Heirloom tomato plants
The following varieties and their descriptions were obtained
from various sources.
Roma VF and some sweet peppers are hybrids
or protected varieties. All others are open pollinated or heirloom
varieties and saved seed should produce the same fruits year after year.
Name of this heirloom means little blond girl. Plant produces phenomenal clusters of 20-30 very-very-very tasty gold/yellow grape-sized (1/2") cherries. Put this in your mouth and see if you can keep from smiling. Days: 75 - Mid Season Qty: 10 |
![]() Ivory-colored cherry tomatoes that ripen to a pale yellow. Fruit is deliciously sweet, round, 1/2-inch and borne from productive vines. This has always been a great hit for me with kids, especially those who claimed to not like tomatoes. Days: 75 - Mid Season Qty: 10 |
![]() This is a perfectly round cherry with classic black tomato flavor, sweet yet rich and complex. Fruit picks clean from the stem and is produced in abundance on vigorous, tall plants. These cherries are irresistibly delicious and a unique addition to the color spectrum of cherry tomatoes now available. Indeterminate. 65 days. Qty: 0 |
![]() This compact heirloom was developed only a few years ago. It's fruits have become popular in restaurants and markets because of their unique attractiveness and flavor. The 1 by 1 1/2-inch ripe fruits are yellow-green with a translucent pale-green on the inside. Days: 60 - Early Season Qty: 17 |
![]() Beautiful 1x 1 1/2-inch yellow pear with great flavor. Days: 75 - Mid Season Qty: 12 |
![]() A very productive cherry plant from Japan producing large pink cherries in clusters. Absolutely delicious flavor. Days: 75 - Mid Season Qty: 6 |
![]() A large sprawling plant that produces pink oval-shaped fruit with excellent taste. Days: 70 - Mid Season Qty: 4 |
![]() This heirloom produces amazing yields of sweet pink fruits the size of ping pong balls. Juicy and bursting with superb flavors. Great for salads, canned, or popped in your mouth off the vine. Personal favorite Days: 75 - Mid Season Qty: 10 |
![]() (AKA Mr. Stripey) - Highly productive, English vine that produces beautiful, silver-dollar sized, round fruits with red-orange skin with golden-green to yellow jagged stripes. Red-orange, juicy flesh. Brisk, tangy (tart) flavor. Days: 76 - Mid Season Qty: 11 |
![]() 1 1/2" round fruit brown skin with black stripes rich tomato flavor with hints of smoke and sweetness. Created by Jeff Dawson this is one of our favorites for looks and taste. Days: 85 - Late Season Qty: 16 |
![]() A solid, medium-sized, green slicer, with full, mild and delicious flavors. One of the best tasting greens. Days: 72 - Mid Season Qty: 5 |
![]() Most popular and well known for green tomato relish. Early maturity and dependable crop. Open pollinated. Dwarf plant habit, producing medium sized globe shaped fruit with slightly green shoulders. Days: 60 - Early Season Qty: 0 |
![]() This large paste tomato has looks as well as taste. Bright red , with orange stripes, this tomato presents itself well when sliced, but its real power is in pasta. Measures 3 inches wide at the shoulders and 5 inches long. Days: 85-90 - Late Season Qty: 0 |
![]() A disease resistant, highly productive heirloom variety that produces clusters of 2-inch, round, bright-orange fruit containing an intense fruity flavors with a nice snappy tang. Days: 80 - Late Season Qty: 0 |
![]() Of Cherokee Indian origin, this is a pre-1890 Tennessee heirloom that yields large fruits up to 12 ounces that are smooth with slightly ridged shoulders. It’s dusky rose/purple color is so dark it is often referred as a "black" tomato. Fruits are sweet and rich in flavor. Days: 85 - Late Season Qty: 3 |
![]() Italian, heat-loving, heirloom tomato that has been enjoyed for many generations along the Mediterranean. Large, deep-red fruits have a singularly fluted profile, are deeply ridged, and heavily lobed. Meaty, full-flavored, slightly tart, and delicious. Makes a rich and pungent pasta sauce. Days: 78 - Mid Season Qty: 0 |
![]() The largest of the super-early, red tomato varieties with great flavor. Fruits are 2 1/2-inch, 8-12 oz., round, with pointed end. Great flavor. Days: 50 - Early Season Qty: 0 |
![]() This potato-leaf heirloom from Czechoslovakia is a cold-tolerant tomato that bears an abundance of very sweet, flavorful 2 to 3-inch, deep red fruit. A 1988 comparative tasting in the San Francisco area gave it first place for its wonderful sweet/acid, tomatoey flavor and production. Days: 52 - Early Season Qty: 3 |
![]() An heirloom that produces 1 lb., yellow to deep orange beefsteak tomatoes that are thin-skinned, meaty, have few seeds and fantastic flavor. Juice has the same bright orange color as orange juice. Days: 80 - Late Season Qty: 11 |
![]() This vigorous and prolific heirloom, introduced around 1983, yields lots of fruit. One of the better flavors of all the orange tomatoes. Rose-orange (persimmon colored) fruits range from 12-ounces to 2 pounds. Meaty, very sweet, and few seeds. Days: 80 - Late Season Qty: 12 |
![]() An Ohio heirloom beefsteak originally from West Virginia. 1 to 2-pound orange-yellow fruit with red mottled skin and red streaks within. Very sweet tasting. One of the very best tasting bicolored. Year after year one of the hits of the TomatoFest. Serve in big slices with other colored tomatoes. Days: 85 - Late Season Qty: 12 |
![]() This is a pink heirloom that originated in Czechoslovakia. Seeds brought to America during WW2. Potato leaf variety producing moderate yields of 1-2 lb. beautiful, pink beefsteaks. Dense, creamy, sweet flesh with rich complex, old tomatoey flavors. Great gift for the tomato lover. Days: 85 - Late Season Qty: 9 |
![]() Developed in Ohio, this variety is known mostly for it's size and delicious flavor. Dark pink fruit that averages 2-lbs. (but can get to 5 lbs.) is meaty with few seeds. Great for cooking and canning. Days: 90 - Late Season Qty: 9 |
![]() Comes in first as an early slicing tomato and our customers’ favorite early variety. Dependable large harvests of flavorful, solid 4 to 6 oz. fruit. Disease resistance is good, contributing to its excellent performance in almost any climate. A proven variety for delicious, early tomatoes. Indeterminate. 52 days Qty: 3 |
![]() The seed that produced the world's largest tomato a whopping 7 lb., 12 oz. beauty grown by Gordon Graham of Edmond, Oklahoma, and listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Most fruits weigh over 1 lb each. Qty: 5 |
![]() Showy, bright red fruits with conspicuous golden-orange stripes resembling sweet peppers. Thick walls and little flesh, makes them easy to prepare for stuffing and grilling. Best grown under glass, or outdoors In warm summers. Indeterminate 90 days Qty: 0 |
![]() One of the most popular varieties for paste, sauces and canning. Compact vines yield large harvests of 3 inch long, bright red fruit that may be pear-shaped or plum-shaped. Thick walled and solid with few seeds; slightly later than Roma with heavier foliage. Determinate. 78 days. Qty: 5 |
![]() Deep yellow to orange beefsteak type. Medium to large fruits. Tart, tangerine-shaped, meaty flesh. Indeterminate, heavy yielder. (85 days) Qty: 0 |
![]() Developed from the Brandywine. Many folks find this variety comparable in every way to the favorite Brandywine. It has even ranked higher at times in my taste trials. Great for hot day and cool night climate. Large potato leaf vine produces lots of 1-lb., slightly flattened, pretty, blemish-free, purple-pink fruits with few seeds and excellent flavor. Days: 75 Size: Indeterminate Qty: 2 |
Red
Belly Fruit may reach 2 lbs. Yellow fruit with red at blossom end. Sweet and non-acid flavor. Late season Qty: 3 |
Hot Peppers | |
![]() A blistering hot pepper 40 times hotter than Jalapeno! Among the most potent ones we sell. Wrinkled fruit is 1 inch long and 1-1/2 inches wide, with a tapered end. Peppers begin as light green then turn to golden-orange and are loaded onto 36 inch tall plants. Thrives best in warm southern climates. 90 to 100 days. Qty: 3 |
![]() This strain from Greece is somewhat rare and prized by those who want the peppers for pickling. Because they are smaller and lighter in color than the regular Pepperoncini, homemade jars of these golden peppers look more like the commercial product. Same thin-walled, slightly wrinkled shape, and mildly hot flavor as the other Pepperoncini, and the perfect addition to Greek salads. 62 days. Qty: 0 |
![]() Bountiful harvest of pencil-shaped fruits that are 5 inches long and 1/2 inch thick, but often curled and twisted. Flavor is red hot and best used in very hot dishes. Easily dried. 75 days. Mix-Qty 30 |
![]() This moderately pungent fruit is deep green, but turns red at full maturity. Very smooth peppers are 7-1/2 inches long and 2 inches wide and borne on tall, productive plants that offer good foliage cover for the fruit. Excellent for canning, freezing or drying. 75 days Mix-Qty 30 |
![]() Hot cherry pepper is round and matures from green to bright red. Popular for pickling and preserving. May also be stuffed with cheese and used as a popper. Mix-Qty 30 |
![]() Fiery, thick-walled peppers grow 3 in. long and 1-1/2 inches wide, with rounded tips. Dark green at first, then turning red. Good for fresh use or pickling; famous for nachos and other Tex-Mex dishes. 75 days. Mix-Qty 30 |
![]() Medium-hot peppers, especially good for pickling. Canary yellow, then bright red at full maturity. 6 to 8 inches long and 2 inches across. Plants are 20 to 24 inches tall. 70 days. Mix-Qty 30 |
![]() Dark green peppers mature to almost brown and are 5 inches long and 2-1/2 inches wide with a slight taper and blunt end. These are a little longer and milder than Ancho 101, with Scoville units from 600 to 1,800. These peppers are called Poblano when fresh and Ancho when dried. 75 to 80 days. Qty: 6 |
![]() Extremely hot variety originally from Thailand. Plants become covered with 1-1/2 inch long peppers that are green at first but ripen to red. Both colors appear on the plant at the same time making this variety ornamental as well as edible. Thin fleshed peppers are used especially in Oriental dishes. 90 days. Qty: 6 |
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Sweet Peppers | |
![]() Very compact plants are crowned by a profusion of upright peppers in colors of red, orange, yellow, and purple, all at the same time. Peppers are about 2 inches long and chunky, making for a spectacularly colorful display. While highly ornamental, this fruit is also very edible and sweet, especially when fully ripened to red. As the name suggests, would be beautiful pickled in clear glass jars. 75 days. Qty: 3 |
![]() Incredibly sweet and delicious, medium-large, 3 or 4-lobed bell peppers mature from green to an attractive chocolate color. Eat them at the fully ripe stage and you'll know that they're something special. Plants are tobacco mosaic virus resistant. 67 days to green, 85-88 days to chocolate. Qty: 0 |
![]() Big, blocky bell peppers are a mature green in 70 days, then turn to a beautiful shade of golden-yellow in just two more weeks. The peppers are about 4-1/2 inches long and nearly that wide, and are smooth and consistently well shaped. As a bonus, plants are tolerant to most pepper virus diseases and 3 races of bacterial spot. Extra sweet when fully yellow. Qty: 3 |
![]() Blocky, thick-walled, dark purple bells set well not only in the crown, but also as limb set. Compact plants offer good foliage cover for the fruit. Beautiful in salads as well as stuffed. 70 days. Qty: 4 |
![]() A red bell pepper widely adapted to reliably turn red in almost any area of the country. Very thick-walled, heavy fruits are blocky, and about 4 inches long. Heavy yields of bright red sweet peppers. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. Qty: 6 |
![]() Beautiful deep orange bell pepper is from 4 to 5 inches long and not quite as wide. Thick walls and very sweet flavor make this a wonderful addition to salads, stir-fries, or any use when gorgeous color and sweet taste are desired. 80 days. Qty: 2 |
Eggplant | |
![]() Unique pink-purple color really is almost neon, and absolutely stunning. Nearly cylindrical fruits are about 8 inches long and 3 inches wide with tender white, bitter-free flesh. Very early maturing makes this one suitable for gardeners throughout the country. These eggplants are so beautiful that you should display these fruits as a centerpiece before you cook them. 65 days. Qty: 10 |
![]() Small, ball-shaped fruit are about 2 inches across and green marbled with white stripes. This is a traditional Thai type of eggplant that is used extensively in many Asian dishes for its distinctive flavor. They are also the perfect size and shape to put on a shish kebab skewer, brush with olive oil, and grill. Vigorous plants yield a very generous harvest. 60 days. Qty: 8 |
![]() One of the nicest white eggplant varieties available, Cloud Nine bears pure white, bitter-free fruit with an elegant teardrop shape and delicate flavor. For best quality, harvest fruit when they are about 7 inches long. Plants are resistant to tobacco mosaic virus. 75 days. Qty: 10 |
![]() ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS WINNER FOR 2005 - Expect early harvests of these stunningly attractive, elongated lavender fruit with white stripes. Produced in clusters of three to five, the white-fleshed, non-bitter eggplant is best picked when about 4 inches long by 1-3/4 inches wide and while the skin is still shiny. Dwarf, 18 to 24 inch plants are ideal for containers as well as for planting in the garden. 50 days. Qty: 13 |
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