Tomatoes

The name of this German heirloom variety means 'giant bunch of grapes,' and that is what clusters of these cherry tomatoes will remind you of. Bouquet-type blossoms turn into bunches of 20 to 40 small, oval red fruit with pointed ends. Vines are very branched, and become covered with fruit. Flavor is excellent, offering taste found in larger tomatoes. Indeterminate. 80 days.

The heirloom Black Brandywine was created before 1930 and has been delighting gardeners ever since. The skin is dark and bold, with succulent and delicious flesh within when you take a bite. Fruit can weigh up to 1 pound. This potato-leafed variety offers slightly better leaf cover than the regular leaf plants. Indeterminate. 80-85 days.

Huge red heart-shaped tomatoes are absolutely luscious, hefty and solid but still delicate inside with superb juicy flavor. Their shape may vary from an elongated globe to a true heart shape, but we still call this an oxheart for its wispy foliage and the fruit's meaty texture. Slice these for dinner, or when the harvest brings too many, cook them into a richly flavored sauce. Heirloom variety. Indeterminate. 80 days.

Huge, deep red beefsteak tomatoes are blemish-free and very well shaped for such large fruit. Their flavor is superb, sweet yet rich and deep with solid, meaty interiors. They weigh about 1 lb., but often become much larger. Generous harvests of these outstanding tomatoes originally from France. Indeterminate. 85 days.

This old variety dates back a century and produces lightly scalloped pink beefsteak tomatoes that weigh one pound and often more than one pound. Their rich, sweet flavor has a depth and intensity that is just outstanding. Our seed originated with the seedsman George Gleckler, and is the true Watermelon Beefsteak, which produces regular-leaved plants. Indeterminate. 75 days.

Very small plants bear heavy crops of 2 oz., oval tomatoes that are bright red and juicy with good tomato flavor. Although plants stay low-growing, they do spread out and become bushy with rugose foliage. Harvests begin incredibly soon, and many gardeners report they are pleasantly surprised by this early variety's excellent flavor. Determinate. 58 days.

A family heirloom of Kalman Lajvort, of Edison, New Jersey, with the seed originally coming from Europe. 8 ounce pink, oval shaped tomatoes have outstanding, rich, sweet flavor. Fruit is very meaty and can be used as a slicer as well as being almost like a large, juicy paste tomato. They are just delicious and produced in abundance until late in the season. Indeterminate. 85 days.

Heavy yields of very flavorful, 8 to 10 oz. beautiful red tomatoes are what makes this greenhouse variety so desirable. Vigorous plants keep producing for a long season, and fruit is of the highest quality, unblemished and deep red both inside and out. Indeterminate. 77 days.

Vine doesn't really climb, but can reach 15 ft. or more by season's end. Each plant yields bushels of dark pink fruit, each weighing about 1 lb. Tomatoes are mildly flavored and meaty with few seeds. Indeterminate. 90 days.

Italian heirloom tomatoes are deep red and scalloped with meaty interiors bursting with wonderful, rich tomato flavor. Expect a great production from these vigorous plants, with plenty of delicious 8 to 12 ounce fruit. Indeterminate. 80 days.

An orange fruited version of Pixie Hybrid II. Plants are 18 inches tall at maturity and bear 1-1/4 inch yellow-orange fruits with meaty orange flesh and excellent flavor. Determinate. 52 days.

Pretty little green cherry fruit have fabulous flavor, making Green Doctors a favorite new green variety. Small tomatoes are about 3/4-inch and borne on long trusses. This variety originated as a green variation of the white Dr. Carolyn tomato growing in the garden of Amy Goldman. Compared to Green Grape, Green Doctors is smaller and sweeter with a nice balance of tartness mingled in. Indeterminate. 75 days.