Tomato
San Marzano tomato
San Marzano tomato: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
'San Marzano' is an Italian tomato of Solanum lycopersicum, in the nightshade family. It is best known for elongated fruit and its usefulness for sauces. The name appears on different selections, sometimes with an addition such as 'San Marzano 2'. The exact label therefore helps identify the kind of plant being offered.The fruits are red when ripe, generally elongated with a pointed end. The flesh is dense and firm, with relatively few seeds and little juice. Maturity ranges from mid-season to late depending on selection and conditions. This texture places it among tomatoes used for processing, like Roma types, rather than very juicy round salad tomatoes. Length and weight vary with the selection and growing conditions.The plant has herbaceous stems and green compound leaves with divided leaflets. Yellow star-shaped flowers precede trusses of tomatoes. The classic type has vigorous, indeterminate growth and is trained as a cordon. Stems can therefore…
