All plants are $1.25 each (except Sweet Seedless which are $3.00 each).
Note: All plants offered are indeterminate which means they will grow and produce fruit until killed by frost. They can reach heights of up to 12 feet although 6 feet is normal. Indeterminates bloom, set new fruit and ripen fruit all at the same time throughout the season. They require substantial staking for support.
1884 (New!) Heirloom. Pink-Red. Maturity: 78 days (Mid Season) SOLD OUT!
A great old-time heirloom tomato said to have been discovered by James Lyde Williamson near Friendly, W.Virginia in a pile of flood debris from the Ohio River in 1884. The vigorous plants yield large (1-2 lb.) dark pink fruit with lots of tomato flavors.
Ananas Noire (New!) Open-Pollinated. Purple-Black. Maturity: 80 days (Later Mid Season) Only 1 potential plant left! *
The name of this Belgian tomato, introduced by Pascal Moreau in 2005, is French for “black pineapple”. The plants are large, sprawling and yield a 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 whollop of acidity. Try this tomato in a salad with other colors. Makes a delicious rich tomato sauce.
Black Krim Heirloom. Purple-Black. Patio. Beefsteak. Maturity: 75 days (Mid Season) SOLD OUT!
Originally from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union. This outstanding tomato yields 3-4" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste. Black Krim has always ranked high in our taste tastes and is one of my personal favorites. Also suitable for a container/patio garden. Perfect choice for slicing, salads and cooking.
Box Car Willy Heirloom. Red. Maturity: 80 days (Later Mid Season)SOLD OUT!
Named for the singer Boxcar Willie of the Grand Ole Opry. This tomato is a slightly flattened New Jersey variety. The plants are tall, vigorous and yield abundant crops of 10 to 16-ounce, smooth, bright-orange/red slicer tomatoes with distinctly delicious well-balanced, rich, sweetness that have sufficient acid to push the flavors forward. A guaranteed good choice as a canning tomato, sauce tomato or salad tomato or perfect for tomato juice. Produces well until frost and is resistant to disease and cracking.
Brandy Boy Hybrid. Pink-Red. Beefsteak. Maturity: 78 days (Mid Season) Only 3 potential plants left! *
Better than Brandywine? That's what many say. Exclusively from Burpee, they say, “One of the all-time classic tomatoes is now even better. Brandy Boy captures all the rich flavor of the beloved Brandywine heirloom tomato—long the flavor favorite among heirloom tomatoes—with a more shapely form, tidier growth habit, improved disease-resistance and bigger, earlier yields. Our new hybrid produces loads of large pink fruits up to 5 ½" across. The fruits ripen evenly, and share Brandywine’s soft heirloom texture, thin skin and exceptional tangy-sweet taste.” We had good reports from customers last year so it's back for another try.
Chocolate Stripes Open Pollinated. Bi-Colored. Maturity: 79 days (Mid Season) Only 30 potential plants left! *
Fantastic! – the flavor is outstanding. A real beauty that's sold like hot-cakes at the tomato stand and another personal favorite. In 2008 it was honored with first place for flavor in our taste testing. The plants produce 3-4 inch, mahogany colored fruit with dark, olive green-striping (similar to black zebra). Delicious, complex, rich, sweet, earthy tomato flavors. Produces well into the autumn. A great sandwich and salad tomato.
Flamme' Heirloom. Orange. Maturity: 70 days (Earlier Mid-Season)Only 2 potential plants left! *
Highly ranked for flavor in our 2006 taste testing, this extremely prolific French heirloom tomato does well even in cool, wet summers. The plants bear clusters of 6, beautiful, 1 1/2-inch, crack-resistant, round, golf-ball sized tomatoes that are persimmon-orange colored inside and out. Delicious, full-bodied tomato flavor that literally bursts in your mouth. Very decorative. Makes a great flavored sauce. Also perfect for sun-drying or roasting.
Green Zebra Green-yellow striped. Maturity: 75 days (Mid Season) Only 21 potential plants left! *
If I didn't offer Green Zebra, I'm sure a protest would develop out front. Though unusual, this baby ranked first place for flavor in our 2010 taste testing and it's developed quite a cult-like following! The 2-inch round fruit ripens to a yellow-gold with dark-green zebra-like stripes. The flesh is lime-emerald in color that has an invigorating lemon-lime flavor. A great tomato for brightening up salads and other tomato dishes.
Kellogg's Breakfast (New!) Heirloom, Yellow-orange. Beefsteak. Maturity: 80 days (Later Mid Season) Only 6 potential plants left! *
I've been wanting to try this one for a few year's based on its write-up. One lb., pale to deep orange beefsteak tomatoes originally from West Virginia, that are thin-skinned, meaty, have few seeds and a fantastic sweet, tangy flavor. Juice and inside flesh have the same bright orange color as orange juice.
Mexico Heirloom. Pink-Red. Beefsteak. Maturity: 79 days (Mid Season) Only 26 potential plants left! *
Since offering this one a couple of years ago, it's received rave reviews! I love it for its superb flavor. Brought to America by a Mexican family living in the Midwest. The plants are very large and prolific and yield huge sets of 1-2 pound, slightly flattened, irregular-shaped, dark-pink beefsteak tomatoes with terrific bold, tomato flavors. Plenty of sweetness with complementary acid flavors. Customers swear by the taste quality and visual appeal of this tomato. Perfect for slicing fresh and thick for sandwiches and sliced up in salads.
Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian (New!) Heirloom. Pink-Red. Beefsteak. Maturity: 69 days (Early Season) Only 12 potential plants left! *
30 years ago Mrs. Maxwell of Mexico, Missouri was given tomato seeds by a friend from Italy. She valued the tomato so much that for the next thirty years she saved the seeds, choosing the largest, earliest, non-cracking tomatoes each year. Her son passed the seeds on so we all could share them. These large, very prolific, indeterminate, potato-leaf tomato plants yield 1-2 pound, 3 to 4-inch, dark-pink beefsteak tomatoes with incredible flavor. A perfect tomato for eating fresh off the vine or as a canning tomato or for cooking into a tomato sauce. Another winner!
San Marzono Redorta (paste tomato) Heirloom. Red. Maturity: 78 days (Mid Season) Only 5 potential plants left! *
Even though it's a paste tomato, customers who grew this one last year surprised us saying how much they loved the flavor. A preferred Italian paste tomato named for a mountain, Pizzo Redorta, in Bergamo, Italy. A much larger tomato (8 oz., 4-inch) with much better taste than it’s cousin, San Marzano. Good enough to eat off the vine with the bonus of ending up with more tomato paste per plant. Note: We're offering “plants only” of this variety.
Snowball Heirloom. White-yellow. Maturity: 79 days (Mid Season) SOLD OUT!
Another surprise last year was discovering how much flavor this non-red tomato had! So, this rare heirloom is back. The plants yield very heavy crops of 8-12 oz., 2 1/2" to 3", white-yellow, somewhat flattened round tomatoes with a creamy white flesh and very mild sweet flavors. Delicious! A good choice for folks who want low-acid tomatoes. Produces fruit well into the cooler end of season. Perfect choice for slicing, canning, or even making tomato juice. Also good for making a sweet white pasta sauce.
Stupice Heirloom. Red. Patio. Maturity: 52 days (Early Season) Only 27 potential plants left! *
This potato-leaf heirloom from Czechoslovakia is a cold-tolerant tomato that bears an abundance of very sweet, flavorful 2 to 3-inch, deep red fruit. A 1988 comparative tasting in the San Francisco area gave it first place for its wonderful sweet/acid, tomatoey flavor and production. Voted #1 in our 2006 Taste Testing; back for a seventh year.
Sungold Cherry Tomato Hybrid. Orange-yellow. Maturity: 57 days (Early Season) SOLD OUT!
Customers can't get enough of these positively luscious, bite-size golden beauties. The plants overflow 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; cascading trusses are smothered in fruits that remain ripe and ready for picking over long periods of time. Sun Gold is not as sweet as other cherry tomatoes but has a more tomatoey flavor. Voted #1 in 2005 overall and #1 in our 2006 non-red varieties Taste Testing. Tip: These taste best when fully ripened - more orangey.
Super Choice (New!) Heirloom. Red. Beefsteak. Maturity: 85 days (Later Season) Only 33 potential plants left!
A rare, wonderful, historic Kentucky heirloom tomato preserved by Hobart Pearson of Berea, Kentucky, who was given seeds from an Amish family of Liberty, Kentucky, who had been growing it for over 100 years. The vigorous plants yield heavy loads of 1-2 lb., red, beefsteak tomatoes loaded with rich, complex, old-time tomato flavors. This is a classic beefsteak tomato with a wonderful flavor and texture that make it perfect for slicing thick for tomato sandwiches and cut into tomato salads.
The world’s first seedless tomato is here. Burpee created this breakthrough tomato calling it the perfect balance of flavor, sweetness, meat, gel, firmness and juiciness. Beyond the lack of seeds to digest, this 8 – 10 ounce tomato is first rate for taste. Since the plants don’t need to store sugars in the seeds, the tomato’s total sweetness is in every rich slice. Full-fledged disease-resistance. NOTE: $3.00 per plant; Limit one plant per customer.
* "Potential plants" count is approximate and means the seed count minus a few in case some don't germinate. (I haven't planted the seeds yet.)
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Seeds purchased and some descriptions from: Tomatofest.com, Burpee.com and Jungseed.com