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Annuals, tender perennials, herbs and 80+ cultivars of your favorite tomatoes! We now have Cool Season Vegetable Plants available for sale:
Peas, Lettuce, Spinach, Celeriac, & Bunching Onions Please note that warm season vegetables - Tomatoes, Cukes, Peppers, Eggplant, Squash - will be ready for purchase from May 20th onward. Tomato Cultivars for 2011 (in alphabetical order) Available starting Friday, May 20th Amish Salad
Small, pink, 2 oz. oval cherries seem to last forever on the vine without rotting or losing flavor. Flesh is very firm, mild and sweet, perfect for sauces, salads and for drying. Up to 6 blemish-free fruits per cluster, with many clusters on large plants that have heavy, regular-leaf foliage cover not typical of cherry varieties. Well-suited to both fresh market and home garden. Aunt Ruby's German Green
One of the largest green beefsteak. Can grow to over 1 pound and are just delicious. They have brilliant, neon-green flesh with a strong, sweet and fruity flavor, much tastier than most red tomatoes. This family heirloom from Germany is beautiful.
Banana
Mid-season, indeterminate, beautiful, persimmon colored, 3 oz. paste tomatoes, excellent yields. Beefsteak
80 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant produces good yields of extremely large 2 lb juicy tomatoes. The tomato turns red when mature, is solid, and meaty. Excellent slicer, perfect for salads and sandwiches. Indeterminate. Best Boy Hybrid
70 days to harvest. Looks great and tastes even better! This Burpee tomato was born to be a star. Early maturity produces large, firm fruits on a compact plant. Shoulders have excellent uniform coloring and the plants are extremely disease resistant. Plant plenty of these, you'll want a lot of the delicious 8-ounce fruits. Determinate.
Better Boy Hybrid
(VFNASt) A spectacular, midseason variety with plump, juicy, deep red tomatoes that often weigh more than one pound. And once they arrive they just keep on coming! Fruits are extremely flavorful, with flesh that's juicy, yet firm. Heavy foliage protects fruits from sun-scald. A highly adaptable variety that thrives in nearly any climate. Demonstrates excellent disease resistance.
Big Rainbow
Mid-season, indeterminate, very large 1 pound size, slightly ribbed fruits with the pink blush on the blossom end. Black Cherry
Beautiful black cherries look like large, dusky purple grapes; they have that rich flavor that makes black tomatoes famous. Large vines yield very well. Very unique and delicious. Black From Tula
80 days. A unique, large 8-12 oz. dark tomato exhibiting a rich, deep purplish-brown color. Some seed savers say it is the best tasting of all the dark tomatoes. Very rich, old-fashioned flavor, sweet and spicy. A rare Russian heirloom. Black Krim
A most unusual novelty. Fruits are a dark, deep red (almost a shiny black) with heavy green shoulders. Interior is a deep, reddish-green color. Sweet and tasty. Matures extremely early.
Black Pear
There are a number of strains of this name, but this one comes from imported Russian seed. The dusky fruits are indeed very pear-shaped, but also lightly pleated--a very pleasing aspect. Potato-leafed variety Black Seaman
70 to 75 days, mid-season, indeterminate, PL (Potato Leaf), bronze-green in color, semi-flattened globe. Medium to fairly large slightly flattened fruit
Blondkopfchen
80 days. Plant produces heavy yields of golden yellow cherry tomatoes. They are very sweet and grow in clusters. A crack resistant variety. A variety from the Gatersleben Seed Bank, Germany. Indeterminate.
Bloody Butcher
A sensational, multi-purpose tomato, very early and high-yielding. Strong tomato flavor in medium, round, 4 oz. fruits that are a deep, dark red inside and out. Potato-leaved plants are fast growing.
Box Car Willie
We predict this old-timer might become your main crop variety, due to its prolific yields of smooth, reddish-orange fruits averaging a large 10 to 16 oz.! With an old-fashioned flavor you'll remember from childhood, these high-yielding, multi-use tomatoes will last throughout the season and are ideal for canning, freezing, or for home-cooked meals. Crack-free and disease resistant. Brandywine - Pink
(VF)-This modern strain of classic Brandywine delivers world famous flavor packed into medium to large fruits, unrivaled among similar varieties. Shiny pink fruits weigh 10 ounces with firm, juicy flesh and an incredible, rich tomato taste. Potato-leaved plants do well under a wide range of conditions. Fruits mature later in northern areas.
Brandywine - Red
An Amish heirloom that dates back to 1885 and is generally considered to be the world's best-flavored tomato. Plants look like potato vines with good yields of extra-large (weighing up to 1-1/2 lbs.), firm, clear-skinned, light rosy-pink fruits. Brandywine - Sudduth's
(a.k.a. Pink Brandywine) Brandywine first appeared in the 1889 catalog of Johnson & Stokes of Philadelphia and by 1902 was also offered by four additional seed companies, but soon disappeared from all commercial catalogs. A best selling tomato and one of the best tasting tomatoes available to gardeners today. The seed of this strain was obtained by tomato collector Ben Quisenberry of Big Tomato Gardens in 1980 from Dorris Sudduth Hill whose family grew them for 80 years. Large pink beefsteak fruits to 2 pounds. Incredibly rich, delightfully intense tomato flavor. Indeterminate, 90 days from transplant.
Brandywine - Yellow (Platfoot)
Mid-season, indeterminate, PL, a strain that for many growers yields smoother fruits and more of them than the regular Yellow Brandywine and the two have the same rich, complex wonderful taste. Seeds originated with Gary Platfoot of OH. Burgess Lemon
Early, Indeterminate. Tiny, very high yielding, bright yellow cherry. Burpee's Big Boy Hybrid
When Big Boy hybrid tomato debuted in 1949, its incredible productivity and gorgeous, perfect, large red fruit made it an instant hit. What's kept Big Boy tomato a best-selling tomato all these years is the wonderful aroma and rich flavor. The fruits weigh in 10 ounces with many reaching 1 pound or more. Healthy, indeterminate vines produce all summer long. Burpee-bred. Burpee's Early Pick Hybrid
62 days. Indeterminate. 5-6 ounce fruit. Fine flavor,gorgeous color,solid flesh! Bears fruits early,bumper crops all summer. Resists verticillium and fusarium wilts. Burpee bred. Burpee's Summer Choice
Large and Super Sweet. This super-sweet tomato boasts deep red color and a large, round shape. Widely adaptable to a variety of growing conditions. Indeteerminate. Ready in 73 days. Burpee's Supersteak Hybrid
(VFN) One of the top-rated beefsteak hybrids for the home garden. Its extra-large, smooth fruits feature improved exterior appearance, and its meaty flesh is very versatile.
Bush Beefsteak
62 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Bushy plant produces high yields of 8 oz deep red tomatoes. It has excellent flavor and are sweet. The best tomato for the square foot garden. This is the perfect sandwich tomato! A heirloom variety. Determinate. Cabernet
(VFF) These red grape tomatoes are super, super sweet. Firm, 1/3 to 1/2 oz., fruits make the perfect snack - they're nutritious and delicious! Tolerant to Early Blight. Cheesemans
(L. cheesmanii): Early, indeterminate, looks and tastes like the "grape" tomatoes from the grocery store. Red/orange fruits in huge masses. Chocolate Stripes
One of the most amazing tomatoes ever grown, for both color and taste, this variety excels. Fruit is deep reddish-brown inside; the outside is covered with beautiful orange and lime colored stripes. One of the most unique looking tomatoes we have ever tried. It is very sweet and yet has a full-rich flavor, and this is the reason this tomato places very high in taste tests. Fruit is medium to large and are of a slightly flattened globe shape. Clustermato
Small oval grape type tomato with orange red fruit. Some fruit are yellow. Nice for snacking or tossing into salads. Very productive. (60 days from transplant) Determinate. Dave's Italian Heirloom
“The Ugly Tomato”. Given to us by our friend and Mapel Plant supporter, Dave, of Milford, MA. An Italian heirloom grown by Dave's family for many decades. Unique shaped red fruit, or ugly as he calls it, but with incredible flavor. One slice will fill a sandwich. A Mapel Plant exclusive!
De Barao Black
Mid, indeterminate, 4 to 6 oz., round globe, grayish black semi-sweet fruit. Djina Lee's Golden Girl
78 Days. Indeterminate. A regular leaf plant that yields huge amounts of 8 -10 oz.yellow fruit. Rich, sweet tomatoey flavor and meaty texture. Early Girl Hybrid
(VFF) 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.
Eva Purple Ball
Mid-season, indeterminate, regular leaf, perfect pink globes about 6 to 8 oz., sweet, juicy and delicious, said to be from the Black Forest area of Germany and arrived in the late 1800's with Joe Bratka's family when they immigrated to the United States. Georgia Streak
Lovely bicolor fruits are rich gold, blushed with a delicate pink. As if that wasn't enough, the real surprise is inside - the firm flesh is streaked with red! Large, globe-shaped fruits weigh 1 to 2 lbs., and have a sweet, yet hearty, flavor.
Gill's All Purpose
80 days. We're pleased to continue to offer this piece of Northwest history. A cross between Wasatch Beauty and Pepper tomato, Gill's All-Purpose was bred in 1947 by the Gill Brothers Seed Company, in Portland, Oregon. This tomato really does fit its name, as it is great for canning, juicing, slicing and fresh eating. Outstanding yields of 3-4 1/2 inch deep red fruit with rich tomato flavor. Determinate plants are quite disease resistant. Golden Egg
70 to 75 days, plum, indeterminate, rare. Golden Egg tomatoes explode with incredible flavor. Delicious, attractive and super for fresh eating, relishes, salads, soup, drying. Goldman's Italian American
Mid season, indeterminate, high yielding, about 1 pound, blood red, ribbed paste tomato. Fruit is fig shaped and described by Amy Goldman as "very heavy in the hips". Reasonably firm, meaty and juicy, makes a very creamy sauce. Named for Amy's father's grocery store in Brooklyn. Granny Smith Hybrid
(VFASt) 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!
Grape
60 days. Indeterminate. Long, grape-like clusters of brilliant red elongated cherry tomatoes have earned this variety its name. Very sweet, complex flavor is delicious and has made these tomatoes a favorite of people everywhere. In fact, pints of these have become a popular supermarket item. Vigorous vines are very productive, but none of these delectable little morsels will go to waste. Their taste is addictive! Crack-resistant and tolerant to heat and a number of tomato diseases. Green Grape
No more waiting for green tomatoes to turn red and ripe without spoiling. Fruits are just under 1" across, profusely borne on vigorous plants. Very juicy and sweet, perfect for naturally green ketchups, soups, garnishes, sauces and hors d'oeuvres. Indian Striped
Mid-season, indeterminate, a strain of Cherokee Purple that has fruits of a lighter color, more fruits per truss and slightly smaller in size, all else is the same as Cherokee Purple. Cherokee Purple was from TN and Indian Stripe was found in south central AR where the Cherokee had (and still have) a presence.
Japanese Black Trifele
Heavy producer of pear-shaped fruits that are free of blemishes and cracks and range in color from intense black to dark grey blushed with magenta. Plants produce prolific yields of picture perfect, 3 to 5 ounce fruits that look stunning when sliced and arranged on a plate. As delicious as it is unique. An excellent canner as it holds its flavor and color well. Jet Star Hybrid
(VF) Prolific producer of big, globe-shaped fruits that ripen all the way through. Excellent flavor with low acidity. Nice, compact habit. Joe's Portuguese
Mid-season, indeterminate, RL (Regular leaf; serrations/indentations on the leaf edge, some varieties have crinkled/puckered leaves called "rugose" and some have greyish/fuzzy foliage called "angora".), very sparse foliage, super sized pink beefsteak. Lafayette
Mid season. Indeterm., 3 to 5 oz. red globe. Heavy producer, performs consistently. Large Cherry Red
An excellent salad tomato, with clusters of 5 on spreading, hardy vines, with dark green foliage. Full-season, high yields of deep scarlet, round, 1 to 1-1/4" diameter, flavorful fruits. Green fruits may be pickled, while ripe ones are used fresh or for preserves. Malakhitovaya Shkatulka (aka Malachite Box)
The translated name means "Malachite Box," named after the lovely green boxes that are made from this mineral that comes from the Ural mountains and other areas. This early, light-to-olive green, medium-sized tomato has succulent bright green flesh that is very flavorful and tasty. Plants are productive even in the north, as this variety was developed at Svetlana Farm in Russia, and it has been tested in Siberia! Make a unique green ketchup from this variety. Marglobe
This highly adaptable, tasty old favorite produces high yields of globe- shaped fruits on uniform vines. Large fruits are uniform as well, very sweet and thick-walled. Tolerant to Fusarium Wilt. (VFA)
Micro Tom Hybrid
Considered to be the world's smallest tomato, with plants only 6 to 8" tall, bearing loads of flavorful, 1 oz., deep red fruits. Micro Tom is an ideal house plant for windowsills or patios, letting you enjoy vine-ripened tomatoes year round! Developed by the University of Florida. Mini Orange
A tasty little tomato that produces massive yields of salad-sized tomatoes all summer. These little 2 oz tomatoes are of the most intense orange color, they seem to be almost glowing. This one really stands out in the garden, table, or at market. Mortgage Lifter
The Mortgage Lifter tomato was developed in the early 1930's in Logan, West Virginia by a radiator repairman, M.C. "Radiator Charlie" Byles. Without any experience in breeding, he made a successful cross of four of the largest tomatoes he could find - German Johnson, Beefsteak, an Italian variety, and an English variety. Radiator Charlie sold the first seedlings of his new tomato in the 1940's for one dollar each to customers who drove up to 200 miles for his famous plants that bore tasty tomatoes averaging two and a half pounds. With these sales, Charlie managed to pay off his $6,000 mortgage in only six years, and so the tomato was named Mortgage Lifter. This large, meaty, mild-flavored tomato has few seeds and is the perfect tomato-sandwich tomato. Indeterminate plants bear pinkish-red, two and a half to four pound tomatoes all summer long. Mr. Stripey
80 days, Bi-colored beefsteak type. The fruits are yellow with red-streaked flesh, large (range from fourteen ounces to three pounds!) and flavorful.
Old Brooks
Smooth, blemish-free fruits known for their superior resistance to blossom end-rot as well as to early and late blights. Gourmet quality flesh, with a fine, even texture. The taste is somewhat acidic, which proves to be an asset in home canning. Good all-around variety. Old Yellow Candystripe
Mid-season, indeterminate, oblate, large pale yellow fruits with a semi-pink center, about 1 pound in size. Omar's Lebanese
70 Days. A great tomato from a small Lebanese hill town. Red, meaty fruits have an excellent rich flavor and are very productive. Opalka
Fruits are far richer and more flavorful than most paste tomatoes. A long, pepper-shaped type with fruits that grow to 4 to 6" long, clustered in groups of 2 to 5. So sweet and refreshing, it can be eaten straight off the vine, but is highly prized for sauces and canning. Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge
80-90 days. The most unique tomato I have seen in many years, this stunning tomato is a vibrant, tangerine-orange with shocking true purple splashed in various amounts over its upper half. These fruit always stand out and look so artistic and ornate with their flattened shape, ribbing and brilliant color! This is one of the few domestic tomatoes that have true purple pigment, although research is being done with wild purple tomatoes. These have a nice sweet, mild and fruit-like taste that makes them good for snacking or cooking. Fruit weighing 4-10 ounces were produced in abundance and tended to get more purple as the season progressed. Pink Ruffled
Mid-season, indeterminate, very unique pink ruffled fruits. Very productive. Superb yields, very attractive. Red Baby Roma
75 days. A plum, egg or pear-shaped tomato, noted for its meatiness. Noted for heavy yields. Red Currant
The Tiniest Tomato You'll Ever See -- But So Flavorful! Four of these tomatoes fit onto a dime! 65 to 70 days from setting out transplants. Indeterminate. Unbelievably tiny, this perfectly round, red tomato packs more flavor into its very small space than others do with 10 times the diameter! A South American variety, Red Currant is a very heavy-yielding, long-season variety that sets enormous clusters of fruit so small that 4 of them fit onto a dime! Red Pear
One of the rarest of the heirloom varieties and still grown today! Hardy, medium-sized plants yield plenty of small, red, pear-shaped fruits with very few seeds. Perfect for salads, sauces or pickles. Roma
(VFA) Roma is considered to be the most well-known paste-type tomato, perfect for sauces, pastes and ketchup. Its heavy crops of bright red, pear-shaped fruits are nice and meaty, with very few seeds. Sabre
Mid-season, indeterminate, juicy slicing tomato, 6 to 10 oz. round globe shape. Scarlet Sweet 'N Neat
60 days to maturity from setting out transplants. Determinate habit, but produces fruit all season long. Here we go -- a fabulous new cherry tomato compact enough to grow in containers on the patio or back porch, with a determinate habit (meaning that it stops growing once it sets fruit) BUT an indeterminate fruit production (meaning that those new tomatoes just keep setting all season long!) Talk about the best of every situation: it's compact, it's heavy-bearing, and by the way, it's delicious! Sweet 'n' Neat Scarlet Improved reaches just 10 to 12 inches high, but sets lots and lots of flowers and fruit on its well-branched habit. The little cherries are about 3/4 to 1-ounce, arising in huge clumps like grapes! They will continue as long as the warm summer weather holds out, so get ready for a bumper crop! Starling
Mid-season, indeterminate, globe-shaped fruits weighing about 12 oz. Very solid, resists cracking. Sungold
A positively luscious, bite-size golden beauty overflowing with an abundance of fruits - thin-skinned, with a juicy flesh that holds its oh-so-sweet, fresh-from-the-vine flavor. Very early, and a heavy cropper both outdoors and in greenhouses. Cascading trusses are smothered in fruits that remain ripe and ready for picking over long periods of time. Super Beefsteak
Delicious, flavorful, meaty fruits have smooth shoulders, not as rough and ridgy as Beefsteak and the blossom end scars are smaller. Prolific, vigorous plants produce luscious red fruits averaging 17 ounces. Indeterminate. Super Marmande
Mid-season, indeterminate, very productive, 8 to 10 oz. size, beefsteak type. Super Sweet 100 Hybrid
70 days. Cherry tomatoes bursting with sugary flavor. The scarlet, cherry-sized fruits are produced in long pendulous clusters right up to frost. Grow on stakes or a fence. Sutton
Mid-season, indeterminate, RL, one of the better whites in regards to taste, high yield of 8 to 10 oz oblate fruits that are pale ivory to a deeper yellow, sometimes with a pink blush at the blossom end, but not a tricolor. Sweet Million Hybrid
(FT) Terrific flavor in high yields of super-sweet cherry tomatoes that have excellent, hybrid disease resistance. Long chains of smooth, dark red, 1 to 1-1/2" fruits are produced on large vigorous plants. Matures nice and early and continues producing until frost. Thai Pink Cherry
Delicious, grape tomatoes from Thailand, "The Land of Smiles!" The crisp pink fruit are bursting with natural goodness, sweet and rich. This tomato is popular all over the Kingdom. The brilliant pink grape shaped, 1 oz. fruit are perfect for fresh eating! Good yields and fruit is uniform.
Thessaloniki
Uniform, baseball-sized fruits are the trademark of this variety developed in sunny Greece. Resistant to sunburn, cracks and spots. Perfect blossom ends resemble those of greenhouse tomatoes. Fruits have a pleasant, mild flavor and virtually refuse to rot, even when completely red and ripe. Violet Jasper
When these little Oriental jewels ripen, your eyes will be stunned with color. They have pretty violet-purple fruit with iridescent green streaks! Fruit weigh 1-3 ounces, are smooth and have good tasting, dark purplish-red flesh. This variety will also amaze you with its yield: it's not only high, but incredibly high, being very productive. Introduced from China. Whippersnapper
Matures: 59 Days. Extra-early, tasty, pinkish-red, tomatoes. Prolific compact plants good for hanging planters and patio gardens produce large quantities of slightly oval, 1'' fruits. (Determinate) Yellow Pear
Vigorous vines produce high yields of 2", yellow-skinned, pear-shaped fruits with few seeds. Slightly later than Red Pear, but with the same prolific yields and dependable performance. Yellow Ping Pong
75 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant produces high yields of 2-inch golden-yellow tomatoes. They are the same shape and size as a ping pong. The tomatoes are sweet and juicy, and have a refreshing lemon like flavor. Excellent eaten fresh or for salads. Indeterminate. Yellow Sweet 'N Neat
An ultra-compact, dwarf variety that is bred to thrive on windowsills, decks and in patio containers. Strongly branched plants produce masses of sweet fruits over a long season for continuous harvests. Petite 1" round fruits weigh less than an ounce, with a memorable flavor that sparkles with sweetness. Vines will reach 12 to 14" staked. Grow both colors for a summer-long treat. (Totally Tomatoes Horticultural Variety Description R 6 1.6) | 
