Full sun. Bush Beefsteak is an open pollinated tomato variety producing early-mid season meaty, tasty, 8 oz. red fruits. 65 days
Determinate tomato plants have a specific time period for producing flowers that will then set fruit and ripen. Caging determinate types will help to keep the fruit off the ground to reduce pest nibbling. Determinate types are not suckered.
Full Sun. This hybrid indeterminate slicer ripens to a rich orange 8 to 12 ounce fruits. The very good flavor and texture of Chef’s Choice earned it an AAS win.
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Full sun. Cherokee Purple, an heirloom variety produces large, dusky brown-purple skinned, green-shouldered fruit with brick-red flesh. The flavor is winy, smoky and earthy. Though not an abundant producer, the flavor is exceptional.
Indeterminate tomato vines set flowers until frost kills the plant. Indeterminate plants give you a long harvest season. Staking or trellising is recommended for indeterminate plants. Suckering of indeterminate plants is recommended for slicing varieties so that you get a good number of larger tomatoes (suckering is not necessary for cherry tomatoes).
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Full sun. Open pollinated Blackcherry is another customer favorite. The dusky purple-brown fruit is very full flavored.
Full sun. Open pollinated Indigo Cherry Drops has dark blue skin over red flesh. This is a vigorous indeterminate plant bearing large clusters of 1-2 oz. fruit.
Full sun. Suncherry is a hybrid, mid-sized, cherry tomato with extra sweet red fruit. It is born on long trusses until frost. It is highly productive.
Full sun. Hands down, the most popular cherry tomato that we grow, and with good reason. The orange fruits of this hybrid variety have a complex flavor often described as “tropical” or winy”. Exotic and delicious. Ripens early, produces heavily and is the last tomato standing in our garden each fall.
Full sun. Cosmonaut Volkov is an early ripening heirloom with a satisfying authentic tomato flavor. Very sweet flesh. Plants produce round, red 12oz. fruits. One of our favorite sandwich tomatoes.
Indeterminate tomato vines set flowers until frost kills the plant. Indeterminate plants give you a long harvest season. Staking or trellising is recommended for indeterminate plants. Suckering of indeterminate plants is recommended for slicing varieties so that you get a good number of larger tomatoes (suckering is not necessary for cherry tomatoes).
Full sun. Heirloom Principe Borghese is a small plum-type fruit for drying. The dried fruits of Principe Borghese are far and away superior to store bought dried tomatoes. The dried fruit is sweet as a raisin but with a concentrated tomato bite.
Full sun. The best all-around garden tomato we have found. Tasty, large, heavy yielding, dependable and early. Fruits are thin skinned and sweet fleshed. Jetstar, though a hybrid variety, does not have the wide disease resistance of other hybrid varieties. This is the tomato we grow in our garden to sell and eat.
Indeterminate tomato vines set flowers until frost kills the plant. Indeterminate plants give you a long harvest season. Staking or trellising is recommended for indeterminate plants. Suckering of indeterminate plants is recommended for slicing varieties so that you get a good number of larger tomatoes (suckering is not necessary for cherry tomatoes).