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Annuals, tender perennials, herbs and 60+ cultivars of your favorite tomatoes! Please note that warm season vegetables - Tomatoes, Cukes, Peppers, Eggplant, Squash - will be ready for purchase from May 15th onward. We now have Cold Season Vegetable Plants available for sale. Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts & Lettuce. Tomato Cultivars for 2010 (in alphabetical order) Available starting Saturday, May 15th 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.
Best Boy
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
(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.
Black Brandywine
A prolific yielder whose novel, black fruits are well-formed, oval shaped, with "real tomato taste!"
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.
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.
Brandy Boy
Brandy Boy hybrid Brandywine produces loads of large pink fruits, up to 5 & 1/2 inches across, that ripen evenly, with soft heirloom texture, thin skin and that same incredible Brandywine flavor. Better yet the plants sport an upright more manageable growth habit. Brandy Boy is an indeterminate variety, ready to pick 75-78 days after setting out plants.
Indeterminate.
Brandywine
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.
Burpee Supersteak
(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.
Cherokee Purple
A reliable producer of unusual, medium pink-purple fruits that appear brown in color, and average 8 to 12 oz., apiece. Fruits are round to oblate, with no cracking. Exhibits tolerance to mild drought as well as to common diseases.
Delicious
77 day. Plant produces good yields of gigantic red meaty tomatoes. This tomato still holds the World Record at 7 plus pounds. Very few seeds! Excellent for salads, tomato juice, and canning. Perfect slicing tomato. Impress your neighbors and try growing a world record size tomato! Crack Resistant. United States Department of Agriculture. Indeterminate.
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.
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.
Golden Ponderosa
As large and meaty as its red sister, but golden-yellow, with smooth, solid, mild-flavored fruits that have low acid and a sweet flavor. Vines are vigorous to 8 ft. with large leaves. Flattened and round to oblong fruits with thin skins.
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!
Hillbilly
This ancient heirloom hails from the hills of West Virginia, where they know a superb tomato when they see one! Huge, mild-flavored, beefsteak-type fruits weigh 1 to 2 lbs. apiece, and are colored a most unusual orange- yellow, streaked and mottled in attractive shades of red and pink.
Italia Hybrid
(VFFNASt) The very first of all hybrid paste types! Very adaptable, with the classic, blocky pear shape. Exceptionally high yielder. More disease resistance than other paste types.
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.
Jelly Bean Hybrid
A cute cherry-grape tomato bearing bite-sized fruits with slightly flattened sides much like a jelly bean. Fruits have a nice, sweet, typical cherry tomato-like flavor. Vines bears very heavily, with hundreds and hundreds of fruits on mature plants. Fruits are born in large clusters of up to 30 each. Indeterminate. 60-65 days.
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.
Jubliee
1943 All-America Selections Winner! 72 days. Plant produces high yields of golden-yellow tomatoes. Excellent for making tomato juice and canning. Also good in salads and cooking. A low acidity variety. United States Department of Agriculture introduction. Indeterminate.
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.
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.
Original Goliath Hybrid
(VFFNTASt) Every inch a king, from its beautiful, smooth bright-red, deep oblate fruits averaging 10 to 15 oz., to a sweet luscious flavor that lives up to its virtually blemish-free exterior. Tall vigorous plants produce yield after yield, and modern disease resistance makes Goliath widely adaptable.
Park's Beefy Boy Hybrid
A sweet and hearty beefsteak tomato.
The Park's Beefy Boy tomatoes are the result of special breeding to enhance flavor. Beefy Boy is a meaty, extra large beefsteak type tomato with excellent flavor. Contains more solid and less gel than other beefsteaks.
Patio Hybrid
(FASt) Perfect for container gardening or limited space. Vines are extremely compact, yet produce medium-sized, deep oblate fruits that are smooth, firm and flavorful.
Pink Brandymaster Hybrid
(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.
Pink Brandywine
(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.
Red Alert
A superb juicy, sweet flavor in small fruits. Expect 4 to 5 pounds of fruits per plant! Excellent for container and patio gardening. Easy-to- grow.
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.
Red Tumbling Tom
This magnificent variety cascades to 20" or more, making it ideal for hanging baskets and container gardens. Sturdy, evenly branched plants are loaded with juicy, 1 to 2" fruits, perfectly sized for snacking and salads. A true ornamental that may seem too pretty to pick, but one sweet bite will have you coming back for more.
Red Zebra
This variety gets our vote for both beauty and substance - the best looking and best tasting of all striped tomatoes available on the market today! Fruits are dark red inside, and brighter fire engine-red outside, with skins streaked by dramatic, golden stripes. Juicy and flavorful, with large crops of 3" fruits on strong, productive plants.
Riesentraube
The name, which translates as "great bunch of grapes", describes its astounding number of flowers. As many as 350 flowers per plant transform into bunches of red fruits weighing about 3/4 oz. each. Excellent, full-bodied flavor similar to a beefsteak, in fruits barely 1-1/2" across. Compact vines, strongly branched, with good foliage cover.
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.
Rutgers
(VFASt)All-purpose variety, ideal for canning. Ripens evenly from inside out. Bright red fruits with heavy walls average about 7 oz. Attractive, old-time favorite. Full-bodied flavor and disease resistant.
Salad Lover Hybrid
Steve Lock of Englewood, Ohio came up with the perfect name for this mega-performing saladette variety! Huge yields of deep, square-shaped fruits weigh up to 3-1/2 oz. each. Superb flavor and uniform ripening.
Sudduth's Brandywine
(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.
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.
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 Egg
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.
Totem Hybrid
More fruit than foliage, compact and perfect for patios or window boxes. Just 18 to 30" tall, with small to medium, round, red, flavorful fruits produced in abundance-- up to 10 lbs. per plant! Great for indoor gardens too, with its attractive dark green foliage. No staking is required.
Tough Boy Hybrid
(VFN)-Extra early and vigorous. Plants have medium sized leaves and medium short internodes. Fruits weigh approx. 1 lb. and grow in clusters of 6 to 7. This pink tomato is very sweet with skin that resists cracking. Ideal for home gardens.
Variegated
This showy heirloom, originally from Ireland, is beautiful enough to hold its own in the flower garden--but you'll want to enjoy its tasty fruits all season long. Fragrant plants look pretty when trellised, with ornamental clusters of 5 to 6, red, 2" fruits displayed on strong trusses against attractive variegated foliage.
Yellow Brandywine
Golden-yellow version of Brandywine, with prolific yields of flattened, somewhat irregular fruits.
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 Tumbling Tom
This magnificent variety cascades to 20" or more, making it ideal for hanging baskets and container gardens. Sturdy, evenly branched plants are loaded with juicy, 1 to 2" fruits, perfectly sized for snacking and salads. A true ornamental that may seem too pretty to pick, but one sweet bite will have coming back for more.
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