Category Archives: Varieties to Grow

Valencia Tomato

http://www.territorialseed.com/product/Principe_Borghese_Tomato_Seed/403

Details Lycopersicon esculentum Open-pollinated heirloom Type: indeterminate Shape: round Color: orange Maturity: midseason; 75-80 days Size: 8-10 oz, 8-12 oz (SoC.com), “large” Yield: ? Taste:  juicy vibrantly flavored full, complex tomato taste great balance of acid-sweet bursts with flavor pineapple-like as well as buttery Meaty with few seeds Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:  good choice for northern or cooler growing […]

Ultra Magnum Tomato

Details Hybrid Type: ? Shape: ? Color: red Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: won a taste test Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: V – Verticillium F – Fusarium T – Tobacco Mosaic Virus Notes: Sources: apparently it used to be carried by Stokes Seeds, but has since been discontinued Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE […]

Tumbling Tom Yellow Cherry Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: determinate Shape: round Color: yellow to yellow-orange Maturity: ? Size: 1-2″ Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: good for containers Root knot nematode resistant Notes: weeping growth habit makes it good for containers, or cascading over walls well-branched, strong vines allow for no staking Sources: Results from My […]

Tiny Tim Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated Heirloom Type: Dwarf determinate Shape: round cherry Color: bright red Maturity: 45 days Size: 3/4″ diameter Yield: “very high yields” Taste: “delicious tomato flavor” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended by NCG because it tends to be bushy and doesn’t require staking at only 10″ to 18″ tall Sources: Results from […]

Tigerella Orange Slicing Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Shape: round Color: red with yellow-orange stripes Maturity: 55-65 days Size: 4-6 oz 2″ “medium-small fruits” Yield: “Highly productive” Taste: “Pleasant tangy flavor” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:  “Disease resistant” Notes: 2009 was the first year for these in my garden, and although I’m growing them again in 2010, they were […]

Tarvoy Cabbage

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: winter Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended winter cabbage by GV Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE                   […]

Sweet Hearts Tomato

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: indeterminate Shape: grape cherry tomato Color: ruby red Maturity: 73 days Size: 1.5″ long Yield: “feverishly productive” Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: crack-resistant throughout season (good for hot weather) ToMV Notes: fruit form in thick clusters from branched stems Sources: Territorial Seed Company Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES […]

Sweet 100 Tomato

Details F1 Hybrid Type: ? Shape: cherry tomato Color: red Maturity: 70 Size: small cherry Yield: “100 or more” Taste: “very sweet” Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: “F1 disease resistance” Notes: recommended cherry tomato (didn’t note who recommended it) long clusters Sources: Burpees Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER […]

Stonehead Cabbage

Details Hybrid Type: ? Shape: ? Color: white Maturity: 67 days (early cabbage) Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: resists cracking resists yellows Notes: Recommended white early (summer or fall) cabbage AAS Winner popular for its firm, solid interior good for small areas Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE […]

Varieties Template

Details Open-Pollinated: ? Type: spring cabbage Shape: ? Color: ? Maturity: ? Size: ? Yield: ? Taste: ? Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: ? Notes: Recommended by GV for a spring cabbage Sources: Results from My Garden:  SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE             […]