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What variety of tomato has a point on the bottom?

‎09-02-2019 12:32 PM

We casually trade seeds and plants among three families, but no one has any idea what these pointed tomatoes might be. I guess we are the only ones that had them. Someone suggested it was two tomatoes that had grown together, but the top was typically round.

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Re: What variety of tomato has a point on the bottom?

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‎09-02-2019 12:50 PM - edited ‎09-02-2019 12:52 PM

plum tomato?

san marzano tomato?

roma tomato?

oxheart tomato?

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Re: What variety of tomato has a point on the bottom?

‎09-02-2019 02:29 PM

Roma (Italian plum) are the only ones I know of...

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Re: What variety of tomato has a point on the bottom?

‎09-02-2019 03:29 PM

@depglass Probably oxhart:

Great for sauce and canning. Kind of like Roma and with few seeds. Very meaty.

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Re: What variety of tomato has a point on the bottom?

‎09-03-2019 03:47 PM

I has to be these Oxharts shown above. They are definitely a meaty tomato, very little juice. I will tell the woman who grew these starts for me what she has. Thanks all.

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‎09-03-2019 06:07 PM

@depglass My cousin gave me my first oxhearts, and they were heirloom, not hybrid. So, I was able to save the seeds. If your's are not any kind of hybrid, you can save the seeds by placing them on a paper plate and drying them out. Once they are completely dry you can store them in a regular letter envelope.