Phil Tolli Roma

Meaty, red, indeterminate, paste tomato with a pleasant sweet and mildly acidic flavor. Foliage appears feathery and slightly wilted and is moderately dense allowing some sunscald on the fruit shoulders. Fruits are 50/50 plum and heart shaped. Moderately productive plants with 1-2 fruits per cluster on average, matures mid-season, Plants grew to be 4-4.5 ft high and fruits had a BRIX of 6.0 in 2020 at HF. Fruits are 3-3.5 inches tall by 2.5-3.5 inches wide and weigh between 5-11 ounces. Acquired by SSE from Mike Cannon (NY CA M) who originally introduced this variety into the 1979 Yearbook. Cannon stated that this tomato was: "Brought by Phillip Tolli from Italy in 1919 to Canada, then to Argentina, then to Cleveland, then to upstate New York." SSE Accession # 121592