Ten Fingers of Naples Paste Tomato
solanum lycopersicum

days to maturity: 75 days
plant spacing: 1 per square foot, trellised
sunlight requirements: 8-14 hours hours
look out for: all the pests love tomatoes, they require a good amount of management
harvest notes: harvest fruit after allowing it to vine ripen.
season: fall, winter
determinate

Ten Fingers is a paste or canning type that produces huge yields of elongated, pointed fruit reaching 5-6 inches in length, weighing up to 3 ounces. Fruits are produced in bunches, giving rise to fanciful comparison to hands, thus the name! The flavor is much superior to many modern paste types, being sweet and rich. This fine variety is from Naples, Italy. Determinate bush variety will grow well in a small space or container because it is a “bush type” and not a “vine type”.

If you are new to growing tomatoes or you have a small space, definitely consider growing primarily determinate tomatoes. Determinate tomatoes grow to a “determined” size and then make all of their fruit in a short period of time, after which the plant is done and can be removed. They require much less space, pruning and trellising than indeterminates.