Tomato Yellow Pear

$4.90

FAMILY: SOLANACEAE
GENUS: Lycopersicon SPECIES: lycopersicum

Categories: All Vegetables, Plant Now, Seeds, September, Solanaceae, Tomato, Tomatoes and Eggplants Tags: indeterminate, salads, seeds, spring, tomato, tomato yellow pear, Vegetables R - Z

Description

Description

Heritage Status: New Zealand
Bio-Region of Origin: Auckland
Number of Seeds: 30

Description: Indeterminate. Gifted to Koanga by both Derek Deeming, and Henry Harrington, This one is an excellent tasting, cherry size pear shaped tomato as well as being a heavy, long cropper, and very disease resistant. It was one of the last to give up in the autumn as well.

Planting Instructions: Plant into trays late September and prick out when first leaves appear at 3 cm diagonal spacing. Handle touching the leaves only. When leaves touch, transplant into 10 cm deep pots or trays to 10 cm diagonal spacing. When 10-15 cm high transplant into garden 50 cm spacings in rows. Two rows per 1m wide bed. Needs staking.