About Oaxacan Jewel
Oaxacan Jewel AKA Joya de Oaxaca. A pre-Columbian Mexican heirloom tomato. Indeterminate, regular leaf plant that produces beautiful 1-2 pound, yellow beefsteak tomato with red streaks throughout the fruit with brilliant red marbling inside the flesh. Wonderfully rich, sweet, fruity flavors with a well-balanced acidic finish. A respected tomato to grow for the marketplace.
- Culinary Use
- Paste / Sauce / Canner / Slicer
- Flavor Profile
- Fruity / Sweet / Well-balanced
- Flesh Color
- Bi-Color / Red / White
- Fruit Color
- Bi-Color / Red / Yellow
- Fruit Shape
- Oblate
- Fruit Size
- Large
- Leaf Type
- Regular
- Maturity
- Late
- Plant Type
- Indeterminate
- Variety
- Heirloom / Open Pollinated
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Thanks for detailed flavor, appearance and history descriptions.