Tomatoes

Loaghtan Woolies NOT is a bush variety growing to about 100-150cm in height. Loaghtan Woolies produces small, woolly, slightly ribbed fruits around 100 grams. My plants, however, produced heavily ribbed, not woolly fruits around 100 grams – that’s why I call it “NOT”. The plants grow as a bush to around 100-150cm high. Very pretty multi-colored, striped fruits in brown-yellow-pink with green stripes. The fruits are meaty with a slightly spicy tomato flavor with a good balance between sweet and tart. Semi-determinate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Manalucie produces round, mid-sized, slightly tomatoes around 70-200 grams each. Shiny red fruits with a sweet and traditional tomato flavor. Good foliage for protection from sunscald. Does well also in hot and humid climates. Developed by J.W. Walter in 1953. United States Department of Agriculture. Good disease resistance to Fusarium Wilt (F). Early Blight (EB), Gray Leaf Spot (St), and Blossom End Rot (BER). Indeterminate. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

Opal Essence produces round, mid-sized fruits of around 70-120 grams each. Bright pink, pretty fruits with pink flesh. Excellent, sweet and fruity tomato flavor. From Canada. Indeterminate. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

Peach Blow Sutton Blue produces round to slightly oval, mid-sized fruits around 60-150 grams each. Dark raspberry-red fruits with antho-purple, almost black neck. Firm and crack-resistant fruits. Exotic, spicy-sweet tomato flavor. Indeterminate. 70D. 10seeds/pack

Petit Ananas produces round smaller, golf-ball-sized fruits around 40-60 grams each, in clusters of about 8-10 fruits. The fruits ripen in different nuances of golden-yellow and orange. Golden flesh with a pink blush. Soft, sweet, and fruity tomato flavor. Indeterminate. 70D. 10seeds/pack

Isole Eloie produces round, small to mid-sized tomatoes around 40-70 grams each. Pretty little matte-pink fruits with pink flesh. Thick skin and flesh containing little gel and juice. Excellent and sweet tomato flavor with high sugar content. Withstands drought and heat. Good for sun drying. Good shelf life. Not exactly a long keeper but can be stored for a good bit of time. From Italy, somewhere in the Aeolian Islands. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Golden Green produces round mid-sized tomatoes of around 80-150 grams each. Very pretty, shiny golden-orange fruits with orange flesh. Firm fruits with a juicy, fruity, and sweet tomato flavor. Tetra-cis-lycopene 7,12 according to the NZ heritage food crops research project. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Edith Bernhard produces round, small to mid-sized fruits around 40-100 grams each. Golden-yellow fruits with antho-brown splashes and neck. The fruits get a stronger antho-color where they are exposed to the sun. Firm but juicy flesh with a sweet and slightly acidic tomato flavor. Sparse foliage. From Austria, named after its creator. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Evans Purple produces round to oblate, mid-sized fruits of around 70-100 grams each. Very pretty fruits in dark-red-purple with dark green neck. Red-purple flesh with contrasting, green gel. Excellent, rich, and sweet tomato flavor. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Eva Purple Ball produces round, small to mid-sized fruits around 50-120 grams each. Very pretty, smooth-skinned, shiny deep-pink fruits with pink flesh. Excellent sweet tomato flavor. Originates from the Black Forest region in Germany around the late 1800s, according to the late Dr. Carolyn Male. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Blue Gold produces round to oval, mid-sized tomatoes around 50-70 grams each. Fruits ripening to a beautiful bright golden yellow with brown-purple antho neck. The fruits get a more intense antho color where they are exposed to the sun. Pink-yellow, bicolored flesh with a sweet and fruity tomato flavor. Crack-resistant and has quite a good shelf life. Creation of Brad Gates. Wild Boar Farms, USA. Indeterminate. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Butter Apple produces round to oval, slightly ribbed, mid-sized fruits around 40-80 grams each. Pretty little fruits that ripen from green, pale yellow with some green stipes, to yellow as fully ripe. Yellow flesh with a lot of gel and a sweet tomato flavor. A segregation from ‘Striped Students’ by Tom Wagner, carried out in F2 by Marla McClaren, trying to create an earlier and tastier variety. Indeterminate. 70-75D. 10seeds/pack

Alki Blue Blood produces slightly flat-round, large cherry tomatoes around 20-30 grams each. Pretty fruits ripening from green and dark-purple to red with a dark-purple, almost black, neck. The fruits get darker color where they are exposed to the sun. Sparse foliage. Similar to Cascade Village Blue. Rich and sweet tomato flavor. Developed by Tom Wagner. Semi-determinate, around 150cm high. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Chocolate Marmalade produces round to slightly flat-round, mid-sized fruits of around 70-150 grams each. Some fruits are slightly ribbed, especially the larger ones. Pretty fruits in golden-orange-yellow with antho-brown spots and neck. The fruits get more antho-brown where they are exposed to the sun. Orange-yellow flesh with a juicy, sweet, and well-balanced tomato flavor between sweetness and bitterness. From Ukraine, developed by Ruslan Dukhov. Semi-determinate, around 70-100cm high. 75D. 10seeds/pack

Deutscher Fleiss produces round, mid-sized fruits around 60-100 grams each, around 4-6cm in diameter. Good yields of red fruits with red flesh. Fruity and tart-sweet, traditional tomato flavor. From Germany. Keeps well on the plants and good shelf-life. The name means “German diligence” in German. Indeterminate. Quite early 60-70D. 10seeds/pack

Cherry Brandywine Dark produces round to oblate, large cherry tomatoes, around 2-5cm in diameter, looking like little Brandywines. Dark-dusky-pink fruits with pink flesh. Delicious, sweet tomato flavor. A spontaneous mutation of Brandywine. Resistance to powdery mildew. Potato leaf. Indeterminate. 75D. (We got two different colors from the same seed source, one brighter and one darker.) 10seeds/pack

Bosque Blue Bumblebee produces pretty, mid-sized, round cherry tomatoes. Golden-yellow fruits with dark-brown-purple shoulders of around 20 grams each. Sweet and juicy tomato flavor with a hint of citrus. Created by J&L Gardens, USA. 75D. Indeterminate. 10seeds/pack

Yukos Persimmon Perfection produces slightly ribbed and flattened, mid-sized beefsteak tomatoes around 300 grams each. Dark yellow fruits with golden flesh. Meaty fruits with a smooth and juicy texture. Sweet, excellent tomato flavor. Selected from ‘Russian Persimmon’ by Jeffrey Casey from Canada, who named it after his wife. Indeterminate. 80D. 10seeds/pack

Yellow Dragon produces flattened, regular-sized fruits around 60-100 grams each. Very beautiful fruits in dark golden-yellow with black-brown marbled necks. Golden-yellow flesh with a pink marbling. Sweet, juicy, and a bit stronger tomato flavor. Bred from the line of 'Siberian Tiger' by Mark McCaslin, USA. Indeterminate. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack

Trjufel Zholty produces mid-sized, pear-shaped fruits around 70-150 grams each. Golden-orange fruits with golden flesh. Firm, and meaty fruits with little gel and few seeds. Keeps well after harvest. Does well in cooler weather. From Russia. Indeterminate. 75-80D. 10seeds/pack