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Very good producer with a mix of large and intermediate size tomatoes. Of the 4 plants, there has been only 1 tomato with blossom end rot...Read More
First two tomato's of the year for this one and they are great. I'm growing in straw bales. Large, sprawling plant that I've clipped to s...Read More
Havent grown it -yet. Had the pleasure of eating one tho. Excellant grilled, excellant simply sauteed in margarine and eaten- including t...Read More
Planted two Opalka plants along with other heirloom tomatoes. I single stem so the Opalka seems like a weak plant with a puny stem and ...Read More
These taste good, and the plant is somewhat productive in August finally, but about half of the fruit have blossom end rot. Will try aga...Read More
Excellent tomato for sauce or fresh sliced-so sweet! Have grown it now for the third year and strongly recommend it. It does have shoulde...Read More
Last season was my first trial with Opalka. I was very impressed with this variety. Even though the plant stem was thin and appeared wi...Read More
quite susceptible to BER. jury is still out.
This is my family's favorite tomato. Friends who see them in my garden ask what they are because they are shaped like a sweet pepper. Bi...Read More
This is a funny tomato. It really does look more like a pepper than a tomato, but the flavor is outstanding.
No other tomato in...Read More
As others note, the fruits are huge and the plants are very productive. In my experience, however, it is more susceptible to blossom end ...Read More
Good yields of monsterously large fruit. My largest was almost 8 inches in length. More susceptable to BER than other paste varieties I...Read More
Yet another tomato with a DG connection: This one was given to Carolyn Male by a Polish co-worker. It was brought to Amsterdam, New York around 1900.
I really loved this tomato despite a few hitches along the way. I planted two and got about 30 fruits, and while they ripened nicely, th...Read More
I had a good harvest here in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. An unusual fruit, large and productive. Will grow again in 2004.
It is early in the season so no fruit yet. Just wanted to say how well this seed germinated. 100% germination very quickly. Planted opalk...Read More
I love this tomato - I just wish it produced a few more seeds. I was only able to save a few and then we moved and I lost them somewhere.
I would add to lupinelover's perfect description only that this is a hugely productive plant, and in our experience will bloom twice. Wit...Read More
This tomato does not look like a tomato, it looks like a wax pepper. Outstanding for canning, very large paste tomato also good for slic...Read More