{"id":6937,"date":"2026-11-02T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:37:15","slug":"nonna-antonina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/nonna-antonina\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonna Antonina Tomato Review & Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Quick take:<\/strong> Nonna Antonina<\/strong> (“Grandmother Antonina”) is a traditional family heirloom originating from Italy<\/strong>. It grows as an indeterminate<\/strong>, late-season<\/strong> vine bearing very large, bright red beefsteaks packed with intense, old-world savory flavor. Highly adaptable across both cool northern climates and warm southern zones, growers praise its manageable, well-behaved vine habit and long harvest window. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 5-9 Experience)<\/h2>\n

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Family heirloom from Italy. Indeterminate, late-season maturity, regular foliage. The fruits are very large, bright red beefsteaks with an intense, rich tomato flavor.<\/p>\n

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Nonna Antonina. Seeds from Nadyusha in Kaluga Region. \ud83d\udc90<\/p>\n

The flesh is just mouthwatering, true old-school tomato flavor! \ud83e\udd24 Long, extended harvest window, and all the fruits stayed consistently large right to the end. \ud83d\udc4d Ran it both in open ground and in the greenhouse. Outdoors in the garden bed, production was actually noticeably higher.<\/p>\n

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Really loved Nonna Antonina! It’s a relatively modest, well-behaved plant that doesn’t get unruly or take over the patch, yet it loaded up with lots of large, bright red fruits. Fantastic flavor.<\/p>\n

Turned out late in the season, but that was actually a big plus, it stepped right in for fresh salads after the main harvest rush, right when folks are usually burnt out on tomatoes))) Seeds came from a collector in Yoshkar-Ola. Definite keeper!<\/p>\n

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Full Summary: Plant Habit, Yield and Flavor Profile<\/h2>\n