Have you ever heard of the beefsteak tomato? When you hear it for the first time, you will be wondering if the name is the name of a certain steak or not? In fact, the beefsteak tomato has nothing to do with steak or beef. It is simply the name of a tomato.
The difference between beefsteak tomato with other types of tomatoes are the facts that they are much bigger, have thick flesh that are firmer, but when you slice into them, you will find the red color of steak. That is why it receives it name.
This tomato is not one of those sweet tomato, on the other hand, this one has a balance taste of sweet and acidic. Therefore, this is suitable for those who love the different flavors. The beefsteak tomato is known to be the celebrity in the tomato world. Not only that they are huge in size, they are also giving those incredible flavor loved by so many people. However, there are the hybrids of this tomato that often disrupt the original taste and give the beefsteak tomato a bad name. Therefore, if you want to grow it, you need to choose the best seeds.
As one of the largest tomato type, the beefsteak tomato can weight to over 2 pounds or about 1 kg each. Imagine that! This meaty tomato has different colors. There are the red ones, the pale yellow ones and also the dark purple black ones. For the shape, the beefsteak tomato is not as round as the other types of tomatoes. Rather it has a kidney bean shape.
This type of tomato also has another difference in the inside if compared to the other types because it is so dense and practically the core is nonexistent. Because of this, you can cut the tomato without breaking it when you cut them in halves. This makes the tomatoes perfect for salad as they will still be in shape when eaten raw.
The vine of the beefsteak tomato will keep on growing and producing fruit for the entire season of summer. When I said the entire summer, actually it is not true. Because the vines will be producing fruits literary until the summer ended and when the first frost starts falling. However, the fruits mature slowly. It takes the beefsteak cultivars about 90 days in order to have ripe fruits. Anyhow, this celebrity tomato is worth the wait.
