The Piersol variety, developed in France, is resistant to many ailments afflicting tomatoes, especially Verticillium, Fusarium and nematodes.
Tomatoes must be the most temperamental crop he has ever had to handle, but, says veteran grower Christo Louw of Steelpoort in Limpopo, if lavishly pampered and given just the right treatment, they can also be the most profitable. Louw has a voluptuous stand of tomatoes of the Piersol variety, a type that for many of his neighbours has been
