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Marmande
Also sold as: Tomate de Marmande
Classic French red ribbed beefsteak with fleshy, richly flavoured fruit; the plain Marmande name is strain-sensitive and circulates in both semi-determinate and cordon forms.
- Shape
- Oblate / flattened
- Fruit type
- Beefsteak
- Growth habit
- Semi-determinate
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 170 g (150–250 g)
- Days to maturity
- 70 days (65–75) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- High
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- The name covers materially different selections. Support the heavy fruit in all cases. Before sideshooting, check whether the seed supplier describes that exact strain as cordon/indeterminate or semi-determinate/bush-like.
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