San Marzano Italian paste tomato

Description

A legendary Italian heritage tomato, San Marzano is the benchmark paste variety, renowned for its elongated fruits, rich flavour and low water content. Traditionally grown in southern Italy for sauces and preserving, it produces heavy crops of firm, deep red tomatoes with very few seeds.

This variety is especially valued for cooking, where its dense flesh and balanced sweetness develop beautifully when simmered.

Key characteristics

• Classic Italian heritage paste tomato

• Long, plum-shaped fruits with thick flesh

• Low juice content and very few seeds

• Rich, well-balanced flavour

• Ideal for sauces, passata and preserving

Growing information

• Indeterminate (cordon) variety

• Sow under cover from early spring

• Grow in a greenhouse or a warm, sheltered outdoor position

• Support plants and remove side shoots regularly

• Harvest from mid to late summer

In the kitchen

San Marzano is unrivalled for sauces, soups and preserves. Its dense flesh cooks down into a smooth, richly flavoured sauce, making it the tomato of choice for Italian cooking.

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    • Non treated Non GMO seeds
    • Fully tested and controlled for germination and purity
    • Approximately 20 seeds per packet