Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye Tomato

I was disappointed because if I did not get that tomato off the vine at the first hint of color, it went soft quick. I am a small commercial grower and I am really busy out there. If I found a fully ripe tomato chances are it was too soft and mushy to sell at market. If I just had a small home garden and could pay attention to my harvest more carefully then I would grow it again. But it did not work on a larger scale for me.

I've grown this tomato for several years now and it's one of my favorites. It has an amazing flavor, like a and doesn't take forever to reach maturity. It ripens midseason, before several of the other beefsteak tomatoes, like pineapple or true black brandywine. This is a winner!

Flavorful and juicy, not excessively acidic, doesn't cause heartburn. Did I say great flavor? It did get late blight in October in California. It yielded OK.

My fav tomato to grow so far. I even reused the seed packet from the previous year and they grew just fine. Easy to grow, great harvest, large good size tomatoes and yummy flavor! Mine got to more than 8ft tall so get a tall stake. I will definitely will growing this again

Pros: Early, pretty, productive while it lasts, and very tasty if you enjoy tart tomatoes. Cons: It is highly susceptible to late blight. Despite regular treatment with Bordeaux mixture, my plants had succumbed to the disease by mid-August. (Carbon and Arkansas Traveler---the reigning champions in my garden---are sill going strong.) The fruit is also more perishable than average, turning to mush soon after ripening. Still worth a try, and might do better in drier climates.