Beefsteak tomato

A beef tomato (British English) or beefsteak tomato (American English)

pre-Columbian tomato cultivars. While popular among home growers for beef sandwich toppings and other applications requiring a large tomato such as toppings on large steaks, beefsteaks are not grown commercially as often as other types, since they are not considered as suitable for mechanization as smaller slicing tomatoes. Non-commercially, however, they are the most popularly grown tomato in North America.^[3]

Common varieties

Beefmaster VFN, a popular hybrid beefsteak
Beefsteak VFN
Big Beef^[3]
heirloom
variety)
Bucking Bronco
Cherokee Purple,^[3]
a dusky red/purple beefsteak, said to have exceptional flavour

Marmande

Mortgage Lifter,^[3] another popular heirloom variety
Pink Beefsteak

In Italy and France

Both in Italy, first, and France, later, a variety of beefsteak tomato is produced which looks like an ox's heart in shape, as it is pointing down.

In Italy, the cuore di bue has been registered, but not in France, where some companies continue naming tomatoes with different qualities cœur de bœuf.

References

^ ^a ^b "beef tomato". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
^ "beefsteak tomato". merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Beefsteak Tomato Plant: How to Grow Beefsteak Tomatoes". masterclass.com. MasterClass. September 28, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

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[Cambridge-1] "beef tomato". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

[MW-2] "beefsteak tomato". merriam-webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[master-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Beefsteak Tomato Plant: How to Grow Beefsteak Tomatoes". masterclass.com. MasterClass. September 28, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

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Common varieties

In Italy and France

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