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open-pollinated
San Marzano Redorta
Large Italian San Marzano-type heirloom with thick-walled, meaty red plum fruit suited to both sauce and slicing.
- Shape
- Elongated
- Fruit type
- Plum / Roma
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 284 g (227–340 g)
- Days to maturity
- 82 days (78–85) from transplant
- Sweetness
- Medium
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- Very high
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- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Support the long heavy fruit and keep irrigation even. Larger and more slicer-friendly than standard San Marzano while retaining dense sauce-making flesh.
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