This variety originates from seeds I saved from a sandwich eaten at one of my inlaws in Portugal in the early 1990's. It was a nameless ...Read Morefamily heirloom, grown for personal consumption rather than market, since at least the 1950's in and around the village of Casais de Mestro Mendo, a few miles east of Peniche.
The one in the sandwich that I saved seed from, was under-ripe by North American standards, but still good enough for me to want to have it to grow.
Fruit can go to at least 43 ounces.
Plant VERY vigorous in my Michigan garden. Disease resistant and hardy with huge fruits with good tomato flavor. Only problem: slugs LOVE...Read More the green fruit and will climb up the plant to get at them! Next year I will stake them higher.
Good to excellent flavor, productive. Mid to mid-late season, lovely large light red beefsteaks, can throw some variable shapes occasion...Read Moreally (at least in my experience). Known to be of Portuguese origin, other than that, not much more is known about it.
This variety originates from seeds I saved from a sandwich eaten at one of my inlaws in Portugal in the early 1990's. It was a nameless ...Read More
Plant VERY vigorous in my Michigan garden. Disease resistant and hardy with huge fruits with good tomato flavor. Only problem: slugs LOVE...Read More
Good to excellent flavor, productive. Mid to mid-late season, lovely large light red beefsteaks, can throw some variable shapes occasion...Read More