Name: Don Camillo beefsteak tomato - Organic
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Don Camillo beefsteak tomato – Organic

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On the plant, ‘Don Camillo’ tomatoes display their broad, ribbed shoulders and reddish-pink skin, evoking a robust Italian character. This beefsteak-type variety is distinguished by its generous presence in the vegetable garden. The slightly flattened, finely ribbed fruits display an attractive pinkish-red hue. Each tomato weighs on average 250 to 400 grams.g some easily exceed 500g in ideal conditions. The plant, with indeterminate growth, climbs vigorously and requires sturdy support to support its abundant fruiting.

Born of mystery, the ‘Don Camillo’ tomato variety conceals its exact origins no source precisely traces its geographical birthplace. All that is known is that a collector first shared it in 2009 via the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook (United States). Its unusual name is a cinematic nod: the gardener who christened it playfully alluded to the famous rebellious priest Don Camillo, portrayed by Fernandel. This tomato thus seems to carry within it a piece of Italian soul, as if it had traveled from the sun-drenched villages of the Po Valley to our vegetable gardens today.

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