Yum Review by Robby
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Very good yields and exellent for canning salsa!.
(Posted on 1/24/10)
if you only grow one tomato Review by Unknown
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If you only grow one tomato this should be it. Perfect for oven drying, canning, sauce, raw in salad - just about anything..
(Posted on 1/24/10)
Great paste tomato Review by Unknown
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This is my first year for growing paste tomatoes, so I have nothing to compare it to, but they seem to be great. They are much larger in size than I usually see of the roma style in the stores. Nice!.
(Posted on 8/5/10)
Another fave tomato Review by Lee_in_Iowa
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If you keep these even modestly watered, you get paste tomatoes the size and shape of bell peppers! And they're sweet and good in tomato sauce and salsa. Big, blocky, solid tomatoes; on my top ten list at #3..
(Posted on 12/10/09)
ditto the description above Review by old husher
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lots and lots of meaty romas. mmm..
(Posted on 1/8/11)
Good Tomato Review by Claire
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I don't know that I agree that if I grew only one tomato that this would be it- but with that said- it's still a good tomato. As one reviewer said, it's about two and a half to three times the size of regular Roma type tomatoes that you'd buy in the grocery store. The flesh is firm and isn't as acidic as some of the beefsteak types. These were perfect for making sundried tomatoes in the dehydrator as well because they don't fall apart before they have a chance to be dried and their size is perfect. I also used them for canning salsa (though I mixed in a small amount of a few other tomatoes as well for a more complex tomato flavor).
(Posted on 2/3/11)
Big, meaty, blocky, yummy tomatoes Review by Lee in Iowa
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Another new "must" for my garden is the Amish Paste tomato. Mine grew much bigger than the photos here and resembled huge red peppers (and no, there weren't any other peppers or tomatoes that might have crossed with these, where I had them). The interiors were heavy with tomato at the edges, with a sort of seed cavity in the middle. Fantastic for sauces and salsas to freeze. Lots of good-flavored, already-thick tomato goodness..
(Posted on 2/8/11)
Great for lots of stuff. Long producer, easy to grow. Review by Matt in Nicolaus, CA
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We got this from one of our Farmer's Market growers that we've known for a long time. We had never grown them before and were surprised at the amount produced and quality. We froze a bunch of them last fall before we pulled the plants. We are going to plant a lot more this year. The were very good for salsas, sauce, in salads, cutting for tacos, and had good flavor. With various bugs in the garden, nothing really bothered it either. We are going to rope/cage them next year better to get more yield..
(Posted on 2/28/11)
Roma tomatoes on steroids!!! Review by Joshua
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This is my first year growing the Amish Paste, and these will be in my garden from here on out. A heavy producing paste tomato plant that out-produces romas. My plants are over six feet tall and every branch is loaded with giant paste tomatoes. We own a worm farm and topdress the plants monthly, and it seems to have really paid off. Thank you Baker Creek!.
(Posted on 7/20/11)
Amish Paste - Great Tomato Review by Retired Gardiner
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This is my second year of growing this tomato. Excellent tomato for size, flavor and production. I mix it with my Brandywines for tomato juice. It thickens the juice and adds a unique flavor that is delicious. I highly recommend this tomato. I live in Michigan and it does very well in my raised beds, with little watering, even when rain is slow in coming..
(Posted on 8/18/11)
Excellent! Review by Kate
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I had a baby in May and pretty much ignored my garden all summer. I'm impressed by how well these held up. There are many tomatoes on each plant and they taste great. .
(Posted on 9/6/11)
Didn't have success in Pennsylvania Review by Brian
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I grew these in southeast Pennsylvania and it my plant was very disappointing. The tomatoes that I did get were pretty big for a Roma, but they all seemed to split near the tops and those splits turned brownish/blackish. The tomatoes didn't look very appetizing. I planted this in a 4x3 raised bed next to a basil plant and a Riesentraube tomato plant. I watered daily during summer drought. And fertilized twice. Not sure what I did wrong..
(Posted on 9/15/11)
Great in southeast Ohio! Review by Jamie
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Grew these the last two years, LOVED them for fresh eating, canning, puree and drying. Very prolific, and withstood the heat pretty well last year (we had WAY too many 90 + degree days and super wet conditions early in the growing season). I normally grow 4-6 different types of paste tomatoes each year in the quest for "the one" - after two excellent years, I think I may have finally found it. Note: As with other heirlooms, has issues with disease, but even with the early blight that struck mine last year, still had a very good yield..
(Posted on 1/2/12)
Wonderful paste tomato! Review by Phil in WP MO
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I grew these in 2011 and fell in love with these beauties! They produced very well, made large roma style fruits, and kept for a good length of time. All of this is good for someone like me because it may take me a week or two to get around to blanching & freezing/converting to sauce my tomatoes. Plus, while I'm not a major tomato fan, they tasted really good and well-aided me in my conversion to being a tomato-phile. You better believe I WILL be growing these again in 2012. By contrast, I also grew Royal Chico which were tiny and not as flavorful..
(Posted on 1/5/12)
