I would like to pass along some historical information about the Amana Orange tomato. This very popular tomato is listed on many website...Read Mores that offer tomato seeds or plants. Its origin is mistakenly attributed to the Amana Colonies, seven former communal villages in eastern Iowa. It is actually a selection made by Gary Staley that he found growing in his tomato patch in 1984 in Brandon, Florida. He named it 'Amana Orange' because he was once employed by an appliance manufacturer in Amana, Iowa.
Amana Orange was ok. The large fruit was delicious, nice and sweet. However, the fruits cracked a lot and often rotted on the vine. Produ...Read Morection was low, too. I probably only got 4 good fruit for the year. Most of my other varieties did excellently. This one did not.
I have grown this tomato from the same packet of seed for 3 years now. Strong plants, huge brilliant fruit but not a taste I'd run up hi...Read Morell for; rather bland, but I will continue to grow it as it adds beautiful contrast in salads, salsa and when canned. It ripens slightly later than my other varieties.
I grew Amana Orange for the first time last year, and really liked it. It is large, firm, with a steak-like texture. It has a nice flavor...Read More and bright orange appearance. Although it was late season, the plants were fairly productive. I will definitely grow it again.
I've yet to find another orange/gold heirloom tomato I like as much as "Amana Orange". The size, appearance, taste, and productivity (wit...Read Morehin this category) were all excellent.
If you are looking for a tomato that could be in the dictionary next to the definition of orange, this is it . . . this tomato isn't yell...Read Moreow or just sort of orange. Exceptionally meaty, medium sized fruits. As hardy as my other tomatoes as far as the diseases and six-legged critters are concerned (two other varieties bit the dust last year -- one from disease and one from aphid blitzkrieg -- 5 others survived). No trouble with cracking, but most of my tomatoes did well last year as far as cracking is concerned.
A golden beefsteak listed as an heirloom. It seems to have less catfacing than the Golden Ponderosa but resembles that cultivar to the p...Read Moreoint that it could be a strain. It is difficult to distinguish between them in the field. It has sufficient disease resistance to survive here. Sets a lot of medium size fruit on a mid size plant. The ones without support are actually doing better than the caged plants.
I would like to pass along some historical information about the Amana Orange tomato. This very popular tomato is listed on many website...Read More
Amana Orange was ok. The large fruit was delicious, nice and sweet. However, the fruits cracked a lot and often rotted on the vine. Produ...Read More
I have grown this tomato from the same packet of seed for 3 years now. Strong plants, huge brilliant fruit but not a taste I'd run up hi...Read More
I grew Amana Orange for the first time last year, and really liked it. It is large, firm, with a steak-like texture. It has a nice flavor...Read More
I've yet to find another orange/gold heirloom tomato I like as much as "Amana Orange". The size, appearance, taste, and productivity (wit...Read More
If you are looking for a tomato that could be in the dictionary next to the definition of orange, this is it . . . this tomato isn't yell...Read More
A golden beefsteak listed as an heirloom. It seems to have less catfacing than the Golden Ponderosa but resembles that cultivar to the p...Read More