evidence: 1 source, all commercial catalogs. No independent reference documents this variety yet.
- Seed Savers Exchange catalog & variety histories · Seed Savers Exchange, Community Collection