Gary'O Sena
In 2014 this tomato was a heavy producer including the 21.2 oz in the picture. The fruit are large boat-shaped to round purple-black beefsteaks with excellent rich black tomato flavor. Matures before many red and pink beefsteaks. A cross between Brandywine and Cherokee Purple. Developed by Keith Mueller of MO. Named for Keith Mueller's paternal grandmother. Her name by her account (when Keith sat down with her in 1999 and recorded family information for his own record) was spelled Gary'O not O'Sena
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Potato
Fruit Color: purplish brown red
Fruit Shape: round or boat
Fruit Size: 8 - 20oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin:Missouri
German Black
Very productive, This variety has brilliant purplish brown red fruits with green shoulders. Supposedly One of the best tasting blacks there is. Fruits weigh in from 8-16 oz's each.
purplish green shoulders, with a molted red purple body, 13 oz. Upon slicing this tomato it has a beautiful pink interior flesh with green highlights. A gorgeous tomato.
Flavor is hearty with a good balance of salty, sweet and acid.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: purplish brown red
Fruit Shape: can be round or see photo
Fruit Size: 8 - 16oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin:German
German Johnson
This beefsteak variety produces good yields of up to 16 oz pink tomatoes. The tomatoes are meaty, very flavorful, have very few seeds, and turn pink with yellow shoulders when mature. This regular leaf variety is one of the parents of the Mortgage Lifter. A heirloom variety from North Carolina and Virginia, US
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6+ Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink
Fruit Shape: beefsteak
Fruit Size: 7 - 16oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
German Lunchbox
Description from the net....German heirloom...first offered commercially in 2006 by Baker Creek Seeds, They claim to have obtained the seed from a local gentleman in Missouri, whose family brought this tomato with them when they immigrated to the USA from Germany. The plant can produce beautiful trusses of coral-pink, crisp and perfectly balanced fruits. The fruits are the size of a small egg, bigger than a cherry tomato but smaller than a Roma, sugar sweet and begging to be eaten.
2015...This is a great container plant. Mine did not get over 18" tall in the garden. Abundant fruit with great tomato flavor. Great planter variety.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink
Fruit Shape: egg, plum oval
Fruit Size: 1 oz
Usage: fresh eating salads, lunchbox
Origin: Germany
German Queen
Sweet pink beefsteak fruit have an incredible flavor and are large and meaty, making them perfect for slicing. I first grew this tomato in 2012 and it was my best producer of the season. The vine produced many 1+ pound fruits.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6+ Feet
Leaf Type: Potato
Fruit Color: pink
Fruit Shape: beefsteak
Fruit Size: 8 - 16+oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Germany
German Red Strawberry see Red Strawberry German
German White Cherry aka Snow White Cherry
So what is a Snow White Cherry? It is a small ½” cherry tomato that produces tons of small white/yellow cherry type tomatoes bursting with flavor. The fruits grew in clusters and turn a slight yellow when ripe. These are a great pop in your mouth or salad tomato. Vines are very vigorous and well take over, staking is a must or a trellis would be better.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6+++++ Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pale yellow
Fruit Shape: round
Fruit Size: 1/2" dia.
Usage: just eating or salads
Origin: Unknown
Giant Belgium
HUGE heirloom tomato that average 1 to 2 pounds and can go up to 5 pounds. (probably not in Idaho). The plant produces large dark pink beefsteak fruits with smooth blossom ends. Fruit meaty is low acid with a mild sweet flavor. Some growers use this variety to make wine.
2015...This tomato did not disappoint. Huge beefsteak fruits that were just awesome. You can not go wrong with this tomato.
Maturity: 80 days
Growth Habit: indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Dark Pink
Fruit Shape: flattened oblate ribbed beefsteak
Fruit Size: up to 5 ponds (in a perfect world)
Usage: Slicing, canning, wine
Origin: Ohio
Glacier
First really reliable early producing tomato for SE Idaho. Excellent taste, not many seeds semi sweet.
Maturity: 56 Days (in a perfect world)
Growth Habit: semi determinate / 3.5 Feet
Leaf Type: Potato
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Golf Ball 1-2 oz
Usage: Who cares....first tomato of the season
Origin: Someplace Cold
Gold Medal
This tomato was originally introduced as "Ruby Gold" by John Lewis Childs of Floral Park, New York, in his 1921 catalog. The tomato was later re named by Ben Quisenberry to Gold Medal. He describes it as: “The sweetest tomato you ever tasted. The yellow with streaks of red makes them very attractive and a gourmet’s joy when sliced.” A beautiful bi-colored tomato orange-yellow splashed with tomato pink. Tomato is also said to have large vines that need staking.
Maturity: 75-90 days
Growth Habit: determinate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Bi Color
Fruit Shape: Irregular Beefsteak
Fruit Size: 8 -16 oz some larger
Usage: slicing, canning juicing
Origin: NY
Golden Jubilee
This is a large yellow-orange round beefsteak that is higher in Vitamin C and less in acid than most other varieties. The tomato fruits are produced in a heavy yield from upright and uniform Indeterminate vines, which make this variety easy to manage. This tomato variety was originally introduced in 1943 by the Wm. Henry Maule Seed Company of Philadelphia.
Maturity: 70 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 4-5 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: orange yellow
Fruit Shape: can be round or see photo
Fruit Size: 8 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin:USA
% Grandpa's Golf Balls
This is a standard type red cherry tomato. Huge yields of small globe fruits the size of golf balls with old fashioned intense tomato flavor.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Golf Ball
Fruit Size: under 2oz
Usage: fresh eating, salad
Origin: USA
Grappoli d' Inverno
This is one of our biggest sellers year after year....Italian variety used for hanging during winter. This is the variety that allows you to be eating "fresh" tomatoes at Christmas. Right before the first frost, pull the plant from the ground roots and all. Shake off any excess dirt and take inside and hang in cool dark place (a basement works well). Since this is a rather compact plant, it will not take up much space. The tomatoes will slowly ripen and it is not unheard of to be eating tomatoes from this plant at Christmas if conditions are favorable. Can be eaten fresh too. Keeps for a long time . Compact plants.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Compact Indeterminate /4 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: plum
Fruit Size: cherry
Usage: fresh eating, salad, drying, cooking, sauces, long keeper
Origin: Italy
% Great White limited availability
Compiled from the internet...A tropical fruity tomato with sweet flavor and lots of juice. This tomato was developed by Gleckler Seedman from a naturally occurring mutation that was grown out of a packet of Orange Ox Heart seeds in the 1980's. One plant produced a huge white beefsteak. The fruit can weigh up to 2 pounds and the vines have heavy foliage to protect from sun scald. Tomato is said to be the same as Grande Blanche...one seed accidentally in Orange Ox Heart pack?....cats, definitely cats (see my seed saving page)
Maturity: 85 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Cream/Yellow with pink radiating from base
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: up to 2#
Usage: fresh eating, salad, slicer
Origin: USA
Green Brandy
If you like Green Zebra, I think you will like this tomato....open pollinated variety....The tomato was stabilized from a cross between Green Zebra and two strains of Brandywines . The tomatoes vary in size with most being a little larger than golf balls. It is a very abundant producer. It has been described as being a bit larger than Green Zebra, but I do not think this is correct. It may just depend on the plant and it's growing conditions. The friut is not striped like Green Zebra but shares many color palette similarities. The flavor is zingy with almost kiwi undertone.
Maturity: 72-80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: green yellow
Fruit Shape: round
Fruit Size: 2-4oz ?
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Unknown
Green Pineapple
Olive to lime green fruit with tropical fruit flavors and a hint of spice. Fruits are very meaty with few seeds. The interior is chartreuse green. Good producer in 2014. I am not a huge green tomato fan but this one is worth a spot in my 2015 garden. Excellent for sandwiches, salads and gourmet dish use. I used it in my green tomatillo sauce as a stretcher (bad year for tomatillos in 2014) and it worked beautifully.
Maturity: 75-80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: green yellow
Fruit Shape: flattened irregular beefsteak
Fruit Size: 8-10oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Springfield Ohio
Green Zebra Stripe
Another of my most requested tomatoes. This tomato produces 2 1/2-3 1/2 inch roundish fruit which ripen to a yellow-gold with dark-green zebra like stripes. The flesh is lime green in color that has a Sweet, spicy flavor. A great tomato for salads and other tomato dishes. Great tasting tomato. Good container variety. If you like this variety check out Green Brandy and plant one of each for a comparison.
Maturity: 69-80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate semi Compact Plants /4 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: green yellow stripes
Fruit Shape: round
Fruit Size: 2-4oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Unknown
Grinch, The
Tomato is a green pearish shaped cherry that reminds you of the Grinch"s body shape. Low growth habit like a dwarf plant that will produce large amounts of green when ripe sweet cherry tomatoes. 2016-Very interesting tomato and was the first to produce ripe fruit. Plant does have a low growth habit but should be supported with a cage of some kind. Very abundant producer all season. Fruit are ripe when there is a hint of yellow showing.
Maturity: Early Season 68 days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate, Dwarfish
Leaf Type: Potato
Fruit Color: Green (Green/Yellow when ripe)
Fruit Shape: Grinch
Fruit Size: 2 oz?
Usage: fresh eating
Grot
Received in a seed trade in 2014 and could find no info on it other than it was a Russian dwarf variety. I even had no clue to the color.....Nice early tomato with good flavor on compact vines. Would make an excellent contaioner plant. All-purpose red fruits, 2" - 3", I think this would make a reliable cropper for short-season gardens.
Maturity: 65+ Days
Growth Habit: Determinate
Leaf Type: Guessing Regular
Fruit Color: Guessing red
Fruit Shape: ? Guessing globe
Fruit Size: ? 4-6oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Russia
Hahms Gelbe Topftomato
Mini Dwarf Yellow Cherry
Another seed from a wonderful local grower....her description.... "Lovely mini-dwarf yellow cherry that just wont quit. I planted these all over in all different pots. They produced really yummy tomatoes in large quantities no matter what I did to them. I planted one in the garden and it got no bigger and produced no more than the one in a 3 gallon pot. 2 gallon pot plant produced slightly smaller plant. I even planted some in tiny 6 inch pots and they grew into 6 inch high plants that produced a lot of 1/2 inch tomatoes, despite the fact that I neglected them a bit. This one... will be a mainstay in pots for me."
2017 Notes: Pic to the right has 2 plants (Halms Gelbe and Red Robin) both in the same pot. Pot is appoximately 2 gallons in size.Both were outstanding producers with the Halms being sweeter with less acidity.
Maturity: 65 Days
Growth Habit: Determinate
Leaf Type: Rugose/Regular
Fruit Color: Yellow
Fruit Shape: round
Fruit Size: 1/2"
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Germany
Hank
Garden notes from 2013: Fluted ping pong ball sized fruits that ripened to a beautiful dark red/pink color. Medium acidity (if allowed to ripen fully. If not, can be quite acidic), Great cut into wedges and in salad. Very seedy tomato, Matures late early or mid season and continues to bear up until first frost. The picture shows one picking in 2013 with many others just like it.. The plant stayed smaller in size and has an unusual leaf pattern
Maturity: 69-80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate semi Compact Plants /4 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink red
Fruit Shape: flat oblate
Fruit Size: 2-4oz
Usage: fresh eating
Heinz 1370 / Heinz 1439
Please specify which variety with order
Both of these tomatoes were developed by the Heinz company for commercial application. The older commercial lines were bred for taste and not for shipping endurance. Back then, the canneries and processing plants were not far from the fields where the tomatoes were grown. Both varieties are classic red heirloom/ open pollinated tomatoes that produces medium sized, red, rich classic flavored tomato. Both would be good as a large container variety as both remain relatively short at 24". Resistant to verticillium wilt (V) and fusarium wilt (F)
2017 Notes: Grew both strains. Very similar in taste. Heavy determinate production from both plants. Pic to left is 1439. Good all purpose tomato.
Growth Habit: Determinate 24"
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: round
Fruit Size: Medium
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Heinz Seed Company USA
HillBilly
This heirloom is from the West Virginia hills. Huge, rough shouldered, beefsteak type fruit are an unusual orange-yellow, streaked and mottled in red and pink. Very pretty and very tasty.
Maturity: 75-85 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: bi color yellow with mottled red streaks spots colors continue to the inside as well
Fruit Shape: round oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: up to 1#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: W Virginia
Homestead
This is another of the tomatoes that I grew up with in Texas. Both of my Grandfathers and my Father planted this variety on a yearly basis. The tomato was developed for warm humid climates, but it grows and produces perfectly fine in SE Idaho.A good bullet proof variety. Here is the description from the 1958 Glecker Catalog, "A new wilt resistant tomato developed for the green wrap production in southern states, especially Florida where it consistently has out yielded the well known Grothens Globe. Very comparable to Rutgers but having more or less semi-determinate vine growth. Maturing slightly earlier than Rutgers but larger in fruit size. Red fruits are exceptionally meaty, firm and a most notable absence of internal browning and puffiness. Homestead is a very excellent shipping strain. Home gardeners in Florida also praise it.
Maturity: 70 Days
Growth Habit: Semi Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Globe
Fruit Size: 4-8 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Florida
Hungarian Heart
A colorful reddish/pink heart shape with 1# plus fruit possible. This is an heirloom variety that traces its origins to outside of Budapest Hungary around 1900. The fruit is firm and meaty like other oxhearts which make it great for fresh eating, sauces or paste. Very few seeds, a small core, great rich flavor and heavy production can be expected
Largest tomato in photo was just shy of a pound and a half
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red/Pink
Fruit Shape: Heart
Fruit Size: over 1# possible
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing, drying, roasting
Origin: Hungary
Indian Zebra / Indian Stripe
This tomato is considered to be a strain of Cherokee Purple. It is slightly smaller, lighter in color but does produce more fruit. The orginal seed is said to out of Texas. Supposedly has great flavor and good production....but this is Idaho. Fruit has maroon/purple skin with deep green shoulders with green stripes running towards the blossom end. Pic is from the internet and will be replaced as soon as I grow it out.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Maroon?Purple with green stripes
Fruit Shape: Oblate
Fruit Size: 8 - 12 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing, drying
Origin: Texas
Italian Market Wonder
“Meraviglia Del Mercato”. My original seeds were from Italy. This use to be an extremely hard to find variety. According to the seed source in Italy this is an essential variety for fresh market growers. Very resistant to disease with fruits that are large, round and deep red in color. A dependable virally for the garden or in a large planter.
Maturity: 70-75 Days approx
Growth Habit: Compact Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: 4-6 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing, drying
Origin: Italy
% Italian Giant Pear Franchi Strain
"Franchi Strain" Standard red pear-shaped fruits that are very meaty and tasty. An Heirloom type provided by Franchi Sementi of Italy from the Genoa Region. Use for juice, salsa, canning and fresh.
These were great all purpose tomatoes. Excellent flavor and good canning.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Pear
Fruit Size: up to1#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing, drying
Origin:Genoa Region Italy
Italian Giant Pear Piriform Strain
“Piriform Strain” The original seeds that I have were imported from Italy. I have re- saved them, but will continue to use the original stock seed as long as germination rates stay good. This is a very hard to come by strain of Italian Giant Pear Tomato. Originating in the Tuscany Region and is one of the most sought after. The tomato is very deep in color and uniform in looks with deeper ribbing and the colors are outstanding. The taste is outstanding with a good tomato bite! These were great all purpose tomatoes. Excellent flavor and good canning.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: red green shoulders
Fruit Shape: pear
Fruit Size: up to 1#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing, drying
Origin:Tuscany Region Italy
Japanese Pink
Grew this tomato in 2014 for the first time after receiving the seed in a trade. This tomato can rival Matt's Wild Cherry for sweetness on a smaller plant. Great for containers and it produces an abundance of quarter size super sweet glowing pink tomatoes.
Maturity: 75 Days approx
Growth Habit: Dwarf
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: bright pink/red
Fruit Shape: round or boat
Fruit Size: quarter size
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Unknown
NOT AVALIABLE in 2020 Jap Zero
This is an open pollinated variety and the description is from the seed source. Jap Zero is a Japanese version of the Gourmet tomatoes you find in Super Markets. It is said to be one of the sweetest tasting tomatoes and is absolutely absolutely delightful. This is a medium to large tomato and keeps well.
Maturity: 72 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6++ Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink red green shoulders
Fruit Shape: heart
Fruit Size: 4-6 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Japan
JD's Special C-Tex
This description is from the original seed supplier....JD’s Special C Tex tomato is a slightly flattened purple-black beefsteak with excellent flavor. It is consistently one of the best tasting tomatoes the supplier grows. Fairly heavy producer on a strong plant. The tomato was developed by J.D. Brann in the early 80s and was promoted by his family who owns Conroe's Greenhouses which is north of Houston TX It was exclusive to Conroe Greenhouses up until 2009 when other seed vendors also started to offer this variety. This explains 'C-Tex' and 'Special' in the name, where 'C Tex' refers to 'Conroe, Texas' and Special is an old American commercial naming technique. "Specials" usually refer to originally unique, custom versions of some standard product, or to "limited editions".......to much info...it sounds like a great tomato....and was. Grew first time in 2013 and the results were impressive for the horrible growing conditions that year. Great looking and tasty tomato with all of the good characteristics of the black cultivars.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: deep purple red with green shoulders
Fruit Shape: oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: 8 -14 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Conroe Texas
Jerry's German
I first grew this variety in 2005 and it preformed beautifully and produced Mammoth fruit that grew up to 2#. This variety comes in two forms…one is deep pink and the other is yellow with red streaks. Both colors taste the same, very sweet and delicious. I have no way of telling which plant is which. All of the seed that I saved were from the bi-color, but that is no guarantee of color in the future. This heirloom originated in Missouri from an owner of a tire store. It has been in his family for years.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink or yellow with red streaks
Fruit Shape: round oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: up to 2#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin:Ozarks of Missouri
Kellogg's Breakfast Beefsteak
This tomato has been named one of the best heirloom tomatoes by the food editors of Sunset magazine in years past. Kellogg's Breakfast is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The fruit is unique, for its size, its bold golden skin and juice The juice is supposed to be the color of fresh-squeezed orange juice. The plants set giant fruit weighing up to 32 ounces that are slightly flattened. The tomato originated from Darrell Kellogg of Redford, Michigan.
Maturity: 80+ Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Orange
Fruit Shape: oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: up to 2#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing
Origin: Wisconsin
Kopek Hayasi
An old Turkish Heirloom from the Alakir Basin of Western Taurus Region in Turkey. This cultivar had almost become extinct. Seeds were recovered in the early 2000's from an Eco-Village in France. The fruit of this tomato are large and meaty, with an excellent flavor according to the seed source.The fruit will develop dark green shoulders that will eventually fade to red as the fruit ripens. This is a multi purpose tomato that csn be used for fresh eating, canning, sauces and paste.
Maturity: Mid Season 75-80 Days?
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: oblate lobed
Fruit Size: up to 1#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing
Origin: Turkey
Description from web... This tomato grows fairly stocky so it might be entertained for large container gardening. Produces flattened beefsteak fruit that are pink-brown with green stripes. Very favorable meaty pink flesh grown by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms in California Adverse weather is said to affect the overall size of the fruit.
The color of this fruit may be off. They are supposed to be similar to a black tomato with green highlights. My fruit did not ripen until after the 9/11 freeze in 2014 and it may have effected the color. Still a great tasting tomato.
Maturity: 65-70 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Orange
Fruit Shape: oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: 4- 8 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing
Origin: Napa California
Livingston's Honor Bright
Introduced in 1897 by Alexander Livingston. Below is from the 1900 Livingston's seed catalog. note: The plants will look sickly with the green leaves turning pale yellow. This is NORMAL.
"A New Bright Red Variety. First appeared in the form of a single "sport" plant in a field of our Livingston's Stone Tomato in 1894. The Distinctive features of the New Honor Bright Tomato are its solidity, long-keeping qualities after being picked, and the remarkable changes of color the fruit undergoes during growth and ripening. These changes of color provide an easily learned guide to the proper time of picking for long-distance shipping. The color of the fruit, when fully ripe, is a rich bright red, but before reaching this stage it undergoes several interesting changes. First it is light green, then an attractive waxy white, then lemon, changing to a rich red. One of the most attractive and handsome varieties grown, and well adapted for home use or market, and, on account of its solidity and long-keeping qualities, it is especially recommended for shipping. It can be shipped in barrels, like apples, if picked in the early stages of ripening and will keep from one to four weeks if stored in a cool place. The clusters bear three to five large perfect fruits, beautiful as the Stone, and ripen evenly from blossom end to the stem. Its table qualities are superb, the flesh, when ripe, being tender and melting, not hard as one might conclude from the solidity of the uncut fruit. Those who grow it will find it a valuable acquisition, and be surprised at its distinctness from all known sorts."
2017 Notes: Grew this tomato and did not read......The plant was YELLOW and looked like there was something wrong with it.....Destroyed a perfectly good plant that was setting fruit....Will try another grow out in 2018.
Maturity: 90 Days Late Season
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Globe
Fruit Size: medium 4-6 oz?
Usage: slicer, canning long keeper
Origin: USA
Liz Birt
Intentional stabilized cross of Cherokee Purple x Brandywine. Named for an autism advocate who's story is told in the book Evidence of Harm Vines produce a medium yield of pink beefsteaks with green shoulders. Fruits are 8-11 oz but some may be in the 4 oz range. Texture is firm, juicy, few seed cavities and few seeds. Flavor is smokey and sweet.
2017 Notes: EXCELLENT tomato with flavor as described above. Moderate producer.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Potato ? some instances of regular leaf
Fruit Color: Pink Green Shoulders
Fruit Shape: beefsteak
Fruit Size: 4-11 oz
Usage: sauce, salads, slicing, juice, canning
Origin: USA
Locomotive
Long red paste tomatoes are heavy croppers , make great sauce, salsa or paste. Identical to Federle without the ugly cracking at the crown. (at least on my plant)
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Long pepper shape
Fruit Size: guessing up to 4 oz
Usage: sauce, paste, salad, juicing, drying
Origin: ?
Lucky Leprechaun
Irish Heirloom dates back to the early 1900’s. Short plant that reaches 2 - 3 ft tall. They are loaded with ping pong ball sized bright red fruit that burst with the old heirloom tomato flavor. Great container grower. This plant stays very compact and has big beautiful leaves that are dark dark green.
Maturity: 70-75 Days
Growth Habit: determinate / dwarf
Leaf Type: Regular Rugose
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: up to 3oz
Usage: fresh eating, canning
Origin: Ireland
Magyar Piros Boker
Tomato originated in Hungary in the mid 1800's. Plants are leafy and will produce a crop of 2-4 oz red fruit that is blemish free. The fruit has a meaty texture with excellent flavor. Perfect for fresh eating or canning as fruit tends to ripen in a short period of time. Would be a good tomato for a LARGE container.
2017 Notes: Production and taste was as stated above.
Maturity: Mid Season
Growth Habit: Indeterminate/ determinate ?
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: 2-4 oz?
Usage: fresh eating, canning
Origin: Hungary
Mahogany, Dwarf
This tomato is a Developed Heirloom from the Dwarf Tomato Project from a cross between Wilpena F2 and Cheorkee Purple made by Patrina Nuske-Small. A dwarf plant with regular rugose leaves that will produce 6-12 oz chocolate friuts. The oblate fruits are both smooth and ruffled, very juicy, excellent rich flavor with few seeds. Said to beat Cherokee Purple in flavor.
Maturity: midseason 75+ days
Growth Habit: Dwarf Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular Rugose
Fruit Color: Chocolate (yellow skinned brown/black)
Fruit Shape: oblate ribbed
Fruit Size: 6-12oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Austarlia
Mammoth German Gold
This heirloom dates to the 1800's and can produce 1+ pound tomatoes. The coloration of this bi-color is different that most in that it is almost orange with extensive red streaking.
The interior is just as beautiful.
A very colorful low acid high sugar fruit.
Maturity: 80+ Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Bicolor yellow/orange with red streaking
Fruit Shape: oblate ribbed beefsteak
Fruit Size: 2# fruit possible realistic 1# or less
Usage: fresh eating, slicing
Origin: Unknown
% Mandarina
Very cute bright red small flattened fruits with ruffled shoulders, 1-2 oz. Excellent full tomato flavor with good sweetness. Some fruits have smoother shoulders and shaped like a small mandarin.Growth Habit: determinate / 3 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: red
Fruit Shape: flattened ribbed or smooth shouldered
Fruit Size: 2oz
Usage: fresh eating
Origin: Guatemala
Manitoba
This tomato can be a very productive extra early variety. I have had years that this tomato produces early and in abundant quantities and mediocre the next. However, it always does produce (...unless, let me see....we have our usual weather patterns of late frost/freeze, hail storms that strip the plants, temps that one day you need a coat and the next an air conditioner. In other words...it's Idaho, but just smile and think....it could be Los Angles, Houston, Denver...I think you get my point and if you don't ...move back)
Originally from Canada. Great for our short growing season. The bright red fruits are smooth and firm and weigh approx 6 oz. Great for container growing ( 10 gallon pot or whiskey barrel) as the this is a short determinate species. 2015...I planted 4 of this variety for canning and they did not disappoint. Great determinate variety, huge production with most of the fruit coming in the beginning of September.
Growth Habit: determinate / 3 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: red orange
Fruit Shape: round
Fruit Size: 6oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Canada
Marglobe Supreme
This is one of the four tomatoes that my grandfathers planted yearly (see homestead, chico and rutgers for the other 3). Highly adaptable determinate plants with almost globe shaped fruits. High yields of uniform, sweet, thick walled red fruits. Excellent eating and canning tomato.
Maturity: 75 Days
Growth Habit: determinate / 3 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round Globe
Fruit Size: 4-6 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing
Origin: USA
Marjara
Finally in 2014 I have found another reference to this tomato by the name that I was supplied with in 2007. It is only a reference that the seed is maintained in a personal seed ark. ...if anyone has any info please let me know, but this is a fantastic tomato that is planted every year in one of our gardens......
Maturity: 72 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 4-6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: 1 1/2" diameter
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Germany
Marianna's Peace
This is another large beefsteak tomato that can grow up to 2 pounds in ideal conditions. They have a full flavor with a balance of sweet and acidity. Vigorous potato leaf vines are another characteristic of this tomato. From Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
2015..Good tomato with excellent balance of flavors. Nothing in the 2# range, but this is Idaho...
Maturity: 75-90 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate Large vines
Leaf Type: Potato
Fruit Color: Red/Pink
Fruit Shape: Oblate Beefsteak
Fruit Size: up to 2 pounds
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: Bohemia
In 2012 while walking thru the Lowe's Garden center I spotted this open pollinated variety and brought it home. Planted it, harvested fruit from it, but can not remember anything about it but, I did save the seeds... so the following is from another seed supplier.....MARION is a wonderful vintage/open pollinated variety developed by Clemson University in 1960 for southern gardens. The fruits are globe shaped and are blemish free, productive indeterminate plants that don't get out of hand, resistant to gray leaf spot and leaf mold, and the flavor is simply outstanding! That old-fashioned tomato flavor you want in your home-grown tomatoes
Maturity: 75+ Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round Globe
Fruit Size: 4-8 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing
Origin: USA
Matt's Wild Cherry aka Texas Wild
The most requested tomato that we offer
If you want a sweet tomato and I mean candy sweet this one’s for you! The tiny, ¼- ½" (pea size) red fruits have a high sugar content and have the sweet, full flavor preferred by many. A terrific variety that grows wild in eastern
2015...planted it in 1/2 a whiskey barrel. Poor plant was the last in the greenhouse. Could have been no taller than 3" with only a couple of leaves. needless to say it went crazy. The vines were huge and produced copious amounts of candy sweet fruit. One of my favorites.
Maturity: 62 DaysGrowth Habit: Indeterminate / 6+ Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: 1/4 to 1/2"
Usage: fresh eating salads
Origin: Mexico
Merlot Cherry Tomato
A great tasting candy sweet juicy tomato that will burst in your mouth. This is a medium sized grape cherry that will set fruit under poor conditions.
2017 Notes: Outstanding little cherry tomato. Super sweet flavor and a huge producer. Very comparable to Matt's Wild Cherry in sweetness but with a richness that Matt's does not have. Plant was said to be compact but mine was huge. Needed a cage for support.
Maturity: 72 days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red/Purple
Fruit Shape: Grape
Fruit Size: 1/2"
Usage: fresh eating salads
Origin: ?
Mexico
This tomato produces sets of huge dark pink beefsteak fruits weighing up to and over 1 pound. Bears large fruit in quantity with superb taste of sweetness with a good acidic blend. . Tomato is said to produce a all summer. A family heirloom from Mexico.
2015...Tomato in the second picture was just shy of one pound and was the first to ripen the first week of September. Many more this size and smaller on the plant. Tomato is described accurately above with a good balance of sweet/acid.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Dark Pink
Fruit Shape: slightly flattened oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: 1pound +
Usage: slicing
Origin: Mexico
Mid Day Sun (Ryder's Mid Day Sun)
Heritage English Yellow...
A bright yellow tomato that is round to beefsteak shaped. Medium sized. It is a prolific producer, has good flavor, especially for a yellow. I will definitely grow it again.
Below is cut and pasted from the net....
A search revealed that this is a rare British Variety promoted through a organization know as Garden Organic's DIG YOUR OWN DINNER CAMPAIGN (to save rare British Heirlooms). Also found.....The seeds were donated to this organization by Garden Organic (UK) Member Joan Cullen, who has grown them since the 1960s. Originally from seed company Ryders of St Albans, just before the firm was sold in the 1970s, and all its varieties were discontinued. Ms Cullen says, “My father grew this tomato before me and, I think, my grandparents before him.” Another contributor said...: thought it noticeably the best tomato in late autumn, as it preserves well in poor conditions, ideal for a wet growing season. From another grower... found that they do equally well outdoors or under glass and describes them as “a cheerful, reliable tomato”.
Maturity: 72 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Yellow
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: medium
Usage: fresh eating salads
Origin: England
% Momotaro
This pink tomato is an extremely popular tomato in both the Eastern US and Japan. It is named after a Japanese folk hero. Vigorous plants that produce thick skinned rose colored meaty fruit. Flavor is described as both sweet and tangy.
This is an open pollinated tomato. Research on the web shows that there is also a hybrid listing for this tomato.
Maturity: 75 Days ?
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Pink
Fruit Shape: Oblate
Fruit Size: 6-8 oz
Usage: good all purpose slicer
Origin: Japan
MoneyMaker
MoneyMaker is a old English classic heirloom. A great greenhouse or garden variety that sets fruit in almost any conditions. The red fruits are thinned skinned and wonderful for just picking and eating. Meaty 6 - 8 oz fruit with a full rich flavor.
Maturity: 75-80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Globe
Fruit Size: 6-8 oz
Usage: Fresh Eating
Origin: England
% Monomakh's Hat/Cap
Monomakh’s Hat is a heavy bearing pink oxheart tomato. This Russian variety can produce tomatoes one pound or larger and has very good flavor and sweet acid balance.
The Russian name Shapka Monomakha can be translated as ‘Monomakh’s Cap’, which was the crown of all Russian Tsars from Dmitri Donskoi to Peter the Great. Some sources translate the name as ‘Monomakh’s Hat’.
Growth Habit: determinate / semi determinate
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Pink Red
Fruit Shape: Heart
Fruit Size: up to 1# +
Usage: good all purpose slicer
Origin: Russia
Mortgage Lifter Radiator Charlie's
This huge heirloom beefsteak (up to 4 pounds; average 2 1/2 pounds, except in Idaho) consistently wins taste-tests. Legend states that in the 1930's a gardener, Marshall Cletis Byles aka Radiator Charlie, planted the four biggest varieties he knew, and crossed one with pollen from the other three. He did this for six seasons and created a variety that produced immense, tasty fruit. He sold the plants for $1 apiece $1,000 a year - and paid off his mortgage in six years. I have planted this variety for 4 years and have yet to be disappointed...never had a 4# tomato, but have had a couple close to 2#.
Maturity: 80 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink red
Fruit Shape: round oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: 12 oz and up
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: USA
% Moskovich
Russian name: Москвич
The name can be translated as 'a person who lives in Moscow'."Moskovich" is a spelling variation of "Moskvich". Medium red fruits, some resemble blunt hearts, but most are round, 4-6 oz, excellent flavor throughout the season
Maturity: 70 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate /4- 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: 4-6oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning, juicing
Origin: Russia
Mountain Princess
This is another of the early tomatoes and would be a wonderful substitute for Early Girl. It originated in West Virginia and has been grown for generations in the mountain climate of the state. The 8 oz smooth and solid fruit is round, bright red and mildly flavored. A good short season variety that is also very productive. I have grown this tomato in years past and have been impressed with its production and it does come in early. Great eating and canning variety.
2015 Notes: Planted 3 plants, Fruit were 6oz at largest but the plants were loaded with most of the fruit ripening at the beginning of September. A good tomato for the canner.
Maturity: 68 Days
Growth Habit: determinate / 3 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: red orange
Fruit Shape: globe
Fruit Size: 4-6 oz
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: West Virginia
Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian
30+ years ago Mrs. Maxwell of Mexico, Missouri was given some tomato seed carried by a friend of hers from Italy. She so liked the tomato that she saved seed, choosing the largest, earliest, non-cracking tomatoes each year. She succeeded in "developing" a large to extra large pink tomato( most exceeding one pound) that does not crack and, best of all, matures inside of 70 days. The flavor is excellent. This is a truly fine tomato and is the perfect example of a family's efforts to maintain an heirloom.
2011 Notes: .Up to 2# fruit and lots of them one of my biggest producers in 2011 and and overall wonderful tomato. I have planted this variety every year since with the same results.
Maturity: 70 Days
Growth Habit: Indeterminate / 6 Feet
Leaf Type: Regular
Fruit Color: pink red
Fruit Shape: round oblate beefsteak
Fruit Size: some over 1#
Usage: fresh eating, slicing, canning
Origin: originally from Italy Missouri