Steve Bonine wrote:
Thanks for everyone who has responded. I appreciate it.

I can a lot of tomatoes, and because of that I like the paste type. I
was very pleased with the non-heirloom Roma yield that I got last year;
they came in a little late but were quite large and blemish-free. I'm
assuming that the yield from heirloom paste varities will be lower and
I'll need to have more plants . . . any SWAG as to how much difference I
will see?

I grew Romas for about 5 yrs before. They are smaller, good but not as
good as San M., and the overall yields are similar to San M.. But Roma
is more disease resistant. If you go the heirloom route, you know you
may have to spray them a bit.