| Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
| Skin Color: | Red |
| Flesh Color: | Red |
| Fruit Shape: | Plum |
| Fruit Size: | Small |
| Fruit Weight: | 3 oz. |
| Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
| Tomato Plant Height: | 4 feet |
| Best Uses: | Paste Cooking |
| Growth Mode: | Determinate |
| Earliness: | Mid-season |
| Disease Resistance: | Fusarium Wilt 1 Verticillium Wilt |
| Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: | Old popular variety for paste. Meaty thick walls with few seeds? Compact vines? |
| Country: | USA |
| 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. |
| thomas | On February 6, 2016 | Seeds sown |
| lovesblooms | On March 9, 2016 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On March 5, 2016 | Seeds sown indoors |
| JessicaRobyn | On May 28, 2017 | Obtained plant We were able to harvest our first tomato of the year! The Roma beat out all our other tomatoes. |
| JessicaRobyn | On February 12, 2017 | Seeds sown We sowed seeds for Roma tomatoes again. This year we bought seeds instead of using them from a grocery store tomato. |
| JessicaRobyn | On June 11, 2016 | Bloomed Our first tomato fruit has emerged from it's flower! |
| antsinmypants | On May 11, 2022 | Transplanted Into Garden Two |
| antsinmypants | On March 17, 2022 | Plant emerged 3 seedlings have emerged |
| antsinmypants | On March 16, 2022 | Plant emerged 2 seedlings emerged. |
| antsinmypants | On March 13, 2022 | Seeds sown Indoors under lights on heat mat. 4 seeds. |
| Mielikki | On December 31, 2021 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) |
| Mielikki | On June 19, 2021 | Fruit Ripened |
| Mielikki | On March 31, 2021 | Obtained plant |
| WebTucker | On May 14, 2023 | Miscellaneous Event Seeds collected September 2023 |
| WebTucker | On March 2, 2023 | Seeds germinated |
| WebTucker | On March 2, 2023 | Transplanted |
| WebTucker | On February 11, 2023 | Seeds sown |
| WebTucker | On June 10, 2022 | Fruit Ripened |
| WebTucker | On April 7, 2022 | Transplanted |
| MySecretIslandGarden | On March 21, 2023 | Fruit Ripened These plants go on and on. Originally planted a 25 cent pack of seeds from the dollar store and they have been growing and producing continuously |
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