Brutus Magnum

100 days, Large to enormous, deep red beefsteak tomatoes have surprisingly good flavor for a giant: Rich and fairly sweet when allowed to fully ripen on the vine. Most fruits fruits are in the 1 to 1.5 lb. range but can easily reach 2+ lbs., particularly if you attend to a promising megabloom. Production levels were puzzling in 2012, which was a record hot summer. One plant was extremely productive, at least 20 fruits in the 1 to 2+ lb. range. A second refused to set any fruit until October 10th. The third plant was in between these extremes. Very large and very healthy indeterminate vines with distinctive, regular leaf foliage with deeply serrated leaf margins. Seeds obtained from Marvin Meisner, M.D., of Pennsylvania, from his 6.25 lb. monster grown in 2011.