1 / 2open-pollinated
Speckled Roman
Also sold as: Romain Mouchetée, Striped Roman
John Swenson’s stabilized Antique Roman × Banana Legs cross: elongated red paste fruit with golden striping, thick meaty walls, little juice and few seeds.
- Shape
- Elongated
- Fruit type
- Plum / Roma
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 198 g (170–227 g)
- Days to maturity
- 85 days (80–90) from transplant
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- High
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- High
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Growing advice
- Containers
- Not for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- A later paste tomato, protected culture improves ripening in cooler regions. Tie vines securely and maintain even watering to reduce blossom-end and cracking problems.
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Photo: Jean Weber · CC BY 2.0
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