Amish Paste

Amish Paste is a heirloom paste tomato said to have originated with the Amish community of Wisconsin and passed into wider circulation through seed savers. Unlike the blocky Roma, it produces larger, somewhat irregular oxheart to plum-shaped fruit of 6 to 8 ounces with meaty, juicy flesh. It is versatile enough to serve both as a rich sauce tomato and as a slicer, which sets it apart from drier paste types. Indeterminate vines bear over a long season. Gardeners prize Amish Paste for combining the low-seed, meaty quality of a paste tomato with genuinely good fresh flavor, making it a dual-purpose favorite in home gardens across North America.