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Big Beef
Early, flavorful large and firm fruit. Average weight 10 - 12 oz., mostly blemish-free, globe-shaped red fruit. These large, juicy, fruits combine old-fashioned beefsteak flavor with heavy yields. Arguably the best all-around "beefsteak" tomato for a home garden. 1994 All America Selections winner. Flavor is full and hearty with lots of sweet juice balanced with that wonderful tomato acidity. These giants slice up perfectly for big sandwiches.
Days to Ripen: 70
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New Girl
New Girl's taste tops the charts! These are medium sized tomatoes that are red fruits with rich, full flavor for sandwiches and salads early in the summer. New Girl is better tasting and more disease resistant than Early Girl.
Days to Ripen: 62
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Octavio
A truss tomato with long shelf life. Vigorous plant produces a deep red color, uniform ripening, blemish-free fruit. Stores well.
Days to Ripen: 73
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Anahu
From Hawaii. This is a very productive variety that produces 2 to 3-inch, round, red fruit with very sweet flavors.
Days to Ripen: 90
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Aunt Ruby German Green
Heirloom beefsteak variety from Ruby Arnold of Greeneville, Tennessee; who passed away in 1997. Slightly flattened, 1 pound fruit that ripens to a pale greenish-yellow ("lime jello green") with a slight pink blush that extends to the inside. Superb, fruity sweet and slightly spicy taste.
Days to Ripen: 80
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Big White Pink Stripe
Pale-peach colored 4-inch globe slicer with pinkish blush on blossom end and peach-cream colored flesh inside. Meaty fruits with tropical flavor similar to melon but slight sweet-tart tang.
Days to Ripen: 95
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Black Cherry
A tall, vigorous plant that produces abundant crops of 1", deep mahogany-brown fruits. Fruits are irresistibly delicious with sweet, complex, full flavors, characteristic of the "blacks." Beautiful to mix with other cherries.
Days to Ripen: 64
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Black Zebra
1 1/2" round fruit brown skin with black stripes rich tomato flavor with hints of smoke and sweetness. Created by Jeff Dawson this is one of our favorites for looks and taste.
Days to Ripen: 85
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Black Krim
Originally from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union. This rare and outstanding tomato yields 3-4" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Green gel around seeds. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste (which is great for those not wanting to add salt to their tomatoes). Perfect choice for slicing, salads and cooking.
Days to Ripen: 75
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Box Car Willie - Pink
A slightly flattened New Jersey variety by Joe bratka's father (most likely named for the country western singer). Produces 10 to 16-ounce, smooth, bright-red with an orange tinge. These excellent tasting tomatoes are very juicy and because they are so dependably tasty and abundant throughout the season, Box Car Willie is a staple in many home gardens.
Days to Ripen: 80
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Brandywine
Probably the first heirloom to achieve "cult status" within the growing popularity of heirloom tomatoes. A pink, potato-leaf, Amish variety from the 1880’s. It is legendary for it’s exceptionally rich, succulent tomato flavor. Fruits are reddish-pink, with light, creamy flesh that average 12 ounces but can grow to 2 pounds.
Days to Ripen: 80
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Camp Joy
Heavy bearing heirloom variety that offers an abundance of luscious fruit with huge, well-balanced, sweet tomato flavors. Perfect for snacking or salads.
Days to Ripen: 81
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Carbon
Big leafy plant yielding prolific amounts of 10 oz., purple-brown, beautiful fruits with excellent taste.
Days to Ripen: 76
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Cherokee Purple
A sprawling indeterminate plant producing 10-16 oz., flattened and slightly pleated fruit with a orange/brown to chestnut color. Wonderful flavor!
Days to Ripen: 85
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Cluj Yellow Cherry
Romanian heirloom named for the city of Cluj. Large wispy heirloom plant that produces HUGE amounts of 1/2 - 3/4 inch yellow cherries. Unique, sweet but tangy flavor tomato candies.
Days to Ripen: 77
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Coyote
A jewel-like cherry, that bears 6 to 8 on a branch. Very flavorful!
Days to Ripen: 75
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Dr. Caroline
Large sprawling plant named in honor of Dr. Caroline Male who first saved the seed. Fantastic round, 1-inch, ivory-colored cherry tomatoes, borne in clusters, that deepens to a pale yellow upon ripening. Delicious sweet flavors that are perfectly balanced with enough acid to make the flavor sing. Lots of character and complexity.
Days to Ripen: 79
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Florida Pink
A heavy bearer of huge (1 to 3-pound) globes with few seeds and lots of flavor. A great cooking tomato. Sets fruit well at high temps.
Days to Ripen: 85
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Gary Ibsen's Gold
Plant produces lots of very juicy, 14 oz. , brilliant orange-gold globes with tropical fruit flavors with enough acid balance to guarantee a burst of tomato delight.
Days to Ripen: 75
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Green Grape
This old-fashioned bush tomato is an heirloom originally developed by the Tater Mater Seed Co. from crossing the Yellow Pear with Evergreen. The distinctive, 1”, yellowish green fruits are borne in clusters of 6-12 that resemble large grapes. Fruit has a translucent pale-green on the inside. This variety has become popular in restaurants and markets because of their unique attractiveness and great flavor.
Days to Ripen: 60
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Green Zebra
Developed in 1985 by tomato breeder Tom Wagner, this is an unusual and exquisite tomato chosen by Alice Waters for her restaurant, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. The 2-inch round fruit ripens to a yellow-gold with dark-green zebra-like stripes. The flesh is lime-emerald in color that has an invigorating lemon-lime flavor. A great tomato for brightening up salads and other tomato dishes.
Days to Ripen: 75
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Kelloggs Breakfast - Yellow
1 lb., pale to deep orange beefsteak tomatoes originally from West Virginia, that are thin-skinned, meaty, have few seeds and a fantastic sweet, tangy flavor. Juice and inside flesh have the same bright orange color as orange juice.
Days to Ripen: 80
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Marianna's Peace
This is a pink heirloom that originated in Czechoslovakia. Seeds brought to America during WW2. Potato leaf variety producing moderate yields of 1-2 lb. beautiful, pink beefsteaks. Dense, creamy, sweet flesh with rich complex, old tomatoey flavors. Great gift for the tomato lover.
Days to Ripen: 85
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Missouri Pink Love Apple
Grandpa Barnes grew this variety as decoration (since he didn't think tomatoes could be eaten) during the Civil War. The variety has been in the Jennings family ever since. A potato leaf plant that produces an abundant yield of large, 3", pink fruit. Rivals the Brandywine and Cherokee Purple for outstanding full, complex, tomatoey flavors.
Days to Ripen: 78
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Northern Lights
4-inch, round beefsteak , yellow-orange with red blush on bottom and red center. Wonderful intense flavor.
Days to Ripen: 55
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Paul Robenson
Seed for this Russian heirloom was made available by Marina Danilenko, a Moscow seeds woman. This favorite tomato was named after the operatic artist who won acclaim as an advocate of equal rights for Blacks. His artistry was admired world-wide, especially in the Soviet Union. This "black" beefsteak tomato is slightly flattened, round, and grows to 4-inches. It’s deep, rich colors stand it apart from others…a dusky, dark-red, with dark-green shoulders, and red flesh in it’s center. Very flavorful fruits with luscious, earthy flavors and good acid/sweet balance. This won "Best of Show" at 2000 Carmel Tomato Fest.
Days to Ripen: 74
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Peppermint
Excellent yield of 8-12 oz. red-pink tomatoes with yellow stripes before ripe. Fruit is meaty with very good sweet taste. Outstanding!!
Days to Ripen: 81
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Persimmon
This vigorous and prolific heirloom, 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-ounces to 2 pounds. Meaty, very sweet, and few seeds.
Days to Ripen: 80
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Pineapple
An heirloom garden favorite that grows to 2 lbs. This bi-colored, slightly flattened, yellow 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 flavors. This is a show stopper!
Days to Ripen: 85
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Riesentraube
The name of this heirloom variety from East Germany means "giant bunch of grapes." These excellent flavored cherries are borne in bunches of 20-35 small, oval, red fruits with pointed ends.
Days to Ripen: 78
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Schwarze Sarah
Productive German heirloom. Yields large (3-inch) pink/purple fruit with dark green shoulders and a deep grey/purple broad streaks throughout the fruit. Very tasty!
Days to Ripen: 80
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Stripe German
Productive German heirloom. Yields large (3-inch) pink/purple fruit with dark green shoulders and a deep grey/purple broad streaks throughout the fruit. Very tasty!
Days to Ripen: 78
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Valencia
Heirloom from Maine. Beautiful round, 10 ounce, orange fruits that contain a rich tomatoey flavor.
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Wapsipinicon Peach
Heavy producer of 2" peach-shaped fuzzy yellow fruits. Sweet excellent flavor. Our favorite "peach" tomato, from Dennis Schlicht, named after the Wapsipinicon River in Northeast Iowa. Great novelty, but also good for fresh summer eating.
Days to Ripen: 80
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White Queen
Seeds obtained by Craig Lehoullier from the USDA and shared with Dr. Carolyn Male for grow out. This heirloom variety offers some of the nicest shape and whitest color of any of the "white" varieties. Beefsteak-style fruit weighs to 12 oz. and is smooth skinned with ribbed shoulders. Some fruits have a pink blush or streaks on their blossom ends that ripen to a pale creamy yellow. Tomatoes are juicy and sweet.
Days to Ripen: 85
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Produce descriptions & photos courtesy of:
Johhny's Selected Seeds,
Seed Savers Exchange &
TomatoFest
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