Tigerella
Tigerella is a bi-colored tomato cultivar, relatively small, 2 to 4 ounces (60-120 g), and early (59 days).[1] Upon maturity the fruit is red with yellow stripes, essentially the same as Green Zebra, except that the fruit is red instead of green, and has a sweeter flavor. The colour occasionally varies, in New Zealand for instance, commercially produced Tigerella is dark crimson red with very dark green stripes.
Tigerella | |
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Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | |
Maturity | 59 days |
Type | Heirloom |
Vine | Indeterminate |
Plant height | 9 feet (2.7 m) |
Fruit weight | 4 oz (110 g) |
Leaf | Regular leaf |
Color | Bicolor: Primarily red with yellow stripes |
Shape | Globe |
Seeds are available in the UK for the heirloom Tigerella (which has small plum/cherry-type tomatoes). In the USA there is also a hybrid (non-heirloom) beefsteak tomato that is also called Tigerella, for which culinary results seem to range widely according to a number of bloggers, from large firm and good-tasting fruit to inedible soft fruit which on cutting appears to be all gel and seeds.
See also
References
- "Tomato: Tigerella". Retrieved 18 July 2010.