Bring the flavours of an Italian winter garden into your home with the Sweet Winter Pugliese Tomato, a cherished heirloom from the Puglia region in southern Italy. Grown for generations in Mediterranean kitchens and home gardens, this tomato is known for its exceptional storage ability and rich, complex flavour that only deepens with time. It offers gardeners the rare pleasure of fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes well into the colder months—without the need for canning.
The fruits are medium to large in size with a round-to-oval shape and firm, thick red skins. They grow in abundance on lush, trailing vines that do beautifully in baskets, containers, or garden beds. As an indeterminate variety, the vines will continue to produce through the season and benefit from staking or allowing them to cascade over a structure. When harvested for winter storage, simply cut whole clusters and hang them in a cool, well-ventilated area of your home. The tomatoes will slowly ripen, their flavour becoming more concentrated as they rest. The skins may wrinkle, but the flesh inside remains vibrant and delicious.
This dual-purpose variety can certainly be enjoyed fresh off the vine or preserved like any regular tomato, but its true magic lies in its ability to store without effort. Traditionally hung in strings throughout homes in southern Italy, these tomatoes offer a connection to time-honoured food traditions and make it possible to enjoy summer’s sweetness during the darkest days of winter.
These seeds are available directly from Garden Faerie Botanicals in the heart of British Columbia, Canada. The collection features heirloom and heritage seeds that are personally cultivated organically without the use of any chemicals. Emphasizing historical, rare, non-GMO seeds, this selection preserves biodiversity through open-pollination.
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