2014 Tomato Varieties

2014 Tomato Varieties

Cherry Tomatoes

Anna Aasa	A family heirloom from Sweden. They are deep red and hangs in clusters on the vine.
Black Cherry	A purple/black cherry tomato that have the great flavour of all those black tomatoes. Fruits are irresistibly delicious.
Coyote	Wild white/yellow cherry from Mexico, large plant gets loaded with them, voted the "Tastiest" tomato.
Dr Carolyns	Large round to olive shaped cherry tomatoes. Fruits are borne in clusters. Very heavy yields.
Esterina Hybrid	Golden yellow cherry with outstanding sweetness and crack resistance. Compared to Sungold, Esterina is sweeter, very crack resistant and a brighter yellow. Strong disease resistance makes this variety a versatile stand-out. Fruit size is 1-1.5” in diameter.
Ghost Cherry	Big white-yellow cherries are borne in profusion in mid season with a great sweet taste. For salads or to eat off the vine.
Gold Rush Currant	This strain was a selection by a Dutch seedsman. Produces large, indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants with wispy foliage that yield excellent, heavy sets of ¼-inch tomatoes borne in trusses of 10-12. Excellent sweet tomato flavor. A perfect snacking tomato or to adorn salads and culinary creations.
Green Cherry	Large green cherry (cocktail-size: 3 to 3,5 cm) ripening to amber. Best tasting when not too ripe. You really have to pick them before they turn completely amber.
Hartman's Yellow Gooseberry	A very old heirloom tomato that was popular in the 1800’s and listed by Fearing Burr in 1865. It was also illustrated in the Album Vilmorin in 1868. In the nineteenth century it was known as the Yellow Cherry Tomato or the Yellow CherryShaped Tomato. The vigorous vines produce clusters of lemon colored cherry tomatoes that are very tasty.
Ildi	Delectable new Ildi is a sweet grape with a tart underbite -- really satisfying in salads or straight from the vine!
Isis Candy	A family heirloom. A tiny gold fruit swirled with red and possessing a wonderfully sweet taste.
Peacevine	Very sweet red cherry tomatoes that have a very high vitamin C content.
Pink Bumble Bee	Excellent sweet flavor. Pink Bumble Bee is an alluring combination of light pinks, yellows and oranges
Purple Bumble Bee	Excellent sweet flavor. Purple Bumble bee is an eyecatching combination of the dusky purple seen in heirloom tomatoes with metallic green striping.
Red Pear	Tall plant. Don't need too many red or yellow plants. Demand is not great. Only good for mixed baskets of cherries and not on its own. Some people like it for the plant sale.
Rose Quartz Multiflora	Multiflora sub-type with huge bunches of delicious pink cherry tomatoes. Like the standard Rose Quartz, fruits have the same nice deep pink, iridescent color and the same aromatic, fruity flavor. Large clusters of more than 100 tomatoes each. This variety is also amazingly productive.
Sakura Hybrid	Real sweet tomato flavor and firmness without being hard. One of the first varieties to ripen in our greenhouse, Sakura keeps going all season long because of its excellent disease resistance. Prolific yielder of bright red, shiny, medium-sized cherry tomatoes that average 15 grams.
Sun Gold Hybrid	Intense fruity flavor. Exceptionally sweet, bright tangerine-orange cherry tomatoes leave people begging for more. Vigorous plants start yielding early and bear right through the season. Tendency to split precludes shipping, making these an exclusively fresh-market treat. The taste can’t be beat.
Sunpeach Hybrid	Sunpeach, sister variety to Sun Gold, is not as tangy and acidic as its famous orange relative, but is very sweet with excellent flavor. Deep pink, shiny cherries are borne on long trusses. Vigorous, healthy, high-yielding plants.
Sunrise Bumble Bee	Sunrise Bumble Bee is a gorgeous combinations of yellows and reds, inside and out. Excellent sweet and tangy flavor.
Tonodose des Conores	This rare French heirloom cherry tomato has very dark red fruit. The large plants are very productive and the fruit are sweet. EXTREMELY RARE.
Yellow Pear	A very old variety (early 1800s) which is low in acid. Fruits are pear-shaped, sweet, small and juicy. Popular with gourmet chefs.

Gourmet Mini Tomatoes

Blush	1-3 oz. (75-80 days) Another tasty beauty from Fred Hempel. The 2" long 'julienne cherries' have an unforgettable tropical sweet flavor reminiscent of pineapple and are ready to pick when the pink blush starts to appear over the yellow background.
Green Tiger	Darker green striping creates a distinctive appearance. Green Tiger has the greenish-yellow flesh color and bold, sweet and acidic flavor typical of green-when-ripe varieties.
Indigo Rose	Fruit develops a dark blue/black pigment in its skin where exposed to direct sunlight, and they are almost fully dark, with an exception of the bottom part which is pale red. Mild sweetish flavor. High yields. Very striking appearance in the garden and on the plate.
Jaune Flame	5' tall plants. Larger than last year at 2 to 2 1/2" diameter. Has red interior swirl and orange exterior. Tomato flavour with a punch of sweetness. As a cherry it is not prolific but as a mini it is not that bad.
Lucky Tiger	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.
Maglia Rosa	1-3 oz. Truly unique 'long cherry'. Mottled pink, egg-shaped fruits with bright, lightly sweet acidic flavor. Harvest just as fruit turns light pink for optimum flavor. Attractive, lacy plant foliage. Developed by independent plant breeder Fred Hempel from Callifornia.
Pink Tiger	Excellent balanced sweet and acidic flavor. Pretty dark pink tomatoes with contrasting lighter striping.
Sara Goldstar	Like Isis Candy but with larger fruits. Striped, red and golden fruits. Sweet, fruity flavor.
Sungella	Introduced by T&M in 2002, a stabilized cross between the Sungold (F1) and, most probably, Tangella. Salad-size, orange fruits (5 cm).
Thai Pink Egg	Very prolific and great taste. Cream colour with a blush of pink.
Tigerella	2" to 3" sweet-tart red fruit with orange stripes. One of the classic heirlooms.
UCS Pink Bumblebee	Productive and tasty with pointed ends. A good novelty variety.
UCS Purple Bumblebee	Pointed ends. Tasty and quite productive. Striped with red.
Violet Jasper	Wonderful chinese variety, also called "Tzi Bi U", with beautiful purple-red fruits covered with green stripes.Round fruits, fairly regular, about 4-5 cm wide. Nice flavor. Quite early and productive, grows well in short season areas.
Zebra, Black	Very unusual mahogany colour with orangey stripes. Dark interior. Deep delicious tangy flavour.
Zebra, Green	Yellow and green 2" fruits with dark green vertical stripes. Emerald green flesh is juicy, sweet and mild.
Zebra, Red	This is not an heirloom tomato, but is a red version of the popular Green Zebra. The 3-5 oz fruit is bright red with golden yellow striations – absolutely beautiful, and with that sweet-yet-zingy taste that we love so much about Green Zebra.

Regular Tomatoes

Allegany Sunset	An excellent flavoured 12-16 oz yellow/red streaked tomato of generally uniform shape. Very meaty, heavy with few seeds.
Amana Orange	Originally from the Amana Colonies in Iowa (a National Historic Landmark). A large, orange tomato that grows to about 1 lb, with a mild, pleasing taste. Beefsteak type.
Amazon Chocolate	A medium tall plant. Deep dark chocolate colour of a good black tomato.
Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red	Andrew Rahart lived north of New York City and collected seeds from the local immigrants; this is one of the varieties he collected many years ago. One of the best tomatoes that I have ever grown. The healthy plants produce heavy yields of deep red beefsteaks that average 1 lb. A great slicer that is very dense and meaty with exceptional taste and aroma.
Anna Russian	Tender, sweet and juicy fruits. Oxheart type with pinkish red, elongated fruits. Wispy plants. Very smooth flesh and outstanding flavor!
Arbuznyi	Stunning tomato showing a unique pattern of lines similar to watermelons, hence the name Arbuznyi (watermelon in Russian). Beautiful dark red-brownish fruits with green shoulders. Medium to large, beefsteak-style, flattened and slightly ribbed. Delicious,
Arkansas Traveller	Excellent tasting dark pink fruit. Drought resistant. A very reliable producer. A pre 1900 heirloom.
Armenian	A beautiful bicolor tomato from Armenia. The fruit average 1lb and are gold with red mottling inside. Nice taste.
Aunt Ruby's German Green	This old German heirloom is the only true large green "beefsteak" tomato in the trade. The 1 lb, juicy fruits have a zesty, sweet-spicy flavour.
Azoychka	A very productive Russian heirloom found at the Bird Market in Moscow. ("Azoychka" is a woman's name.). Smooth, 3-inch round, slightly flattened, yellow/orange tomatoes with a sweet citrusy flavor.
Basinga	A family heirloom whose origins are unknown, Basinga retains its bright lemon-yellow colour through to maturity. It produces up to 1 lb fruits with a mild, sweet taste.
Belgian Giant	Developed in Ohio in this variety is known mostly for it's size and delicious flavor. Dark pink fruit that averages 2-lbs. (but can get to 5 lbs.) is meaty with few seeds. Great for cooking and canning.
Believe it or Not	Good yields of large smooth shouldered tomatoes. Good flavour. Can grow to 2 lbs. Tender meaty juicy flesh.
Belmonte	Tender fleshy pulp with few seeds. Excellent taste.
Berkley Tie-Dye	Striking california breed, with purplish red fruits covered with greenish stripes. Named after the well-known Tie Dye T-shirts. Flesh is green and red, and has at the same time a rich and a fruity flavor. Medium sized (6-10 cm). Round, slightly lobed. From a cross between Cherokee Purple and Green Zebra.
Big Rainbow	A gold/red bi-colour beefsteak.
Big Yellow Zebra	A yellow-striped tomato with a nice zesty, citrusy flavor. Pale yellow flesh is soft and silky. Medium to large fruits, mostly round, sometimes lobbed. Stripes start green and then turn to dark orange-yellow upon ripening. Aka Pork Chop.
Big Zebra	Very large tomato with strange orange-golden hue and green stripes. Striking. Green flesh marbled with red. Tangy, fresh taste like Green Zebra. Very ripe fruits will almost turn red.
Black Ethiopian	A favorite Russian heirloom tomato. Originally from the Ukraine region. Our Organic tomato seeds produce vigorous indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield copious amounts of red-mahogany-bronze, 5-oz., plum-shaped fruit. Exceptional, rich, fruity, tangy taste.
Black From Tula	Typical black tomato taste. Heavy yields of ridged tomatoes. Variable shapes.
Black Krim	Medium sized dark red-brown fruits that sometimes have green shoulders. Excellent smoky/salty flavour. Great in salads or straight off the vine. From the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea.
Black Pear	Brown-red pear shaped tomato with an excellent spicy flavour. Very productive.
Black Pineapple / Ananas Noir	This wonderful Belgian tomato variety (developed by Belgium horticulturist Pascal Moreau) is a true gem as it features extremely smooth fruit that feature a genuine kaleidoscope of colors. Sweet, smokey flavour with a touch of citrus.
Black Russian	Excellent taste. Very dark red/brown color; medium size, with thin skin.Oblate shape. From Soviet Union.
Bloody Butcher	Excellent rich taste. High yields. It resembles Stupice in both plant habits and fruit size, but fruits are a darker shade of red.
Box Car Willie	A real workhorse tomato, it produces well in variable growing conditions, yielding large (up to 1 lb), red fruit with a robust, old-fashioned taste .
Burpee's Golden Jubilee	Originally introduced by Burpee Seeds in 1943, and bred from Tangerine and Rutgers, it was an AAS winner that year. Large (8 oz - 1 lb) fruits are bright orange, meaty, juicy and tender.
Bushwhopper	Very high yields of uniform, excellent tasting fruit.
Carbon	Beautiful dark purple-brown tomato with olive coloured flesh. Productive. Fruits are very firm, and crack resistant.
Caro Rich	Deep orange 3 inch fruits with good flavour. Very prolific. Developed by Purdue University and has a high beta carotene content.
Caspian Pink	Large, round pink fruits have great flavour and high yields. A good one.
Chateau Rose	Fine, sweet and flavourful pink-red French variety. Crack and blemish free. Very productive; excellent flavour. A positively beautiful tomato.
Cherokee Chocolate	A beautiful, 5" milk chocolate coloured tomato with a rich flavour.
Cherokee Purple	Pre-1890. Originally grown by the Cherokee, this tomato is large (12 oz) and dusty-rose in colour and has a rich, sweet taste.
Chianti Rose	Incredible flavor, delicious and bursting with taste. To be ranked up there with Brandywine and Prudens Purple. Beefsteak style tomato, medium to large, with deep pink-reddish skin.
Chocolate Stripes	A 3-4 inch, mahogany colored tomato with dark, olive green-striping (similar to black zebra). Fruits have delicious, complex, rich, sweet, earthy tomato flavors.
Cleota Pink	An excellent pink beefsteak tomato with great taste. The large fruit are similar to the Pink Brandywine tomato except earlier. Produced much better under extreme heat conditions compared to Brandywine as well.
Copia	Unique fine-lined stripes of golden-yellow and candy-red make this tomato amazing to look at. Large beefsteaks average 12-16 oz with sweet, juicy meat and swirling color throughout.
Cosmonaut Volkov	This is a very old Ukrainian variety that was re-named in honour of the Russian cosmonaut who died coming back from a mission in 1971. The interesting medium-large sized red fruits are diverse in shape and size - some are flat, others round, others square-shaped. They all share, however, an excellent taste that has people raving and that regularly wins taste tests.
Costoluto Fiorentino	Old Italian heirloom with heavily ribbed shiny red dense meaty fruits. An excellent balance of high sugar and acid makes it a full intensely-flavoured tomato. Ideal for sauce or making an unforgettable tomato sandwich.
Costoluto Genovese	Italian heirloom with large flat red fruit; large chambers inside are good for stuffing.
Couilles de Taureau	AKA "Bull's Balls" - An heirloom tomato originally from Spain. In 1939 there were 440,000 Spanish refugees in France. Some brought seeds with them from their gardens. Near the town of Bordeaux one of these refugees gave Roland Robin, some seeds telling him the tomatoes would be as big as Couilles de taureau (bull's balls). Dominico, another Spanish refugee from the Toulouse area, also gave this same variety to Louis Lacaze and his family. The Couilles de Taureau variety has been adopted by many of his neighborhood gardeners as a favorite tomato.
Cream Sausage	I love the look of these. They're 4 inches long and are a beautiful cream colour.
Crimson Sprinter	Brilliant candy-apple red color and strong performance in cool conditions for early season harvests. Medium-sized 5-7 oz fruits are abundant and ripen nicely on the vine. Developed by Professor T. Graham of OAC, Ontario.
Cuostralee	This French heirloom tomato is huge (1-2 lbs) with a robust flavour. The fruits are deep red with ribbed shoulders and tend to be blemish-free.
Dad`s Sunset	Uniformly round, meaty, 10 -16 oz., golden-orange fruit (the color of the setting sun) . Slightly tart (yet sweet) flavor and good visual appeal.
Dagma's Perfection	A vigorous and abundant producer of medium-sized (3”, 12 oz.), slightly flattened, pale-yellow fruits with delicate, light red striping. Deliciously flavorful with overtones of tropical fruit and subtle hints of lime. Firm, juicy and elegant in the mouth, and jewel-like in appearance.
Defiant	Late blight and early blight resistant tomato. Decent flavour.
Djena Lee's Golden Girl	The 400 g smooth and medium sized fruits are yellow gold with an orange undertone. The flavor is delicious with a rich balance of sweetness and tanginess.
Dr. Lyle	Very large pink tomato that can reach up to 0,8 kg. Juicy. Praised flavor. From West Virginia, U.S.
Dr. Wyche's Yellow	There was an actual Dr. Wyche, who owned Cole Brothers’ Circus and fertilized his gardens with elephant manure. He apparently had the most luscious gardens that anyone had ever seen. He developed this particular cultivar and donated seeds to the Seed Saver Exchange.
Druzba	(aka 'Drushba', 'Druzhba') An old Bulgarian heirloom ('Druzhba' means "friendship" in Bulgarian), highly recommended by Dr. Carolyn Male. The 8 oz. dark red fruits that have a sweet-yet-tart flavour. Dr. Male considers it "one of the finest heirlooms available.
Duggin White	This rare heirloom was sent to Dorothy Beiswenger by Lloyd Duggin. The oblate creamy colored 6-10 oz fruit have good flavor, many find this to be their favorite white tomato.
Earl of Edgecombe	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.
Elbe	Named after the Elbe river in Germany. Yields gorgeous 12-14 oz., 3 to 4-inch, yellow-orange, beefsteak tomatoes with an abundance of delicious, fruity, sweet/tart flavors. A wonderful salad tomato and don't miss trying this for making golden tomato sauce. Suitable for cooler growing regions.
Emerald Evergreen	Medium-large olive green fruits ripen to a brighter shade of green with a golden tint. Great taste.
Eros	Early, 2-3 inch orangy red, plum shaped, semi-meaty tomatoes that produce in large numbers.
Eva Purple Ball	Originating from the Black Forest area of Germany. A delicious, medium-sized, perfectly spherical pink-purple tomato. This variety was brought to the U.S. from the Black Forest region of Germany in the late 1800s by the family of Joseph Bratka of Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
Evergreen	Medium-large olive green fruits ripen to a brighter shade of green with a golden tint. Great taste.
Gold Medal	One of the favourites of famed tomato breeder Ben Quisenberry, this "new" heirloom has been around c.1976. Skin is smooth golden yellow with red radiating from the central bottom up. This bi-colour effect continues throughout the flesh, giving each slice a kaleidoscope effect.
Golden Danube	Huge, golden-yellow meaty tomato. Good for slicing or chopping to add colour (and flavour!) to salads.
Golden Pear	Great looking orange fruits are shaped like pears. Looks great in salads.
Golden Pineapple	Huge bicolor than can reach almost one kilogram. Looks like the Pineapple but it is more intensely colored. Orange-golden skin striped with red bands.
Golden Queen	A historically important variety, a.k.a. Livingston's Golden Queen (1892). The handsome golden-yellow slices make a beautiful contrast in a dish with red sorts. It has very little acid, and the quality is excellent. Makes handsome rich preserves.
Goldie	A very large golden-yellow fruit with excellent flavour. Said to be a yellow version of Giant Belgium.
Green	A medium to large tomato with yellow-green skin and green flesh.
Green Velvet	The skin is yellow and green and the flesh is a beautiful lime green. Wonderful flavour and huge yields.
Henderson's Wins All	Introduced in 1924 as ‘Number 400’ and renamed Wins All as a result of a naming contest in 1925 by Peter Henderson. Wins All resulted as an improvement of the well known pink beefsteak Ponderosa. Wins All is a beautifully shaped flattened pink beefsteak with superb flavor. The fruit are large and average 1lb and up.
Indian Stripe	A very old heirloom that is thought to be a distinct strain of Cherokee Purple. This variety was grown by Clyde Burson, who was in his 80’s, for as long as he could remember. Large fruit are purplish with green shoulders and occasional green striping. (The green striping is not present on most of the fruit produced.)
Indische Fleisch	East German heirloom. Big, chocolate colored fruits with green shoulders 7-10cm (3- 4”) across.
Italian Heirloom	An Italian heirloom that produces one-pound fruits that are round, red and full of rich-bodied flavour. Good for fresh eating and canning.
Japanese Black Trifele	Russian in origin. In Russia the Trifele varieties of tomatoes (of which there are several colors) are highly prized and command high prices. The 6 oz. fruit look like a beautiful mahogany-colored Bartlett pear with greenish shoulders.
Kellog's Breakfast	One of the best large, orange beefsteak tomatoes, with 1 lb fruits that are both meaty and juicy. The taste has been described as "blockbuster". Originating in Michigan, this tomato has been in the Darryl Kellogg family for decades.
Limmony	Bright yellow tomato with unique lemony taste. Ripe fruits show some pink markings. Large size. From Russia
Marlowe Charleston	Large pink beefsteaks with excellent flavor and texture. 8-12 oz, but some can reach 1 lb.
Meme Beauce	An excellent heirloom from Quebec. Meme Beauce produced beautiful large red tomatoes that also had good taste. The fruit were heavily ridged and flattened. The largest tomato weighed in at 3 lbs.
Mennonite	A meaty beefsteak type tomato with very small seed cavities. An excellent slicing tomato with orangey colour and sweet flavour.
Montreal Tasty	Heirloom from Quebec with bright red fruits revealing a nice, tangy old-fashioned flavor. Also high in sugars. Misshapen fruits, sometimes fused together. Very large size. Fleshy.
Moonglow	Good yield of 6-8 oz orange fruit, good flavor.
Morado	Morado is originally from Vejer de la Frontera, a hilltop town in Andalusia, Spain. (overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar) First listed by Eduardo Valenzuela, of Sacramento, California. These beefsteak beauties have dark purple to black skin and the most vibrantly rich blood red flesh which is juicy and overwhelmingly delicious! Productive and indeterminate. Mid Season variety.
Mortgage Lifter	1930's. A fabled tomato, this was developed by a man named "Radiator Charlie", who cross-bred his best tomatoes for 6 years, until he was happy with this one. People would drive up to 200 miles for his plants, which he sold for $1.00 each in the Depression.
Moskvich	Excellent yields of 4 to 5 oz. Uniform, round smooth fruit. Produces consistently until killed by frost. Excellent shelf life without being tough skinned.
Mr. Brown	A beautiful mahogany-colored (or chocolate-colored), 8 to 12 oz., slightly flattened, irregular-shaped, beefsteak tomatoes that have big, wonderful, fruit-sweet, earthy, complex flavors. A good slicer that makes for a delicious sandwich tomato, or snacking fresh off the vine.
Mule Team	The 8-12 oz fruits are red and uniformly round, tasty and are produced continuously until frost.
Northern Lights	Bicolor with a superb taste revealing fruity undertones reminiscent of peach. Delicious. Marbled flesh. Medium size. Earlier than most bicolored. Tastier than most. Developed in Quebec.
Nyagous	A rare, Russian tomato variety. Beautiful, smooth, round, "black" tomatoes that are dark mohogany with dark grey-green shoulders. Nyagous is a wonderfully firm and blemish-free, 6 oz. tomato with lots of sweet, complex fruit flavors and a clean acidic finish.
Opal Essence	Round, uniform fruits with iridescent pink skin.
Orange Banana	This heirloom tomato from the former Soviet Union is a very rare cultivar – it’s one of a few orange paste tomatoes. These tomatoes have excellent taste and can be eaten fresh, used in sauces or dried.
Orange Minsk	Originally obtained from a farmer’s market in Minsk, Belarus. It is one of the earliest large orange beefsteaks and it also has great taste. The large fruit are a beautiful orange color and have ribs on the stem end of the fruit.
Orange Strawberry	Medium sized, bright orange, strawberry shaped fruits weigh up to 1 lb. A rich and sweet taste with few seeds.
Paul Robeson	A curvacious black tomato.This is a very tasty tomato, juicier than the others. Russian heirloom which was made available by Marina Danilenko, a Moscow seedswoman; named in honor of the black opera singer star of King Solomon's Mines, 1937, Paul Robeson, who was also an advocate of equal rights for Blacks and was very popular in the former Soviet Union.
Peppermint	Very large fruit can exceed a pound. Low acid with good flavour.
Perla	Deep red, large, globe shaped tomatoes on strong, healthy determinate plants.
Peron Sprayless	A deep red fruit with great flavour. Keeps well after picking and has a high vitamin C content. Originally from Argentina.
Persimmon	1781. Beautiful, golden-orange, 1 lb fruit with a firm, meaty texture and an exquisite taste. Grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.
Pineapple	Large yellow beefsteak-size tomatoes with red streaks on blossom end. Sweet, bright flavour.
Pink Grapefruit	A really unique tomato. Yields beautiful, round, 2 1/2", dark-yellow fruit that are blushing pink inside. They have sweet-tart taste that have pronounced citrus overtones. A heavy producer of many fruits.
Pink Peach	(aka Landreth’s Peach, The Wonderful Peach, Red Peach) Introduced into the seed trade by D. Landreth and Sons of Philadelphia in 1885. The 2 ½ oz pink red fruit have a fuzzy skin like a peach and the flesh is quite sweet.
Ponderosa	Plants are large and like support. Large, meaty, flavourful fruits have a small seed cavity. A very old variety- it used to be grown at Upper Canada Village.
Prudens Purple	A large, 1-lb or more, tomato which are a medium-pink colour (despite the name). Often called an early ‘Brandywine’, it has thick, meaty flesh with few seeds and an outstanding flavour.
Purple Calabash	These tomatoes have the reputation to be the ugliest tomato ever. But they taste great! A must for the serious tomato lover.
Purple Prince	A Russian heirloom tomato with large (10 oz) fruit that is are deep red-brown in colour, with a wonderful taste.
Red Belly	Late. Very large fruit (up to 2 lbs), yellow with red bottom and red stripes going up. Mild, not acidy flavour; not prone to rot like some larger tomatoes.
Red Brandywine	A classic. Large vines need caging or staking, 70 days, medium nearly round red fruit, very good full flavor.
Red Striped Roman	A stunning and unique orangey/yellow to red/yellow zigzag or wavy striped ovular-shaped tomato. Mid-sized, excellent flavour, meaty, good for drying or for salads.
Riesentraube	Pre-1856. A German heirloom whose name translates as "giant bunches of grapes". This wonderful variety produces clusters of 1" fruits, 20-40 to a cluster. One plant produces hundreds of fruits. Excellent flavour.
Rose Beauty	Fruit is pale yellow with rose coloured streaks on the blossom end. Good flavour; moderate production. A very pretty tomato.
Rose de Berne	Discovered in a market in France, this is actually a Swiss heirloom. Beautiful, 4-8 oz (mid-sized), rose-pink fruits are round and uniform with a rich, robust flavour that consistently wins taste tests.
Rose Heirloom	Rivals Brandywine for taste. Deep pink and smoother than Brandywine, Rose is every bit as large, meaty, and flavorful.
Russian 117	Oxheart heirloom. Unusual double heart shaped form. Blemish free. Solid fruits can reach 2 lbs. Delicious.
Sandia Gem	Seeds were supposedly found in a leather pouch on a mountain in Peru and carbon dated to the early 1800s. 3 seeds germinated. Great sweet flavour.
Sandul Moldovan	This heirloom comes from the Sandul family of Moldova. The large pink beefsteaks with green shoulders have good taste and the healthy plants are productive.
Sara Black / Schwarze Sarah	This excellent variety originated in Germany and was grown by Joe Bratka’s grandmother’s sister for many years. The vigorous vines produce loads of blemish free 3-4" flattened beefsteak type fruit. Dark purple fruit with green shoulders are extremely tasty and also one of the earliest full size black tomatoes available.
Sashas Pride/Altai	Very large, round and flattened beefsteak type from the Altai mountains of Siberia. Quite early considering the size of its fruits.
Savignac	A Canadian tomato, it is also known as 'Dufresne' and was given by Raymond Dufresne of Joliette to Frere Armand Savignac in the 1930's. Medium-sized, rose-red, round fruits that were juicy and sweet. Perfect for fresh eating or canning.
Siberian	A very early Russian heirloom, it’s popular in Alaska and NWT due to its extra early ripening. The egg-shaped fruits are juicy with an excellent flavor.
Soldacki	Large to very large pink fruits with renowned, sweet flavor. Great for large slices (sandwich, hamburgers, etc.). Polish variety brought by immigrants in Ohio, US.
Southern Nights	Old Russian variety with 3.5-inch round and slightly flattened fruits. Dusky deep maroon exteriors, green shoulders and brick-red interiors. Bright, rich and deep flavour. Tatania says determinant.
Striped German Tomato	Beautiful 1-2 lb. fruit with red-yellow stripes and dense, juicy, red-yellow streaked flesh. Excellent sweet, complex flavors.
Stupice	A classic early season heirloom tomato for first-of-the-season tasting. Compact indet., 4' plant, potato leaf, high yield of small red round fruits, 1-2 oz, very good flavor for such an early tomato, sweet and tangy. Very early.
Super Marmande	French Heirloom famous throughout Europe. Prolific crops of large, firm, scarlet-red, lightly-lobed fruit. Great market or canning tomato. Delicious!
Super Sioux	An impressive, high yielding red slicing tomato with exquisite sweet / acid/ earthy old time flavor. This medium sized variety from Nebraska is good for hot, dry areas and will set fruit in the heat.
Tangerine	Not much is known about Tangerine, other than it is a family heirloom tomato that was re-introduced in 1992. It’s a large beefsteak-type tomato that is shaped somewhat like a tangerine and is the same colour. The tomatoes are meaty and have a rich, tangy flavour.
Taxi	This attractive bright yellow tomato is as early as Oregon Spring. The round 110-140g yellow fruit have a distinctive sweet flavour and are less acidic than red tomatoes. Plants grow to about 60cm (2') and yield heavily for a month or so.
Tennessee Britches	An American heirloom with large pink fruit and old fashioned flavor. A very nice pink beefsteak tomato.
Thieneman's Australian Heart	These tomato seeds were passed to the late Joe Thieneman, a nurseryman from Louisville, Kentucky by an Australian during WWII. Joe grew it continuously thereafter and to this day, his family still grows it and sells plants in their nursery. Produce large, indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that are moderate to heavy producers of HUGE, red, 1 lb. meaty, heart-shaped tomatoes that are filled with wonderful, complex and well-balanced sweet flavors, with just enough acid to have you grateful for the experience. A good showplace tomato and perfect for slicing into sandwiches and salads and making tomato sauce.
Tondolissia	Beefsteak/ Indeterminate plants producing deep oblate fruits weighing approximately 8 ounces.
Valencia	This Maine family heirloom has large (8-12 oz), round, apricot-orange fruit that is quite meaty with few seeds. Rich old-fashioned tomato taste.
Vintage Wine	A wonderful new 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.
Wapsinicon Peach	A pleasurable novelty with fuzzy, pale-yellow skin and a fruity bite of flavors, delicately sweet and balanced. Fruits tend to have a blush tint when ripe. Similar to Garden Peach.
White Queen	Baseball sized white fruit has excellent tart acid flavour.
Woodle Orange	A wonderful heirloom from Iowa. The large round fruit are tangerine colored and blemish free. This would make a great tomato for farmers markets because of the perfect shaped fruit and wonderful taste. One of the best tasting orange tomatoes!
Yellow Striped Roman	A stunning and unique yellow and orange striped ovular tomato. Mid-sized, excellent flavour, meaty, good for drying, sauces and for salads.
Zebra, White	Unique white fruit with yellow and green stripes. This makes a great addition to salads.

Paste Tomatoes

Black Plum	A good paste tomato. Outstanding flavour and huge yields.
Giant Paste	Just what the name says…
Opalka	Resembling red peppers more than tomatoes, the long 9–11 oz. fruits are very solid and meaty, contain few seeds, are flavourful and great for sauces or fresh eating. Originally from Poland.
Purple Russian	A Russian heirloom tomato from the Ukraine. Regular leafed plant produces huge amounts of purple-red, 6 oz., oblong, (plum-shaped to egg-shaped) tomatoes with a blemish-free skin excellent sweet flavor.
San Marzano	A classic plum/paste type tomato from Italy.
Sicilian Saucer	Unusually large, flat beefsteak/paste type. Family heirloom from Italy that has been passed around by Mr. Cook, from Mississauga. Mr. Cook received the seed from his Sicilian neighbor who has had it in his family for generations.

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