📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Chilo Della Garfagnana
- 🌍 Origin: A treasured old family heirloom from the Garfagnana region of Tuscany, Italy. The name loosely translates to “Kilo of Garfagnana”, hinting at the massive potential size of its fruits.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Semi-determinate or short indeterminate. It produces a vigorous, stout bush with regular foliage that typically stays around 1-1.2 m (3.2-4 ft) tall when grown in a greenhouse. Mid-season maturity.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Large, red, meaty beefsteaks with slight ribbing at the shoulders. While they easily average 200-400 g (7-14 oz), with proper pruning and thinning, these monsters can reach up to 1 kg (2.2 lbs)!
- 👅 Flavor: Highly praised for its rich, perfectly balanced, old-fashioned tomato flavor with a wonderful distinct sweetness.
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An old family heirloom variety from Italy. I got the seeds from an American collector who sent them to me as a bonus and highly recommended giving them a try.
I really loved this variety—meaty red fruits with a rich, perfectly balanced tomato flavor and a lovely sweetness 😋 They are slightly ribbed at the stem end (shoulders). According to the collector, the fruits can reach up to 1 kg (2.2 lbs). Mine were around 200-400 g (7-14 oz). I didn’t really prune or shape the bush much, which is probably why the fruits didn’t get exceptionally huge.
The bush in the greenhouse wasn’t tall—about 1-1.2 m (3.2-4 ft). It was vigorous, had regular leaves, and ripened mid-season.
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