Tomatoes

MärchenSnack produces small pepper-shaped fruits around 20-40 grams each. Bright-golden-orange fruits of mini-stuffer-tomato-type. Partially hollow inside, with firm flesh and thick walls, perfect to stuff with feta cheese, for example. Fruity and sweet tomato flavor. Resistance to late blight and blossom end rot (BER). Indeterminate. The meaning in German is “Fairy Tale Snack”. Creation of Kleverhof in Germany. 70-85D. 10seeds/pack

MärchenZauber produces elongated, tear-shaped fruits with a pointy end of around 25-50 grams each. Beautiful, metallic-shiny, bright-golden-yellow fruits with pink-red stripes and thin skin. Crispy and firm texture. Very sweet, fruity, and juicy tomato flavor with an aroma of currant. Resistance to late blight and blossom end rot (BER). Indeterminate. The meaning in German is “Fairy Tale Magic”. Creation of Kleverhof in Germany. 70-85D. 10seeds/pack

Little Fuzzy Balls produce round to oblate mid-sized tomatoes, around 50-100 grams each. Beautiful pale-yellow-white fruits with antho-dark stripes and shoulders. Fruity and sweet tomato flavor. Off-type of "Yellow and Blue", from the USA. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Yellow Furry Hog produces round mid-sized tomatoes around 50-120grams each. Golden-yellow fruits with pale-yellow stripes with peach-fluffy skin. Pale-yellow flesh with a pink blush. Excellent, mild-sweet tomato flavor. Brad Gates, Wild Boars Farm, USA. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Katja is a bush variety growing to about 100-120cm in height. Produces small to mid-sized beefsteak tomatoes around 100-400 grams each. Bright-pink-red, flat-round fruits. Sweet and traditional tomato flavor. Early, 60-70D. 10seeds/pack

Orange Icicle, Sosulka Oranzhevaya, is an indeterminate variety. Produces oblong-chubby paste-type tomatoes of around 60-100 grams each. Bright-orange, firm fruits with few seeds. Sweet tomato flavor with a hint of citrus. From Ukraine. 75D. 5seeds/pack

Sibirsky Khottabych is an indeterminate variety. Produces large, pear-shaped paste-type tomatoes around 70-150 grams each. Bright-pink, firm, and meaty fruits with few seeds. Sweet tomato flavor. Good shelf life. Crack-resistant. Does well also in colder weather. A “khottabych” is a “genie in a bottle”. Originated in Altai, Siberia, Russia. 75D. 10seeds/pack

A Grappoli Corbarino Long is a longkeeper variety, one of the first varieties recorded in Italy. Half of my plants produced these more elongated-oval to plum-shaped cherry tomatoes of around 15 grams each. Bright red and shiny fruits with a traditional tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

A Grappoli Corbarino Round is a longkeeper variety, one of the first varieties recorded in Italy. Half of my plants produced these round to slightly oval cherry tomatoes of around 10 grams each. Bright red and shiny fruits with a traditional tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Annarita is a longkeeper variety from Italy. Produces round to oblate, slightly ribbed tomatoes around 30-50 grams each. Bright red fruits with a golden blush. Sweet-acid traditional tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, keeps very well after harvest, up to 6 months. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Aosta Valley Select is a longkeeper variety from Italy. Also very good to roast or preserve. Produces blemish-free, oval fruits with a ribbing at the middle and bottom end. Bright red fruits of around 20-30 grams each. Solid and rich tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Canne Torre is a longkeeper variety from Italy. Produces small round tomatoes of around 20-30 grams each. Light-red fruits with pink flesh and a yellow blush. Traditional tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Crispiana, “Crispiano Giallorosso”, is a longkeeper variety from the town of Crispiano in southern Italy. Produces round, golden fruits with a pink-red blush of around 20-50 grams each, never looking completely ripe. Pleasant, acidic tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. In Italian, this is a “pomodori da serbo”, a tomato for storage. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Del Tonet is a Spanish long keeper variety, a ”Tomate de Colgar”, “Hanging Tomato”. Produces small, round fruits with a pointed end. Intense and tasty tomato flavor. Firm flesh but still juicy texture. Few seeds in each fruit. Crack-resistant. From Preixens in Catalonia, Spain. Indeterminate, mid-sized plants with sparse foliage. 75D. 5seeds/pack

Donatellina is a longkeeper variety. Produces round to oval, small cherry tomatoes around 10-15 grams each. Bright red fruits with a sweet and aromatic tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Proven resistance to tomato mosaic virus. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Gift of Autumn is a longkeeper variety with larger fruits, around 70-150 grams each. Produces round to flat-round golden-pink-orange fruits. Mild-sweet tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Bush variety, around 100cm high. 80-85D. 10seeds/pack

Golden Treasure is a longkeeper variety with slightly larger fruits, around 50-80 grams each. Produces round to flat-round fruits that ripen from green to golden. Mild-sweet tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest, around 4 months. Created by Tim Peters, described in 1999 in the ‘Garden Seed Inventory’. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Köning Humbert is a longkeeper variety. Produces oval to plum-shaped fruits that ripen from green to bright red. Traditional mild-sweet, tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Also great for sun drying, sauces, cooking, etc. Probably the same variety as ‘Re Umberto’, from two different seed sources that named them differently. Mentioned already in 1884, in the ‘W. Atlee Burpee & Company’ seed catalog. Indeterminate. 60-65D. 10seeds/pack

Professor Klapprott´s Spitze is a long keeper variety. Produces oval to plum-shaped, slightly ribbed fruits with a pointy end. Bright-red fruits of around 20-30 grams each. Sweet, classic tomato flavor. Thick skin and crack-resistant. Firm flesh. Good shelf life. Not much is known of its origin. A Professor Klapprott supposedly received the seeds from a friend in the DDR. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Ramallet Rodona is a longkeeper variety from Mallorca, Spain. Produces red to pale-red fruits around 40-80 grams each. Solid and traditional tomato flavor. Thick skin and firm flesh, crack-resistant. Good shelf life, and keeps very well after harvest. Indeterminate. 75-80D. 5seeds/pack