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No. 088 · open-pollinated

Goldman's Italian American

Goldman's Italian American is an indeterminate open-pollinated paste tomato with red, large ribbed pepper or oxheart shape fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.

Typepaste tomato
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size8 to 16 oz
Colorred, large ribbed pepper or oxheart shape
Difficultymoderate

Flavor

Described as rich and full for a paste type, meaty enough for sauce yet good sliced. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

A large ribbed Italian-American sauce tomato popularized by heirloom author and grower Amy Goldman.

What it does well

  • Large, showy ribbed sauce fruit
  • Meaty, low-seed flesh ideal for cooking
  • Productive on vigorous vines

Where it frustrates

  • Tall indeterminate vines need staking
  • Large lobed fruit can be awkward to pack
  • Late for the coolest zones

Like Goldman's Italian American, but...

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

San Marzanobut a large ribbed oxheart-shaped sauce tomatoCostoluto Genovesebut a meatier paste type rather than a juicy slicer

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