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open-pollinated
Dwarf Melanie's Ballet
Also sold as: Melanie's Ballet, Melanie's Ballet Dwarf
Dwarf Tomato Project open-pollinated pink paste tomato with vigorous rugose dwarf plants, prolific 2–4 oz plum fruit and a sweet balanced flavour.
- Shape
- Oval / ellipsoid
- Fruit type
- Plum / Roma
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 85 g (57–113 g)
- Days to maturity
- 78 days (75–80)
- Sweetness
- Medium-high
- Flavour intensity
- Medium-high
- Productivity
- Very high
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Moderate
- Growing notes
- Compact tree-like dwarf, usually around 1–1.2 m. Large containers work well, allowing several stems can improve production, although heavy fruit loads still benefit from staking.
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