Quick Summary of Big Yellow Simpson
- 🌍 Origin: A classic heirloom tomato. Often cataloged in seed databases (like Tatiana’s TOMATObase) as Big Yellow, Simpson.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Can be grown successfully both in open ground and in greenhouses. Typically pruned to 2 stems for the best balance of fruit size and yield. Mid-season to mid-late.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, beautiful orange to yellow-orange beefsteaks. Fruits are very meaty, nearly seedless, and frequently reach up to 14 oz (400 g) in weight. An excellent keeper that retains its firm texture and doesn’t turn mushy.
- 👅 Flavor Profile: Most growers praise it for its rich, sweet, and juicy flavor. However, depending on soil and weather conditions, it can occasionally develop a more pronounced, punchy sweet-and-sour profile.
Big Yellow Simpson.
Out of the orange varieties this year, Simpson was my favorite! 👍 Sweet, meaty, and juicy.
Wow! On my computer screen, the rim on top looks golden, just like a crown! 😄
Lidia, does it have stripes? Or is it just a reflection?
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Wow! On my computer screen, the rim on top looks golden, just like a crown! 😄
Lidia, does it have stripes? Or is it just a reflection?
Galina, no, it’s orange, or yellow-orange, depending on how you look at it!
There are no stripes there. 👍 It must just be the way the light is hitting it.
Could you please tell me more details… Height, yield, etc.
Am I the only one who sees a sad little face in the top photo? I bought the seeds, I am going to plant it.
I really liked the variety, the tomatoes are large, meaty, with sweetness. It grew outdoors in open ground. The seeds were from Elena Danko. 🌹
A gorgeous orange beefsteak tomato 😋 Good yield, excellent taste! 👍 Indeterminate, grew in the greenhouse on 2 stems, fruits up to 14 oz (400g), meaty, almost seedless.
What a delicious variety! Lana, thanks for the seeds!
Tasty, retains its firm texture and doesn’t get mushy, definitely going on the repeat list.
A gorgeous variety from Svetlana, huge thanks to her for it, tasty, large, beautiful. I grew it again this year using my own saved seeds.
Big Yellow Simpson
Grew in a greenhouse. Indeterminate. Turned out to be mid-late. Very tasty! Large, oblate fruits of orange color.
Seeds from Olga @Zolushka. Thanks!
It’s interesting, everyone writes that it’s sweet, but mine turned out sweet and sour, and I’d even say there was more acidity than sweetness. But despite that, it was still very tasty with a rich flavor. I’d say it is very good for those looking for tasty but tart varieties.
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