One characteristic of many heirloom varieties is catfacing and radial cracking. Disease problems in the plots included Early Blight, Verticillium wilt and Septoria. Older, heirloom varieties are generally less disease resistant than the newer varieties which have been released. Nice pink color with excellent flavor. Uniform fruit size throughout our replications.
Fruits are very meaty with few seeds.
These should be harvested in the white stage to avoid soft fruit. Stems are corky and thick and may pull away from the fruit if harvested in the mature stage. Harvest in the light green stage. Catfacing and radial cracking. Thick, corky stems.