Tomato 'Matina'

Only a tad bigger than a cherry tomato, but reliably early and tastes ok. Not a huge producer for me, but I'll probably keep growing it ...Read Moreso I can have something to snack on while the regular season fruits are still green!

Matina is an excellent early tomato. It has a well-balanced flavor that is quite good for an early. The plant is compact, prolific, and f...Read Moreairly disease resistant. Matina is very similar to Stupice.

Only tomato plants not dead from Late Blight in my garden.

This plant produced constantly and well in a 5 gallon container 2009. Seeded March 1, it had 10 fruit set indoors in low light. 7 of th...Read Moreose ripened under triple "frost blanket" (Remay type) during 3 weeks of mid-May sub freezing weather.
The flavor is good and cores are smallish, so there is less to pare away. Size and shape of fruit is highly consistant. Vine is strong and vigorous whether grown in container or garden. I find the skin a little bit tough, but that is a valuable characteristic that often means higher resistance to cracking, diseases and rots. Matina produced ALL clean unblemished fruit in container and garden 2009. Freezing them whole, then thawing, allows easy skin removal before using in recipes.