PlantFiles: Tomato
Lycopersicon lycopersicum 'Bloody Butcher'

This is my first year to grow Bloody Butcher. It is over 7 feet tall already and is loaded with fruit. I can't wait for the first ripe tomato to check the taste. So far i'm very pleased with the way it has preformed. The ad said it was early ... it was the first to set fruit of the 35 varieties i'm growing. If it has a nice flavor it will be a staple in my garden. The leaves don't appear to be a true potato leaf, but i'm new to growing these varieties ...

Hope I am reviewing the same tomato that is described here. I got my seed from Burpee. The envelope is labeled "Bloody Butcher". I grew three plants last year. Loved the fruit. Very "tomato" in flavor.

My brother visited, said it was the best-tasting tomato he had ever sampled. HOWEVER, I have looked all over the internet at pictures of Bloody Butcher Tomatoes, and what I grew looked nothing like any photo I have found described as Bloody Butcher.

The ones my plants produced were taller than they were wide, sort of like a Roma, but not as thin compared to width. They were probably about 4-5 oz, where all the pictures I find of them show a small beefsteak. No way mine are the same tomato. I had three plants that produced all summer, and the output never changed.

Whatever they are, I will grow them again this year, and in the future. I will also buy some more "Bloody Butcher" seed from another source to compare.

Sounds like I will prefer what I have, and better save seed for the future.

I grew this for 2 years and was unimpressed. Average tomato with average taste. It got deleted from my garden for that reason.

This is my third year growing Bloody Butcher. I pick the first ripe ones about the 10th of July. Though small they taste like a real tomato, something I'm really starved for after the long winter here in Vermont. I bought the seed out of a left over bin initially for a quarter without knowing anything about it. The plants stay pretty small and I've grown them in pots successfully as well as in the ground.

Good tasting early tomato for me. Not a Brandywine, but certainly better than Early Girl, Alaska, Oregon Spring or Canabec Super.

small but great tasting tomato when fully ripe. early to mature fruit. the plant seems to resist disease as well as most hybrids.potato leaf variety. i will grow every year as it does well in zone 7 of south carolina.

Fairly good tasting and productive early that I used to grow occasionally.

Grew this plant a couple years ago and found it to be very tasty. Heirloom. I am growing three plants this year and am waiting for them to turn red. They are tennis ball size and one of my favorites. We live and grow these 150' from the ocean.

Touted as being early and tasty. It is neither early enough nor tasty enough to keep growing it. I dropped it from my list after the three year test period.