Tomato 'Roman Candle'

These plants had a very low yield for me and never seemed to taste ripe. The fruits are very susceptible to sunburn and frost damage and...Read More tended to rot quickly once picked. The plants show signs of cold damage at temps much higher than surrounding plants (turned purple at 37°) and have an odd habit of holding their leaves upside down so that the underside faces the sun. I would not recommend this tomato for anyone with a high altitude garden because it does not seem to handle the large daily temperature difference very well.

A sport from John Swenson's Speckled Roman and both are descended from Antique Roman.

Beautiful shape and color. Extremely firm and meaty, and very mild flavor. One of the latest crops. Yield was low (Zone 4/5).

Banana shaped fruits with low acid that are meaty, mild yet tasty.
Yield as of now not very high, but it's been a cold season star...Read Moret up here this year.