Pink Ponderosa has a good, old-time tomato flavor without the "acidic sting" that I've experienced with other varieties of home-grown to...Read Morematoes at our local farmer's market. Giant Belgium is still my favorite, though.
I have seeds this year from a Palo Alto neighbor, who has grown it several years, and who had it from a Menlo Park neighbor who'd grown i...Read Moret for decades - a true hand-me-down heirloom!
First seedlings are poking up in their starter cells indoors this early March; I'll post more info and photos later in the season.
The Purple Ponderosa (it was called purple not pink in my youth) is a dark pink beefsteak which along with the Golden Ponderosa were the ...Read Morefavorite slicing beefsteaks of my youth. Marglobe, Stone, Sparks Earlianna, were grown for canning tomatoes but these along with June Pinks were the fresh eating tomatoes. It is a reliable performer with very good flavor. It disadvantage is that it is a rough tomato, It is ridged, convoluted, folds itself around the stem, and has hard shoulders. It is not a pretty tomato but it does have great flavor.
Pink Ponderosa has a good, old-time tomato flavor without the "acidic sting" that I've experienced with other varieties of home-grown to...Read More
I have seeds this year from a Palo Alto neighbor, who has grown it several years, and who had it from a Menlo Park neighbor who'd grown i...Read More
The Purple Ponderosa (it was called purple not pink in my youth) is a dark pink beefsteak which along with the Golden Ponderosa were the ...Read More