🍅 Quick take: Delano is a fuss-free, mid-season indeterminate green-when-ripe (GWR) beefsteak. It produces 7-9 oz green-yellow tomatoes with striking yellow-emerald flesh and a perfectly balanced sweet-tart flavor. While it’s a reliable yielder and tastes fantastic, growers note its main drawback is poor shelf life—the fruits soften quickly after harvest and need to be eaten right away. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Indeterminate mid-season slicer, grew it in 2017. The fruits are oblate green-yellow beefsteaks, and when they get dead ripe, the skin takes on a bronze blush. Fruit weight is around 7-8.8 oz (200-250 g). The flesh is a gorgeous yellow-emerald color, with a really nice sweet-tart flavor profile. They don’t keep long once picked, they turn mushy pretty fast. Fuss-free variety, good yield, grew it in the greenhouse.
Delano (left), Moya
Full Summary: Appearance, Taste, and Storage
- 🌿 Plant: A mid-season indeterminate vine. Noted for being very easy-going and low-maintenance.
- 📈 Yield: Produces a good, reliable crop of slicers.
- 👅 Taste: Excellent. The flavor is a highly enjoyable, classic sweet-tart balance.
- 🍅 Fruit: Oblate beefsteaks averaging 7-8.8 oz (200-250 g). The exterior is green-yellow with a bronze tint indicating full ripeness, while the interior slices open to reveal stunning yellow-emerald flesh.
- 📦 Storage: Poor. These do not hold well on the counter and will turn mushy quickly once ripe, so they should be eaten shortly after picking.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: One veteran grower in USDA Zone 4 (Kostroma).
🍅 Have you grown Delano? Drop a comment below to share your zone and let us know what you thought of the flavor!
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