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    Tomatoes shaped like Black Icicle!

    Black Icicle in August




    Can you suggest other tomatoes that are shaped like Black Icicle - long and pointy rather than round?

    I find the shape so versatile. Cut it in rings or vertically into long slices. Its a long cropper too as there are still plenty in the GH.

    I'd like to grow some more toms that are this shape - with good flavour, of course

    EDIT:-
    Suggestions received!
    Black Icicle
    Striped/Speckled Roman,
    Banana legs
    Buffalo horn
    Cornue des Andes/Andean Horn - red & yellow
    Opalka
    Orange banana
    Cream Sausage /?Cream Torpedo
    Jersey Devil
    Cornabel
    Purple Ukraine/Purple Russian
    Fiaschetto di Torre Guaceto
    Pertsevidnyy (Pepper - I think!)
    Pertsevidnyy Rosvyy (Pink pepper)
    Grushovka
    Sosulka Oranzheraya (orange icicle)
    Pink Icicle
    Yellow Icicle

    EDIT - I have RED seeds and will be growing some in 2017
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    striped roman, banana legs and buffalo horn

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    • #3
      I grew these Andean horn tomatoes a couple of years ago...

      des ANDES ou ANDINE CORNUE - TOMATOBOMO - YOU GET THE TOMATO YOU NEED!

      Really fleshy and a lovely flavour

      I think they may come in yellow too?????
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        Yep , it does...more orange with a reddish centre...

        Des Andes Yellow Tomato - Heirloom Tomato And Vegetable Seeds For Sale

        You might be able to buy them in the UK???
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          I grew Cornue des Andes this year, lovely paste tomato, I could send you a few seeds if you want?

          I've got Opalka to try next year
          https://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/pro...a-seeds-p-8568

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          • #6
            Thank you Thelma

            I'll see what other varieties are suggested first and maybe order a few to trial next year.

            Buffalo Horn is in the Tom Seed circle and I have Striped Roman.

            Jersey Devil looks like another banana shaped tom. Anyone tried this one?

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            • #7
              Orange banana, striped Roman. Also speckled Roman & cream sausage are in the Tom circle from Nellie.

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              • #8
                I tried Jersey devil and didn't have a big crop but it's worth a try. I think Nellies Speckled Roman is very similar to the black icicle in that it has droopy, wispy foliage.

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                • #9
                  Are Striped/Speckled Roman the same tomato?
                  They look identical in photos

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                  • #10
                    I grew Cornabel this year. Tasty, firm flesh. Will grow again next year. Looks in the same family as the Andes.

                    Tomato Seeds - Cornabel - Suttons Seeds and Plants
                    Nature is amazing
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                      Are Striped/Speckled Roman the same tomato?
                      They look identical in photos
                      Yes, I think they are.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        Are Striped/Speckled Roman the same tomato?
                        They look identical in photos
                        In regards to VSP/circle I think both will be from Nellie-M and she suspects they are the same but she got them from different sources.

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                        • #13
                          Amishland Heirloom tomatoes list them as "STRIPED or SPECKLED ROMAN TOMATO.......... This great variety was developed by John Swenson from a stabilized cross of Antique Roman and Banana Legs. He called it Speckled Roman"

                          So now you know lol

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                          • #14
                            Tatiana is always my place to go in such cases:

                            Striped Roman - Tatiana's TOMATOBase

                            It's not really shaped like the black icicle, though, and its foliage is MUCH more wispy! It looks definitely pathetic. Black Icicle is a strong healthy plant here (and I got the seeds from Scarlet!). Rather a salad tom with plenty of seeds where Speckled Roman is mostly flesh and few seeds for a tom that size.

                            Some good suggestions have already been named, another one that springs to mind that I think hasn't been mentioned is Purple Ukraine (realseeds).
                            ...bonkers about beans... and now a proud Nutter!

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                            • #15
                              Fiaschetto di Torre Guaceto has a similar shape, btw, but is only maybe half the size. One of Sarico's varieties I got from the VSP...
                              ...bonkers about beans... and now a proud Nutter!

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