The tomatoes, which have an elongated oval shape, received their telling name “cream” due to their similarity to the fruit of the same name.
In addition to their specific appearance, these tomatoes have other features. Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist and landscape designer, spoke about the advantages and disadvantages of cream.
The Strengths of Plum Tomatoes
Cream is loved by summer residents largely due to its dense skin, which does not crack during heat treatment, which means that the preserves will turn out not only tasty, but also beautiful.
In addition, due to the resistance to anthracnose, you get mostly smooth and clean fruits at the output.
Another advantage is their good shelf life. If you create suitable conditions for the cream, plum tomatoes will stay fresh for several weeks. If harvested at the stage of technical ripeness, they can be stored for up to three months.
Finally, we cannot fail to mention the following property of cream: minimum water "in the composition" and maximum dry substances. This makes it an ideal base for pasta and sauces.
We could go on for a long time, so we will stop at a brief list of the remaining advantages, which include high yield, gradual ripening in the cluster and uniformity of fruit size on the bush.
Disadvantages of plum tomatoes
These tomatoes are not often used in salads because they are a bit dry.
In addition, the fruits have a relatively bland taste, but not all of them - there are now many new varieties that are free of this feature.
Well, the last thing I would like to say is that such tomatoes are not suitable for making juice.
Previously we talked about the secrets of growing Kalanchoe .
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
