These two Marion tomatoes lacked what I call the Brandywine-type taste, but they were still my favorite tomatoes I tasted this day. They were quite sweet. The splotchy one had thick skin, however, and the one with zippering had sort of thick skin. The one with zippering had five locules.
I think the splotches are the result of a disease trying to infect the tomato (and the tomato may have delayed ripening in those spots, and thickened the skin to help combat it, too). That's a hypothesis, anyhow! :) Marion was next to Jerusalem, and Jerusalem had some mild disease symptoms. Too bad I didn't zap Jerusalem's seeds first! Oh well, I'm excited to see how Jerusalem differs next year, from the seeds I zapped and saved, today.

Location: SW Idaho, USA
Climate:
BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
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