Tomato 'Beefmaster'

Plants produce a large yield and thrive in my zone but the fruits are bland tasting. Not much separates this variety from the common bas...Read Moreeball like tomato found at a local grocery store.

Maybe it's because I harvested my first Beefmaster on the same day I harvested my first Pink Brandywine, but compared to the sweet, succu...Read Morelent heirlooms, Beefmaster was just okay. Not a bad tomato by any means, but if you're going for taste, I can recommend at least a dozen I'd rather grow (including the aforementioned Brandywine).

I have nothing but good to say of this cultivar. It produced massively...I picked a 2 pounder well before the middle of July.

Heavy, high producer, good flavor, meaty. 1st ripe tomato was a month or more after I had started to harvest other varieties. Stores well...Read More (over a week after fresh harvest). Most are over a pound and many are well shaped and round. Most are oblong and pinched, but over a pound each. This is the first time I have grown this variety. I will grow them every year from now on. I like them sliced thick on heavy bread for a noon meal. They generally hang over the edge of large slices of my favorite multi-grain.

The plant was healthy compared to the average; good harvest of large sized fruits.

Flavour slightly watery but great in sa...Read Morendwiches or salads with basil and mozzarella cheese.

Better yield in the plants pruned to 4 cordoned stems or less; stopped after the second flower truss. Overall a cultivar worthy of consideration for every year.

For a hybrid,it does very well. I feel that the taste is flat compared to OP/Heirloom selections,but it grows well and produces tons of l...Read Morearge beautiful tomatoes in hot,humid West KY.Most fruits are over 1 pound and seldom crack or split.

Compared to the supermarket offerings,the taste is much better,so I have to give it a neutral rating based on that.

For those of you who have followed my enteries here in the PDB,you know that I'm an heirloom/OP grower,so no,I didn't actually grow these,but they were grown in my uncle's garden.
I've been working on converting him,but old habits die hard,and since my garden was a total washout this year,any tomato is better than no tomato.