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Amana Orange Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: A huge heirloom beefsteak tomato named for the Amana Colonies in Iowa. These tomato seeds produce big, regular leaf plants that produce above average amounts of beautiful light–orange, fluted heirloom tomatoes. Excellent sweet, tropical fruit flavors. Certified Organic.

Planting instructions: Sow ¼ " deep, 1" apart. Transplant to 24" apart. Plants require staking. Start indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost. Harden off young plants for 10 days. Transplant outdoors to moist soil or direct sow after last frost. Water deeply for healthy roots & large harvests. Sun to full sun.

Amish Paste Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: This heirloom tomato was discovered in Wisconsin although its origins are in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which is the heart of the Amish Country. The tomatoes are teardrop or heart–shaped with a brilliant red orange color. The Amish Paste tomato has a balance of acid and sweetness. When it is sliced fresh the juicy flesh sparkles and has a solid texture. Certified Organic.

Aunt Ruby’s German Green Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: A sweet juicy tomato with a bite. The heirloom is a large beefsteak type tomato that is pale green color with a yellow striping. Has the wetness of a melon and can give a deep flavor explosion. Certified Organic.

Harvest information: Pick by feel, not look; ready when soft to the touch.

Black Krim Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: Originally from the isle of Krim on the Black sea in the former USSR. This rare tomato yields 3–4" slightly flattened dark red/mahogany/maroon beef steak tomatoes with dark green shoulders. Has an intense and slightly salty taste. Certified Organic

Black Plum Tomato

SOLD OUT FOR 2010
Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) Indeterminate. This Russian heirloom is a wonderfully rich–tasting paste tomato. The 2" fruits of this heavy yielder ripen from deep mahogany to black–brown.

Brandywine Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (90 days)The classic thin skinned heirloom tomato, perhaps the best tomato you’ll ever eat. A pink, potato–leaf, Amish variety first introduced in 1885. It is legendary for it’s exceptionally rich, succulent tomato flavor. Fruits are medium sized, reddish–pink, with light, creamy flesh. Certified Organic.

Cherokee Purple Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (75–90 days) Indeterminate. Pre–1890 Native to North America, this plant produces large (12 oz), dusty –rose coloured fruit that has a rich, sweet & smokey taste. A prolific producer, it is also relatively disease–free. Certified Organic.

Fox Cherry Tomato

Sold out for 2010

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (90 days) One of the best cherry tomatoes, this rare variety produces large, red cherry tomatoes. Rich in flavor and a prolific producer. Needs trellising. Enhanced by companion planting with dill, basil, marigolds or mint. Certified Organic.

Harvest information: Pick fruits as they ripen. When frost threatens, entire plant can be lifted, including roots, and hung upside down indoors to ripen remaining fruits.

Garden Peach Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (75 days) Indeterminate – Introdued in 1898, this unusual tomato produces an abundance of 3–5 oz. fruit with a slightly fuzzy yellow skin, blushed with pink. The fruit is juicy & sweet with a bit of tartness. Certified Organic.

Marvel Striped Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (100 days) Indeterminate. A rare heirloom tomato from the Zapotec people. Sweet and juicy flavour with very few seeds. Certified Organic

Moonglow Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) Indeterminate. Medium–sized bright orange fruits. Solid orange meat, few seeds and wonderful flavor. One of our favorites since we first grew it in 1996. Certified Organic.

Old German Striped Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) A Mennonite heirloom from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Big regular leaf plant yields 1–2 lb. beautiful fruits. Fruit color is yellow with red mottling and striping on the outside and throughout the flesh. Fruit harvested is deliciously sweet and very decorative. Certified Organic.

Oaxacan Pink Slicing Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (85 days) Indeterminate. These beautiful large, flattened pink fruits were selected in 1986 from a single fruit from Oaxaca, Mexico. Wonderfully rich, sweet flavors. Certified Organic.

Pineapple Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: An heirloom garden favourite. This bi–colored, slightly flattened, yellow, large beefsteak has a red blushing and streaks on the outside. It's yellow interior contains few seeds and a red star–burst in the center. Taste is wonderfully mild with tropical fruity–sweet flavours. Certified Organic.

Red Calabash Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (85 days) indeterminate. This rare heirloom variety can be Traced to Chiapas, Mexico. Delicious, thin skinned, ruffled fruits resemble miniature beefsteak tomatoes. Certified Organic.

Red Currant Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (70 days) Indeterminate. An heirloom variety producing the tiniest tomatoes. Often grown over fences. The intensely flavored fruits hang in clusters resembling red currants. They are very hardy, this variety can stand a light frost. They cross easily with other types, and for seed–saving purposes, should be isolated by 50 feet. Certified Organic.

Red Pear Cherry Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) One of the oldest American heirlooms dating back to the 1700's. Prolific, regular leaf, sprawling plant produces hundreds of small, deep–red, 1/2" x 1 1/2" pear–shaped fruits with wonderfully sweet and juicy flesh. Certified Organic.

Tigerella Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) AKA Mr. Stripey, this highly productive, english vine that produces beautiful, juicy, silver–dollar sized, round fruits with red–orange skin with golden–green to yellow jagged stripes. Brisk, tangy & tart flavor. Certified Organic.

Yellow Pear Cherry Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (70 – 80 days) Indeterminate. 1805. One of the oldest cultivated tomatoes. Tiny pear–shaped fruits that are a brilliant yellow colour and have an excellent sweet taste. Makes an excellent sun dried tomato. Certified Organic.

Zapotec Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: Prolific plant producing deeply pleated, almost triangular in shape, pinkish red fruit. A Mexican Indian variety with mild flavors. Certified Organic.

Zebra Stripe Green Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Lycopersicon esculentum –: (77 Days) Indeterminate. Fruit is shades of yellow & green, with darker green stripes. Produces 1½ – 2½" fruits that have a sweet, zingy flavour. Certified Organic.

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Amana Orange Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Amish Paste Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Aunt Ruby’s German Green Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Black Krim Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Black Plum Tomato

SOLD OUT FOR 2010 Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) Indeterminate. This Russian heirloom is a wonderfully rich–tasting paste tomato. The 2" fruits of this heavy yielder ripen from deep mahogany to black–brown.

Brandywine Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Cherokee Purple Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Fox Cherry Tomato

Sold out for 2010

Garden Peach Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Marvel Striped Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Moonglow Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Old German Striped Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Oaxacan Pink Slicing Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Pineapple Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Red Calabash Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Red Currant Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Red Pear Cherry Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Tigerella Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Yellow Pear Cherry Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Zapotec Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

Zebra Stripe Green Tomato

$3.50/100 seeds

SOLD OUT FOR 2010
Lycopersicon esculentum –: (80 days) Indeterminate. This Russian heirloom is a wonderfully rich–tasting paste tomato. The 2" fruits of this heavy yielder ripen from deep mahogany to black–brown.