Tigerella
| Tigerella | |
|---|---|
Tigerella fruit | |
| Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | |
| Maturity | 59 days |
| Type | Heirloom |
| Vine | Indeterminate |
| Plant height | 9 feet (2.7 m) |
| Fruit weight | 4 oz (110 g) |
| Leaf | Regular leaf |
| Color | Bicolor: Primarily red with yellow stripes |
| Shape | Globe |
Tigerella is a bi-colored tomato cultivar, relatively small, 2 to 4 ounces (60–120 g), and early (59 days).[1] Upon maturity the fruit is red with yellow stripes, essentially the same as Green Zebra, except that the fruit is red instead of green, and has a sweeter flavour. The colour occasionally varies: in New Zealand for instance, commercially produced Tigerella is dark crimson with very dark green stripes.
Seeds are available in the UK for the heirloom Tigerella (which has small plum/cherry-type tomatoes). In the USA there is also a hybrid (non-heirloom) beefsteak tomato that is also called Tigerella, for which culinary results seem to range widely according to a number of bloggers, from large firm and good-tasting fruit to inedible soft fruit which on cutting appears to be all gel and seeds.
See also
References
- ^ "Tomato: Tigerella". Retrieved 18 July 2010.
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