Details Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: ? Shape: bumpy ribbed beefsteak Color: red Maturity: ? Size: large Yield: “lots of tomatoes just 2 months after planting out” “good production even in cool summers” Taste: meaty, few seeds, good flavor, smooth texture Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: V & F resistance sets fruit at low temperatures Notes: Sources: […]
I brought in the last tomatoes yesterday. There were tons of tomatoes…I think the tomato plants were more productive from September till November than during the whole summer. It shouldn’t be a surprise, I guess, since our summer temperatures are always above 95 degrees. Several of them were ripe enough to eat, so those will […]
Details Open-Pollinated: No – hybrid Type: determinate Shape: plum or pear shaped roma or paste tomato Color: red Maturity: 75 days Size: 2.25 oz tomatoes Yield: pretty productive Taste: “simply the best-tasting” (PSC) unimpressive to me Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Resistant to Verticillium Wilt Resistant to Fusarium Wilt races 1 & 2 Sunscald was […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: determinate Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: heat tolerant Notes: recommended by The Kitchen Garden Sources: Results from My Garden: haven’t found this variety to grow yet SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: beefsteak Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: “yum” (TKG) Disease Resistance: ? Notes: Recommended in “The Kitchen Garden” as a yummy early beefsteak, “new compact variety” Sources: Results from My Garden: Haven’t grown this variety yet… SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG […]
Also known as Cordon Tomatoes, Vine Tomatoes, or Tall Tomatoes, Indeterminate Tomato varieties have a single main shoot that grows indefinitely. In a perfect climate, this main shoot would grow up indefinitely. Normally, these are trained up a central support, like a cage or trellis, or stake. Some growers pinch of the side shoots that […]
Details Open-Pollinated: No – F1 hybrid Type: determinate Shape: ? Color: red Maturity: 68 days Size: 7 oz tomatoes Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “disease resistant” tolerates high temperatures, even up to 100°F Notes: Sources: Results from My Garden: have not grown this variety yet SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY […]
Details Solanum lycopersicum Open-Pollinated heirloom Type: indeterminate Shape: oblate Color: yellow-green Maturity: late season (80-95 days) Size: large 1 lb or more Yield: ? Taste: “intense” (Epic Tomatoes) “excellent flavor” (CCN) “sweet juicy flesh with hint of spicyness” (SSE) Disease Resistance: susceptible to wilt Notes: family heirloom from Ruby Arnold of Greeneville TN ready to […]
Details Lycopersicon esculentum Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: determinate Shape: round Color: yellow with green stripes Maturity: 80-90 days Size: 2-4 oz 2″ diameter Yield: “productive plants” Taste: bright, acidic Disease Resistance: ? Notes: love these tomatoes: cool coloring and taste great shape of the little tomatoes was kind of boxy at first they were hard to […]
Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: ? Shape: ? Color: brilliant yellow Maturity: early Size: ? Yield: “fruits abundantly” Taste: “Flavor second to only Costoluto Genovese (KG)” tangy flavor, sugary, intense Disease Resistance: ? Notes: recommended variety by “The Kitchen Garden“ Sources: I am having trouble finding this variety; there’s a tomato called “Taxi” that sounds like […]