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Weedwhacker said:Tom, was it you that mentioned the "San Marzano Redorta" tomatoes? I have some of those coming to grow this year, really looking forward to trying them! For anyone else that might be interested, this is the description from the "TomatoFest" website: "Named for a mountain, Pizzo Redorta in Bergamo, Italy. This is Gary Ibsen's preferred Italian paste tomato. A much larger tomato (8 oz., 4-inch) with much better taste than it's cousin, San Marzano. Good enough to eat off the vine with the bonus of ending up with more tomato paste per plant. Yum!" I've grown the hybrid "Viva Italia" for years, but for the past several years it hasn't seemed to produce that well for me so hoping to find a good replacement.

Yes I grew 10 plants of the San Marzano Redorta. They produced a great supply of fruit, and I love the taste fresh, and now that I'm using the ones I canned, I'm finding them to have a great flavor when canned too. I also dryied some, and froze some. I'll be starting a couple more for next summer as well. They worked great for paste as well as canned whole tomatoes. If you use them for juice, it's a nice thick and rich juice.

This is a mixed bucket of tomatoes, but on top are the San Marzano Redorta. They often have green tops, and aren't the prettiest tomato, but what they lack in looks they make up for in taste.

I'm thinking about trying a dark purple one called Indego Apple, Anyone tried that? Since I had so many tomato plants last year, I will only have a few this year for fresh eating. I canned enough last year to last me 2 years. So I want what I have to be good for eating fresh.