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[Solanum lycopersicum] Veronica salad tomato seeds, medium-early variety, pale red or green fruit.
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The Veronica salad tomato is a medium-early variety with rounded fruit, particularly valued for the pale red or green colour typical of salad tomatoes.
It belongs to the species Solanum lycopersicum, family Solanaceae. A very vigorous indeterminate plant, with high yield up to the top trusses.
Sow in a heated seedbed between February and March, with soil temperature between 20 and 25°C; transplant between April and May.
It adapts well to both greenhouse and open-field cultivation, even in saline soil conditions; it needs sturdy staking and regular watering.
The rounded, lightly ribbed fruits, which can reach up to 300 g, are harvested both at the green turning stage and at full red ripeness depending on the intended use.
Like many salad varieties it can suffer from blossom-end rot under irregular watering; good canopy ventilation helps prevent downy mildew and powdery mildew.
Thanks to its firm, low-water flesh it is ideal for summer salads, either picked still green for its typical tangy flavour or ripe for a sweeter taste.
Rich in lycopene, vitamin C and potassium, salad tomato has antioxidant properties beneficial to overall wellbeing.