CHERRY VARIETIES

Apple Yellow (Johnny’s)- Adorable, bright yellow tomato w/incredible split tolerance, yield, and shelf-life: AAS winner, disease resistant.

Black Strawberry (Baker Creek)- organic; sweet tomato flavor that is fruity w/hint of grape and plum; beautifully marbled in purple, pink, green and gold.

Cherry Ember (Fruition) – NEW organic, gorgeous bronze-striped red cherry developed by Cornell; crack resistant.

Egg Yolk – (saved seed) sweet, prolific, bright yellow cherry; low acid

Juliet (Mountain Valley) – 1999 AAS Winner. Prolific, elongated, grape-like red tomatoes; crack resistant; stores well

 Purple Bumble Bee (Johnny’s) – organic; customer favorite; cherry w/combination of the dusky purple and metallic green striping

*Red Torch (Victory Seeds) –prolific, early season, oblong red cherry; fiery red, streaked with yellow; AAS winner

Sungold (Johnny’s) – Customer favorite; very prolific, sweet, orange cherry

Supersweet 100’s  (Burpee/Mountain Valley) – prolific red cherry; customer favorite

Yellow Submarine (Fruition) – creamy and sweet, long and luscious, abundant and crack resistant; a combination of several heirloom varieties crossed by Phil Griffiths at Cornell.

SAUCE/PASTE TOMATOES

Amish Paste (Johnny’s,etc.) – organic, heirloom; classic paste tomato; sweeter taste than other paste tomatoes.

Blue Beech (Johnny’s/Hudson Valley) – organic, heirloom, sausage-type, 8-10 oz paste tomato; well adapted to northern climate and resists blossom end rot

Cuore Di Bue (Territorial)- heirloom, large, ox-heart tomato, great for sauce

Roma (Burpee)- organic; classic plum shaped, red, paste tomato; determinate

Rutgers (Hudson Valley Seed)- organic, heirloom; the famous Campbell’s Soup variety. Good for slicing, sauce or canning

San Marzano (High Mowing) – organic, heirloom; considered the best sauce tomato

SuperSauce (Burpee) hybrid; enormous, Roma-type paste variety; weighing in at 2 lb., a whopping 5.5″ tall x 5″ wide

HEIRLOOM  SLICERS and OPEN-POLLINATED VARIETIES ( suitable for seed saving)

*Anna Russian (Tomato Fest) – organic; early maturing, juicy heart-shaped tomato; beautiful, large pink-red fruit normally weighing 14-16 oz; superb rich old-fashioned flavor.

Ananas Noir or Black Pineapple (Baker Creek) – organic; The multi-colored, smooth fruit (green, yellow and purple mix) weighs about 1½ lbs. The flesh is bright green with deep red streaks.

Brandywine Pink (Burpee) – organic, large beefsteak-shaped fruits with big flavor; potato-leafed plant with red-pink color

Cherokee Carbon (High Mowing) –organic; dusky purple 10-12 oz beefsteak tomato developed from a cross between Cherokee Purple and Carbon

Dad’s Sunset (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange/Baker’s Creek) – organic, large orange slicer; 10 oz; disease resistant; produces into fall. One of my favorites!

Dester (Baker Creek)-organic, large pink beefsteak (1½-2 lb.); originally from Germany with a great taste

Green Zebra (High Mowing) – organic; reliable and delicious heirloom, produces 2 ” round fruits which are ripe when green with yellow stripes

Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom (Victory Seeds/Tim’s Tomatoes) – organic, sweet, clear-yellow, globe-shaped fruits of the beefsteak-type, weighing up to 16 oz.

Paul Robeson (Baker Creek/Hudson Valley)- organic; at the top of the heirloom list of favorites; named for Paul Robeson, this plant will yield perfect 3″ – 4″ fruit 65 days from planting; dark red with green streaks

Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye (Johnny’s) – organic, large beefsteak fruits are the color of port wine with metallic green stripes and weigh 8 to 12 oz. Its excellent sweet flavor was put to the test against Cherokee Purple and was preferred every time. Customer favorite

SALAD AND SLICING

Celebrity (Johnny’s) – AAS 1984 winner. medium sized, globe-shaped fruits are crack-resistant, disease resistant and average 7 oz.; semi-determinate plant grows 3 to 4 feet

Chef’s Choice Red (Totally Tomatoes) – 2018 AAS Winner 9 to 10 oz. bright red beefsteak

Martha Washington (Johnny’s) – organic, heirloom-quality pink slicer with a more reliable

Plant; 8-12 oz globe-shaped fruit

 

CONTAINER or SMALL SPACE VARIETIES

Bush Early Girl (Burpee)- 18” compact, productive plant which produces early large red tomatoes

*Dwarf Metallica (Victory Seeds)- Dwarf Tomato Project variety;  rugose-leafed plants two to three feet in height. Pink fruit (4-16 oz) with green stripes; slightly heart-shaped; sweet and tangy

*Fred’s Tie-Dye (Victory Seeds)- Dwarf Tomato Project variety; similar to Pink Berkey Tie-Dye but suitable for a pot or small garden space

Galahad – (Johnny’s) – AAS 2020 winner. organic. Early disease-resistant; highly- productive, determinate beefsteak

Orange Hat (Baker Creek)- extra-dwarf bush plants grow just 6-9 inches tall and produce lots of tiny orange tomatoes; perfect for the patio

*Sweetheart of the Patio (Burpee) – prolific; produces sweet baby-cherries (1½”) all summer long; great for a pot!

Tiny Tim (Hudson Valley) – Dwarf tomato plant; produces 1” cherry tomatoes; excel in sunny window boxes, picnic table centerpieces, and pots on city stoops.

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Note:  Find out more about each variety by Googling the seed company in parentheses next to the variety.

Varieties preceded by an asterisk (*) are new ones for Pat this year.