From the pretty to the utility tomatoes. Masses of small dark red plums with a little peak at the bottom. Italian cooking tomatoes Borgo Cellano. So easy to skin and condense down for tomato sauce. Grows well in UK. One of the earlier to ripen outdoors. Great cooking tomatoes. Can also be taken in green (if blight makes it necessary) and left to ripen on the windowsill.
I got them in a seed swap with a gardener in the USA, where they were presumably brought by immigrants from Italy. There is an Italian village called Borgo Celano, Tatiana's tomato base thinks this is the original home of this tomato and that it is a centuries old variety.
Together with DePinto (which looks slightly different, but also a fab Italian paste tomato) a very worthwhile addition to the garden and pretty much thrives on neglect. The plants are 4-5ft bushes. I grow them without sideshooting and tie the shoots in, but they are indeterminates. The fruits hang for a long time. I had a couple split on picking but not on the plant.
I got them in a seed swap with a gardener in the USA, where they were presumably brought by immigrants from Italy. There is an Italian village called Borgo Celano, Tatiana's tomato base thinks this is the original home of this tomato and that it is a centuries old variety.
Together with DePinto (which looks slightly different, but also a fab Italian paste tomato) a very worthwhile addition to the garden and pretty much thrives on neglect. The plants are 4-5ft bushes. I grow them without sideshooting and tie the shoots in, but they are indeterminates. The fruits hang for a long time. I had a couple split on picking but not on the plant.
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