Beefsteak Heirloom Tomato
Aunt Ruby's German Green
Aunt Ruby'is German Green produces pale green, 12 ~n 16 ounce beefsteak fruit that are smooth yet have a weird shape. The tomatoes are sweet and juicy and even a little spicy! The variety was developed by Ruby Arnold of Greenville, Tennessee.
Paul Robeson
Blemish-free deep maroon fruit; the absolute best flavor, the King of heirlooms. Yields an abundance of beautiful blackish-red tomatoes of a beefsteak shape in the 7 to 10 ounce range.
Gold Medal
Wonderful, 1-1/2 lb., yellow and red bi-color beefsteak tomato with pink marbeling in blossom end, thin skin and luscious sweet, well-balanced flavors. Harvested ripe, fruit lasts for a couple of weeks.
Persimmon
The strong, indeterminate vines of this heirloom bear huge, beefsteak-type, slicing tomatoes that ripen toward the end of summer. The lovely, peachy-orange colors deepen from its softly dented, light green shoulders to the bottom of its plump, globe-shaped fruit.
Black From Tula
Known in Russia as "Czerno Tulski Tomat, " these beefsteak tomatoes are black with green shoulders. They grow to be about 12 ounces with a 3^i ~n 4^i diameter. Their flavor is sweet and rich, yet smoky. Yields are good, and Black From Tula grow well in the heat.
Mortgage Lifter
Developed in the early 1940's in West Virginia by a radiator repairman, M.C. "Radiator Charlie" Byles.