Tomato: San Marzano

San Marzano tomatoes have been designated as the only tomatoes that can be used for Vera Pizza Napoletana (True Neapolitan Pizza) in Italy. Compared to the Roma tomatoes Marzano tomatoes are thinner and pointier in shape, the flesh being much thicker with fewer seeds, and the fabulous taste is much stronger, more sweet, and less acidic, many people describe the taste as bittersweet, like high-quality chocolate. According to legend, the first seed of the San Marzano tomato came to Campania in 1770, as a gift from the Kingdom of Peru to the Kingdom of Naples and was first grown in volcanic soil in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.  It is also rumored to be a cross between 3 different tomatoes being grown in the region at that time: the King Umberto, Fiaschella, and the Fiascona. Of these 3 cultivars, only the King Umberto is still grown, the other 2 having since disappeared.

Non-GMO
USES- Paste, sauce, fresh
FLAVOR- Sweet, balanced
ACID- Low
VEG. COLOR- Red
VEG. SIZE- Large
VEG. SHAPE- Roma
SEED DEPTH- 1/4"
PLANT SIZE- Medium
PLANT SPACING- 24"
GROWTH- Indeterminant
USDA ZONES- 4-11
HRS. SUNLIGHT- 8+
MATURITY- Mid-season
DAYS TO HARVEST- 75
LINEAGE- Heirloom
GERMINATION RATE- 96% 12/24
GENUS- Solanum lycopersicum
SEED COUNT- 10
(item #: T-383)