Packets
contain approximately 20 seeds unless otherwise noted.
[Although we
separate seeds during the harvest process, you may find small clumps of
multiple seeds in your packet. Separate into individual seeds before
planting.]
Please remember
that maturity date are from time of setting plants into the garden.
Additionally these dates will vary from location to location and
even from year to year. They are for rough planning purposes
only.
Anna Banana Russian 75 days, indeterminate
— A bright yellow to orange version of 'Anna Russian'. The fruits are heart-shaped, delicious, up to thirteen ounces. They often have a slight pink blush on the inside. The original seed was submitted to us by
heirloom tomato
collector
Craig LeHoullier.
Aunt
Ruby's German Green 80 days, indeterminate
— Reportedly from Ruby Arnold of Greenville, Tennessee.
Beefsteak fruits are five inches in diameter by four inches deep and weigh one
pound or more. Sweet juicy flesh, refreshing spicy flavor.
Azoychka 60 days, indeterminate
— This is a variety that Kent Whealy brought back from Russia on
one of his collecting trips. It first became available in 1995. It is regular leaf plant, matures very early, good sized (five to
eight ounces)
oblate shaped, yellow (not golden or orange) fruit with bright
yellow interiors and a nice tart taste. Not the typical sweet or
fruity flavor people associate with yellow fruited varieties.
Pleasant tartness more closely approximates the flavor of a good
red tomato.
NOTE:
Much of the seed that is currently being offered by other seed
companies and collectors is reportedly crossed. We have
grown it out for several years and believe ours is true-to-type.
Banana
Legs 75 days, determinate
— A interesting addition to a green salad. This novelty tomato is similar
in shape and color to a small banana.
Very prolific, low acid
taste,
meaty and averaging 1½ inches in diameter by four inches in
length. Reportedly stabilized from a single plant in a batch
of unnamed crosses called 'Mixed Long Toms' from Tater Mater in
1984.
Big Rainbow 90 days,indeterminate
— Six foot plants, huge ribbed, golden fruits with streaks of
red-tones running through the flesh, some weigh up to two pounds,
subject to cracks and cat-facing but have superb flavor.
Cherokee
Green 86 days,indeterminate
— Another variety submitted by
heirloom tomato
collector
Craig LeHoullier who writes, "In
1997, I grew out
Cherokee Chocolate from another seed saver. One plant gave
me fruit that stayed green when ripe with delicious flavor.
Suspecting it was a cross, it has nonetheless proven to come true
from saved seed, indicating that it may be a mutation. It is
essentially like
Cherokee Purple or Cherokee
Chocolate in plant habit, fruit shape and size and flavor,
but the interior ripens bright green and the skin takes on a
yellowish hue when ripe."
Dixie
Golden Giant 85 days,indeterminate
— Large size fruit, one to two
pounds. Clear lemon-yellow colored with some fruit having a pink blush on the blossom end. Large size plants and yields very good. It has a nice sweet fruity taste.
Faribo
Golden Heart 80 days, indeterminate
— Regular leaf plants. Fruits are three to six ounces, globe-shaped
(not heart-shaped as the name would indicate) and golden orange.
Good flavor, juicy, thick walls with few seeds.
It held up well for us in
the wet late fall weather. Flavored like a red tomato (slightly tart)
and not sweet and mild like the color might suggest.
Released by the Farmer Seed Company of Faribault, Minnesota in
about 1955. Our parent stock grown
from USDA ARS accession number NSL
5817.
Garden
Peach 90 days, indeterminate
— This heirloom tomato variety produces fruit that weighs from
one to three ounces and have a fuzzy skin, like a peach. The
fruit stores well and has a good flavor.
Golden
Bison 59
Days, determinate
—
Very productive. Medium-sized, globe-shaped (slightly
flattened), golden-yellow fruits. Some specimens had a slight
blush on the blossom end. Mild flavored, sweet and juicy.
Bred by
A. F. Yeager
of North Dakota. A cross of 'Bison' and 'Golden Queen'.
Adapted to the Great Plains Region.
Released in 1932.
Golden
Dwarf Champion (Burpee's) 90 days,
tree-type
—
Very attractive
plants with rugose leaves. The fruits are a nice bright
lemon-yellow with firm, lighter yellow flesh. They weigh from two to
five ounces and are globe-shaped. Very productive. The 1899 W.
Atlee Burpee Seed Annual described that
the original seed was sent to them by a customer in about 1896.
It was released in
about 1898.
Green
Giant 90 days, indeterminate
—
A potato leaf type plant with large (up to 32 ounce),
oblate-shaped fruits. The fruits are green with a slight yellowish
tinge on the blossom end when at the eating stage.
We received this variety from heirloom tomato collector
Craig LeHoullier
who received them from a collector in Germany.
Green
Zebra 75 days, determinate
—
The fruits are yellow-green
with dark green vertical stripes, are 1½ to 2½
inches in diameter,
weigh from two to three ounces and have emerald-green flesh.
They are mild flavored but not bland
(fruity, tart, sweet).
Get soft as they turn from green to yellow.
Very productive. Released 1983 by Tater Mater Seed.
Hillbilly 85 days, indeterminate
— The fruits are large, up to one pound, orange-yellow with red streaks
in color and mild tasting.
It is
the result of several generations of selective breeding of a
superior specimen of Yellow Ponderosa. Fruits are very
large. See also 'Improved Colossal Red'.
Isbell's
Golden Colossal 85 days, indeterminate — Produces medium to large (eight to twenty ounce),
oblate-shaped, bright yellow fruit with some blossom-end blushing
that are mild and sweet in flavor.
Listed in the 1915, S. M. Isbell & Co. seed catalog. Our source was USDA ARS accession number
NSL
27354.
Jubilee(Burpee's) 80 days, indeterminate
— The eight ounce fruit is bright orange colored, solid, smooth,
sweet, with meaty flesh that is not acidic. The plants, although
indeterminate, tend to be short-stemmed and stiff.
'Jubilee' makes
a unique and attractive tomato juice. It was bred by W.
Atlee Burpee and were the result of a stabilized, six-generation
selection from a 'Tangerine' x 'Rutgers' cross. An
"All-American Selection®" in 1943.
Lillian's
Yellow Heirloom 90 days, indeterminate
— A potato leaf, late maturing,
large (up to 20 ounce), oblate bright yellow fruit with pale
yellow interior and very, very few seeds. Great tasting.
An heirloom originating from Lillian
Bruce of Tennessee via Robert Richardson through
heirloom tomato collector
Craig LeHoullier.
Lime
Green Salad 85 days, determinate
— Flavorful, two to six ounce globe-shaped green fruit on dwarf
plants.
The inside flesh is lime green. Mild sweet, slightly tart
after taste, very juicy, two to five celled fruits.
Little
Lucky
90 days,indeterminate— Potato leaf plants, beautiful, golden-yellow fruits
with a red blossom end blush that radiates up the fruit and into
the flesh. Complex flavor - juicy, tangy, sweet.
From
heirloom tomato collector
Craig LeHoullier who stabilized
it from an accidental cross between Brandywine and an unknown
variety. It is a sister variety to the larger fruited ‘Lucky
Cross’. A 2004 Victory Seed Company
introduction.
Long
Keeper (Burpee's)
- Click link to go to red
tomatoes.
Lucky
Cross
90 days,indeterminate— Another great variety from
heirloom tomato collector
Craig LeHoullier.
Beautiful bi-colored, large (sixteen
to twenty ounces) fruits with some ribbing
at the shoulders. Juicy, fruity, similar
in flavor to 'Little Lucky'.
Although it shares the same pedigree as
'Little Lucky',
with the help of Craig's local gardening friend, Larry Bohs, it
has been stabilized and selected for oblate shape and larger size. A 2004 Victory Seed Company introduction.
Mountain Gold 80 days, determinate
— A yellow-fruited tomato superior in disease resistance, plant
habit and certain fruit characteristics to standard cultivars.
This open-pollinated variety was released in 1993. Developed by Dr. Randolph
G. Gardner at the
North Carolina State Mountain Horticultural Crops Research
Station.
Mr. Stripey 80 days, indeterminate
— Bi-colored beefsteak type.
The fruits are yellow with red-streaked flesh,
large (range from fourteen ounces to three pounds!)
and flavorful.
Not to be confused with the old English greenhouse, smaller
fruited variety by the same name.
Old-Timey
Yellow 95 days,indeterminate
— Rare family heirloom. Attractive plants yield large (up
to twenty four ounces), golden-orange colored fruit.
Orange
Banana
52 days, indeterminate
— Interesting, deep orange color which is
rare in paste-type tomatoes. Nice flavored, great fresh in
salsa.
Orange
Heirloom
90 days, indeterminate
— A rare Sherman family heirloom from the mountains of North Carolina. The
deep orange, beefsteak-type fruits
are large (twelve to sixteen ounces) and have a great flavor. A very
nice slicing tomato.
It should be note that although it had a maturity date of 90 to 95
days here in Oregon, in North Carolina it is closer to 80 days.
Orange
King
85 days, semi-determinate
— Bred as a cross of 'New Hampshire Victor' and Orange sport of
'Scarlet Dawn' by Dr. A. F. Yeager, Department of Horticulture,
University of New Hampshire. Released about 1943.
A beautiful, compact plant. Hundreds of flowers! Taste like
a good red tomato - mild but tart not sweet like you might expect.
The fruits are four to eleven ounces, oblate-shaped, and a bright orange
color inside and out. The juice looks like orange juice.
Sent to us by
David Pendergrass from
USDA ARS accession number
NSL
6884.
Orange Strawberry
75 days, indeterminate
— Six
to sixteen ounce, golden-orange, heart-shaped fruits. First fruits
have few seeds, others have very small seed cavities and
solid, juicy flesh. Mild, tart flavor that tastes more like a
red than a yellow.
Please note that our parent seed source was a commercial packet
mislabeled as 'German Orange Strawberry'. Thanks to Dr. Carolyn Male
for catching and alerting us to this error.
Orange
Tree
90 days,
tree-type
— Interesting orange colored, medium sized, flattened-globe
shaped fruit on a compact plants.
Pineapple 75 days, indeterminate
— These orange
fruits with a pink stripe are an heirloom from the Ohio area and
have great cover. Fruits weigh between twelve and sixteen ounces.
Primrose
Gage 85 days, indeterminate
— Foliage is an interesting grayish blue-green. The primrose-yellow fruit are
about the size of a golf ball, with soft, almost velvety skin. It
has a distinctly sharp, sweet flavor.
Our
seed source was the USDA ARS accession number
PI 914580. They reported that the variety was collected
in 1931 from Dobbie & Company, Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Striped
Cavern 75 days, indeterminate
— Another interesting variety based solely on the shape, color
and hollow attributes of the fruit. Not much flavor at all but do
make a nice, edible container for various recipes using stuffing
tomatoes or bell-peppers. Similar to
Red and
Yellow Stuffer
tomatoes.
Sunray 75 days, indeterminate — Golden-orange colored fruit,
uniform size, deep-globular shape, up to seven ounce in size, on
indeterminate plants. Sweet, solid, meaty, very mild in
flavor. Good fusarium resistance. Does well in most parts of
the U.S.
It is a stabilized cross between 'Pan American' and
'Jubilee'. Developed by Dr. W. S.
Porte at the Beltsville, Maryland Station and released in 1950.
Taylor
Lacey Leaf 90 days, indeterminate — The plants are of a potato leaf
sort producing large fruit that are white when ready to eat and a
pale yellow when fully ripe. A good slicing tomato.
We received this variety from heirloom tomato collector
Craig LeHoullier
who simply described it as a curiosity from Canada.
It should be noted that although it had a maturity date of 90 to 95
days here in Oregon, in North Carolina it is closer to 70 days.
Tiger
Tom 70 days, indeterminate
— This has become a favorite in our kitchen garden.
One of the first to ripen in our garden. The juicy
fruits average about six ounce and have yellow-orange
stripes on red-orange skin. Very good flavor that is
sharp and sweet.
This may be the same old English greenhouse variety also
known as 'Tigerella' or 'Mr. Stripey'. Not to be
confused with the large, bi-color variety called 'Mr.
Stripey'.
White Wonder 90 days, indeterminate
— Mild, sweet flavored with high sugar content.
Yellowish-white
inside and out when matured. Fruits are large (up to one to
two
pounds) on bushy, leafy plants. Good for slicing and
canning. Even the large sized fruits maintain good texture
and flavor.
Yellow
Ailsa Craig 85 days, indeterminate — The fruits are yellow, globe-shaped, juicy, sweet, and
weigh two to three ounces.
Our parent stock source was USDA ARS accession number
PI 289301 and it was listed as originating in Hungary.
Yellow Lemon 85 days, indeterminate — The regular leaf plants produce fruits that are yellow,
globe-shaped, juicy, sweet, weigh two to four ounces and grow in
clusters of three to six fruits.
Our parent stock source was USDA ARS accession number
PI 146092 and it was listed as originating in Iran.
Yellow
Stuffer 80 days, indeterminate
— Unique bell pepper shape fruits with large open centers that
are ribbed, green shouldered and weighing between four to eight
ounces. Excellent as stuffing tomatoes, as the name
implies.
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