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Good Red Heirloom Beefsteak for Market?

10 years ago

My son has grown a lot of tomatoes the last 2 years to sell at several different area farmers markets. He's done very well with mostly pink and purple heirloom varieties, but there are always a good number of people who have to be talked into buying a pink or purple because they're so programmed to think that tomatoes have to be RED. We did grow a red heirloom beefsteak last year, Milka's Red Bulgarian, but didn't care for it.

Can anyone recommend a surefire good quality RED heirloom beefsteak for us to try out for market? Something that is pretty prolific, preferably?

Thanks!

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User
10 years ago
Well, seeing as how I don't know your zone, and no tomato is sure fire from one garden to the next, I can't really do that. However, Wisconsin 55 did great for me. Productive, sweet, meaty and great BLT and freezing tomato. I'm in zone 4. :)

https://www.jungseed.com/P/00824/The+Famous+Wisconsin+55+Tomato
User
10 years ago
how about the obvious variety red beafsteak
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hockingapple
Original Author
10 years ago
Wisconsin 55 is a globe type, I'm looking for an Heirloom beefsteak type red tomato.
Seysonn_ 8a-NC/HZ-7
10 years ago
Most productive red beefsteaks are hybrid. Most all of my red beefsteak types are hybrid.However I can recomend a few but cannot guarantee on productivity:

== Legend , Siletz : They are on the smaller side.

Most of my beefsteak heirlooms are non-red/pink

Sey
User
10 years ago
Here's a thread you might want to check out...

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2237769/favorite-full-flavor-large-tomato

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