Quick Summary of African Queen
- 🌍 Origin: A well-known Canadian heirloom variety, highly popular among Russian growers under the translated name “Afrikanskaya Koroleva” (Африканская королева).
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall) with potato leaf foliage. The vines can be slightly spindly or wispy, but they are still highly productive. Growers often prune it to a single stem.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, pink, oblate (flattened-round) beefsteaks. They are massive, typically weighing 300-800g (10.5-28 oz / 0.6-1.7 lbs). The flesh is very dense, meaty, and contains few seeds.
- 👅 Flavor: Sweet, meaty, and exceptionally delicious. A top-tier flavor profile for fresh eating.
- ⏳ Maturity & Yield: Mid-season variety. Peak harvest usually hits in August. Yields are generally high, though it can occasionally miss fruit sets in the middle trusses if weather conditions aren’t ideal.
A large-fruited tomato variety. I pruned it to a single stem. The bush was wispy, but it produced well. The fruits are meaty and delicious. Average yield. Potato leaf.
Edited September 11, 2015 by Lana
African Queen tomato (Canada) is a tall, mid-season variety. Potato leaf. The fruits are pink, oblate, meaty, with few seeds, weighing 300-800 g (10.5-28 oz / 0.6-1.7 lbs). Seeds were from Redko.
The variety is mid-season. The main harvest was in August. The fruits are all large, meaty, and sweet. The yield is top-notch! I really liked it!
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African Queen is an excellent beefsteak tomato. The fruits are pink, large up to 600g (21 oz / 1.3 lbs), meaty, with excellent taste and good yield. Potato leaf.
I also grew it 2 years ago. I liked the taste, but the yield wasn’t great for me. It set the first and last trusses, but there was a gap in the middle (blossom drop), though I blame myself for that. I want to grow it again.
