Tomato 'Nonno's Italian Pear' (Organic)

Solanum lycopersicum L.
Organic

Thanks to Mike Tedesco who shared his family’s heirloom with other Diggers members. All the way from Calabria in 1924, this tall tomato grows best with two or three laterals. Highly recommended. Harvest in 13 weeks; yields 9kg.

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Tomato 'Nonno's Italian Pear' (Organic)

This selection comes to us from Mike Tedesco of WA whose grandfather brought it from San Giorgio, Calabria in 1924. Mike's family has been growing ever since (nearly 100 years!) and it is known as Nonno's (grandfather's) Italian Pear. This is a tall variety that grows best with two or three laterals. The fruit is dark pink when ripe with firm flesh that is excellent for slicing, passata and drying. Highly recommended. 91Days,9 kg
How to grow

Sow seed 6-8 weeks before you want to plant out your tomatoes. Never plant tomatoes in the same bed two years running as you risk infection from a build up of pests and diseases. Tomatoes need an open, sunny position, with plenty of air circulation to thrive. Tomatoes are best in a bed which has been heavily manured for a previous crop such as broccoli. A soil that is too rich in nutrients will produce prolific, but soft, sappy growth which is prone to disease. Long, leggy toato seedlings can be planted very deeply or even on their sides, as the stem is able to grow roots when covered with soil, and a large, healthy root system will develop.

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