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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…Add to cart -
Backa
$8.50 Determinate 80 days Originally from Yugoslavia. Produces short, determinate, compact plants that yield an abundance of 12-16 oz., red, beefsteak tomatoes with delicious, big, tomatoey flavors. An excellent canning and sauce tomato and a wonderful slicer for sandwiches.Add to cart -
Big Beef
$8.50 Indeterminate 70 days These large, juicy, fruits combine old-fashioned beefsteak flavor with heavy yields. 1-pound, round to globe-shaped. Flavor is full and hearty with lots of sweet juice balanced with that wonderful tomato acidity. These giants slice up perfectly for big sandwiches. Fruit stays large even at the end of…Add to cart -
Black Sea Man
$8.50 Determinate 75 Days A Russian heirloom tomato. Produces small determinant, potato-leaf plants that yield an abundant set of 12-16 ounce beautiful tomatoes that are rich mahogany colored with olive green shoulders when mature. Inside of tomato is deep, reddish green and loaded with excellent, full-bodied, complex, intense, creamy tomato flavors.…Add to cart -
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…Add to cart -
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…Add to cart -
Grandma Mary’s
$8.50 Indeterminate 68 days An heirloom with meaty 6–10 oz fruits that are very early for their size. And this Grandma produces fruit even during cold summers.Add to cart -
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.Add to cart -
Pink Berkley Tie Dye
$8.50 Indeterminate 65-75 days Every bite of this psychedelic-colored beefsteak-type is an experience. Big, succulent fruit can reach 8-12 ounces with a complex blend of flavors. The vivid, rosy-blushed fruit has iridescent, green skin with sunny yellow streaks and an interior that’s a fascinating kaleidoscope of green with trails of red…Add to cart -
Rose de Berne
$8.50 Indeterminate 80 days This Swiss émigré could be considered the Brandywine of continental Europe. Like Brandywine, has many strains, and is widely considered in France, Germany and Switzerland to be the best-flavored tomato. Only medium-sized yet delivers the robust flavor of the bigger types. A recent taste test confirmed it’s…Add to cart -
San Marzano, Redorta
$8.50 Indeterminate 78 days A much larger tomato (8 oz., 4-inch) with much better taste than its cousin, San Marzano. Meaty, delicious enough to eat off the vine with the bonus of ending up with more tomato paste per plant. An excellent choice for a wonderful complex and flavorful choice for…Add to cart -
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…Add to cart