Other Tomatoes

Treccia Rossa, “Red Braid” is a long keeper variety from Italy. Produces oval, plum-shaped fruits of around 20-30 grams each. Bright-red fruits with a sweet and traditional tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, keeps very well after harvest, around 6-7 months. Also great for canning and sun drying. Indeterminate. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

True Love, ’Vernaya Ljubov’, is a determinate variety growing to about 80-100cm in height and spreads some width-wise. Produces heart-shaped large, fruits up to 200grams each. Pale-green fruits with green-ivory firm flesh, and thick skin. Pleasant tomato flavor, best used for cooking. Keeps very well after harvest, up to 6 months, stored on trays or such. 78D. 10seeds/pack

Unknown Variety 2023 – “Long Pink Pear” is a paste-type tomato, containing less water than “regular” tomatoes, perfect for cocking and sauces, etc. Produces elongated, pear-shaped fruits with a small nipple, around 60-80 grams each. Pale-pink fruits with some pale-green coloring on the necks. Meaty flesh with a sweet tomato flavor. The seeds of this variety were given to me as ‘Sinister Minister’, and clearly it is not. The unknown variety was a great variety though, so we decided to keep it! 75-80D. Indeterminate. 10seeds/pack

Velvet Red produces round to oblate, small to mid-sized tomatoes, around 2-3cm in diameter. Beautiful bright-red fruits with silver hair. The silver hair makes the fruits look dark pink. Fruity, sweet, rich tomato flavor. Indeterminate. Bred by Joe Bratka. 73D. 10seeds/pack

Vesuviano Giallo is an indeterminate variety growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned. Produces oval, classical piennolo-fruits with a pointy end. Golden-yellow fruits with thick skin and firm flesh. Pleasant sweet tomato flavor. Keeps very well after harvest. Can be stored hanging in clusters or on trays, up to 6-9 months. The fruits can dry in and wrinkle a bit during storage. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

Wapsipinicon Peach produces round to oblate, mid-sized tomatoes, around 5cm in diameter. Ivory-yellow, velvet-furry, peach-like fruits. Excellent fruity, nectar-like tomato flavor. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. Winner of ”SSE’s 2006 Tomato Tasting”. Named after a river in northwest Iowa. 78D. 10seeds/pack