SORRY, SOLD OUT FOR 2009. (85-90 days) days) Indeterminate. This tomato provides a good supply of large (1 lb +) golden-orange, heart-shaped tomatoes that are meaty with few seeds. Nice, rich flavour and colour brightens salads and sandwiches.
NEW FOR 2009!! (75-85 days) Indeterminate. Introduced to North American from Argentina in 1951, this tomato was touted for its high disease-resistance and crack-resistance (hence the name). I found it encouraging that in 1951 anyone was trying to spray plants less, so I decided to check out this variety. What I found was a highly productive, mid-season tomato that consistently produces perfectly round, red tomatoes (this was the 50's) with a nice full tomato flavour. Definitely worth trying.
SORRY, SOLD OUT FOR 2009. (80 days) Indeterminate. 1781. Beautiful, golden-orange, 1 lb fruit with a firm, meaty texture and an exquisite taste grow on strong, vigorous vines. The plants have good disease resistance. Grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. Highly recommended.
SORRY, NOT AVAILABLE FOR 2009. (75-85 days) Indeterminate. We’re not sure of the pedigree of this heirloom – it was in the collection of Andrew Rehart, of New York, who collected tomato varieties from different ethnic growers in his area. The fruits are large for a cherry tomato (the size of a ping-pong-ball, surprise) are a dusky pink and have a very sweet taste. The plant is a heavy producer and is blemish-free.
(aka ‘Wonderlight’, ‘Limmony Liana’)(80 days) Indeterminate. A Russian heirloom introduced by Seedsavers after Kent Whealey received some tomatoes from an elderly seedsman in Moscow, Plum Lemon produces intriguing 1”x2” bright yellow plum tomatoes that actually do look like lemons (right down to the nipple on the ends). Henderson also mentioned a “Yellow Plum” in 1886 that may be the same as this one. This tomato is highly productive, cited by one resource as having the “highest marketable yield” of any plum tomatoes.
SORRY, SOLD OUT FOR 2009. (aka Pomme d'Amore, 95 days)Indeterminate. 1820's. The name means "Apple of Love", and was the nickname that the French originally gave all tomatoes. This very old variety is originally from the Canary Islands, where it was isolated for over 100 years. Produces 2" fruits that are pinkish, with a wonderful flavour.
(80 days) Determinate, with small, plum-shaped cherry tomatoes. Good taste; preferred variety in Italy, where it’s from, for making dried tomatoes. In dry weather, whole branches can be hung to dry.
Indeterminate. I have had customers raving about this heirloom, so I had to search it out! Potato-leaved, it produces a good yield of large, 1-lb or more fruits, 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. Resists cracking.
(90 days) This tomato is ancient, probably dating from the 16th C. Indeterminate, it has deeply fluted fruit that is a light pinkish-brown in colour when ripe, with green gel around the seeds. Quite ugly, but tasty! Well worth growing.
Indeterminate (80 days) A Ukraine heirloom, this variety produces beautiful, rich plum-coloured and- shaped paste tomatoes that are 3-4” long, very meaty & blemish-free. Heavy producer. Although they're paste tomatoes, they're juicy enough that they're one of my favourites for fresh eating.
(70-80 days) Determinate. 1915. Developed by renowned tomato breeder Luther Burbank, these stocky bushes produce 4-6 oz. red fruits that are slightly tart and great for slicing.
(80-90 days) Indeterminate. 1793. Can be traced back to Chiapas, Mexico. Smooth, thin-skinned fruits resemble miniature beefsteaks.
(L. Pimpinellifolium) (75-80 days) Currant tomatoes are a completely separate tomato species from all other garden tomatoes. They produce gazillions of tiny, round little fruits with a nice, sharp taste. This variety has bright red fruits that liven up a salad (if you don’t eat them all before you get back to the house!). Currant tomatoes will easily cross with each other, so if you want to save seed, grow no more than one variety.
(85 days) Indeterminate. Pre-1861. A very prolific cherry-type tomato that is shaped like tiny red pears. Very tasty, they are wonderful for fresh eating straight from the vine and fun in salads.
(75-80 days) Indeterminate. This 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. Very productive, this is an excellent tomato for market growers.
1962. Determinate. This is a Canadian-bred variety that deserves continued life. Bred by the Canadian Experimental Farm in Ottawa, from varieties Meteor and Urbana, this tomato is a heavy producer of uniform, medium-sized, round red fruit. Grown out from seeds from the Canadian Gene Bank, this tomato is crack-resistant and especially good for canning.
(80 days) Indeterminate. 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.
NEW FOR 2009!! (75 days) Indeterminate. 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. The vines produce quite heavily over a long period of time and have good disease-resistance.
