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Top to Bottom: La Roma II, Federle, Mama Leone, Super Italian Paste Paste Tomatoes

Top to Bottom: La Roma II, Federle, Mama Leone, Super Italian Paste Paste Tomatoes

DoT’s Thot: I really wanted some bragging rights at home, but made the mistake of not netting my largest Federle that was a well over six inches long (not counting any of the stem) and a girth I could not wrap my hand around.

The day I went to harvest it, there was a huge chunk taken out of my prized Federle paste tomato.  The one in the photo is puny compared to the one I had to discard.  No one to blame but myself — next year, I am netting those special, biggest paste tomatoes, for sure.

The Four Varieties of Paste Tomatoes in My Garden:  Federle, Mama Leone, Super Italian, La Roma II

My paste tomatoes are mostly for canning and convenience, rather than for eating out of hand, so it is here that I have a number of hybrid tomato varieties.  They still definitely taste better than store-bought, and do mighty well in a dish of pasta made with fresh tomatoes and herbs.  Here is my roundup of descriptions and comments— Read the rest of this entry »

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