No. 052 · heirloom
Great White
Great White is an indeterminate heirloom beefsteak with pale white to ivory-yellow, sometimes with a faint green tint or pink blush at the blossom end fruit. It ripens in about 85 days.
Typebeefsteak
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity85
Fruit size12 to 32 oz
Colorpale white to ivory-yellow, sometimes with a faint green tint or pink blush at the blossom end
Difficultymoderate
Flavor
Described as mild, sweet and meaty with low acid and a fruity, sometimes tropical character. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.
Origin
A large pale white to ivory-yellow beefsteak heirloom, reported by vendors to date back over 150 years.
What it does well
- Large pale beefsteak fruit, meaty and nearly seedless
- Mild, low-acid, sweet flavor; reported crack resistant
Where it frustrates
- Tall vigorous vines need sturdy trellising or staking
- Long season needed to ripen the large fruit
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Where to buy seed
Sources
- Great White, Tomato Seeds, Beefsteak Tomatoes · Urban Farmer Seeds
- Beefsteak White Tomato Seeds · True Leaf Market