Featured tomato: San Francisco Fog

 This indeterminate plant bears small to medium size tomatoes that are red and tasty. It is a variety I got from an Australian gentleman last year. It should be able to set and ripen fruit if the weather is cool, foggy, and cloudy. We've had a hot, humid summer and it's doing just great as well. Very juicy fruit.

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Featured tomato: Banjan roomi

Banjan roomi. This is the first year I've grown this tomato. I traded tomato seeds with someone and this is one of the varieties I got. I was told it is a Middle Eastern variety. Sorry, I've forgotten to take a picture of it, but it is red, slightly pleated, flattened, and of small to medium size. It has been very productive...especially impressive because we had 100 degree weather for a week and it still managed to set blossoms. The taste is good, like a tomato ought to taste and could be used for fresh eating as well as for sauce.

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Featured tomato: Tondino

Italian Tondino maremmano. Italian variety of tomato. It is an excellent sauce tomato from the center of Italy. It bears 3 oz fruit all through the summer. It is a determinate variety that may not require staking and would be suitable for containers. 

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Featured tomato: Great white

Great White. This is an indeterminate plant with beefsteak type white tomato.  It is a meaty tomato that has a creamy texture. Can weigh up to one pound with plenty of feeding and water, but usually stays under a pound. A colorful addition to salads, sandwiches, and slicing. One of those old time favorites.

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Featured tomato: Tlacalula pink

This Aztec variety is an indeterminate plant which bears small to medium size tomatoes that are very flavorful. The predominate shape is like a pouch. It has one of the most complex flavors I have ever tasted in a tomato. I almost want to say there is a hint of floral. Makes an interesting addition to summer salads, sandwiches and home made fresh salsa...especially mixed with red, white, yellow, pink, and black tomatoes. What's so special about heirloom tomatoes? The idea that an heirloom is a variety that has been grown by generations and passed down from person to person is really very fascinating.

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Featured Tomato: Scabitha

This indeterminate plant bears small to medium size tomatoes that are very flavorful and prolific Even the meat is tasty and most often all the taste is in the gel around the seeds. I won't pull any punches, the fruit itself is, well...somewhat ugly. It's pretty with it's bright red color and gold streaks. But, it often has many scabs. The scabs do not harm the eater or the tomato and this variety is becoming one of my favorites for taste.

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Featured tomato: yellow pear

Yellow Pear,  This indeterminate plant bears a multitude of cherry size, sweet, mild, yellow, pear shaped fruit. The best part is, they are a great vegetable platter and dip veggie. It all ready sports a handle!  The fruit is about 1-2" long . These are great favorites with kids because they have a handle. What's so special about heirloom tomatoes?  The idea that an heirloom is a  variety that has been grown by generations and passed down from person to person is really very fascinating. And they just taste better.

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Featured tomato: White Currant

White currant It is a good grower, bears loads of tiny tomatoes the size of a woman's thumbnail or a dime. The tomato itself has a tart/sweetness that is difficult to describe. Very juicy and excellent in salads or just eating while out in the garden. Indeterminate.

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Featured tomato: Montseraat

Montserrat.. This will be the first year I have grown these tomatoes so I will only be able to tell you what I have read about them. The fruit is red which is flattened and oblate. It also has pleats like an accordion, but somewhat twisted. Very unusual and very rare. It has good flavor.

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Featured tomato: Green Giant

Green Giant. This indeterminate plant bears larger green tomatoes. The one in the picture is 10 oz. It managed to grow that large even with the lousy, rainy summer we had. As you can see from the second picture, they are very meaty with few seeds. Green tomatoes are full of flavor. Out of all the tomatoes, I think they taste best, not as acidic as red tomatoes. Makes an interesting addition to summer salads, sandwiches and home made fresh salsa...especially mixed with red, white, yellow, pink, and black tomatoes.

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Featured tomato: Oaxacan Pink

Oaxacan Pink, Mexican Oaxacan Indian variety. This indeterminate plant bears small to medium size tomatoes that are very flavorful. Pink, very juicy, and flavorful. The pleats make it look quite interesting. Makes an interesting addition to summer salads, sandwiches and home made fresh salsa...especially mixed with red, white, yellow, pink, and black tomatoes.

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Featured tomato: Green Grape

Green Grape. This is an indeterminate plant with grape shaped cherry tomatoes that ripen lime green. It is a very flavorful tomato with a complex, fruity flavor. Bears well with fruit coming in trusses of 6-8. Great on a vegetable dip platter with white, red, yellow, orange, and black cherry tomatoes. Great for garden grazing as well.



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Featured tomato: Woodle Orange

Woodle Orange. I love the name of this tomato.It does bear large, round orange fruit abundantly on indeterminate plants. Tasty if somewhat mild (less acidic). Great addition to fresh salsa and salads. Limited quantity.

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Featured tomato: Black Star

Black Star. This is the first year I've grown this tomato. I got the seeds for this variety from Germany. The name on the packet was in English making me think it is a variety from an English speaking country. Sorry, I've forgotten to take a picture of it, but it is black, round, and is medium in size. It would have been more productive if a storm hadn't broke the stake and the plant at the base. Consequently, I only have a limited amount of seed. If you are interested, you best get them now. I will sell them until they are sold out. The taste is good, like a tomato ought to taste and could be used for fresh eating as well as for sauce. 

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Featured tomato: Slovene Black

Slovene Black. An heirloom from Slovenia. It is a medium sized beefsteak type black tomato. It has excellent black tomato flavor and as with all black tomatoes, is healthier for you because of the extra anti-oxidants. This variety is great sliced for sandwiches, cut up for salads and can be made into a rich, dark, healthful sauce. Produces well as proved by our lousy cool, cloudy, wet summer last year. I picked quite a few tomatoes of this variety.

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Featured tomato: Kazahkstan Giant

Kazakhstan Giant. This is the first year I've grown this tomato. I traded tomato seeds with someone and this is one of the varieties I got. Giant is in it's name and I suspect it would be a larger tomato if I had grown it in the ground. This is one of the ones I grew in pots because it was the only plant that came from seed and if we were to have hail or bad wind, I brought it under cover. It is an interesting tomato to me because of where it is from. Kazakhstan is so exotic. It is flavorful and productive and can be used for sauce or fresh eating.

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Featured tomato: Garden peach

Garden Peach.  This is the first year I've grown this tomato. I traded tomato seeds with someone and this is one of the varieties I got. This is one of the most accurately named tomatoes. It really does look like a yellow peach! It ripens yellow with a rosy blush, it is shaped like a peach, AND it is fuzzy. It tastes like a tomato, mild with a good mix of sweet and tang, leaning toward the sweet side. Mine stayed small to medium in size and it has been very productive. Makes a good tomato for fresh eating.

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Featured tomato: Druzba

Druzba. This indeterminate plant bears medium to large red tomatoes with a good yield and some disease resistance. Druzba is a Bulgarian heirloom and Druzba means "friend" in that language. Good taste and it is juicy. What's so special about heirloom tomatoes? The idea that an heirloom is a variety that has been grown by generations and passed down from person to person is really very fascinating. And they just taste better

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Featured tomato: Braun pflaume

Braun pflaume. Russian variety. Why a German name with a Russian variety? I traded seeds with a Russian woman in Germany. Her parents grew them at their dachau in Russia. I can read some German, no Russian so she put the name on the packet in German for me and that is what I have always called them. What's so special about heirloom tomatoes? The idea that an heirloom is a variety that has been grown by generations and passed down from person to person is really very fascinating. And they just taste better. They are naturally a little more acidic so are better for canning. I love this particular variety because makes a rich, dark sauce and it's now been found that the black tomatoes are better for you as far as being higher in anti-cancer antioxidants. The size of these tomatoes are perfect if you have a tomato processor like a Victorio strainer. No need to cut these tomatoes, just wash, remove the stem ends and drop in the processor. 

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Featured tomato: Chocolate Cherry

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Chocolate cherry tomato. I've seen a lot of claims for the blackest tomato but I think the little Chocolate Cherry wins hands down. The inset picture shows it compared to a red tomato. It is dark, rich brown with green seed gel. It is a sweet little jolly to pop in your mouth when working in the garden. And, it's healthier than red tomatoes because it is higher in antioxidants than red ones. These are great on a vegetable dip platter and it really looks attractive if you have a mix of black, red, white, green, and yellow cherry type tomatoes This is an indeterminate tomato and the fruit is borne in clusters of 8 or so. 

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