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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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… -
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… -
Goldie
$8.50 Indeterminate 75 Days Deep orange beefsteak fruits, frequently bi-lobed, average 16–20 oz. Though reputed to be more than 150 years old, Goldie was introduced commercially in 1977. It is rated as the best of all orange tomatoes, delivering its rich flavor with an extraordinary velvety texture. These tomato starts will… -
Nebraska Wedding
$8.50 Determinate 100 days An heirloom great Plains favorite and organically grown. Plants yield an abundant crop of globe-shaped deep-yellow-orange fruits, weighing up to 12 oz. with good sweet/acid balance. These tomato starts will be in 4” pots and will be available for local pickup in mid to late May. -
New Yorker
$8.50 Determinate 63 days This early cold tolerant variety yields some of the first fruits in your garden. The plants produce large crops of smooth, meaty, 3-7 oz. scarlet globes that have a balanced sweet and acidic flavor. New Yorker will set fruit in cool, short-season conditions without cracking or suffering… -
Siletz
$8.50 Determinate 52 days Heirloom, organic early slicing tomato. Developed by Dr. James Baggett of Oregon State University for growing in cooler climates. Stocky, regular leaf plants produce plentiful crops of 10 oz., deep red, full-flavored slicing tomatoes. Does very well in cooler climates producing excellently flavored round, slicing tomatoes with…