Tomato Starts
Our starts, with the exception of a few cherries, are heirloom varieties and all are organically grown in our greenhouse. They will be planted up into 4” pots. They are only available for local sales. We expect starts to be ready for pickup in mid to late May. Every customer will be notified by email when the plants are ready.
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Amish Paste
$8.50 Indeterminate 85 days Heirloom, organic paste tomato. A very productive leafy plant that produces up to 12 oz, deep-red, oxheart-shaped, meaty fruit. (Probably one of the largest paste tomatoes) Lots of sweet, delicious tomatoey flavors from this coreless meaty fruit. A great slicing tomato, canning tomato and sauce tomato. These… -
Black Cherry
$8.50 Indeterminate 64 days Organically grown. The only truly black cherry tomato. Produces large, sprawling, regular-leaf, vigorous tomato plants that yield abundant crops in huge clusters. The fruit consists of 1″, round, deep purple, mahogany-brown cherry tomatoes. Fruits are irresistibly delicious with sweet, rich flavors that burst in your mouth. Beautiful… -
Brandywine
$8.50 Indeterminate 90 days An heirloom and organically grown. A potato-leaf, Amish variety from the 1880s. The brandywine is probably the first heirloom to achieve “cult status” within heirloom tomatoes. In tomato tastings, chefs and tomato lovers alike have always placed it as one of their top three favorites. It is… -
Flaming Burst
$8.50 Indeterminate 70 days Organic, 1¼ x 1″ golden mini pears cluster on a steadily productive plant. Meaty but not dense; juicy and sweet but tangy. Delivers the correct culinary combination that so many insipid yellow cherries and pears lack. These tomato starts will be in 4” pots and will be… -
German Johnson
$8.50 Indeterminate 78 days A large, prolific plant originating in Virginia and North Carolina. Thought to be one of the four parent lines of “Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter.” Big, leafy, robust plants that produce huge, 1 lb., pink, beefsteak-type tomatoes The flavor is excellent. A very popular farmers’ market tomato and… -
Speckled Roman
$8.50 Organic and heirloom plum tomato. 6-8 oz fruit is great for canning and sauces as it has allot of flesh and few seeds. Stunning and unique, this long, pointed, red fruit has wavy orange stripes! A perfect midsize beauty with brilliant color, meaty flesh, and excellent flavor. These tomato starts… -
Yellow Pear
$8.50 Indeterminate 75 days These organic tomatoes produce huge, bushy plants that yield very large quantities of 1 oz., 1 1/2-inch, bright yellow, pear-shaped cherry tomatoes that will give you fruit until frost. The tomatoes of this tomato variety are zesty sweet and delicious. A great tomato choice for a patio…