Sorrento
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| Sorrento | |
|---|---|
| Maturity | midseason |
| Growth habit | indet. |
| Leaf type | regular |
| Fruit color | pink |
| Fruit shape | beefsteak |
| Fruit size | large |
| Fruit type | slicer |
| Variety type | heirloom |
| Country | Italy |
B.C KO T
- indet., regular leaf plant with a good yield of large red-pink beefsteaks, slightly ribbed, meaty and firm interior, great sweet flavor, up to 1 lb.
Seed source:
- Mireille Blais, Quebec, Canada 07
Year grown: 2007
Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)
History
- Originated at the beginning of the 20th century, when the Sorrento shipowners, who shipped lemons to the Americas, imported the seed directly from the New World. Since the beginning of the 1990s, this tomato has also been grown in limited areas of plains in the communes near Vesuvius, such as Gragnano, Boscoreale and Torre Annunziata.
- There is a different cultivar also called Sorrento (E0208A), bred and vended by Ferry-Morse Seed Co, which is a pear shaped tomato introduced in 1975.
Seed Availability
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| 2013 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds - sold out for 2013 | . | . |
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| 2011 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds | 1 | . |
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| 2008 | 2 | . | |
| 2007 | 0 | . |