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2013 TOMATO CATALOG
Amana Orange
Huge heirloom beefsteak tomato named for the Amana Colonies in Iowa. These organic tomato
seeds produce big, regular leaf plants that produce above average amounts of beautiful lightorange, irregular shaped (fluted) heirloom tomatoes that can grow to 2 pounds or more, with an
average diameter of 5 inches. Excellent sweet, almost tropical fruit flavors.
Days: 90
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/Orange
Season: Late
Amish Paste
Very productive heirloom from Wisconsin that produces up to 12 oz, deep-red oxheart-shaped,
meaty fruit. (Probably one of the largest paste tomatoes) Lots of sweet, tomatoey flavors from
this coreless meaty fruit. A great slicing and sauce tomato.
Days: 81
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Late
Ananas Noir
French for black pineapple. Produces a large, sprawling, regular leaf plant that yields heavy crop
of 1 to 1 1/2 lb., round, dark-purple, fruit with green shoulders. Interior color is a tie-dye like mix
of pink, red, green yellow colors. Loaded with an abundance of rich and delicious, full-bodied,
sweet & smokey flavors with a wallop of acidity. A great new addition to the list of splendid black
tomatoes. Try this tomato in a salad with other colors. Makes a delicious rich tomato sauce.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Purple/Black
Season: Mid
Anna Russian
An excellent, gorgeous tomato. Early maturing for a heart-shaped tomato, the large, visually
beautiful, pink-red fruit normally weighs about 1 pound. Superb rich old-fashioned, tomatoey
flavors with lots of juice.
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Pink/Red
Season: Mid
Arkansas Traveler
A 100 year old heirloom tomato that was grown throughout the South. These vigorous tomato
plants yield abundant crops of 8-ounce, round rose-pink tomatoes. Considered to be one of the
best tasting tomato varieties with well balanced sweet/tart flavors. Arkansas Traveler is valued
for its ability to produce flavorful tomatoes under adverse conditions. Resistant to cracking
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Pink
Season: Late
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Aunt Ruby’s German Green
Heirloom beefsteak variety from Ruby Arnold of Greeneville, Tennessee who passed away in
1997. Slightly flattened, 1 pound fruit that ripens to a pale greenish-yellow (“lime jello green”)
with a slight pink blush that extends to the inside. Superb, fruity sweet and slightly spicy taste.
Days: 79
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Green
Season: Mid
Azoychka Russian
Produces indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that produce an abundant crop of smooth,
3-inch round, slightly flattened, yellow/orange tomatoes with a sweet citrusy flavor. Dependably
productive, delicious and in demand. Rare tomato seeds.
Days: 83
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/Orange
Season: Late
Beef Steak
Considered the original heirloom “Beefsteak” tomato. An old-time favorite that has been
popular for many years due to it’s excellent productivity and wonderful taste. Organic tomato
seeds produce lush, thick, indeterminate, regular-leaf, tomato plants that yield from vigorous
vines, 4 to 5-inch, slightly ribbed, bright-red tomatoes that have spectacularly delicious, sweet
flavors. This tomato’s excellent taste and meaty flesh make it an ideal tomato for eating fresh or
cooking, for slicing into sandwiches, using in salads or for canning!
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Late
Big Zebra
A tomato that is red and green-striped is so unusual that it’s safe to say that you’ve probably
never seen anything like it before. Although deep red and green outside, its interior is green
with pink extending up into the middle. Fruit is medium to large with a mild, sweet flavor.
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red/Green
Season: Late
Black Cherry
The only truly black cherry tomato. Produces large, sprawling, indeterminate, regular-leaf,
vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops in huge clusters of 1”, round, deep purple,
mahogany-brown cherry tomatoes. Fruits are irresistibly delicious with sweet, rich, complex, full
tomato flavors that burst in your mouth, characteristic of the best flavorful black tomatoes.
Beautiful to mix with other colored cherry tomatoes. Unique tomato variety. Disease resistant.
Open pollination.
Days: 64
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Cherry
Season: Early
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Black From Tula
Russian heirloom from Tula. Largest of the blacks with 3-4”, slightly flattened, oblate, dark brown
to purple fruit with deep green shoulders. Deliciously outstanding, rich, slightly salty, smoky-fruit
flavor!
Days: 75
Size: Purple/Black
Color: Indeterminate
Season: Mid
Black Zebra
This deep burgundy tomato has jagged green stripes on the outside and solid mahoganycolored flesh inside. Sweet and juicy, its flavor also carries the rich complexity associated with
black tomatoes. This is a natural and stabilized cross between a black tomato and Green Zebra,
and its size and shape are like Green Zebra. Surely a unique and stunning variety, these will be a
hit at farmers’ markets as well as in your own garden. Vigorous plants produce an abundance of
3 to 4 oz. tomatoes.
Days: 75
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Burgundy
Season: Mid
Black Krim
Originally from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union. This rare, and
outstanding tomato yields 3-4” slightly flattened dark red(mahogany-colored) slightly maroon,
beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Green gel around seeds. Fantastic, intense,
slightly salty taste.
Days: 75
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Purple/Black
Season: Mid
Black Seaman
A Russian Heirloom tomato. Produce small determinant, potato-leaf plants that yield an
abundant set of 12-16 ounce beautiful tomatoes that are rich mahogany colored with olive
green shoulders when mature. Inside of tomato is deep, reddish green and loaded with
excellent, full-bodied, complex, intense, creamy tomato flavors. This is an outstanding tomato
for sandwiches and salads. Does well growing in mid-sized containers. A great early black
tomato.
Days: 75
Size: Determinate
Color: Purple/Black
Season: Mid
Brandywine
A pink, potato-leaf, Amish variety from the 1880’s. It is legendary for it’s exceptionally rich,
succulent tomato flavor. Fruits are reddish-pink, with light, creamy flesh that average 12 ounces
but can grow to 2 pounds.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Pink
Season: Mid
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Brandywine Black
Plant produces good yields of 16 oz reddish black beefsteak tomatoes. Tomatoes have rich
tomato flavor and turn dark reddish black (black tomato)when mature. Excellent in salads and
sandwiches.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red/Black
Season: Mid
Brandywine Red
Scarlet-red, gourmet sister to Brandywine. Plants look like potato vines with good yields of extralarge, up to 1-1/2 pounds, firm, clear-skinned fruits.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Scarlet Red
Season: Mid
Brandywine Yellow
Produces big, indeterminate, potato-leaf tomato plants that yield large amounts of 1 lb., 3 to 4inch, yellow-orange (gold), round, flattened, slightly ribbed shouldered beefsteak tomato with
delicious, intense sweet flavors balanced with a slight tartness.
Days: 90
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Late
Bull’s Heart
This is a very old Russian variety bearing large pink oxheart-type tomatoes with excellent, sweet
flavor. Strong plants produce abundantly, with some fruit growing to 2 lbs. and more.
Days: 87
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Late
Campari
Variety of tomato, noted for its juiciness, high sugar level, low acidity, and lack of mealiness.
Camparis are deep red and larger than a cherry tomato, but smaller and rounder than a plum
tomato. Open Pollination.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
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Caspian Pink
Originally grown in southern Russia between the Caspian and Black Seas.
Thought by some to be “Queen of the Pinks,” these prolific,1-2 pound, globe-shaped, pink-red
beefsteak tomatoes that rival brandywine in popularity and flavor. One of the best known and
best-tasting Russian tomatoes. This tomato is perfect for cooler climates.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Pink
Season: Mid
Celebrity Hybrid
This AAS Award Winner established a new standard for main-crop hybrids requiring multiple
disease resistance. Highly adaptable from Canada to the South. Medium sized, globe-shaped
fruits are crack-resistant and average 7 oz.
Days: 70
Size: Semi-determinate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Cherokee Chocolate
A stabilized version of Cherokee Purple, this 10 to 16 oz. mahogany-colored variety has excellent
flavor and beautiful large fruit. Very productive plants are vigorous and yield a large harvest of
these chocolate-colored tomatoes with the ample size and wonderful flavor associated with
Cherokee Purple. Indeterminate. 75 days
Days: 75
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Dark Red
Season: Mid
Cherokee Purple
Heirloom from Tennessee cultivated by Native American Cherokee tribe.
Very productive plants producing loads of dusky rose to purple colored, 12 oz.-1 lb., beefsteak
tomatoes with deep red colors to the interior flesh and dark shoulders. One of the best tasting
heirloom tomatoes.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Purple/Black
Season: Mid
Chianti Rose
Hearty potato leaf cross between Brandywine and an un-named Italian variety produces huge
crops of 1-2 lb. beautiful, thin skinned, red-pink, fruit. Delicious creamy flesh. Good variety for
cooler climates.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Pink
Season: Mid
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Chocolate Cherry
Extremely flavorful, uniform, round fruits in trusses of 8, measure 1” in diameter. Fruits hold
stems very well, don’t crack and can be picked several days before completely mature and
allowed to ripen off the vine without sacrificing quality. Great variety for the home gardener or
for packing into pints for market.
Days: 60
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Dark Red
Season: Early
Copia
These very beautiful tomatoes are a stunning combination of fine-lined golden yellow and red
stripes. Their gold flesh is streaked with red and is very juicy, flavorful, and sweet. A stabilized
cross between Green Zebra and Marvel Stripe, these tomatoes weigh about one pound each,
They were named in honor of Copia, the American Center for Food, Wine and the Arts, in Napa
California.
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/Red
Season: Late
Cosmonaut Volkov
An out of this world tomato from the Ukraine! Sets our taste buds flying high with its rich, deep,
balanced, sweet and tangy flavor. Plants set generously sized, 2-3 inch, slightly squat, deep
crimson fruit with green-tinged shoulders, and bright red interiors. A taste sensation that only an
heirloom can offer.
Days: 72
Size: Determinate
Color: Red/Green
Season: Mid
Costoluto Genovese
Plant produces good yields of large red tomatoes. The taste is outstanding. This heirloom is one
of the best tomatoes for making homemade tomato juice. Plant likes heat but does well in cooler
regions too. A heirloom variety from Italy.
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Late
Crimson Carmello
The round red juicy fruits have the perfect sweet to acid balance that translates to exquisite taste.
Big 4 to 5 inch Carmellos are borne in abundance on vigorous, disease resistant and widely
adapted indeterminate vines. Perfect in salads, pastas, or fresh sliced.
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
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Currant White
Treat yourself to one of the most unique and sweetest tasting tomato varieties known. The tiny
fruit are half the size of a cherry tomato and grow in nice heavy clusters. Creamy-white in color
with just a tinge of yellow. Deliciously sweet, a favorite of many trial ground visitors.
Days: 70-75
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/White
Season: Mid
Dr. Wyche’s
Named after Dr. Wyche who supposedly lived in the mountains and fertilized his garden with
manure from a nearby zoo. Undoubtedly one of the best tasting yellow tomatoes to be found. A
beefsteak heirloom that produces slightly flattened, smooth, blemish-free, golden-yellow fruit
with a meaty interior and few seeds. It’s rich flavor and larger size sets this variety apart from
other yellow heirlooms.
Days: 78
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/Orange
Season: Mid
DX-52
Also known as the Hamson tomato. This tomato was bred specifically for Utah climates and soils.
These firm medium sized tomatoes are perfect for canning due to their high levels of pectin.
High yielding plant.
Days: 75
Size: Determinate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Early Girl
It’s hard to find tasty, full-sized fruits like this extra-early in the season! Meaty, ripe, red fruits, 4 to
6 oz., are slightly flattened and bright crimson throughout. Very appealing, with firm texture and
blemish-resistant skin. Heavy yields on hardy vines. Seed is defuzzed.
Days: 57
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Early
Fantastic
Tasty globe-shaped. Scarlet Red, 3 to 5" medium-sized fruits are almost crack free. Rich in
beefsteak flavor. Heavy yields are excellent for canning.
Days: 65
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Early
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First Light
This tomato has a terrific taste, harvest green when 1/3 of fruit turns red. This medium sized fruit
is prolific and delicious as a fresh slicer. Hybrid.
Days: 76
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Garden Peach
Small 2 oz. delicate and meaty fruit. Really does have a peach color outside. Hint of red inside.
Very mild-sweet taste. Light fuzz on fruit and leaves. A very pretty novelty tomato.
Days: 75
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/Orange
Season: Mid
Giant Belgium
One of our most popular heirlooms. Huge, sweet fruits average 1 to 2 lbs. and have weighed in
at nearly 5 lbs. Dark pink fruits have smooth blossom ends and a low-acid, mild flavor, so sweet
that some growers use them to make wine. Solid meat and size means one slice per sandwich!
Days: 86-90
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Late
Granny Smith
Exceptionally tart flavor, with enough firmness to be diced without turning mushy. Fruits are still
green when fully ripe (harvest when it shows a little light-yellow color), with a full, sweet, natural
flavor-a ‘real tomato’ taste with a bit more tartness than red types. Its full size, 6 to 8 oz., makes it
unsurpassed for grilling or frying. Two-week keeping time!
Days: 72
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Mid
Great White Beefsteak
A large white beefsteak heirloom with a wonderfully sweet almost melon-like flavor.
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/White
Season: Late
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Green Grape
This old-fashioned bush tomato is an heirloom originally developed by the Tater Mater Seed Co.
from crossing the Yellow Pear with Evergreen. The distinctive, 1”, yellowish green fruits are borne
in clusters of 6-12 that resemble large muscat grapes. Fruit has a translucent pale-green on the
inside. This variety has become popular in restaurants and markets because of their unique
attractiveness and great flavor.
Days: 60
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Green
Season: Early
Green Zebra
The 2-inch round fruit ripens to a yellow-gold with dark green zebra-like stripes. The flesh is limeemerald in color that has an invigorating lemon-lime flavor. A great tomato for brightening up
salads and other tomato dishes.
Days: 75
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Green/Yellow
Season: Mid
Indigo Rose
The first high anthocyanin (a naturally occurring pigment that has been shown to fight disease in
humans) tomato commercially available anywhere in the world. The high amount of anthocyanin
creates quite a vibrant indigo on 2 inch, round fruits. The purple coloring occurs on the portion
of the fruit that is exposed to light, while the shaded portion starts out green and turns deep red
when mature. Inside, the flesh reveals the same red tone with a superbly balanced, multi-faceted
tomato flavor.
Days: 75-80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Deep Purple
Season: Mid
Indian Stripe
This heirloom variety bears 8 to 10 oz. burgundy-purple tomatoes that have an exquisite taste
with the richness and complexity of fine wine. The fruit gets its name from the faint green stripes
that fade as the tomatoes ripen. This variety has been compared to Cherokee Purple, but bears
more heavily and the fruit is a bit lighter in color.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red/Purple
Season: Mid
Isis Candy
This tomato produces a delightful, 1-inch round, yellow with red tinge and marbling. Gold flesh.
Typically a ‘cat’s eye’ star of yellow on one end of fruit. The delicious sweet taste is rich and fruity.
Open Pollination.
Days:67
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Cherry
Season: Early
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Italian Tree
Produces big, sprawling, indeterminate, potato-leaf, tomato plants that can grow to 15-feet,
enormous amounts of meaty, 1-2 pound, 4-5-inch, red tomatoes with superior sweet flavors
perfectly balanced with just the right amount of acid. This tomato plant should be trellised as
each plant can bear bushels of fruit. A good canning tomato or eating fresh off the vine or in
salads. A great sandwich tomato. Open Pollination.
Days:85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Late
Japanese Black Trifele
This short potato leaf plant yields prolific quantities of 6 oz. fruit that looks like a beautiful
mahogany colored Bartlett pear with greenish shoulders. Very tasty flesh with a meaty core that
produces luscious fruit all summer long. A work of art sliced out on a plate and a wonderful
flavor that possesses an extraordinary rich and complex flavors. The Black Trifele is one of the
blackest varieties available and is resistant to cracking.
Days: 81
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Purple/Black
Season: Late
Jaune Flammee
A gorgeous study in contrasts, with bright orange skin surrounding reddish flesh that is a rare
find in heirloom tomatoes! Fruits are slightly larger than cherry varieties, about 2 to 3 oz., with
thick walls that still remain tender and flavorful. Sweet, high-yielding and especially valued as a
salad tomato for its beautiful appearance.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Mid
Jet Star
Prolific producer of big, globe-shaped fruits that ripen all the way through.
Excellent flavor with low acidity. Nice, compact habit.
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Kelloggs Breakfast
Lovely, pale-orange fruits are solid and meaty throughout, packed with mild, superb-tasting
flesh. A long-season producer of large, beefsteak-type fruits, up to 16 oz., with solid centers that
have just a few seeds at the edges. Very desirable!
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
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Legend (parthenocarpic)
Produces short, bushy, determinate, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield early bearing, 14 to 16ounce, 3 to 4-inch, smooth, round, blemish-free, red tomatoes that have wonderful, delicious
sweet flavors that are balanced well with just the right amount of acidity to invite praise. Fruit has
very few seeds. This tomato was also bred to be resistant to late blight fungus. A great salad
tomato and canning tomato. Open Pollination.
Days: 68
Size: Determinate
Color: Red
Season: Early
Limmony
Add a zesty twist to any recipe with these deliciously tangy, yet sweet, lemony flavored
tomatoes! This Russian heirloom produces outstanding yields of bright yellow beefsteak type,
smooth, blemish-free fruits that weigh up to 1 lb. each. Excellent for canning or fresh use.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Mid
Marmande
French Heirloom famous throughout Europe. Prolific crops of large, firm, scarlet-red, lightlylobed fruit. Great market or canning tomato. Delicious!
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Marvel Stripe
This heirloom variety has become one of gardeners’ favorite bicolored tomatoes because of its
beauty, size, and taste. Large yellow-orange fruits are streaked with ruby red and have a sweet,
fruity taste that is absolutely delicious. Tomatoes weigh about 1 lb., although they often become
2 lbs. or even more. Large harvests on vigorous vines.
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Orange/Yellow
Season: Late
Mexican
It is rare to find a beefsteak tomato with outstanding flavor that is produced in large numbers
over a long season, but Mexico does just that. Fruits are 1 lb. plus, and wonderfully tasty. From
the Midwest, where it was grown by a family from Mexico.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
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Mexico Midget
Old-time, south-of-the-border favorite that continues to prove its value as a salad tomato. Tiny,
red, cherry-type fruits weigh down trusses with prolific yields throughout an extended growing
season. Round 1/2” fruits explode with irresistible flavor. Very reliable. Open Pollination.
Days: 60-70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Moonglow
A very pretty tomato and one of the best for straight-from-the- vine eating. Medium-sized, bright
orange fruits glow with neon intensity against 36” vines. A high yielder and good keeper,
producing loads of tasty, 3 to
4 oz., globe shaped fruits that are dense and meaty, with thick walls and few seeds. Flavor is
sweet, with a hint of tartness, but without that strong acidic taste.
Days: 62
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Orange
Season: Early
Moscow
Indeterminate Siberia. Small early, red, 2 1/2”, 3-4 oz. fruits. Nice balance of sweet and acid
flavors in a dense meat. An outstanding tomato for canning.
Days: 62
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Early
Mr. Stripey
Produces a mild, low-acid flavor and intriguing color. Plum-sized, bicolor fruits have yellow flesh
and a pink center. Open Pollination.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow/Red
Season: Mid
Oregon Spring (parthenocarpic)
Favorite variety for early silver-dollar sized, bright-red tomatoes. Earliest fruit have little or no
seeds. This bush variety was developed at Oregon State University for gardeners with cool
summer seasons. Slightly flattened, lusciously sweet and juicy.
Days: 60
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Early
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Pineapple
An heirloom garden favorite that grows to 2 lbs. This bi-colored, slightly flattened, yellow
beefsteak has a red blushing and streaks on the outside. It’s yellow interior contains few seeds
and a red star-burst in the center. Taste is wonderfully mild with tropical fruity-sweet flavors.
Days:80
Size: Indeterminate
Color:Yellow/Orange
Season: Mid
Pruden’s Purple
Large, 10 to 16 oz., dark pink, nearly purple fruits mature quite early, with the delicious flavor and
good production that heirlooms are known for. Potato-leaved vines.
Days:75
Size: Indeterminate
Color:Pink/Purple
Season: Mid
Red Grape
Plant produces high yields of glossy red grape shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes are very sweet and
perfect for salads and gourmet dishes. Grows in clusters like grapes too. Holds on the vine
longer than any other cherry tomato. Crack Resistant. Hybrid.
Days:60
Size: Indeterminate
Color:Red
Season: Early
Red Pear
One of the oldest American heirlooms dating back to the 1700’s. Big, prolific, regular leaf,
sprawling plant produces hundreds of cute, deep- red, 1/2” x 1 1/2” pear shaped fruits with
wonderfully sweet and juicy flesh. A wonderful snacking or salad tomato.
Days: 78
Size: Indeterminate
Color:Red
Season: Mid
Red Robin
An extra-sweet dwarf, container-grown variety, just as good grown indoors as a pot plant. Round,
red, 1-1/4” fruits on compact plants 8 to 12” tall. Ideal for windowsills, patios or hanging baskets.
Days:55
Size: Determinate
Color:Red/Orange
Season: Early
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Roma
A prolific tomato that produces an abundant crop of richly flavored, 3”, red pear tomatoes that
are perfect for cooking but sweet enough to enjoy fresh. Meaty with few seeds. Great for
canning, adding to sauces, or making paste. Open Pollination.
Days: 75
Size: Semi-determinate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
San Marzano
From Italy. Compact and prolific producer of bright-red, slim, 2-3 inch, plum-type, fruit over a
long season. A paste tomato with pointy end, heavy walls and little juice, so it’s great for tomato
sauce. Crack resistant.
Days: 78
Size: Semi-determinate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
San Marzano Yellow
One of the world’s most popular sauce tomatoes gets a modern update with a sunshine-gold
color through and through, and fruitier flavor. Meaty fruits are the classic Roma shape, some
reaching 5” in length. Robust plants have hybrid staying power under a variety of conditions,
producing heavy, summer-long crops. A premier variety for cooking and fresh eating, with all
the flavor of traditional San Marzano-only better!
Days: 52
Size: Determinate
Color: Yellow
Season: Early
Silvery Fir Tree
A Russian heirloom. An early season (55 days) dwarf tomato plant. Produces short, determinate
tomato plants with wispy, fern-like, silvery fuzzy leaves that yield moderate crops of bright-red,
2”, 4-5 oz., flattened, round tomatoes. A perfect tomato plant for growing in small containers
and hanging baskets. Good for a patio garden. A perfect choice for a canning tomato and salad
tomato. Disease Resistant. Open Pollination.
Days: 55
Size: Determinate
Color: Red
Season: Early
Sun Gold
One of the premier varieties of cherry tomatoes. The Sun Gold ripens to a golden orange, with a
very sweet flavor. This tomato is popular in all climates as it produces in warm and cold
conditions. Fruit matures quickly, and crops heavily throughout the warmer months. Hybrid.
Days: 60
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Golden Yellow
Season: Early
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Sungreen Garden
Sungreen Garden tops the chart in sweetness with one of the highest Brix contents in a cherry
tomato. These bite-sized, lime green fruit are a real treat to snack on and appealing to the eye.
Weighing in at just under an ounce, they complete the rainbow of cherry tomato colors when
mixed with gold, orange, red, chocolate, and zebra varieties.
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Green
Season: Mid
Sun Sugar
Sweeter than Sungold? Believe it! The ultimate in cherry tomatoes, this golden yellow beauty
achieves a new level of sugar-sweetness and flavor, superb texture, and a tangy “true tomato”
taste. Fruits are a lovely golden yellow, weigh 1/2 oz., and possess thin skins-remarkable,
considering its wonderful crack resistance, even in heavy rains. Very vigorous-can be grown
outdoors or indoors in an unheated greenhouse in cold climates.
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Early
Sweet 100’s
Bursting with sugary flavor. Scarlet, cherry-sized fruits are produced in long clusters right up to
frost. Grow on stakes or fence. Hybrid.
Days: 70
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Early
Thessaloniki
Greek. Exceptionally good yields of crack-free, red, 8 oz. globes that resist sun scald. Wonderful
rich taste.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
Tigerella
Tangy, red, meaty fruit that exhibits marked stripes of a green-to-yellow hue. Uniform production
all season.
Days: 76
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red/Yellow
Season: Mid
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Virginia Sweets
This heirloom variety is simply one of the best tasting, best producing gold-red bicolor. The
tomatoes are stunningly beautiful and enormous, weighing at least 1 pound each. Golden
yellow beefsteaks are colored with red stripes that turn into a ruby blush on top of the golden
fruit. Flavor is sweet and rich, and harvests are abundant.
Days: 80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Red/Yellow
Season: Mid
White Cherry
White cherry tomatoes are usually bland, but these have a sweet, fruity flavor with a real
tomatoey aftertaste. The fruit ripens to a very pale yellow and develops a slightly orange cast at
maturity. Large plants perform best if trellised or staked.
Days: 74
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Mid
Wins All
A disease resistant heirloom named in 1925, in a contest for a name. A consistent good choice
year after year. Slightly flattened, beautiful, blemish-free, rose-pink fruits, 1 to 2-pounds with firm
flesh and lots of delicious juice. Outstanding true tomatoey flavor, intense, balanced and sweet.
Days:80
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Pink
Season: Mid
Yellow Pear
Clusters of small bright-yellow, pear-shaped fruit. Very tasty. Like eatin’ candy.
Days: 85
Size: Indeterminate
Color: Yellow
Season: Late
Zebra Cherry
Determinate plants with firm fruit that is a treat just to look at. Colorful, zebra-streaked skin
surrounds a dark pinkish interior. Generously sized cherry tomatoes are a burst of robust, full
bodied flavor. A unique cherry tomato. Hybrid.
Days: 80
Size: Determinate
Color: Red
Season: Mid
2013 TOMATO CATALOG