Re: [tomato] Re: Big Beef Hybrid AAS tomato
DannoMusic@aol.com (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Fri, 16 Jun 2000 21:00:00 EDT
other than Big Beef! I was expecting to get a very large beefsteak when I
planted it, but instead got tomatoes that were uniformly about 6 oz. These
were the worst tomatoes I've ever grown. I might give them another chance
next year.
--Michael
In a message dated 6/16/00 7:11:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Chilehead@tough-love.com writes:
> I've never grown Big Beef because Beefstake types don't seem to
> do well in our climate. It was an All America Selection which
> means it grew well in different areas of the country. They
> sometimes mix up the tags at the garden centers. Here's the
> details on Big Beef from page 63 of the Seminis catalog:
>
> "This All-America Selections winner combines old-fashioned
> tomato qualities with modern breeding techniques to produce what
> has been called the finest all-around tomato ever developed for
> home gardening. Big Beef hybrid offers old-time tomato flavor,
> colossal fruit size, disease resistance and good yield potential. Big
> Beef produces extra-large, "beefy" fruit in the 10 to 12 ounce range.
> Fruit shape is deep oblate to globe and the shoulder color is apple
> green prior to ripening. Relative maturity is 73 days -- earlier than
> other varieties that are capable of producing extra large fruits.
> Plants are large and vigorous, yet quite manageable when tied to
> stakes or grown in large cages, and they continue to produce large-
> sized tomatoes high up in the vine later into the harvest season.
> The vine shows plenty of hybrid vigor and is protected with this
> disease resistance package: V-1, F-1, F-2, ASC, St, N, ToMV.
> What a tomato!"
>
> Dave
> TLCC