{"id":6163,"date":"2012-09-17T08:16:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=6163"},"modified":"2012-09-17T08:16:45","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T14:16:45","slug":"principe-borghese-tomato-trial-in-southwest-idaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/principe-borghese-tomato-trial-in-southwest-idaho\/","title":{"rendered":"Principe Borghese Tomato Trial in Southwest Idaho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.territorialseed.com\/product\/1164\" target=\"_blank\">Principe Borghese<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><em>(also purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.territorialseed.com\" target=\"_blank\">Territorial Seed Company<\/a>)<\/em> <strong>is the third variety of tomato that I grew this year.<\/strong> \u00a0I liked the description and knew I had grown it about 15 years ago, but didn&#8217;t clearly remember the results. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t include it in <a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/its-time-to-compare-stupice-tomatoes-to-heinz-tomatoes-in-my-southwest-idaho-garden\/\" target=\"_blank\">my review of Heinz and Stupice tomatoes<\/a> because it wasn&#8217;t producing enough to compare. \u00a0<em>Now, with southwest Idaho&#8217;s first fall frost possible any time in September, the 5 plants are still only giving me a few handfuls of tomatoes per week.<\/em> \u00a0Here are what I see as the pros and cons of growing Principe Borghese tomatoes in my garden:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>large, vigorous plants<\/li>\n<li>no problem with disease<\/li>\n<li>ripe tomatoes easy to prepare for canning (basically no core; just barely cut off stem end and toss whole or halved tomatoes in the blender to chop)<\/li>\n<li>tomatoes are a good salad size<\/li>\n<li>juicy tomatoes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Size comparison<\/strong> <strong>in two photos below of Principe Borghese tomatoes<\/strong><em> (which range from grape tomato size to cherry tomato size)<\/em> and Heinz tomatoes (which are a standard plum or roma tomato size)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6173\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-in-tray-with-Heinz-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6173 \" title=\"Principe Borghese tomatoes in tray with Heinz tomatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-in-tray-with-Heinz--300x131.jpg\" alt=\"Principe Borghese tomatoes in tray with Heinz tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-in-tray-with-Heinz--300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-in-tray-with-Heinz--1024x449.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Principe Borghese tomatoes in tray with Heinz tomatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6175\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-size-comparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6175 \" title=\"Principe Borghese tomatoes in 3 different sizes under Heinz tomato\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-size-comparison-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"Principe Borghese tomatoes in 3 different sizes under Heinz tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-size-comparison-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-size-comparison-1024x901.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-size-comparison.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Principe Borghese tomatoes in 3 different sizes under Heinz tomato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>late to ripen for the southwest Idaho season<\/li>\n<li>plants so large and thick with branches that just cage support is inadequate (might work better with <a href=\"https:\/\/mydbsupply.com\/index.php\/blogs\/2012\/08\/01\/how-an-engineer-trellises-his-tomatoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dad&#8217;s trellis system<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>difficult to pick with the tangle of branches<\/li>\n<li>tedious to pick quickly, especially when not very many are ripe, because the fruit is so small<\/li>\n<li>not as sweet as cherry tomatoes we have grown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I grew all three tomato varieties within a few feet of each other,\u00a0<\/strong>so nothing about watering, soil, or sunlight should have been significantly different for them. \u00a0In the first photo below, you can see all 3 raised beds, each with a different kind of tomato plant. \u00a0The Stupice tomatoes are in the fore front, the Heinz to the back right, and the Principe Borghese to the back left.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6178\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-vines-compare-to-H-and-S-tomatoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6178\" title=\"Principe Borghese Tomato vines compared to Heinz and Stupice tomatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-vines-compare-to-H-and-S-tomatoes-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Principe Borghese Tomato vines compared to Heinz and Stupice tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-vines-compare-to-H-and-S-tomatoes-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-vines-compare-to-H-and-S-tomatoes-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Principe Borghese Tomato vines compared to Heinz and Stupice tomatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This next photo is a <strong>close up of the Principe Borghese plant<\/strong>, loaded with green tomatoes on top. I really have to dig under the plant right now to find any ripe ones, and it&#8217;s <em>dark\u00a0<\/em>under there!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6181\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-lots-of-little-green-guys.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6181\" title=\"Principe Borghese tomato plants with lots of little green tomatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-lots-of-little-green-guys-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Principe Borghese tomato plants with lots of little green tomatoes\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-lots-of-little-green-guys-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Principe-Borghese-Tomato-lots-of-little-green-guys-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Principe Borghese tomato plants with lots of little green tomatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>If I grow Principe Borghese tomatoes again, it will probably be just a single plant for fresh eating,<\/strong> not as a main crop for soups, sauces, and canning. <em>But, next year, I will likely grow a cherry tomato plant instead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principe Borghese\u00a0(also purchased from Territorial Seed Company) is the third variety of tomato that I grew this year. \u00a0I liked the description and knew I had grown it about 15 years ago, but didn&#8217;t clearly remember the results. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t include it in my review of Heinz and Stupice tomatoes because it wasn&#8217;t producing enough [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,19],"tags":[49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}