An All-America Selections Winner, Big Beef is one of the best all-around tomatoes for the home garden. This indeterminate variety produces big, beautiful 10–12 oz red tomatoes with a meaty texture and that true homegrown tomato flavor gardeners love. The flavor offers an excellent balance of sweetness and acidity, making Big Beef especially good for fresh slicing. Vigorous, productive plants continue producing throughout the season and perform well when staked or grown in large cages. If you want a dependable, classic red tomato with beefsteak size and outstanding flavor, Big Beef is hard to beat.
Key Features
• Fruit size: 10–12 oz
• Growth habit: Indeterminate
• Shape: Large, round beefsteak
• Color: Deep red
• Flavor: Rich, classic tomato flavor with balanced sweetness and acidity
• Days to maturity: Approximately 73 days
• Use: Fresh slicing, sandwiches, burgers, salads
• 1994 All-America Selections Winner
• F1 Hybrid
Big Beef was bred at Seminis Vegetable Seed Company and was named by my dad, Jim Waltrip.
