2008 Tomato Varieties
We do not ship plants or sell
seeds at this time, neither can we return long distance calls regarding our
plants. (We get a lot of calls, and those charges add up...) These
plants are available at the nursery, or at venues where we sell.
All of our tomato plants are
gone. Thank you for a terrific 2008! I hope you have great success
in your garden this year. We do still have a good assortment of hot
peppers. It is getting late to put them in the garden, but you could plant
them in pots- they make nice potted plants, and would bear fruit this year if
you managed them right.
A
Grappoli Corbarino *New* 75 days
Grape, very large Pomodorini type, bright red, long, oval, very sweet, thin
skin, fresh or canned
Amish
Paste Heirloom Tomato 85 days SOLD OUT
Very productive,
flavorful and reliable. Bigger and better than Roma. Makes the ultimate sauce.
Flavor is complex and slightly tart.
Aunt
Ruby’s German Green Heirloom Tomato
85 days
Yes, they’re green, but they have a wonderful flavor you won’t believe!! Fruits
up to a pound have an amber pink tinge on the blossom end when ripe. Sweet,
tart, rich and spicy. From Ruby
Arnold of Greenville, TN.
Black
Krim Heirloom Tomato 80 days
Iridescent purple
with dark green-black shoulders. Very productive. Grows to 1 ½ pounds. Juicy
yet meaty texture, rich smoky flavor. Indeterminate.
Box Car
Willie Heirloom Tomato 80 days
Expect a very heavy
crop of good-sized, smooth, delicious, red tomatoes from this heirloom. Fruits
range from 6 to 10 oz, and are borne over a long season. A good choice for your
“main” tomato crop.
Brandywine Heirloom Tomato Sudduth's Strain *NEW* 85 days SOLD OUT
The pink beefsteak
that inspired the heirloom tomato revival. The perfect blend of sweet, tart,
and rich tomato flavor. Meaty, 1 ½ pound fruits. Honestly, this has
never been a personal favorite, but I am trying a new strain this year in hopes
of achieving better yields and more disease resistance out of this customer
favorite. When I say new strain, I mean new to me, as this one is
one of the oldest, possibly the original Pink Brandywine strain.
Bull’s
Heart Heirloom Tomato 87 days
SOLD OUT
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. Many people around here are really fond of ox-heart tomatoes; they do
tend to have an especially rich flavor,
Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato 77 days SOLD OUT
A
Tennessee
treasure. A top 10 heirloom. Flavor is outstanding; rich, smoky, and
wine-like. 10-13 oz fruits are dusky brownish-purple with dark green shoulders
and brick red flesh. Indeterminate, but with short vines.
Fargo
Yellow Pear Heirloom Tomato 82 days SOLD OUT
Great tomato taste in
a pear shaped tomato? That’s
Fargo! Produces lots of
tasty one ounce fruits (about 2x the size of other pear types.)
German Giant Heirloom Tomato 77 days SOLD OUT
This family heirloom produces an abundance of deep pink tomatoes that are just
huge and brimming with luscious flavor. Potato leaved. Smooth in
shape, 2 lbs. or more, and full of that rich but sweet taste that make a tomato
scrumptious.
German
Johnson Heirloom Tomato 80 days
An old heirloom
probably from
Virginia or North Carolina. Mild, sweet, pink tomato that is one of the parents
of the famous Mortgage Lifter. Meaty fruits often exceed 1 pound. A favorite of
many of my local customers.
German
Queen Heirloom Tomato *NEW* 80 days
Luscious, sweet pink
beefsteak fruit have an incredible flavor and are large and meaty. Perfect
for slicing. Tomatoes average 1 lb. and grow on tall, vigorous,
potato-leaved plants.
Giant
Belgium Heirloom Tomato 90 days
Fruits AVERAGE 2
pounds, but have been known to reach 5 (FIVE). Deep pink, meaty, sweet and
delicious. One to grow if you’re looking for a whopper.
Green Zebra *New* 75 Days
Unique salad type, 3 oz amber with green stripes, real taste treat. I'm
growing this variety at the request of several customers.
Hillbilly Heirloom Tomato 85 days
SOLD OUT
From, (where else?),
West Virginia. Huge
yellow-orange tomato with red streaking. Sweet, fruity flavor. Fruits usually 1
to 2 pounds. It’s a good’un.
Hog
Heart Paste Heirloom Tomato 86 days SOLD OUT
Large and meaty fruit
are often double and resemble hearts. Great flavor fresh, frozen or canned.
Originally from
Italy, via Massachusetts.
Howard
German Heirloom Tomato 80 days SOLD OUT
Local tomato guru
Sandee Cook’s favorite tomato. The Amish also call them "Pepper Tomatoes".
Prolific harvests of 5-1/2 inch long, weirdly pointed paste tomatoes that weigh
about 5-8 oz., very meaty with a good, rich flavor. An old variety great for
canning, paste, or sauces. Also delicious right off the vine in salads. Just the
best all purpose tomato. Very resistant to disease and bugs, as well!
Italian
Sweet Heirloom Tomato 85 days
Large and luscious
red beefsteak tomatoes. Original seed came from a 3 pound tomato found at a
farmer’s market. Incredibly juicy and sweet, and full of that old-fashioned
tomato flavor. This was new to my list last year, but it has gotten rave
reviews form customers who grew it. (The rush of spring and our limited
space for tomatoes in last year's garden combined to make me neglect to grow it
out myself, a situation which I plan to remedy this season.)
Jerusalem Heirloom Tomato
Greene County
heirloom. The story is that a man traveled to Israel, and brought these seeds
back with him. Large, firm, meaty oxheart type, with few seeds and not a great
deal of juice. Great for slicing. The best tomato for California Pie. Rich
flavor is fantastic- the perfect blend of sweet and acid. Vines are quite
manageable, and very productive over a long season.
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom Tomato 88 days SOLD OUT
Tennessee heirloom
unique for its pale, not golden, yellow fruit. Superb, creamy consistency,
meaty flesh, and complex, rich flavor. Sweet & juicy, but with few seeds. A top
10 heirloom. Make a yellow tomato soup, salsa or pie.
Mama Leone Heirloom Tomato *NEW* 75 days SOLD OUT
This excellent, large pointed plum tomato comes from Italy via a family who
immigrated to New York. You can expect a large harvest of these 5 to 6 oz.
bright red tomatoes.
Mexico
Heirloom Tomato 80 days
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.
Mortgage Lifter Heirloom Tomato 85 days
Pink, well-shaped,
large, meaty fruit famous for its flavor. An amateur plant breeder developed
this tomato over years of selection. He paid off a $30,000 mortgage in thee
years (way back in the day) by selling plants and tomatoes from his radiator
repair shop.
Mr.
Stripey (Tigrella) Heirloom Tomato 56 days
HUGE crops. These 2
inch tomatoes are red with clearly-defined yellow stripes. Rich, tangy flavor.
Beautiful in salads, either whole or sliced.
Old
German
Heirloom Tomato 75 days
SOLD OUT
Yellow with orange center, oblate 16 oz, sweet flavor.
Opalka
Heirloom Tomato 85 days
So sweet and
refreshing, it can be eaten straight off the vine, but is highly prized for
sauces and canning. Fruits are far richer and more flavorful than most paste
tomatoes. A long, pepper-shaped type, fruits grow to 4 to 6" long.
Persimmon Heirloom Tomato 80 days
One of the best
flavored of the orange tomatoes. Beautiful, golden-orange and BIG- between one
and two pounds, and averaging 5 inches in diameter. Meaty with few seeds.
Vigorous and productive, too.
Pineapple Heirloom Tomato 82 days
My favorite bicolor
tomato. Originally from
Kentucky.
Meaty and smooth texture, with lots of juice. Fruity and sweet, low acid
flavor. Large, up to a pound or more. Fruits are absolutely gorgeous; yellow
with red streaking. Especially pretty sliced.
Polish
Linguisa Heirloom Tomato 73 days
Loaded with vitamins,
fiber and potassium, but low in fat and sodium! This 19th Century heirloom has
vigorous plants that set loads of fruit. Fruits are large, 7 to 10 oz. and
pie-shaped. Flesh is soft and very sweet.
Purple Russian *New* Heirloom Tomato 80 days
Plum shape, purplish black 3-4", 6 oz, sweet meaty taste, crack resistant, good
shoulder.
Principe Borghese
Heirloom Tomato 75days
Grow this variety for
fantastic sun-dried tomatoes. From
Italy. Determinate, but has
a long season anyway. This is the seed strain with a nipple at the blossom end,
generally considered to have the best flavor.
Pruden’s Purple Heirloom Tomato 72 days Seed failure
Not really purple,
but pink. Great old-time flavor. Silken texture. Productive, disease
resistant, and early for its size.(1 lb. on average) A top 10 heirloom.
Red
Pear Heirloom Tomato 70days SOLD OUT
Medium-sized plants
yield plenty of small, red, pear-shaped fruits with very few seeds. Perfect for
salads, sauces or pickles. One of the rarest of the heirloom varieties.
Determinate.
Reisentraube Heirloom Cherry Tomato 80 days
The most true tomato
flavor you will find in a cherry type. The name means a giant bunch of grapes,
and that is just what they remind one of. Red fruits are oval and pointed at the
blossom end. Extremely productive.
Rose be
Berne Heirloom Tomato 80 days
A superior
medium-sized pink tomato with the robust flavor of the beefsteaks. A rich
sweetness that other smaller tomatoes just can’t match, and very pretty, too.
Productive plants yield a heavy crop. A Swiss heirloom.
Speckled Roman Heirloom Tomato 85 days
A cross of Antique
Roman and Banana Legs. Orange-red, 5" long fruits are a speckled paste-type,
marked by irregular yellow stripes. Meaty fruits, real tomato flavor and few
seeds. One bite is sure to make it one of your favorites!
Sprite Tomato *NEW* 60 days Determinate SOLD OUT
One of my tomato seed suppliers insisted I try this productive little grape
tomato variety. This plant will stay short and manageable, even in the smallest
gardens. Try it in container plantings with basil, if you like.
Extremely productive; sweet, red, thin skinned fruit.
Tidwell German Heirloom Tomato *NEW* 80 days
Large crops of 1 to 2 lb. pink, meaty beefsteak tomatoes with a sweet and
exceptional flavor. The variety is a family heirloom from David
Pendergrass of Tennessee, whose family has been growing this tomato since at
lease the 1920's.
Tiffen
Mennonite *New* Heirloom Tomato 80 days
Large, dark pink, great flavor, smooth texture.
Todd
County Amish
*New* 85 Days
Pure heaven on a plate! Big, luscious dark pink fruit. Handed down
from an Amish family living in Minnesota. Flavor is rich yet sweet, and
the interior is almost as meaty as an ox-heart type. Excellent
productivity.
White
Cherry 75 days
Very small cherry tomatoes are a pretty,
creamy white. Very sweet and mild flavor, and extremely productive. Often
requested by name. Really pretty in salads with edible flowers.
For more information on tomatoes, check
out this
handout and enjoy these great recipes!
