Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Bi-color
Striped
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Plum
Pointed
Elongated
Other: Shape may vary, from a long paste type (ideal), to a plum, to almost round, to almost a small oxheart
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 7 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 7 feet
Best Uses: Canning
Paste
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Early
Late
History: Developed by John Swenson.
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: Thick skinned with meaty flesh.
Country: USA

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Plant Spread: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention.
Parentage: 'Antique Roman' x 'Banana Legs'

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Speckled Roman'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Photo Gallery
Location: Philadelphia 
Date: 08/27/2022
Many tomatoes ripening.
Location: my garden in MD
Date: 2023-07-28
Stunning striped varitey
Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2021-07-19
First ripe fruits of the year, seed from Pinetree Garden
Location: Philadelphia 
Date: 04/05/2023
Location: my garden in MD
Date: 2023-07-28
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2020-04-26
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Date: 2012
Image used courtesy of the Victory Seed Company
Location: Philadelphia 
Date: 07/22/2022
1st fruit. Small and not the best form. Starting to roped removed
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-06-20
Location: All pictures taken in my gardens
Date: 2016-08-22
Comments:
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Jul 20, 2021 11:04 AM concerning plant:
    Bought seed from Pinetree Garden and started my own plants. Grown well and starting to pick a few in July in Maryland zone 7b. Nice solid fruit 5 ounces, no problems.
    2023, growing again, with lots of fruit, mostly 5 ounces again, range from 3 to 8 + ounces.
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Aug 1, 2023 7:15 PM concerning plant:
    Really gorgeous tomato but disappointing performance and flavor in my garden. Mine are not as meaty as the ones in SallyG's garden this year (we live about an hour apart), in fact there's such a small "core" of flesh between the seed cavities that they'd probably work well as stuffing tomatoes. Mine have been fruiting for several weeks and are the only tomato in my garden still getting BER. Flavor was mild to the point of being bland. I wonder if I just have a different strain, as mine are more cylindrical (typical paste tomato shape) than Sally's and came from a different source (SSE, I think).

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