1 / 2open-pollinated
Amish Paste
Large-fruited American heirloom paste tomato with exceptionally meaty flesh, rich sweet flavour and heavy yields; excellent for sauce and canning but vigorous vines require substantial support.
- Shape
- Elongated
- Fruit type
- Plum / Roma
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 283 g (227–340 g)
- Days to maturity
- 85 days (74–85) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- Low
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- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Large vigorous vines can become top-heavy and need strong support. Fruit shape varies from plum to strawberry/oxheart-like. Even moisture is advisable because cracking and uneven ripening are recurrently reported.
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