Tomato 'Ceylon'

I started these from seed and have them growing in 3 different locations. Overall, I am very pleased with these in regard to yield, flavo...Read Morer and plant health. I started them to sell along with other heirloom plant starts at my greenhouse....they were not well received by people buying starts.....REAL tomatoes have curves folks, lol!

1) In the neighbor's garden, planted June 1. Sandy loam. Small tomato cage support. This is the worst looking plant....but it fruits heavily and consistently. This is also the worst tasting of the three trial plants.
2)Planted June 14. In a low-sided 10g pot. Bark-mix soil with 1c. worm castings. Once a week application of organic fertilizer and nutrients. Once a week application of 150ppm 20-20-20. CalMag foliar spray on 8-15. Plant is twined up a string that runs to a greenhouse bow 8' overhead. Just started fruiting 8-7-13.
3)Planted in ground May16. Loam with lots of compost, part shade....small garden in the city behind my house. Has been fruiting for 2 months consistently. Supported by being tied to tall bamboo sticks.

-- In all locations the fruit varies in size and shape. As small as 1.5" diameter and mostly round, up to 5" wide x 1.5" tall and deeply lobed. And any size and shape in between.
-- Flavor is bright and classic tomato with a hint of sweetness, especially in the smaller rounds cherry-type fruits. Good eating off the vine.
-- Plant is tall and vining, somewhat spindly. No problems with virus or B.E.-Rot.
-- Flesh thickness is medium, thin skin and juicy jelly interior.

I really like this plant. Its nearly the best of both worlds, especially if you want a slicing tomato AND a cherry tomato but don't have the space to grow both. The flavor is bold and delicious. It fruits early and is easy to grow. I had mentioned above that the "neighbor" plant looked the worst.....all the heirloom tomatoes I have trialed in that location that are supported by small tomato cages look horrible. I think the vining tomatoes need different support overall to grow well.

Remember, REAL tomatoes have curves!!

I started about 10 varieties of tomatoes this year and these were the second to ripen (after the currant tomatoes). I planted them in the...Read More ground around April 15th and picked the first one on June 12th. The plants were very productive and produced lots of two inch tomatoes that looked liked miniature ribbed beefsteaks.

Grew these for the first time this year - I found them to be very flavourful and a nice size. I would really call them a flattened cherr...Read Morey type of tomato, maybe slightly larger, but not by much. They are a zingy taste and work well in salads. I would not say they were very "ruffled" (see picture) but maybe that's just me.

I grew this tomato two different years. The first year was very cold, dark, and wet, and this tomato did really well. The fruits were sma...Read Morell and very ruffled, but they were good tasting when eaten fresh or made into sauce. The Ceylons were the only tomatoes that did not get tomato blight that year. The second year was very hot and dry, and this variety did not do very well. The plants were sickly and the fruits very small. I would grow this again if I knew the summer was going to be a cold and wet one.