Raf tomato (kg)

Raf tomato is a traditional tomato of the Marmande type that has a high tolerance to saline waters and is cultivated mainly in the zone of the Almerian Levante.

It is a fleshy tomato with few seeds and water. It has a good balance between sugars and acidity, is full of mineral salts and aromatic substances that makes its taste unmistakable. Ripening occurs from the inside out. The pulp inside has a rosy color, with a compact texture, very firm and juicy.

Its shape is irregular with deep grooves that terminate in the center, with a flattened shape and flattened at the ends. It has an intense green color with an almost black touch at the top.

The RAF name refers to the Resistance A Fusarium being the first resistant variety and for that reason the Raf tomato is denominated like this. It is important to note that it is not a hybrid tomato but a variety obtained through the selection of traditional tomatoes.

This tomato has a delicious sweet taste and that is why it is one of the most consumed and appreciated by the lovers of tomatoes.

History and origin of tomato Raf

This tomato originates from a crossbreed made in 1961 between the tomato Marmande Clause 27 and a variety of tomato from the United States resistant to Fusarium.

Raf tomato was registered by the French company Clause in the record of varieties of France in 1967.

Since its registration the tomato was cultivated and developed in Spain, especially in the areas of Murcia, Alicante and Almeria where today we continue to locate the best fruits of this variety. Highlights among these areas Almeria where Raf obtained the best results in adaptation and acceptance of the new fruit.

The emergence of later hybrids limited the Raf's production exclusively to saline waters, limiting its production to an exclusive quality Extra tomato.

Although the seed is of French origin, the tomato Raf is a 100% tomato from Almería and only the farmers of this area know how to grow this unique product in its salt water habitat suitable for a delicious fruit of good caliber light years of new varieties Cultivated in a simpler and numerous way, but without the quality of the original Raf tomato.