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Fruits are deep red, smooth-skinned, meaty and juicy with an average weight of 9 oz. to 1 lb. The vines have excellent disease resistance resulting in yields nearly double that of other beefsteak varieties. 1994 AAS Winner. These giants slice up perfectly for big sandwiches. Voted #2 for flavor in our 2005 & 2006 Taste Testing.

Black Krim Heirloom. Dark Red (“Black”). Maturity: 75 days (Mid Season)

(aka Black Crimson and Black Crim) 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. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste (which is great for those not wanting to add salt to their tomatoes). Also suitable for container/patio garden. Perfect choice for slicing, salads and cooking. This is one of my personal favorites so it’s back for a fifth year.

Brandywine, OTV Heirloom. Pink-Red. Maturity: 72 days (Mid Season)

A potato-leaf heirloom named and released by Carolyn Male and Craig LeHoullier who state this tomato, "the best strain of Brandywine set apart from others by its smooth, creamy, almost buttery texture, and harmonious sweet flavor." The fruits of this heirloom are rich red with a slight orange undertone and weigh an average of 1 lb. This variety is known to set fruit better than the Pink Brandywine. Brandywine is our most asked-for variety and placed #2 in our 2008 taste-testing.

Cherokee Purple (New!) Heirloom. Purple ("Black"). Maturity: 80 days (Later Season) 

Heirloom from Tennessee cultivated by the 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. Because of its rich, complex and sweet flavors, it's one of the best tasting heirloom tomatoes.

Chocolate Stripes Open Pollinated. Maturity: 79 days (Mid Season) 

I love this one – the flavor is outstanding and it's a real beauty. It's sold like hot-cakes for the last two years – I can't keep enough at the stand. In 2008 it was honored with first place for flavor in our taste testing. The plants yield a plentiful crop of 3-4 inch, mahogany colored fruit with dark, olive green-striping. Delicious, complex, rich, sweet, earthy tomato flavors. Produces well into the autumn. A great sandwich and salad tomato.

Earl Of Edgecombe (New!) Heirloom. Yellow-orange. Maturity: 73 days (Mid Season)

The smooth, 3-inch, round, uniformly ripening fruits are beautiful orange globes, typically borne in clusters of two or more. Flesh is firm, meaty and exceptionally flavorful. The name? When the 6th Earl of Edgecombe died in the 1960's, the heir to the title of 7th Earl was a relative in New Zealand who was a sheep farmer at the time. When he traveled to England to claim the title, he brought this tomato with him. The seeds for this New Zealand heirloom were made available through Carolyn Male, who found it the best of her 1996 seed trials.

Fred Limbaugh Potato Top (New!) Heirloom. Pink-red. Maturity: 78 days (Mid Season)

(aka 'Limbaugh's Legacy Potato Top.' ) An excellent find for a 'best-tasting' heirloom tomato. These heirloom tomato seeds were saved by gardener, Fred Limbaugh from Robinson, PA, and his father and grandfather (no relation to Rush that I know of). The plants yield large amounts of beautiful, 1-2 pound, slightly-flattened, slightly-fluted, pink beefsteak tomatoes, with exceptional, complex, fruity sweet flavors, perfectly balanced with just the right amount of acidity to make for that old-fashioned tomato taste. A perfect choice for slicing for sandwiches, tomato salads or cooking into great culinary dishes. A fine choice as a market tomato.

Green Zebra Green-yellow striped. Maturity: 75 days (Mid Season)

Developed in 1985 by tomato breeder Tom Wagner, this is an unusual and exquisite tomato chosen by Alice Waters for her restaurant, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. 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. We've offered this one since 2006 and it has developed a cult-like following. Placed #3 for flavor in our 2008 taste testing.

Mexico (New!)Heirloom. Pink-red. Maturity: 79 days (Mid Season)

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. A favorite at the market as 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.

Mortgage Lifter, Radiator Charlie’s (New!)  Heirloom. Pink-red. Maturity: 82 days (Later Season)

Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifters are large, slightly flattened, pink-red that range from 1 pound to more than 3 pounds. Developed in 1930's by M.C. Byles, affectionately known as "Radiator Charlie" who earned his nickname from the radiator repair business he opened at the foot of a steep hill on which trucks would often overheat. Radiator Charlie, who had no formal education or plant breeding experience, created this legendary tomato by cross-breeding four of the largest tomatoes he was able to find and developed a stable variety after six years of pollination and selection. He then sold his heirloom tomato plants for one dollar each (in the 1940’s) and paid off the six thousand dollar mortgage on his house in six years. It is said that each spring, gardeners drove as far as 200 miles to buy Charlie’s seedling tomatoes. The fruit is meaty, very flavorful and have few tomato seeds. 

Russian Big Roma (paste tomato) (New!) Heirloom. Red. Maturity: 85 days (Later Season)

A favorite heirloom paste variety. Disease resistant plant produces lots of huge (2 x 4-inch), deep red, fruits with exceptionally rich tomatoey flavors. We're offering plants only of this variety for customers who want to make a great-tasting sauce!

Stupice Heirloom. Red. Maturity: 52 days (Early Season)

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 fifth year.

Sun Gold Cherry Tomato Hybrid. Orange-yellow. Maturity: 52 days (Early Season)

They're back! 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; 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. Brought back this year by popular demand!

Sunsets Red Horizon (New!) Heirloom. Red. Maturity: 72 days (Mid Season)

This outstanding heirloom tomato, named by tomato grower, Gary Ibsen, for Sunset magazine in 2003, is a native to Southern Russia. Huge, red, 4 to 6-inch, meaty, heart-shaped fruits are borne from a big leafy plant with wispy vines. Introduced to the west by Nik Peplenov who immigrated to the US in 1999 and brought with him his favorite heirloom tomato seeds from the Rostov Don region of Russia. They are not only one of the first tomato varieties to produce, but produce fruit late into the season. Proven resistant to frost, blossom end rot and cracking. Delicious fruit with huge tomatoey flavors.

Vintage Wine Pink-gold. Maturity: 84 days (Later Season)

A wonderful addition to your garden. Pink with gold-striped, pastel-hued, 1 lb. tomato with pronounced, elegant sweet delicious flavor. Tall potato-leaf plant producing lots of fruit. This is another one that sold like hot-cakes last year and has become one of my favorites.  A real beauty - it truly is a delight.

Zarnitza (New!) Heirloom. Red. Maturity: 60 days (Early Season)

A short heirloom plant from a region 50 miles south of Moscow. (Zarnitsa translates as "Summer Lightning.") A very early and prolific variety the produces red, 2 1/2-inches. Disease and crack resistant. Delicious, sweet, buttery and juicy. One of the best early varieties.