CALIFORNIA TULIP, USA. A mid-season bicolor tomato variety with a shape resembling a bud or a pear. The vertical ribbing on the fruit truly looks like the petals of a blooming tulip. According to the description, it’s recommended for stuffing, but its flavor is so delightful that it feels like a shame to use it for that purpose. Note that the fruit is almost hollow-free inside, making it perfect for eating fresh. The only thing to mention is that the shoulders remain fairly firm, but with such looks, that’s easy to forgive!

The plant grows up to 1.4 meters tall in open ground, strong and productive. Each cluster produces 4-6 tomatoes weighing about 200-250 g. The fruits have thick skin and store well. The taste is juicy, sweet, with a pleasant tang — it literally melts in your mouth. Occasionally, small voids may occur, but they don’t affect the flavor. A real beauty! Stunning in both appearance and flavor! The vibrant flesh alone deserves the highest praise!

OTHER VARIETIES:

Tomatoes with red-yellow bicolor coloring are varieties characterized by fruits in two tones: red and yellow. These types are typically visually attractive and delicious. Here are a few popular varieties:

Pineapple: Large fruits with bright red-yellow coloration. Sweet and aromatic flavor.
Marmande (Marmandyuk): Also known for large fruits with striking contrast. Usually sweet and fragrant.
Goldmine: Round fruits with red-yellow color. Sweet and refreshing taste.
Zebra Tomato: Striped red-yellow fruit, highly decorative. Usually sweet and tender.
Tigerella: Orange-red striped fruit. Rich flavor, commonly used in salads.

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Orders can be placed via the website's cart. Just add the desired varieties and provide your delivery details. We offer over 2,000 tomato varieties. Each one has been tested in the garden. Excellent quality and reliability. Red-yellow tomatoes are popular among gardeners and collectors of unusual varieties. They’re suitable for a variety of culinary dishes and add visual brightness.

Sonya

22.02.2025 382 15:38

The fruit is a bicolor - orange-pink - with a bud-like shape and distinct vertical lobes, weighing between 150-200 g. It’s very beautiful. There are some small internal cavities, but nothing excessive. The walls are thick and meaty.

In terms of flavor, I haven’t found tomatoes of this type to be particularly outstanding it’s more of an acquired taste. That said, the flesh is sweet, and there’s both gel and juice inside. These tomatoes are great for canning, drying, or stuffing. The striking appearance and phenomenal yield of this variety are simply captivating.

Mark Krueger

25.11.2024 5211 17:52

A rather unusual variety. Most notably, it sets fruit from every single flower that blooms - whether it’s hot or cold, it doesn’t seem to care. That’s quite an impressive trait. The fruit has an interesting shape, color, and internal structure. It’s hollow inside, but not spongy as one might think from a cross-section.

It definitely has flavor, although it’s probably not the best choice for salads, especially considering how many salad-specific varieties are available. However, it’s excellent for drying, freezing, or using as a decorative element in dishes.

The plant isn’t very tall - about 1.6 meters in a greenhouse, and is of medium size overall. The fruits are small, around 100 grams on average, and come in beautiful bicolor tones.

It’s definitely a variety worth trying, and it might even surprise you and your friends with the diversity it adds to the world of tomatoes.

Olga Oshchipko

08.09.2023 599 14:59

Under extreme heat, the flavor was mildly sweet, but the tomatoes had thick walls, were juicy, and had only small hollow spaces inside. By August (when temperatures cooled), they became sweeter, and the hollow spaces disappeared completely.

At the top of the plant, larger fruits developed—ribbed "fig-shaped" tomatoes, bicolored and without hollow cores. They were delicious, unique, and stunningly beautiful. Even in the scorching heat, my tall greenhouse kept all the tomatoes perfectly juicy—none of them dried out.

Yulia Menyaylo

28.06.2023 546 21:54

Regular leaf type. Fruit weight: 150-200 grams. Complex clusters with 5-8 fruits. Trained to 2 stems. The fruits are bicolor: orange-pink, bud-shaped, with clearly defined longitudinal lobes. There may be small internal voids, but nothing excessive. The walls are thick and meaty. A variety for enthusiasts. The flesh is sweet, with some gel and juice. Ideal for drying, stuffing, and preserving.

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CALIFORNIA TULIP TOMATO

CALIFORNIA TULIP — red-yellow bicolor

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Number of seeds	10
Maturation time	Mid-maturing
Tomato size	Medium-fruited (150-500 g)
Fruit color	Bicolor, Yellow
Country of selection	Russia

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