🍅 Quick take: Brown Flesh is a mid-season, mid-tall variety that produces heavy yields of stunning, dark maroon beefsteaks with green stripes. Weighing up to 14 oz (400 g), these oblate slicers are praised for their dense, meaty crimson flesh and an outstanding, sweet fruity flavor profile. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos
I grew this one in 2017 (seeds from Redko). Kept it in the greenhouse. A gorgeous and heavy-yielding variety.
“Mid-tall, mid-season. The fruits are oblate, weighing 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g), meaty, dark maroon with vertical green stripes and streaks. The flesh is crimson-maroon, with an outstanding fruity flavor. High yield. Recommended for the greenhouse.”
Look at this funny little snail shape that grew! 🙂
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: A mid-tall vine (likely a compact indeterminate or vigorous semi-determinate). It performs very well when grown inside a greenhouse.
- 🍅 Fruit: Large, oblate (flat-round) beefsteaks weighing 10.5-14 oz (300-400 g). The skin is a striking dark maroon covered in vertical green stripes. They can occasionally throw megablooms that result in fun, deeply ribbed or “snail-like” catfaced shapes.
- 📈 Yield: Rated as high. It is a solid mid-season producer.
- 👅 Taste: The crimson-maroon flesh is dense and meaty, boasting a complex, sweet, and highly fruity flavor profile.
🍅 Grown Brown Flesh? Share your zone and how it did for you in the comments below, and add your photos!
