The Striped or Speckled Roman Tomato has gorgeous, medium sized, oblong orange red fruits with wavy, yellow stripes and an excellent sweet and savory flavor.
Looks like a novelty tomato, yet offers serious flavor, production and color. Adds interest to any dish with its vibrant color and stripes.
Very crack resistant. Heavy production until frost.
This is an exceptional variety, probably the best salad tomato around, yet the excellent flavor, sweetness and good firm yet meaty texture make this ideal for creating sauces too. Makes a wonderfully unique dark red, very rich and fruity overtoned sauce!
Indeterminate.
75-85 Days.
Approx 45 seeds per pack
The breeder of this tomato is John Swenson, a marvelous seedsman.
He has given us treasures of seeds and plants from his collection through the years. Speckled Roman was a fortuitous cross, in John's garden, of Antique Roman and Banana Legs, and the plants have the distinct nipple of the latter. He stablized the cross, and the rest is history - and gardening pleasure.
Planting Instructions
Indoors: 5 - 7 weeks before last frost sow 1/4" deep and keep soil evenly moist at 60- 70 degrees F. When the second set of leaves appears, transplant seedlings to individual pots.
Harden off 2 weeks before setting out, when weather is fully warm, in a spot with at least 8 hours of sun daily. Plant seedlings up to 2" under the first leaves, at least 3' apart. Water deeply and well in dry weather.
Outdoors: Sow as above, directly in site when weather is warm.
