]> 2026-04-24T05:36:07-07:00 Schiavone Italian Paste 0 Italy Indet. compact plants with regular leaf foliage. Bright red fruits that are plum or pear-shaped, moderately meaty and juicy, with excellent flavor. 2-5 oz. Late season. Great for sauce or fresh. red plum medium paste cooking indet. * An old Italian variety from Robert Schiavone's family. Robert's grandfather came over to America when he was just seven years old (in around 1910). He came from a small town just outside of Palermo (Sicily) called Borgetto. When he and his seven brothers came over, they brought various things from the homeland and one of them were these tomato seeds. This was a special type of tomato that they used for sauces and they wanted to grow it in America. Robert's grandfather passed away in 2003 and Robert, as well as his late father, took over growing the seed. * Introduced commercially by [[Victory Seed Company]] in 2012. regular midseason [[Victory Seed Company]] 12 family heirloom 2013 2013-12-10T21:23:43Z 2456637.3914699 Schiavone Italian Paste