Heirloom Tomato Plant Varieties for 2014
These are the different varieties that we have planted for this season.
Because they grow or don't grow at different rates, availability will vary from week to week.
If you are interested in a certain variety, please let us know and we will make every effort to get you one.
Most of the photographs and information came from the seed provider. My personal comments will be in purple.
All of our tomatoes this year are Heirloom varieties. 2014's varieties are all Indeterminate so they can be harvested over the season.
Because they grow or don't grow at different rates, availability will vary from week to week.
If you are interested in a certain variety, please let us know and we will make every effort to get you one.
Most of the photographs and information came from the seed provider. My personal comments will be in purple.
All of our tomatoes this year are Heirloom varieties. 2014's varieties are all Indeterminate so they can be harvested over the season.
Heirloom Tomatoes
Purple Cherokee
A reliable producer of unusual, medium pink-purple fruits that appear brown in color, and average 8 to 12 oz., apiece. Fruits are round to oblate, with no cracking. Exhibits tolerance to mild drought as well as to common diseases.
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Black Krim
Dark red-purple fruit, rich sweet flavor. One of the best. It always places high in tomato taste trials. It's very juicy. An heirloom from Russia with very unique looking, large fruit. I really like the wonderful flavor. It's popular at many markets on the West Coast; also a favorite of many fine chefs. Slightly smaller than Purple Cherokee but greater yield.
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Atkinson
Bred for Southern conditions, this medium-height variety produces 8-oz red globes even through hot, dry summers.
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Djena Lee Golden Girl
An heirloom dating back to the 1920's that's rumored to have won 1st Place at the Chicago Fair 10 years in a row. Fruits are golden yellow to deep orange, globe shaped, meaty and weigh 8 to 12 oz. each. The perfect balance of acid and sugars gives it a sweet, yet tangy flavor.
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Green Zebra
Beautiful chartreuse with deep lime-green stripes, very attractive. Flesh is bright green and very rich tasting, sweet with a sharp bite to it (just too good to describe!). A favorite tomato of many high class chefs, specialty markets, and home gardeners. Yield is excellent. The most striking tomato in our catalog, a real beauty. Around 3 ounces. This is the tomato colored for the Green Bay Packers.
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Riesentraube
This old German heirloom was offered in Philadelphia by the mid-1800's. The sweet red 1-oz fruit grow in large clusters, and the name means "Giant Bunch of Grapes" in German. It is probably the most popular small tomato with seed collectors, as many enjoy the rich, full tomato flavor that is missing in today's cherry types. Large plants produce massive yields.
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Blondkopfchen
East German heirloom. Small golden yellow 1" fruits borne in giant clusters, excellent sweet taste. Enormous yields and rarely a cracked fruit. Bears until frost.
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Amish Paste
Dates back to the turn of the century, and is the best for sauces and canning. Its deep red fruits are large for canning types (about 8 oz.), with "real tomato" flavor. Not overly acidic.
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Sweet Pea
Hundreds of fruits per plant. Excellent tomato flavor with a hint of wine. Fruits are borne in trusses of 10-12 on plants with a spreading habit.
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Purple Tomatillo
Beautiful purple fruit, large size. Many are a bright violet color throughout their flesh. Much sweeter than the green types; it can be eaten right off the plant. Turns purple when ripe; rare!
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