Tomatoes- large
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) 25 seeds per pkg. – $3.00 Dates are from transplants.
600. Tomato Large Assort. For Canning – 60-70 days Most likely these are from beefsteak tomatoes that I saved from canning tomatoes. I didn’t have the variety when I bought them. Good large sized tomatoes that also are great for sandwiches.
601. Beefsteak, Brandywine and Prairie Fire – 73 days My favorite mix of tomatoes for multipurpose and multi-climate. Brandywines are a favorite heirloom tomato for flavor and size, Prairie Fire is a good cold climate set tomato of good size and flavor also. Beefsteak needs no introduction.
602. Beefsteak – 75 days Known for large, perfectly smooth beefy fruits. Average size 10-12 oz. but can be larger by far. Good flavor, staking required. For canning or slicing.
603. Red Brandywine – 75 days These seeds produce a lighter red fruit with tremendous flavor. A good slicing and multi-purpose tomato. Do well in all gardening areas.
604. H1 – 75 days This tomato is medium sized slicer that is more oblong than round. Good flavor and keeping quality.
605. H2 – 75 days Similar to above only larger.
606. Silvery Fir Tree – 80 days Very ornamental with small, fir tree type leaves similar to carrots. Good for small areas and patios. Produces medium orangey red tomatoes early in the season. Good flavor and cold tolerance, as well as disease resistance. Hails from Russia originally. Determinate type.
607. Amish Paste – 83 days – heirloom variety, good shape and size.
608. Aunt Ruby’s German Green – 76 days – survived the hail and frost to produce seed. The tomatoes ripen with just a tinge of red on the green fruits. Good tangy flavor and large size. Good slicer.
609. Black from Tula – 66 days – Ukraine origins, tomatoes are 10-12 oz, med. sized, nice shape and flavor, black shoulders and streaking on the flesh. Dark in overall color with green seed coats on interior.
610. Double Rich – 72 days, known to be high in both betacarotene and vitamin C, this tomato is a nice bright red, round and med. sized 14 oz. fruits.
611. Druzba – 60 days – Bulgarian origins, disease free, easy to grow, enjoy good sized, flavorful fruits. 8-12 oz, in clusters of 3 or 4.
612. Dufresne (#2) – 76-86 days. Spreading plant, late, developed in Quebec. Beautiful pink 3-4″ fruits, good flavor and tender skins.
613. Cluster grande – 60 days, these smaller type tomatoes grow in long clusters, good salad tomato, good taste, must trellis.
614. Fireball – 87 days. Later, making med. sized 12 oz. dark orange fruits of good round shape.
615. Ailsa Craig – 45 days. Very dependable heirloom tomato. Did well in the drought, producing med. sized red tomatoes with good flavor on compact plants. Originally of Scottish origin. A winner for sure.
616. Harbinger – 48 days – very early and prolific med. sized multi-purpose tomato. Did well in the drought, good flavor, balance of firm flesh and juicy taste. Introduced in 1910, cold hardy.
617. Hillbilly – 85 days – Later producer of huge bicolor slicers. The ones produced in 2009 were yellow with red color splashed all around. Very rich flavor. Variety originates from West Virginia.
618. Japanese Tripke Black – 45-50 days – Originally bred in Russia, potato leaf, size of a Bartlett pear. Best black tomato for flavor, does not split often, high yielding and blemish free.
619. Kicker #9 – 65 days – One of the best producers of smaller sized 2” round red tomatoes, good flavor and spot free. Did well in the drought.
620. Landry’s Russian – 82 days – Later and flavorful, red 2-3” rounded salad tomatoes, good yields. Good keeping qualities.
621. Longkeeper – 80 days – Usually earlier, this year, due to the weather it was hard to get fruit set. Dependable well-known tomato, bred for storage. Keeps ‘til Christmas usually.
622. Lucky #7 – 80 days – late season medium slicer, good flavor, more tender than other varieties. Limited quantities for 2010.
623. Manitoba – 50 days – Early and prolific, bred for the prairies. Good standby variety producing med. sized fruits for a variety of purposes.
624. Moneymaker – 66 days. A clustering tomato producing up to 6, 2-3” tomatoes per clump. Good producer in all areas.
625. Mortgage Lifter – 66 days. Larger beefsteak tomato, good flavor and hardiness. Fruits are red and as large as 1 lb. each. Few seeds, disease resistant.
626. Moskavich – 80 days – Of Siberian origin, these 4” bright red fruits are good producers and keepers, rounded or slightly flattened.
627. Nepal – 85 days – Produces long vines, late fruiting of unblemished 7-8 oz. fruit of a unique flavor. From the Himalayas.
628. No name #2 – 40-50 days – early medium sized red tomato from unknown variety. Good flavor and size for all uses.
629. Prairie Fire – 49 days – Bred for the prairies to set fruit when cool or questionable conditions. These plants are compact, producing meaty 3-5 oz. fruits, close to the vine.
630. Old Brook – 49 day – An early full-sized tomato. Fruit are rose-red, up to 1 lb., juicy and delicious. Higher in acidity, resistant to blossom end rot. Good canning tomato..
631. Peron Sprayless – 77 days – Late season tomato from Argentina. Large 13 oz. red fruit, tart, without cracks. Produces in cool weather, pest and disease resistant.
632. Persimmon – 85 days – Lovely deep orange, softer fruits up to 1 lb. in size. Late season, resistant to cracking. Delicious sweet fruity flavor. Plants spread 3-5’.
633. Principe Bourgese – 80 days – Plants are compact and bushy, bearing large crop of 1 oz. fruit, good for drying or sauces.
634. Pumpkin Tomato – 82 days – Large, med. orange fruits with uneven bottoms, but make good slicers because of nice flavor. Fruits are at least 1 lb. each.
635. Purple Calabash – 66 days – Called the ugliest tomato in the world, this plum colored, deeply ribbed fruit is flat and well, ugly. But the flavor can’t be beat. Good for fresh eating and just keeping around for entertainment. Extremely drought tolerant.
636. Purple Cherokee – 47 days – From the Cherokee Natives. Nice smokey black red fruit, flattened and larger with green shoulders sometimes but good for slicing. Nice flavor, low acid.
637. Purple Russian – 45 days – Plum shaped darker smokey red tomatoes. Sometime splitting occurs but the flavor is excellent. Early and productive. Fruits are about 2-3 oz.
638. Roma – 58 days – Needs little introduction. Most popular and fruitful paste tomato. Meaty 3 oz. fruits.
640. Rose de Berne – 87 days – Larger 4-5” blush red fruits with speckles of white. Very smooth, flavorful and sweet. Thin skinned, heavy producer.
641. Salt Spring Sunrise – 45 days – developed on Salt Spring Island by the James Seed Company. Thrives in coastal or hot dry summers. Fruit is red, slightly flattened, about 2-3” across. Produces lots on med. sized bushes.
642. San Marzano Paste – 65 days – One of the most productive paste tomatoes I have grown. Fruits are long oblongs with pointy ends, red and meaty, but if you like a drier eating fruit they are good for that also. Keep a long time.
643. Saucilito – 55 days – Larger and more Roma shaped, Saucilito is a paste tomato. Fruits are about 2-3 oz. each and rounded on the ends.
644. Sicilian Saucer – 76 days – bred for large fruit production, the smallest about 1 lb. slightly flattened, beefsteak type. Did well in drought this year.
645. Store cluster – 90 days – LIMITED QUANTITIES for 2010. A larger salad type tomatoes 2”, round, in clusters on sturdy vines. More compact plants if pruned.
646. Stupice – 35 days – this tomato had the earliest production of all the varieties I grew and produced all year long in all conditions. Evenly round, bright red 1-2” fruits, good for snacking or throwing in a salad. Zesty, full flavor. From Czechoslovakia.
647. Superfantastic – 90 days – High yielding all summer. Solid, meaty 7 oz. fruits, red with a smooth skin. Needs heat and longer season to mature on prairies.
648. Taxi – 66 days – Bright yellow and almost transluscent. The fruit is 3” or more, round, evenly colored and good tomato flavor. Blemish free and easy to grow.
649. Ukrainian Pear – 94 days – Nice sweet flavored, pear shaped fruits of a deep pink red with green shoulders sometimes. Sweet and flavorful, good for slicing or canning.
650. Vision of the World – 94 days – Large beefsteak tomato about 8-10 oz. Red and round but slightly squashed. Good slicer.
651. Weisnight’s Ukrainian – 88 days – One of our favorites. Originally brought by Ukrainian immigrants. Outstanding flavor, large flattened fruits are pinky red and over 8 oz. in size. A winner for us.
652. Yellow Stuffer – 77 days – Slightly transluscent yellow in color, these fruits are great for stuffing, as the name implies as it is hollow on the inside, the seeds few and close to the center core in an interesting gelly-brain formation. Fun and tasty.
653. Yellow Tangerine – 92 days – Science has isolated new varieties of lycopene and carotenes in different colored tomatoes, hence perhaps the unique taste of these varieties. This one is a winner for taste and grows medium sized, rounded tomatoes with a slight citrus taste.
654. Beef ‘em up X10 – 82 days – Beefsteak type tomato that is slightly smaller, but still a good tomato for the prairies.
655. #11 – 66 days – cross of two varieties to produce a good med. sized multipurpose red tomato. Round and good flavor.
656. Belgian – 79 days. Very large, round tomatoes similar to a Weisnight’s Ukrainian. Excellent flavor and keeping qualities.
657. Prairie Pride – 70 days. Compact plants, good container sized, bushy and squat, producing a good number of medium sized, very round fruits of good quality and flavor.
658. Oxheart Giant – 80 days. Very large, slightly oval fruits, usually 6-7 oz. in size. Good for canning, slicing or sauces. Heritage variety.
659. Carol Chyko’s Big Paste – 88 days. These enormous tomatoes are not really paste tomatoes as you would think of them. They are great eating tomatoes, flat and round, but can be used for good paste if boiled down. They are also good keepers, but late. That’s ok, cause they ripen in the basement quite well.
New!!
660. Gardener’s pride – 70-80 days. NEW!! A variety that produces orange red fruits, of good slicing size.
661. Amish paste/superfantastic mix – NEW!!as stated, mostly amish paste. For salsa and fresh eating.
662. Superfantastic/amish paste mix. Mostly superfantastic tomatoes, interesting blend.
663. All orange blend – A mix of the best tasting tomatoes in the class. 30 seeds – $4.00
664. Big Red Mix – 70-88 days. All the largest, choicest tomato varieties in a mix. All red. 30 seeds – $4.00
665. Big Red Heirloom Mix – 70-88 days. Only Heirloom red beefsteak types. 30 seeds – $4.00
66H. Heritage mix – 70-86 days. A mixture of some of the most delicious Heritage varieties – that taste as a tomato should. All shapes, sizes, colors, medium to large varieties. 30 seeds – $4.00
667. Heirloom big and small – 60-70 days. A medley of Heirloom varieties, chosen for earliness, hardiness, taste and color. All sizes. 30 seeds – $4.00
668. Sunshine blend – 60-70 days. A mix of our favorite yellow and orange varieties, with some different colored reds mixed in for a sunset windfall of tomatoes all season long. 30 seeds – $4.00
669. Saucy mix – 60-75 days. Mix of the best paste and sauce tomatoes. 30 seeds – $4.00
670. New Grower blend – 55-70 days. If you are new to tomato farming, these are the best varieties, the most forgiving of mistakes with high yields. All packets come with Sure to Succeed Instructions and suggestions. 30 seeds – $4.00
671. Jitomate bulito – 90 days. NEW!! Very late for this region. This is an old Zapotec natives variety from S. American states. Tomatoes are elongated paste types with a pointy end. Good variety.
639. Andrea’s Black Russian – 70 days. NEW!! A variety brought back fromRussia when my cousin visited there in 2010. Similar to Black Krim, dark coloring with green and red striping, great flavor.
See also salsa mix and stir fry mixes.
