HUGE Amish Paste tomatoes!

[mammabooh]

I am canning tomato juice today and am very impressed with the size and meatiness of the Amish Paste tomatoes I have. I bought the seeds from Baker Creek three years ago. I planted them at my old house three years ago, but they didn't get any bigger than a normal Roma. These, however, are absolutely enormous (we have much nicer soil here than we did at our old place). I didn't weigh any of them that I picked this morning, but I will venture to guess that some of them were over 1 1/2 pounds. Doesn't take very many of them to make a quart of juice, I can tell ya that!

If any of you are interested, I'll take pictures of some that are still on the vines.

It's not often that I am impressed, but I AM impressed.

[peacebaker]

My APs are always huge too! Mine are from Seed Savers, but it seems like no matter where I get them that's the case. Easily one or two pound fruit at times! I do like them too they are very hardy and prolific, and are good for all purpose uses (I do sauce, salsa, and regular canned tomatoes).

I actually tried regular italian romas this year (botanical interest seeds, I think) for a change and they are teeny tiny!

[MELOC]

i was impressed last year with a softball sized AP. they didn't fare as well this year. they were overgrown when planted and got the blight or some fungal infection. the fruit were much smaller this year. maybe next year will be better.

[Callieslamb]

Mine are small this year - I planted my plants way too close together though. I will always plant AP!

[Paquebot]

Made my third picking off a pair of Amish Pastes today. Growing about average for me with most fruit in the 6 to 10 ounce range. Would be nice if they had a different name as they are better for sauce and juice rather than paste.

Martin

[mommagoose_99]

Tomato Grower's Supply substituted Polish Linguisa for the San Marzano tomato seed I had ordered. The plants that suvived the Late Blight have even bigger Ox Heart shaped fruit than the Amish Past tomatoes which all have Blight. No ripe AP or PL's for me this year. Will try a comparison again next year
LInda

[Horse Fork Farm]

Show us the pics!:banana02:

[MN Gardener]

yes, show pics! What are the days to maturity? Will they work up here in the tundra of Northern MN? My tomatoes never seem to ripen

[Paquebot]

Originally Posted by MN Gardener

yes, show pics! What are the days to maturity? Will they work up here in the tundra of Northern MN? My tomatoes never seem to ripen

They should grow for you since they originated in Medford, WI which is slightly farther north than M & StP.

Martin