Beefsteak, Big Beef
Nice combination of size, taste, and earliness. Still unsurpassed as the top choice for fresh market hybrid beefsteak tomatoes. Large, 10-12 oz, mostly blemish-free, globe-shaped red fruit. They have full flavor and ripen early for their size. Broad disease resistance package. High resistance to Alternaria stem canker, Fusarium wilt races 1, 2, gray leaf spot, nematodes, tobacco mosaic virus, and Verticillium wilt. AAS winner.
Beefsteak, Brandywine
One of the best tasting heirloom tomatoes. We describe Brandywine's luscious flavor as "very rich, loud, and distinctively spicy." The large fruits, often over 1 lb, have a deep-pink skin and smooth, red flesh. The medium-tall, potato-leaf plant is best staked or caged.
Beefsteak, Cherokee Purple
Unusual variety with full flavor. Famously rich flavor and texture make this a colorful favorite among heirloom enthusiasts. Medium-large, flattened globe, 8-12 oz. fruits. Color is dusky pink with dark shoulders. Interior coloring ranges from purple to brown to green. Relatively short vines.
Beefsteak, Copia
Unique large gold beefsteaks with a blend of orange/red and green/red striping. Sweet, juicy flesh is swirled with color throughout. This Green Zebra and Marvel Stripe cross is named for COPIA, the American Center of Food, Wine and the Arts in Napa, CA. 12-16oz fruits. Indeterminate.
Beefsteak, Damsel
Damsel offers the heirloom color and flavor of a pink brandywine in a late blight-resistant pink beefsteak tomato! Fruit has a long shelf life at peak ripeness. Hybrid indeterminate plants are productive and relatively early for such big (12oz) fruit that absolutely burst with juicy flavor that’s an intricate blend of sweet and acid.
Beefsteak, Lemon Boy Plus
Lemon Boy Plus has all the best qualities as the original Lemon Boy plus improved flavor and sweetness, better shelf life, and improved disease package. Lemon Boy Plus Tomato is a hybrid, indeterminate tomato variety that produces bright yellow fruits with the perfect balance of sweet and tangy flavors.
Beefsteak, Mountaineer
Mountaineer is one of the most widely-grown market tomatoes. A determinate heirloom that is able to tolerate cool and wet conditions, this big red tomato produces attractive, 8-16 oz slicing beefsteaks with good flavor. Vigorous plants provide plenty of leaf cover and offer fruit with a balanced combination of tart and sweet flavors that remain delicious even into the fall when other tomatoes tend to have poor flavor. It's firm yet juicy texture is perfect for sandwiches and salads, but also works well for cooking and preserving. The fruit is uniform and resistant to cracking.
Beefsteak, Paul Robeson
A black beefsteak tomato that produces 10 oz fruits with a distinctive smoky sweetness. Originating in Russia, it was named in honor of African-American bass singer and social justice activist Paul Robeson. It has become one of the most famous heirloom beefsteaks. Indeterminate.
Beefsteak, Rose De Berne
Beautiful rose-pink Swiss heirloom with big flavor and crack resistance. A chart topper in taste tests, the medium sized fruits, with soft yet durable skin, have an even balance of acidity and sweetness that is perfect for a sandwich or in a quick tomato sauce. Earlier to ripen that other larger varieties and a consistent producer well into the season. Resists cracking, 4-8 oz fruits.
Beefsteak, Woodle
Super-fancy, large, round tangerine-colored fruit with incredible rich, sweet, complex flavor, these are the heirloom orange beefsteaks that we sell at market. Heirloom and indeterminate, but in our experience stay about 4 feet tall. Crack resistant fruits with a long shelf life.
Cherry, Black Cherry
Sweet and robust fruits are a pleasant and striking dark purple to mahogany color and regarded as one of the best-tasting tomatoes, offering a complex flavor profile that is both fruity and balanced, with rich, sweet, and intense notes. So high-yielding that try as we may, we haven't found a hybrid that can beat the heirloom Black Cherry. Indeterminate, highly productive, and very robust variety of tomato. It is an excellent choice for home gardening and is particularly well-suited for snacking.
Cherry, Citrine
Tantalizing, crack-resistant orange cherry. Exceptional snacking tomato with rich, balanced flavor, a meaty bite, and resistance to the splitting and cracking common to other orange cherry tomatoes. A vigorous indeterminate plant, Citrine produces reliable crops in harsh conditions. Larger than Sungold but with a similar extra sweet flavor, this variety always has a place in our garden.
Cherry, Rosella
Back by popular demand this year, this heirloom cherry tomato is a tall and indeterminate plant that produces massive trusses of pink to purple cherries with a smoky blush. They contain very few seeds, are superb for fresh eating, yet are solid enough for cooking or for making a deep, rich red tomato paste. Superior balance of sweetness and acidity, with a rich, lingering aftertaste. We’re crazy about it for snacking right in the garden! Bred for superior flavor by Gourmet Genetics.
Cherry, Sakura
Early, delicious, attractive red cherry tomatoes. Real sweet tomato flavor and firmness without being hard. Among the first to ripen, Sakura keeps going all season long because of its disease resistance. Very tidy, compact plant fits well in tight spaces. Prolific yielder of bright red, shiny, medium-large cherry tomatoes that average 20–22 gm. High resistance to Fusarium wilt, leaf mold, and tomato mosaic virus; and intermediate resistance to nematodes.
Cherry, Sun Gold
One of the most sweet cherry tomatoes with intense fruity flavor. Bright tangerine-orange cherries leave everyone begging for more. Vigorous plants start yielding early and bear right through the season. Hybrid plants have multiple disease resistances and are indeterminate.
Cherry, Sun Sugar
This hybrid produces one of the sweetest golden cherry tomatoes ever bred, developed by the same team that set the sweetness benchmark with Sun Gold. These little jewels have an extraordinary sugar-rich flavor that makes them irresistible right off the vine. Their glowing golden-yellow color, thin skins, and exceptional eating quality make them a favorite for snacking, salads, lunchboxes, and gourmet dishes. Maturing in just 62 days it produces abundant trusses of tiny ½oz fruits all season long. Despite their delicate texture, the fruits are impressively crack-resistant, even in fluctuating weather.
Cherry, Supersweet 100
The classic sweet red cherry tomato, Supersweet 100 is a reliable cherry tomato with prolific yields of great tasting fruits produced in large clusters. This hybrid has high resistance to fusarium wilt and verticillium wilt. Indeterminate.
Paste, Amish Paste
A longtime favorite heirloom plum. Large for a sauce tomato, Amish Paste's slightly irregular plum to strawberry-shaped fruits avg. 8-12 oz. with excellent flavor. These meaty tomatoes are good in salads and great for processing. A Slow Food USA Ark of Taste variety.
Paste, Blue Beech
High-yielding heirloom paste tomato. This "sausage" type paste tomato produces large, 8–10oz, elongated fruits that are easy to process into sauce. An excellent canning tomato, it also tastes great when eaten fresh. Attractive green shoulders give a distinct heirloom look. Fruits ripen during a concentrated period, allowing for a more efficient canning process. It is well-adapted to northern climates, and resists disease and blossom end rot better than others of its type. This strain of Blue Beech was originally brought to Vermont from Italy during WWII. Indeterminate.
Paste, Orange Icicle
Plum tomato with vibrant orange color and strong, almost tropical flavor. Indeterminate. Sweet, rich, and flavorful with strong citrus overtones made this a favorite eating variety last season. We just could not get enough of the sweet, luscious, glowing orange icicle-like fruit that is like an extra long paste tomato. This variety also makes a lovely orange ketchup and a superb salsa. It was a definite winner, and highlights one of the finest examples of Ukrainian tomato breeding. Grown from seed in high quality soil.
Paste, Pirkistine Yellow
Very productive plants produce sausage- shaped, lemon-yellow paste tomatoes. Wonderful heirloom flavor for canning and fresh eating.
Paste, Polish Linguisa
Heirloom plants produce excellent yields of 10 oz red tomatoes. Taste is very sweet; huge sausage shaped tomatoes are excellent for making paste and sauce.
Paste, San Marzano II
San Marzano is considered one of the best paste tomatoes of all time, with Old World look and taste. Whole 4–6 oz. tomatoes peel easily and cook down quickly. This strain originates from Parma, Italy, where it was developed for the 1950's canning industry.
Paste, Sheboygan
Sheboygan is a juicy paste type tomato that produces an abundance of medium sized, 6 oz pink fruit. It has a complex, balanced taste characteristic of heirloom tomatoes. Great for sauce but, unlike most paste tomatoes, eaten fresh it is good too. Grown by Lithuanian immigrants near Sheboygan, WI since the early 1900s, it is listed in the Slow Food Ark of Taste. Indeterminate.
Saladette, Blush
Sweet, fruity flavor has universal appeal. Beautiful, bright yellow snacking tomato. Red stripes appear as blossom-end red marbling develops. Strong plants tolerate tough conditions. 25-30 gm. fruits.
Saladette, Lucky Tiger
Unique look and exceptional flavor. As Lucky Tiger ripens, the green striping becomes more defined and the background turns red as the interior marbling develops. The overall effect when ripe is of a red tomato with prominent green striping. Excellent sweet, tart flavor. Lucky Tiger was bred with high vigor to perform under tough conditions. 25-30 gm. fruits.
Saladette, Red Torch
Early striped snacking tomato. A delicious, small saladette in the Juliet size class. Fruits avg. 1½ oz and are a beautiful shade of red with yellow stripes. This prolific early producer is crack-resistant and performs well even under heavy disease pressure. AAS winner. Indeterminate.
Saladette, Sunrise Bumblebee
One of our all-time favorite tomatoes, this variety thrives over a long season and is often harvested as our last tomatoes of the season. The swirls of reds and oranges inside and out is really beautiful, and they have a sweet and fruity taste. Oblong, and weighing less than an ounce each, this tomato adds a nice pop of color to any mix, but also stands alone as a premium-quality cherry for snacking and salads. One of our favorites for making fresh salsas. Part of the Artisan series, Sunrise Bumble Bee was bred with high vigor to perform under tough conditions. Indeterminate heirloom.
Slicer, 4th of July
Producing 4 oz, luscious tomatoes, Fourth of July is one of the earliest producing varieties you can grow. Grows 4-5’ tall.
Slicer, Blue Ribbon
This early maturing plant produces good yields of very flavorful 10-15 oz red round tomatoes. It has a rich old fashioned tomato flavor and is very juicy. Round, uniform, and this hybrid plant has strong disease resistance. An excellent choice for home gardens.
Slicer, Early Choice
This tomato combines extreme earliness with full-size 5-6oz, perfectly round bright red tomatoes for the season’s first tomato sandwiches! Contains high levels of lycopene. This hybrid is indeterminate and grown from seed in high quality soil.
Slicer, Early Detroit
Early Detroit is a medium sized, round, pink, slicing tomato with excellent flavor. It was released by D.M. Ferry seed company of Detroit in 1909. It was very common in the Detroit area in the 1950’s and 60’s. Sweet and low in acid with bold flavor. Versatile, it is juicy, yet not overly watery and holds together well making it perfect for sandwiches and salads. Also great cooked and good for canning. Vigorous with good disease and crack resistance for an old-time heirloom tomato variety. Indeterminate.
Slicer, Early Girl Plus
Early maturity coupled with abundant yields made the original quintessential early tomato a longtime best seller, the updated version now features increased disease resistance! Enjoy smooth, blemish-free skin, firm flesh, and the same fabulous flavor you know and love in these full-sized 4-6oz slicers. Especially valuable variety for dry-farming or in drought prone conditions. Indeterminate hybrid.
Slicer, Galahad
High yielding, compact plants covered in delicious, crack resistant tomatoes with sweet, meaty flesh. These vibrant red tomatoes have broad shoulders and excellent disease resistance to late blight. The large, clean fruits produce abundantly on compact, sturdy hybrid plants and have great field holding quality. An AAS Winner that is as delicious and flavorful as it is productive. Crack resistant, 9-10 oz, Hybrid.
Slicer, Green Zebra
Popular succulent green slicers with sweet and zingy flavor. Medium-sized fruits start out pale green with dark green stripes that soften and turn yellow when ripe. Perfect exteriors; fruits hold up under adverse conditions and rarely crack. 4-5 oz fruits. Indeterminate heirloom.
Slicer, Mountain Fresh
The most widely-grown hybrid market tomato in the East and Midwest. Able to tolerate cool and wet conditions, this big red tomato produces attractive, 8-16 oz. slicers with good flavor. Vigorous hybrid plants provide plenty of leaf cover. High resistance to fusarium wilt races 1, 2, nematodes, and verticillium wilt.
Slicer, Wisconsin 55
Refreshing taste of summer in a gorgeous, scarlet-red, round, mid-size slicing tomato. Juicy but never mushy, the Wisconsin 55 is great for salads and sandwiches. Impressively vigorous, blemish-free, crack-resistant, uniform, high-yielding and stores well. Good disease resistance to early blight, so it keeps producing until frost. A workhorse variety with exceptional flavor, it was bred for disease and crack resistance in the humid upper Midwest. If you have trouble growing tomatoes, try Wisconsin 55! Plants are indeterminate.
Tomatillo, Verde
Extra-large green tomatillo. This productive hybrid produces big, attractive, flat-round fruits. Plants produce heavy, early yields. A great choice for salsa verde, as the larger fruits are easier to process.
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Schedule
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