Things were so crazy around here last summer that I didn't have a chance to do a good evaluation on many of my new varieties. For the romas I've been looking for larger than the average commercial / store little thing.
I've grown Howard German for several years and it produces well. Nice and large.
The Roughwood Golden Plum did well this year and made a really nice golden tomato juice. The plant is dwarf, but productive. Size is just normal roma.
Polish Linguisa did OK. Large.
Giant Sicilian Paste did OK and is large.
Jersey Devil did OK. Rather large, about like Long Tom. Bigger than normal but not huge.
Sherrill is maybe not exactly a roma, but it did grow well for me. Lots of good sized bomb shaped fruit. Probably heavier than most of the others.
Speckled Roman is only about average sized but decently productive. One of my market workers got an unlabeled plant at the end of a market that turned out to be Speckled Roman. They grew it in a pot and liked the flavor of that one a lot, even fresh.
I've grown several others but can't really say how they did.
Carol
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