Tomatoes
Listed below are the tomatoes I have for sale. They are $2 each. All are heirloom plants unless noted, meaning you can save the seeds to grow more next year! I have listed these as determinate – meaning they will only grow to a certain height, and indeterminate – meaning they will continue to grow until frost kills them.
Please let me know if you have any questions! Happy growing!
Rose de Berne
This is one of my favorite slicing tomatoes. I can’t even remember where or when I discovered this beauty but I have been growing it and saving the seeds ever since. The plants produce 7-8 ounce tomatoes abundantly all summer long. The color has a beautiful red color with a slightly pink tinge. The picture on the left was one of the first ones I picked and I didn’t even want to cut into it it was so perfect! The skin rarely cracks! I like to slice them thinly on a plate and drizzle with some good 18-25 year old balsamic and a pinch of salt. Like BLTs? You can’t beat this in sandwiches! Plants are indeterminate and will need support like a cage or trellis. Space plants 18-24 inches apart.
Beefsteak
Who doesn’t love a good beefsteak tomato? These plants produce large meaty tomatoes that can be used in so many ways! Some of the fruits can grow up to a pound! I used my beefsteaks from everything from salads, sandwiches and soups. In fact, check out my tomato soup recipe here. Once you realize how easy it is to make tomato soup you will never buy it in a can again! Plants are indeterminate and will need support like a cage or trellis. Space plants 18-24 inches apart.
Supersweet 100 Cherry Tomato
Who doesn’t love a good beefsteak tomato? These plants produce large meaty tomatoes that can be used in so many ways! Some of the fruits can grow up to a pound! I used my beefsteaks from everything from salads, sandwiches and soups. In fact, check out my tomato soup recipe here. Once you realize how easy it is to make tomato soup you will never buy it in a can again! This is a hybrid plant so you cannot save the seeds. Plants are indeterminate and will need support like a cage or trellis. Space plants 18-24 inches apart.
Black Beauty Cherry Tomato
These are some of the most popular of the cherry tomatoes and for good reason! Beautiful black cherries look like large, dusky purple-brown grapes; they have that rich flavor that makes black tomatoes famous. Large vines yield very well; very unique and delicious. These are early producers so you will be enjying these beauties before other tomatoes. Plants are indeterminate and will need support like a cage or trellis. Space plants 24 inches apart.
Roma
Romas are the quintessential pear-shaped paste tomato that is the standard for making sauces and canning. Very prolific producers and disease resistant. Every garden should have these wonderful plants growing in them. I also slice these thinly and dehydrate them for use in soups and stews. These tomatoes also freeze very well so you can save them as the crop comes in for canning later on in the winter. Plants are determinate and can be grown easily in a tomato cage. Space plants 24 inches apart.
Amish Paste
Another must-have paste variety – plum-shaped tomatoes, on compact plants that require very little staking! The paste-type fruit weighs in at 2-3 ounces, dry-fleshed and very meaty with few seeds. Great for sauces, salsas and pastes. Like the other paste tomatoes these also freeze very well. Plants are determinate and can be grown easily in a tomato cage. Space plants 24 inches apart.
Principe Borghese
You may not have heard of this variety, but this is the Italian heirloom that is famous for sun drying. Small 1 to 2 oz, grape-shaped fruit is very dry and has few seeds. It has a rich tomato taste that is wonderful for sauces. Vines yield clusters of fruit in abundance. Plants are determinate and can be grown easily in a tomato cage. Space plants 24 inches apart.
Sun Gold
This is one of the few hybrids that I grow and they are fast becoming a favorite for gardeners due to their fantastic taste and ridiculous producivity. I had a plant get knocked over in a bad storm and that didn’t slow it down one bit. I was harvesting daily. Colors range from bright orange to a deep orange/red. Plants are indeterminate and can be grown easily in a tomato cage but even better on a trellis. Space plants 24 inches apart.
A Grappoli D’Inverno
This variety did very well in my Wisconsin garden last year and the ones that made it into the house were either dried or used in my Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce recipe. This is the “Winter Grape” tomato of old Italy, where farmers would hang the fruit-covered vines and they would stay fresh well into the winter. They also dry perfectly and resemble little “Roma” tomatoes. The flavorful fruit is delicious and great for snacking, fresh or dried. Plants are indeterminate and can be grown easily in a tomato cage but even better on a trellis. Space plants 24 inches apart.
Geranium Kiss
This is a great determinate tomato for growing in pots, which is what I did in my garden last year and will do again this year. This is a dwarf variety, that produces what seems like thousands of bright red cherry sized fruits. Plants are about 3 feet tall. I also use these as fresh on salads, dried and in my Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce recipe. Very disease resistant. Use a small tomato cage or stakes for support.
Thorburn Terra Cotta
This is a new variety that I am trying this year from Baker Creek – “Incredible flavor, color and history! Introduced in 1893 by James Thorburn of New York, this is one of the most sensational tomatoes we have ever grown. With honey-brown skin, orange-pink flesh, and green seed mass, this is an eye-catching slicer with an out-of-this-world flavor. The tomato produces heavily during mid-season and then drops off quickly once cool weather sets in. As a cooker it will yield a pumpkin-orange sauce with a floral aroma.” Great as a slicer or used in stews. Indeterminate plants that will required a cage or staking. Plant 24″ apart.
