Tomatoes

Round to slightly elongated-shaped cherry tomato is bright red and prolific with excellent flavor and plenty of juice. This variety practically grows itself, resisting most diseases and setting loads of fruit. Great for salads and can even be used for juice. Australian Heirloom. Indeterminate. 70 days.

This heirloom variety was passed down from Mrs. Maxwell, who lived in Missouri and whose friend from Italy gave her the original seed. Tomatoes are 1 to 2 lb. dark-pink beefsteaks with luscious flavor and juicy, meaty texture, just right for eating fresh, canning, or even making sauce. Vigorous, potato-leaved plants are prolific and bear earlier than some other beefsteak types. Indeterminate. 80 days.

This beautiful tomato is a ribbed beefsteak type with sweet and meaty flesh. It resembles an heirloom tomato but is more firm. The interior is yellow with red streaks, while the outside is mostly yellow, occasionally turning orange and yellow. Fruit weighs 18 to 24 ounces. The strong indeterminate vines produce fruit over a long period due to excellent disease resistances FFFVV and intermediate resistance to Spotted Wilt Virus, and Late Blight. All-America regional winner. Indeterminate. 75-80 days.

This big sister of Green Zebra green is mild and tasty with the same color and shape, but fruit reach 5- 6 inches and 8 to 9 ounces. Plants are very productive. Indeterminate. 80 days.

A tomato that is red and green-striped is so unusual that it's safe to say that you've probably never seen anything like it before. Although deep red and green outside, its interior is green with pink extending up into the middle. The appearance is so striking and different that we couldn't help noticing it growing in a patch of Copia tomatoes. Fruit is medium to large with a mild, sweet flavor. Indeterminate. 85 days.

Imagine tremendous harvests of pretty pink-red scalloped tomatoes with great flavor and you have the essence of what Big Raspberry offers. Perhaps the name comes from the fruit's rosy pink color or from the way it covers the plant like raspberries on the bush. These meaty sweet tomatoes become 6 to 10 ozs. and really load up on vigorous potato-leaf plants. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 75 days.

This rootstock is known for producing plants with good generative growth, meaning a better balance of flowers and fruit to leafy growth, resulting in heavier yields of tomatoes. It is also known to promote a longer production cycle, extending the season. Resistant to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. This is a well-proven rootstock variety favored by an increasing number of growers.

OTV Brandywine is a strain of Brandywine that came from a natural cross between Yellow Brandywine and an unknown red tomato. 'OTV' stands for 'Off the Vine,' an heirloom tomato newsletter once published by Carolyn Male and Craig LeHoullier. These tomatoes are red, foliage is potato-leaved, and yield is often greater than that of regular Brandywine, especially since OTV Brandywine sets fruit more easily in warm weather. Fruit weighs about 1 lb. and its flavor is delicious, the perfect blend of sugars and acids. Indeterminate. 85 days.

Huge, 1 1/2 to 2 lb. pink beefsteaks have an excellent, rich flavor that is sweet and delicious. In some gardens, these tomatoes routinely grow to 3 lbs. Vigorous plants offer plenty of these deeply ribbed, luscious fruits that are indeed giant. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 85 to 90 days.

A new and unique indigo tomato, this one features lovely white cherry tomatoes splashed with purple on their shoulders. Large harvests of tomatoes are packed with a delicate but complex flavor and are also resistant to sunburn and cracking. As a bonus, fruit hold up well on the plant once ripened and even after picking. Bred by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms. Indeterminate. 80 days.

This variety is lower in acid than most other tomatoes and often recommended to people who are on a low-acid diet. However, the flavor of these bright red fruit includes a good tart tomato flavor nicely complemented by a sweet taste. Tomatoes are medium-sized, round and produced in great abundance. Determinate. 80 days.

Large yellow fruit of exceptional quality, creamy texture, and delicious flavor. Fruit size is from 12 to 24 ozs., and tall vines have healthy, potato-leaved foliage. An extremely rich-tasting tomato, this one is also beautiful due to its smooth, not rough, shape. Indeterminate. 90 days.