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Sat, Mar 15, 14 at 12:49
| Received free from TTs a packet of Umberto "pink 2 oz" tomato seed. Just wondered if they are sweet or if anyone has grown this cultivar? Says 250 per plant possible. You don't see much about it on the net. Supposedly a very old Italian variety. Good or no? |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Sat, Mar 15, 14 at 14:55
| If this is King Umberto/Roi Umberto, yes, I have grown it and if you Google it you'll find it variously described as pink or red, some say a tip at the blossom end, some say not. There's a huge long thread about it elsewhere but I can't transfer it to here or be possibly banned. If you Google it you'll also find comments like tough skin, assertive flavor , etc., all to say that it was not a variety I liked very much and no, it wasn't sweet. Yet others say they like it for sauce. Until you grow it you won't know if you like it or not. Carolyn |
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| Many Thanx...already planned on Sweet Million, Suingold, Italian Ice, Choc Cherry and Orange Paruche so one more is no big deal. I give these away along with most of the 60 beefsteak tomatoes that I grow after eating some every single day. I labsolutely gobble tomatoes and love growing them so I take them to my folks who are 90 yrs young, my sisters and the ladies at two local libraries, former work friends, neighbors etc etc. I usually put 8-10 big ones and a sandwich bag full of cherries in a plastic grocery bag and do the gift thing. Maybe 20 times a yr. My wife always canned two canners of tomatoes but after doing three canners of half runner beans on the gas grill side burner I usually don't have the pasazz left to fool with the maters. Like Doby Gray I have drifted far from the subject but I like to talk gardening. Ha Ha |
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