Illustration of Pork Chop tomato
Illustration based on known variety traits. Appearance varies by growing conditions.

No. 053 · open-pollinated

Pork Chop

Pork Chop is an indeterminate open-pollinated beefsteak with true yellow with green stripes that ripen to golden stripes at maturity fruit. It ripens in about 80 days.

Typebeefsteak
Habitindeterminate
Days to maturity80
Fruit size8 to 12 oz
Colortrue yellow with green stripes that ripen to golden stripes at maturity
Difficultymoderate

Flavor

Described as intense, sweet tomato flavor with just a hint of citrus. As with every flavor note here, this is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

Origin

An open-pollinated yellow beefsteak with green-to-gold stripes bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms.

What it does well

  • A true yellow color, distinct from the orange tomatoes often sold as yellow
  • Sweet flavor with a citrus note
  • Striped fruit that is showy on the plate

Where it frustrates

  • Indeterminate vines need staking or caging
  • Slightly flattened beefsteak fruit can be prone to cracking like many large slicers

Like Pork Chop, but...

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

Kellogg's Breakfastbut a true yellow with green stripes rather than solid orangeLemon Boybut open-pollinated and striped rather than a solid-yellow hybrid

Where to buy seed

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