open-pollinated
Costoluto Fiorentino
Also sold as: Costoluto di Firenze, Costoluto Florentino
Historic Florentine red heirloom with strongly pleated beefsteak fruit, succulent firm flesh and a rich fruity flavour on vigorous indeterminate vines.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 227 g (150–312 g)
- Days to maturity
- 78 days (75–80) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- High
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- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Best under glass in cooler UK districts, though a warm sheltered outdoor site can crop well. Train as a cordon and give extra support to trusses carrying large, heavily ribbed fruit. Soil/culture: fertile, moist but well-drained clay, loam or sandy soil
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