Andean horned tomato seed bag

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The Andean Horned Tomato is an ancient collector's variety, famous for its horn-shaped fruits. Its dense, melting and acid-free flesh makes it one of the tastiest tomatoes for salads and sauces. Very low in seeds, it offers an easy installation for lovers of authentic flavors. A must-have in the vegetable garden for a generous and fragrant harvest throughout the summer.

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The Andean Horned Tomato, also known as Andine Cornue, is an old variety native to the Andes Mountains, brought back to France several decades ago by a passionate collector. It immediately stands out in the vegetable garden with its elongated and pointed shape, reminiscent of a chili pepper or a horn. This traditional variety is particularly popular with gourmet gardeners who are looking for authenticity and superior nutritional qualities, far from industrial production standards.

Exceptional flesh: Melting and without acidity

Culinarily, the Andean Cornue is often considered one of the best tomatoes in the world. Its flesh is firm, dense, extremely tender and is characterized by an almost total absence of acidity. Another major advantage is its very low seed and water content, which makes it particularly digestible. Its intense fragrance and natural sweetness make it the queen of summer salads, but also an ingredient of choice for refined tomato carpaccios.

Growth vigour and plant habit

This variety has an indeterminate habit, which means that it continues to develop throughout the season until the first autumn frosts. The plant is vigorous but has thinner, drooping foliage than other varieties, which is a natural characteristic of this lineage and not a sign of thirst. It adapts to all types of soil, provided that it is well prepared, deep and rich in humus, under an imperatively sunny and warm exposure to guarantee the ripening of the fruit.

Maintenance advice and watering management

To successfully cultivate the Andean Retort, solid staking is essential from planting to support its generous clusters of fruit. Maintenance consists of regularly removing the suckers to keep only one main stem, thus promoting better air circulation. An important point of vigilance concerns watering: it must be regular and without excess to avoid water stress, as this variety can be susceptible to apical necrosis (the "black butt") in the event of a calcium deficiency induced by irregular watering.

Synergies in the vegetable garden and culinary uses

In the vegetable garden, she enjoys the company of basil, which helps to enhance her flavour and repel certain insects, as well as marigolds to protect her roots from nematodes. Thanks to its very full and waterless flesh, the Andean Cornue is also ideal for making sauces, thick coulis and stuffed tomatoes. Its texture allows for slow cooking without the fruit completely disintegrating, offering an incomparable creaminess to your homemade preparations.

Technical characteristics

Criteria	Technical Details
Species	Solanum lycopersicum (Old variety)
Type	Undetermined carriage, to be staked
Fruit shape	Elongated, horn or chili pepper type
Average weight	100 to 150 grams
Taste quality	Full flesh, no acidity, few seeds
Resistance	Hardy, frost from 5 degrees Celsius

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Summary #1: The Andean Horned Tomato, also known as Andine Cornue, is an old variety native to the Andes Mountains, brought back to France several decades ago by a passionate collector. It immediately stands out in the vegetable garden with its elongated and pointed shape, reminiscent of a chili pepper or a horn. This traditional variety is particularly popular with gourmet gardeners who are looking for authenticity and superior nutritional qualities, far from industrial production standards.
Summary#2: Culinarily, the Andean Cornue is often considered one of the best tomatoes in the world. Its flesh is firm, dense, extremely tender and is characterized by an almost total absence of acidity. Another major advantage is its very low seed and water content, which makes it particularly digestible. Its intense fragrance and natural sweetness make it the queen of summer salads, but also an ingredient of choice for refined tomato carpaccios.
Summary#3: This variety has an indeterminate habit, which means that it continues to develop throughout the season until the first autumn frosts. The plant is vigorous but has thinner, drooping foliage than other varieties, which is a natural characteristic of this lineage and not a sign of thirst. It adapts to all types of soil, provided that it is well prepared, deep and rich in humus, under an imperatively sunny and warm exposure to guarantee the ripening of the fruit.
Summary#4: To successfully cultivate the Andean Retort, solid staking is essential from planting to support its generous clusters of fruit. Maintenance consists of regularly removing the suckers to keep only one main stem, thus promoting better air circulation. An important point of vigilance concerns watering: it must be regular and without excess to avoid water stress, as this variety can be susceptible to apical necrosis (the "black butt") in the event of a calcium deficiency induced by irregular watering.
Summary#5: In the vegetable garden, she enjoys the company of basil, which helps to enhance her flavour and repel certain insects, as well as marigolds to protect her roots from nematodes. Thanks to its very full and waterless flesh, the Andean Cornue is also ideal for making sauces, thick coulis and stuffed tomatoes. Its texture allows for slow cooking without the fruit completely disintegrating, offering an incomparable creaminess to your homemade preparations.
Vegetable seeds: Tomatoes

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