Belmonte Calabro Tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)

Belmonte Calabro Tomato (L.lycopersicum): an extraordinary variety of the homonymous Calabrian region that was brought from the Americas in the early 1900s by a migrant. The fruits are large, on average about 400/500 gr, but can often 1kg, they must be harvested before hey are completely red. It is advisable to thin the fruits (the berries) when they are too many to elevate the organoleptic characteristics (the taste) and prevent them from breaking due to the  weight. It needs appropiate support A marvel from a wonderful place.

This tomato boasts the "Communal Denomination of Origin" brand, in the town of Belmonte, the farmers personally select the seeds for the new seedlings. It can be sown at the beginning of summer in the Center-South to get a late harvest. Amongst the most important Italian tomatoes. Many of the people who have grown Belmonte have fallen in love with it, since it is definetly a high quality cultivar, very stable, suitable for trading, since early harvest takes longer to ripening which means that it has a good shelf life.