Tomatoes

Cuban Like Pepper produces quite large paste-type tomatoes of around 100-300grams each. The fruit in the picture is 125 grams. Beautiful fruits in a dark, brick-red-brown color. Thick and firm flesh with few seeds. Sweet and tasty tomato flavor. The other variety in the picture is ‘Grandma Viney's Yellow and Pink’, 275 grams. From Russia. 80-85D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Gigante Farina produces large beefsteak tomatoes of around 350-600grams each. It can also get larger, over 1kg. The fruits in the picture are around 350-400 grams. Bright red, shiny fruits, flattened and ribbed. Dense and meaty fruits with little gel and few seeds. From the Bleggio Region in Italy. Variety originates from Remo Farina, who holds the record for the largest tomato in Italy. 85D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Gospozha Udacha, “Lady Luck”, produces mid-sized beefsteak tomatoes of around 200-300grams each. Pretty raspberry pink fruits with a slight heart shape. Fragrant flesh with sweet tomato flavor. Gospozha Udacha is top right in the picture; the other varieties are Liften Yellow and Bisonhertz. 80D. Determinate. Bush, around 80-100cm high. 5seeds/pack

Helen’s German produces mid-sized to large beefsteak tomatoes of around 250-500grams each. The fruits in the picture are around 300-330 grams. Dark-pink fruits, slightly flattened with bulky ribbed shoulders. Meaty flesh with an excellent, sweet tomato flavor. From Germany. It was grown for about 20 years in Iowa. Passed on to relatives by the Navarre family in Madison, Wisconsin. Helen Navarre gave seeds to Sue Gronholz in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Gronholz introduced it in 1997 in the Seeds Savers Yearbook. Indeterminate. 80-85D. 5seeds/pack

Honey Giant produces large, flattened, and slightly ribbed beefsteak tomatoes of around 300-700grams each. The fruit in the picture is around 600 grams. Beautiful golden fruits with a red blush, both in the skin and the flesh. Meaty fruits with few seeds. Complex, sweet tomato flavor. 80-85D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Jantar, “Amber” in Polish, produces mid-sized to large beefsteak tomatoes of around 250-500grams each. Round-ish, slightly flattened fruits with plump and slightly ribbed shoulders. Dense and meaty flesh with sweet and tasty tomato flavor. The other varieties in the picture are ‘George’s Greek’, ‘Big Italian Plum’, and ‘Arkashin’. Commercial variety from Poland. Not the same variety as ‘Yantarniy’. 75-80D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Liften Yellow produces mid-sized to large beefsteak tomatoes of around 200-500grams each. Pretty bi-colored golden-pink fruits with golden-pink flesh. Very sweet and fruity tomato flavor. Good disease resistance. The other varieties in the pictures are Bisonhertz (red-pink) and Gospozha Udacha (raspberry pink colored) 80-85D. Indeterminate. 5seeds/pack

Fiaschetto is a bush variety growing to about 100cm in height and spreads width-wise. Produces oval, elongated fruits in clusters. Bright-red fruits with a strong, sweet tomato flavor. Thick-skinned and firm-fleshed fruits. Keeps very well after harvest, can be stored hanging in clusters. Also perfect for sun-drying! Italy. 70D. 10seeds/pack

Grappoli is a semi-determinate variety growing to about 100-120cm in height and spreads width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned. Produces oval, small fruits in large clusters. Bright-red fruits with thick skin and firm flesh. Pleasant sweet tomato flavor. Keeps very well after harvest, up to 5-6months. The fruits can dry in and wrinkle during storage. Crack-resistant. Italy. Possibly the same variety as 'Grappoli d’Invierno', original seed from two different seed sources though. 60-70D. 10seeds/pack

Voyage produces weirdly shaped tomatoes with the fruits in several segments. Each segment can be broken off into a separate piece. Bright red fruits with a pleasant, juicy, and sweet tomato flavor, about 60- 150 grams each. Indeterminate. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

Pink Boar produces round, normal-sized tomatoes around 70grams each. Deep-pink fruits with green stripes that ripen to pink-red with golden stripes. Pleasant, sweet tomato flavor. Indeterminate. Brad Gates, Wild Boar Farms. USA. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Dwarf Striped Balkan Tiger produces round, large cherry tomatoes. Gorgeous dark-pink fruits with purple stripes. Sweet and pleasant tomato flavor. This variety came to us as a dwarf variety, as the name suggests. Although all our plants turned out as an indeterminate, vining variety. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

Tondino Maremmano produces round, slightly flattened, large cherry tomatoes around 30grams each. Red to dark-pink fruits with a sweet traditional tomato flavor. The fruits keep very well after picking. This is an indeterminate variety. From Italy. 70D. 10seeds/pack

Sweetie produces round cherry tomatoes around 15-20grams each. Bright red fruits with a sweet, pleasant tomato flavor. Strong growing plant. Indeterminate. 65D. 10seeds/pack

Taiwan Teardrops produces elongated, oval, normal-sized cherry tomatoes. Shiny red fruits with a sweet, pleasant tomato flavor. Meaty, firm fruits that keep well after harvest. Crack-resistant. Indeterminante. Very similar to Taiwan Goddess, might be the same variety. This variety was given to me by a friend in Denmark. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Vikens Cherry produces round cherry tomatoes. Shiny red, firm fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. This is an indeterminate variety. Viken, Helsingborg, Sweden. 70D. 10seeds/pack

Yellow Pear produces mid-sized, pear-shaped cherry tomatoes. Golden-yellow fruits with a sweet tomato flavor. From the early 1800s. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Lollipop produces round cherry tomatoes. Beautiful, cream-yellow fruits with an excellent, sweet, fruity flavor with a hint of lemon. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Mei Wei produces globe-shaped, large cherry tomatoes in long clusters. Bright red fruits with an excellent sweet tomato flavor. Resembles 'Gardeners Delight, but earlier and with slightly smaller fruits. Indeterminate. Does well in cooler weather. China. 62D. 10seeds/pack

Red Pear produces mid-sized, pear-shaped cherry tomatoes. Bright red fruits with a sweet and pleasant tomato flavor. From the early 1800s. Indeterminate. 65D. 10seeds/pack