Large Beefs

Gigante Farina produces large beefsteak tomatoes of around 350-600grams each. It can also get larger, over 1kg. The fruits in the picture are around 350-400 grams. Bright red, shiny fruits, flattened and ribbed. Dense and meaty fruits with little gel and few seeds. From the Bleggio Region in Italy. Variety originates from Remo Farina, who holds the record for the largest tomato in Italy. 85D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Helen’s German produces mid-sized to large beefsteak tomatoes of around 250-500grams each. The fruits in the picture are around 300-330 grams. Dark-pink fruits, slightly flattened with bulky ribbed shoulders. Meaty flesh with an excellent, sweet tomato flavor. From Germany. It was grown for about 20 years in Iowa. Passed on to relatives by the Navarre family in Madison, Wisconsin. Helen Navarre gave seeds to Sue Gronholz in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Gronholz introduced it in 1997 in the Seeds Savers Yearbook. Indeterminate. 80-85D. 5seeds/pack

Honey Giant produces large, flattened, and slightly ribbed beefsteak tomatoes of around 300-700grams each. The fruit in the picture is around 600 grams. Beautiful golden fruits with a red blush, both in the skin and the flesh. Meaty fruits with few seeds. Complex, sweet tomato flavor. 80-85D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Florentine Beauty NOT produces large, oblate to heart-shaped beefsteak tomatoes around 300-600grams each. Bright red, meaty, and juicy fruits. Sweet, fruity tomato flavor. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. This seed came to us as 'Florentine Beauty' - a yellow-fruited variety. 80D. 10seeds/pack