📌 Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gilbertie Paste
- 🌍 Origin: Heirloom paste tomato.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Indeterminate (tall). Forum members report great success growing it in a greenhouse when pruned to two stems.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Red, elongated “icicle” shape, weighing up to 5.3 oz (150 g). The fruits are incredibly dense, meaty, and have a high dry matter content.
- 👅 Usage: The ultimate processing tomato. It is perfect for canning, making thick sauces, and sun-drying.
- 📈 Yield: Highly productive and heavy-yielding variety.
Gilbertie (GILBERTIE PASTE). Indeterminate, grew in a greenhouse pruned to 2 stems. The fruits are red elongated icicles up to 5.3 oz (150 g), dense, meaty, with high dry matter content. They are perfect for canning, sun-drying, and processing.
Edited September 30, 2020 by Svetikk
I loved the yield.. grew it in a greenhouse. Seeds from @Svetikk thanks 🙏
On 10/22/2021 at 6:27 PM, sel4anka (Nina) said:
I loved the yield.. grew it in a greenhouse. Seeds from @Svetikk thanks 🙏
Does it look similar to Abbattista?
On 10/24/2021 at 4:28 PM, Lyudmila D. said:
Does it look similar to Abbattista?
It’s different. This one was a heavier yielder and the fruit shape is slightly different
On 10/25/2021 at 7:00 AM, sel4anka (Nina) said:
It’s different. This one was a heavier yielder and the fruit shape is slightly different
I love ones like this! Thanks dear!!!!
