tomatoes
Who doesn't love homegrown garden tomatoes? They are so much more flavorful than store-bought tomatoes. Just dream of all the BLTs, tomato sauce, pizza sauce, caprese salads and straight up tomato sandwiches you could be eating.
Last year we had 8 varieties of tomatoes. This year, 15! I just can't help myself.
*Wait until the nighttime temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees to plant your tomatoes.
Beefsteak, Slicing
Big Beef Plus (hybrid)
Produces large, high quality, smooth fruit 9-12 oz big. If you have issues with tomato diseases, you may want to try this hybrid variety. Indeterminate.
Black Krim (Heirloom)
This tomato originated on the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea region. It is one of the oldest varieties of black tomatoes. Rich, somewhat salty flavor. Indeterminate.
Mortgage Lifter (Heirloom)
Old timer. Pink/reddish in color, rich and sweet. The fruit weights up to 1 lb and produces few seeds. Indeterminate.
Big Boy (Hybrid)
Developed for the home gardener. It has been a standard in American gardens for more than 50 years. This plant produces fruit that is often over 1 lb. Indeterminate.
Gold Medal (Heirloom)
Yellow blushed with rosy red coloring from the blossom end. She is glamorous. Sweet and mild. 1-3 lb fruits. Little acid. Indeterminate.
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Marglobe (Heirloom)
Deep, red, perfectly round fruit. This plant produces clusters of 3-6 tomatoes with a sweet, delicious flavor. Determinate.
Paste/Sauce
Blue Beech (Heirloom)
This plant produces a high yield of 8-10 oz fruits that is easy to process into sauces. It is well adapted to our northern climate. Indeterminate.
San Marzano (Heirloom)
Deep, red, perfectly round fruit. This plant produces clusters of 3-6 tomatoes with a sweet, delicious flavor. Determinate.
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Roma (Heirloom)
Classic Italian type tomato. They produce big crops of bright scarlet plum-shaped fruits, and are meaty with few seeds. Determinate.
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Speckled Roman (Heirloom)
Pink/reddish in color, rich and sweet. The fruit weights up to 1 lb and produces few seeds. Indeterminate.
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Sunrise Sauce (Hybrid)
Much sweeter than other paste tomatoes. This plant produces high yields of 4-6 oz Roma shaped fruits. Determinate.
Cherry
Riesentraube (Heirloom)
Old German heirloom. This plant produces sweet, red 1 oz fruits that grow in large clusters. In German, riesentraube means "giant grape."
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Sungold (Hybrid)
Exceptionally sweet. This tomato produces tangerine-orange cherry tomatoes. They have vigorous vines that produce early and bear fruit all season long. This is by far my favorite cherry tomato. Crack resistance. Indeterminate.
Rosella (Heirloom)
Half inch fruits that are purple/pink with a smoky blush. Good balance of sweetness and acidity. Great for fresh eating!
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Supersweet 100 (Hybrid)
This plant is very vigorous and produces tons of cherry tomatoes. Sweet and tangy. Indeterminate.