| Campari | |
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Commercial campari tomatoes |
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| Stats | |
| Maturity | 80 days |
| Type | Hybrid |
| Vine | Indeterminate |
| Plant height | 9 feet |
| Fruit Weight | medium |
| Leaf | regular leaf |
| Resist. | T |
| Color | Bicolor: Red |
| Shape | globe |
Campari is a variety of tomato, noted for its juiciness, high sugar level, low acidity, and lack of mealiness. Camparis are deep red and larger than a cherry tomato, but smaller and rounder than a plum tomato.
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The campari cultivar is a globe-shaped hybrid, with regular leaves, and exhibits resistance to the tobacco mosaic virus. The plant grows 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m), and matures in 69–80 days.[1]
They are originally from Europe; the European seed variety has been used to introduced them to North America beginning in 1996. The first group to do so was Houweling Nurseries in 1996.[2]