The 1884 Purple tomato variety is similar in many ways to the very popular heirloom tomato "1884": The same huge flavor, same size and shape, similar plant characteristics but fruit has a reddish purple color with dusky shoulders.
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1884 purple
This old-time variety produces a harvest of 6 to 10 oz red tomatoes, packed with great tomato flavor. They have a fair amount of acid that is nicely tempered with sweetness. This variety has been popular since the early 1920's, and it is no wonder considering its productivity and flavor.
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abraham lincoln
Heirloom Tomatoes
Ace 55 has a fresh tomato flavor. Large, deep red fruit with low acid content, one of the few red tomatoes to be able to make that claim. Crack-resistant. Heavy foliage protects fruit from sunburn.
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ace 55
Deep golden orange color adds a punch to sandwiches, salsas and salads. The flavor is mild, sweet, delicious and the flesh is very smooth to the mouth. This heirloom takes its name from Amana, IA. Definitely worth the wait.
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amana orange
The name is French for black pineapple. It's a sport of the Pineapple tomato from a Belgian garden. Fruit is large like the Pineapple, but the color and flavor are different. Heavy yields and great taste. And, it's pretty!
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ananis noir
A medium-sized pink tomato that ripens to a beautiful rose color. Flavorful with smooth skin. An excellent variety from Ozarks in Arkansas, tolerant to heat and humidity; crack and disease resistant. Good flavor.
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arkansas traveler
Heirloom originally from Armenia. A tall plant that produces large, 1-lb., lightly ribbed, yellow and orange beefsteak tomato with some red marbling. Unusually strong flavors for a bi-colored. We thought this was delicious, not to mention beautiful.
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armenian
The name is French for black pineapple. It's a sport of the Pineapple tomato from a Belgian garden. Fruit is large like the Pineapple, but the color and flavor are different. Heavy yields and great taste. And it's pretty!
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aunt ruby's german green
An heirloom tomato from Australia. These tomatoes are regular-leaf tomato plants that dependably yield copious amounts of 1-2 lb., glossy-red, meaty, fluted, beefsteak tomatoes that are delicious. Great disease resistance. This is one of the first tomatoes our customer, pictured at left, picked. This tomato is dedicated to him, our friend Gary Ploughman who loved tomatoes, dahlias and his oboe.
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aussie
An introduction from Wild Boar Farms. This variety is likely the result of a cross between Big Rainbow and Green Zebra. Large, bi-color fruits; yellow with red stripes outside and red streaks inside. Very meaty fruits have an excellent, sweet tomato flavor.
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beauty king
Big, regular-leaf tomato plants yield moderate to large crops of 1-2 lb. bi-colored beefsteak tomatoes with gold flesh and beautiful red streaks running throughout. Very juicy and sweet. Great for slicing onto sandwiches or in salads.
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big rainbow
A unique, large 8-12 oz. dark tomato exhibiting a rich, deep purplish-brown color. Some seed savers say it is the best tasting of all the dark tomatoes. Very rich, old-fashioned flavor, sweet and spicy. A rare Russian heirloom.
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black from tula
This unique tomato is charcoal black/red in color when mature sometimes with green shoulders. Fruits are slightly smaller than a baseball in size. Very good flavor. Something a little different!
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black beauty
It isn't a true black but it comes close. They are a deep, red with green shoulders. The interior is a reddish green color. An heirloom from the Crimean peninsula of Russia. Producing 10 - 12 oz. fruits, they set well in heat and under adverse conditions. The flavor is rich, earthy, almost smoky.
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black krim
A favorite Russian variety that produces a long and steady crop of 2" elongated plum-shaped fruits colored a beautiful deep-mahogany with dusky-green shoulders. Fruit resembles a small paste tomato but with thinner walls. Unique sweet tangy flavor.
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black plum
A Brad Gates introduction. Fruit is beefsteak-type slicer, weighing up to 8 oz, and the flavor is as good as its outstanding antioxidant content! Gorgeous, deep blue-black shoulders make this unique. Sunburn and crack resistance
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blue beauty
It has prolific yields of good-sized, smooth, red tomatoes with a very nice flavor. They are a medium size tomato in my garden (zone 5) although they can average 10 to 16 oz.! Crack-free and disease resistant.
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box car willie
Many gardeners consider this tomato the best of all. They are 1 to 2 lb. pink beefsteaks with a rich, sweet flavor that has made Brandywine justifiably famous and worth the longer wait for them to mature. I had great success by using the ones in gallon pots as they are more mature.
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brandywine pink
Medium-sized, 8 to 12 oz. round, smooth red fruit that are juicy and loaded with intense tomato flavor. Expect high yields of this very flavorful tomato.
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brandywine red
Superbly rich and delicious-tasting large fruit, the golden variety gives good yields. Large potato-leaf plants are very sturdy and deep green. This heirloom is delicious any way you eat it!
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brandywine yellow
Regular-leaf tomato plants, yielding medium to large, beautiful purple-black tomatoes. This is among the darkest of the black tomatoes with the delicious, rich, complex, flavors that black tomatoes are known for. This tomato won a taste test of 10 heirloom tomato varieties at Cornell Research Farm.
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carbon
Originally grown in southern Russia between the Caspian and Black Seas. These prolific, 1-2 lb., globe-shaped, pleated, pink-red beefsteaks, rival Brandywine in popularity and flavor. This tomato is perfect for cooler climates.
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caspian pink
These 10 to 12 ounce, beefsteak fruits are full of rich flavor. A cross of Cherokee Purple and Carbon. Heirloom Marriage Hybrid varieties are produced from modern day unions of heirloom parents.
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cherokee carbon
A cherished heirloom of mahogany red colored, medium tomatoes that are 8 to 12 oz. each. Fruits are round, with no cracking. Exhibits tolerance to mild drought as well as to common diseases.
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cherokee purple
A stabilized version of Cherokee Purple, this 10 to 16 oz. mahogany-colored variety has excellent flavor and beautiful large fruit. Very productive plants are vigorous and yield a large harvest of these chocolate-colored tomatoes with the ample size and wonderful flavor associated with Cherokee Purple.
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cherokee chocolate
Large, indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield a plentiful crop of 3-4 inch, mahogany colored with dark, olive green-striping (similar to black zebra). Fruits have delicious, complex, rich, sweet, earthy tomato flavors.
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chocolate stripes
Seeds of this un-named variety were given to Gary Ibsen. This tomato. named by Gary for Clint's participation in the Carmel TomatoFest, is an open-pollinated, tall plant that produces lots of 2", deep-red, tomatoes with bold, complex flavors. Its fruity sweetness is perfectly balanced with plenty of acidity. Firm and juicy.
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clint eastwood's rowdy red
A beautiful large, striped tomatoes, these have lovely stripes of gold and red. Inside is a mix of red and yellow that is swirled together. A stabilized cross between Green Zebra and Marvel Stripe, these tomatoes average one pound each.
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copia
This full flavored heirloom variety from France produces large red beefsteaks with ribbed shoulders. Fruit is typically 4' across, meaty, and smoothly textured. Very large crops of big, beautiful tomatoes.
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coustralee
Producer of medium-sized, slightly flattened, pale-yellow fruits with delicate, light red striping. Flavorful with overtones of tropical fruit. Firm and juicy, and beautiful in appearance.
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dagma's perfection
An excellent slicer, with most fruits over 1 pound - many 2 to 3 pounds - and still holds the world record of 7+ pounds for a single fruit! Produces smooth and solid fruits that seldom crack, with small cavities, nearly solid meat, and excellent flavor.
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delicious
Loved this large, smooth skinned, pink beefsteak with great flavor that has won several taste testing awards. Fruits are usually under a pound. Sturdy plants produce well. The first year I grew them, they seemed to take forever to ripen. Every day they got bigger and bigger. then abut the second week of September one started to ripen and the rest followed suit. Big and beautiful and delicious. Last year they ripened in a more timely manner.
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dester
Plant produces lots of very juicy, 14 oz. , brilliant orange-gold globes with tropical fruit flavors. It originally came from Tennessee. The seed is from Tomatofest owned by Gary Ibsen.
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gary ibsen's gold
A beautiful beefsteak tomato that is predominantly golden yellow with a red blush. Streaks of red run throughout the flesh. Tomatoes range from 1 to 2 lbs. and have an excellent sweet, fruity taste.
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georgia streak
An old-time favorite heirloom from the East features tall plants and a fairly early harvest of large, slightly ribbed pink tomatoes averaging 1 lb. Meaty with few seeds and excellent flavor.
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german johnson pink
This is a wonderful Italian heirloom. Vigorous 10 to 18 ft. vines have strong stems and heavy thick leaves. Globe- shaped, pinkish-red fruits, with few seeds,are smooth, tender and weigh 1 to 2 lbs.
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giant tree / triple crop
A Ben Quisenberry tomato. Wonderful, 1-1/2 lb., yellow and red bicolor beefsteak tomato with pink marbling in blossom end, thin skin and luscious sweet, well-balanced flavors. Did I mention how beautiful it is?
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gold medal
We grew these last year and loved them. Very tasty. Fruits are large yellow-golden hearts with few seeds. The flesh is smooth, creamy and has a nicely balanced sweet taste.
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golden king of siberia
These are a family favorite. The flavor is sweet and fruity, perfect for salads and sandwiches. An almost perfect, "white" tomato with low acidity and few seeds. Good drought and crack tolerance. When totally ripe, the fruit will have a yellowish hue on the blossom end and a very smooth creamy texture.
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great white
An heirloom tomato originally from Crete. Large, 4", 16 oz., pink beefsteak tomatoes borne from big, sprawling, regular leafed tomato plants. Big, complex flavors. ruffled shoulders. A good sandwich tomato.
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greek rose
A large, golden-orange beefsteak heirloom tomato with fruit that grows up to 1-1/2 lbs and often has a scarlet blush on the end. When fruit is ripe it has hints of citrus amd a rich, sweet pineapple like flavor. These tomatoes are a beautiful addition to your tomato garden.
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hawaiian pinapple
The tomatoes are beautiful. An Ohio heirloom originally from West Virginia producing 1-2 lb. huge, heavily-ribbed, orange-yellow fruit with red mottled skin and red streaks within. Very sweet, fruity flavors. Low acid.
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hillbilly
Regular leaf plant produces heavy yields of 10-14 oz., pink, round, oblate, juicy, beefsteak tomatoes with big, rich, complex, old-fashioned tomatoey flavors. A good choice for a sandwich or salad tomato. RARE.
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israel
In Russia the Trifele varieties of tomatoes are highly prized. This short potato leaf plant yields prolific quantities of 6 oz. fruit. sweet, tasty flesh with a meaty core that produces all summer long. May be the same as Black Truffle.
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japanese black trifele
"All American Selection" winner in 1943. This heavy yielding, golden-orange fruit weighs 6 to 7 ounces each, is mild tasting, with lower acid as is common in yellow or white tomatoes, but has good tomato flavor. Solid fruit with few seeds.
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jubilee
Gary Ibsen, owner of Tomatofest, named this variety in tribute to his friend, famed cook and educator, Julia Child. The tall, potato-leaf plant produces lots of 4", deep-pink, lightly-fluted, fruits that has firm, juicy flesh and robust flavor.
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julia child
Lovely, pale-orange fruits are solid and meaty throughout, packed with mild, tasting flesh. A long-season producer of large, beefsteak-type fruits, up to 16 oz. My daughter's favorite.
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kellogg's breakfast
Lemon yellow, not golden in color. Highly adaptable plants yield large, deep oblate fruits, averaging 6 to 7 oz. and about 3-1/2" across. Out-yields all other "golden" tomatoes available. Mild flavored and adds an inviting color to salads.
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lemon boy
Brought to America by Ukrainian immigrants prior to the 1920's. An heirloom producing 4-6 oz., 2 1/2", round, red fruit in clusters of 3-5. Meaty, long-lasting fruit with well-balanced, old-time tomato flavors.
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lida ukranian
Big, pink fruit are very rich-tasting, certainly a favorite pink tomato. This potato-leaf variety has a long history in the "Show Me" state. It was grown since the Civil War by the Barnes family.
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missouri pink love apple
French heirloom. Historically a popular variety grown for market. Producing clusters of 6-10 ounce deep red, slightly flattened, oblate fruits that are meaty, lightly lobed with an excellent slightly tart taste. This variety also does well in cooler summer conditions. A great tomato for slicing and sandwiches.
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marmande
The perfect-looking golden-orange tomato: smooth, medium- sized and globe-shaped. Excellent for farmer's markets and roadside stands. Fine flavored, rich and fruity. These are good producers of commercial looking fruit.
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moonglow
These long time favorites are also known as Radiator Charlie. They produce good yields of large, smooth, pink-skinned fruits and have few seeds. The sale of these plants during the depression years was used to pay off the farmer's mortgage, hence the name. Mild and delectable sweet flavor.
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mortgage lifter
The largest of the U of I bred tomatoes. Not the earliest but certainly the largest. Big plants produce dozens of large, 4-5" red fruits good for slicing and canning. Almost lost to the ether but for a Utah gardener who kept it as his main canning tomato.
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moscow
One year, this produced the biggest tomato we had, over 2 pounds! It was gorgeous red and yellow-striped heirloom variety that tasted great. Large, ridge-shouldered fruits are mild-flavored and low in acid.
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mr. stripey
A big, bi-color tomato from Russia. It is such an attractive one, too, having fairly smooth fruits, golden-yellow with fanciful streaks of blushing salmon-pink! Great taste, being very sweet and meaty.
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nature's riddle
A favorite from the Virginia Mennonite community. The yellow fruits have a red center visible on the surface. The tomatoes often weigh over a pound, and have few seeds. Not a heavy producer, but the taste makes up for it.
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old german
A tomato with a fascinating history and really good flavor that has won taste awards. It is a darker pink, smooth beefsteak with rarely any defects that is a nice size of 10-16 oz and larger. The flavor is a full, well balanced blend of acid and sweet and is known for its smooth texture. Production can be quite good.
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mariana's
A sweet, soft, beautiful, stuffing type tomato. This tomato is a great fresh eating tomato off the vine and excellent when stuffed with already cooked food. It will not stand up to oven heat for more than a few minutes. Vines are very tall, prolific, resilient, and show great disease resistance.
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orange accordian
Patty's Striped Beefsteak is extremely attractive and sweet with very little acid. Producing 5-6 oz. beautiful yellow fruits with thin red and pink stripes on the skin. The interior of the fruit is also golden yellow and has red striping within.
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patty's striped beefsteak
A Russian heirloom, this favorite tomato was named after the operatic artist who won acclaim as an advocate of equal rights for African Americans. It's deep, a dusky, dark-red, with dark-green shoulders, and red flesh inside. Very flavorful fruits with a good acid/sweet balance.
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paul robeson
This vigorous and prolific tomato, 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 oz - 2 lb. Meaty, very sweet, and few seeds.
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persimmon
Even though this one is not super prolific, it is worth the real estate. The first one we picked was a "two hander"size! When we sliced it in half, I knew I was in love. The interior was a beautiful collage of orange, gold and red. Juicy and fruity sweet.
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pineapple
Big, sprawling, regular-leaf tomato plants that provide an average yield of beautiful, 1 pound, dark-pink tomatoes that are very fluted or ruffled like an accordion. The tomato is slightly hollow making it a good stuffing tomato. Flavors are mild and sweet. A low-acid tomato with few seeds.
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pink accordion
Sister of Orange Jazz tomato. Pretty pink fruits striped with golden-yellow stripes. Some fruits are oblate, beefsteak type. Some fruits are oxheart shaped. Sweet and juicy, with fruity notes. Good, quality production. Crack resistance. High yields.
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pink jazz
Large, 10 to 16 oz., dark pink, nearly purple fruits mature quite early, with the delicious flavor and good production that heirlooms are known for. Potato-leaved vines.
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pruden's purple
This Swiss émigré could be considered the Brandywine of continental Europe. Like Brandywine, there are many strains, and is widely considered in France, Germany and Switzerland to be the best-flavored tomato. Only medium-sized yet delivers the robust flavor of the bigger types. Pink.
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rose de berne
A large leafy heirloom that produces deep, rose-pink, 3" globes with a taste that is second to none. Seed came from Dr. Grace Kaiser, a physician in PA who was given the seed from one of her Amish patients. I won a prize for having the largest tomato at the fair that year. As with most heirlooms, size can vary. You'll get enormous ones and then the rest are a normal size.
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rose
A regular leaf type plant that like other large fruited varieties, has moderate to low production depending on the growing conditions. However, the excellent taste and eating quality make it worth growing. Similar to "Pineapple". Fruits are large and bi-color, oblate-shaped, and beefsteak-type
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paw paw
All-purpose variety, ideal for canning. Ripens evenly from inside out. Bright red fruits with heavy walls average about 7 oz. Attractive, old-time favorite that has been around a long time. Full-bodied flavor and disease resistant.
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rutgers
St Pierre is a delicious traditional French heirloom variety that produces a late crop of really tasty bright red fruit. It's soft and thick meaty flesh makes this tomato superb for slicing in salads and sandwiches.
saint pierre
Funny name. Introduced by the late Ben Quisenberry, a premiere tomato grower, from Ohio. This plant produces a good yield of large, 1 lb. dark pink, meaty tomatoes. Small seed cavity and rich flavor. A historic and VERY popular variety. The name: one theory is that this variety was named after a bible reference, as Ben was a very religious man. The speculation is that the 'Stump' being referred to is the stump or root of Jesse in the bible.
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stump of the world
Super Sioux is a midwestern heirloom perfectly suited for hot summer conditions. It will continue to set fruit long after the temps have topped 90 degrees. The medium sized red globes are thick walled, crack free and have an acidic tangy flavor.
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super sioux
One of my new favorites! Compact, bushy, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield 4-6 oz, meaty, uniformly-round, bright-yellow fruits that are very sweet. Tomatoes hold up well to slicing so they are suitable for sandwiches. Great for container.
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taxi
Uniform, baseball-sized fruits are the trademark of this variety developed in sunny Greece. Resistant to sunburn, cracks and spots. Fruits have a pleasant, mild flavor and virtually refuse to rot, even when completely red and ripe.
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thessaloniki
A good substitution for Brandywine if you don't have a long enough growing season. It's earlier than Brandywine by about 10 days and has all that wonderful old-fashioned flavor. It's a big beefsteak from the Mennonites in Wisconsin. Very productive too! Another one I really liked.
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tiffen mennonite
Excellent tomato! One of the very few pastel-hued tomatoes. A favorite of gourmet grocers, with attractive, 1 lb., pale pink/red fruits set off by golden stripes. Elegant, sweet and tasty, with a nice, mild flavor. Potato-leaved foliage. One of my favorites. I've grown it in a large pot.
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vintage wine
This heirloom variety is one of the best tasting, best producing gold-red bicolors. On top of that, the tomatoes are beautiful and enormous, weighing at least 1 pound each. Golden yellow, they have red stripes that turn into a ruby blush on top. Sweet and rich.
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virginia sweets
From France. Regular-leaf, tomato plants with generous yields of 1 to 2 1/2 ib., slightly-flattened, bright-red beefsteak tomatoes. Delicious sweet flavors with the perfect 'tang' of acidity. Solid, meaty interiors make it a good slicing tomato for sandwiches or salads.
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saint lucie
Pale yellow-white 8 ounce fruits with a pretty blush of pink on the blossom end. Color will darken proportionately with the amount of sun exposure. Flavor is sweet, rich, and mild.
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white tomesol
Produces 6–8 oz. slicers that are great for fresh eating and popular for canning, particularly for stewed tomatoes. This long-popular workhorse variety was developed by the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the 1940's.
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wisconsin 55
A ping pong ball sized tomato that seems like an average yellow tomato until you slice. the inside is striking ruby color which is reminiscent of a ruby red grapefruit. Short plants are a more compact indeterminate, and produce quite a bit fruit. Sweet and mild. We liked these so much that we've tried to save the seed!
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zlatava
A fantastic old Tuscan Heirloom variety with dark red skin and juicy delicious flesh. Shaped slightly flattened with fluted shoulders. Fruits are typically about 8 ounces, with a smoother shape than the heavily ribbed Costoluto Genovese. The flavor is sweet.
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costoluto fiorintino
Italian heirloom tomatoes. Large, deep-red, juicy tomatoes are deeply ribbed but fully flavored and absolutely delicious. This variety is hearty and does well in hot weather, but continues to produce even when the weather turns cool.
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costoluto genovese