Tomatoes from my trip to Sicily

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Posted by sicilianu none (My Page) on

Sat, Jan 11, 14 at 1:36

I went back this summer to my birthplace, Sicily and found traditional tomato varieties.

These are assorted tomato varieties from my village Alcara Li Fusi in the Nebrodi Mountains of Northeastern Sicily.
There are two cherry types which may show up in the pictures. One which is completely sphere-shaped is traditional to my area, but the other which is more of an oval/grape cherry tomato is not traditional and is a recent popular commercial Italian cultivar.

The fruits below are of landrace(s) used for making sauce.

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Posted by sicilianu none (My Page) on
Sat, Jan 11, 14 at 1:47

The photo below is of landraces used primarily for salads (as mentioned earlier the oval-shaped cherries are not traditional but the spherical ones are).

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Sat, Jan 11, 14 at 1:49

The tomato below is from one of the famous open markets in Palermo, the capital of Sicily. It seems similar to "Rosso Sicilian" sold in the U.S.

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Posted by sicilianu none (My Page) on
Sat, Jan 11, 14 at 1:53

It is a little hard to see but below are plants of a traditional variety in Petrali Sottana in the Madonie mountains of Palermo province. Of what I understand this variety is very low-growing (as in the photo) and produces medium size fruit for sauce and drying. Traditionally it is not watered or staked and is very drought-tolerant.

Below are not photos that I took but they are of the same variety, called "Siccagno."

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Posted by flowersnhens Maine 4 (My Page) on
Thu, Feb 6, 14 at 19:57

Those are beautiful tomatoes ! Would you like to share some seed? I have several varieties of Heirloom tomato seed. Checkout my list.

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Posted by getyourleash z7 Mid-Atl USA (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 20, 14 at 10:51

*THUD*
They look incredible! Not to mention I have I thing for Italian food and tomato sauces...

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