1 / 3open-pollinated
Roma VF
Also sold as: Roma VF Tomato
1963 Joseph Harris open-pollinated VF paste tomato, bred from Roma × California Red Top VR9 for heavy crops of firm, meaty red plums.
- Shape
- Oval / ellipsoid
- Fruit type
- Plum / Roma
- Growth habit
- Determinate / bush
- Where it grows
- Outdoor
- Typical fruit weight
- 60 g (57–113 g)
- Days to maturity
- 82 days (78–85)
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Moderate
- Growing notes
- A processing/paste type with dense flesh. Do not merge this record with generic 'Roma': Roma VF is a later named breeding product with documented parentage and disease-resistance intent.
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Photo: Michael Wolf / Penig · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Michael Wolf / Penig · CC BY-SA 3.0
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