Tomatoes & Tomatillos
Organic Tomato Seedlings
(Has not been Updated for 2012) These are the tomato seedlings we expect for 2011 (revised May 20th). Over 50 mouth watering mostly heirloom varieties, to satisfy the taste of any food lover.
Except for a few items, the seeds used come from certified organic stock. All our seedlings are grown in a soil mixture containing only organic standard approved ingredients.
'Amish Paste' (Indeterminate Plum) 85 days from transplant. Fruits are deep red, oval-shaped and range in size from 2"-5" diameter in small clusters on a vine. Perfect for salads and sandwiches because they're not too juicy. They make thick sauces as well.
'Black Cherry' (indeterminate) 65 days from transplant. Round 1” cherry with classic black tomato flavor.
'Black Krim'
(indeterminate) 80 days from transplant. Late. Dark-coloured, thin-skinned, slightly flattened meaty fruits are incredibly juicy and grow well (up to 1.5 lb.) under semi-drought conditions. The slightly smoky, salty flavour is great for salads or eaten straight off the vine. 
'Black Plum' (indeterminate cherry) 82 days from transplant. Produces a long and steady crop of 2-inch elongated oval-shaped fruits colored a beautiful deep-mahogany with dusky-green shoulders. Fruit resembles a small paste tomato but with thinner walls. Unique sweet tangy flavor.
'Black Prince' (indeterminate) 70 days from transplant. Siberian heirloom originally from Irkutsk. 2 1/2” round fruit ripens to beautiful deep garnet red with some dark chocolate brown and black. Classic rich tomato flavor with a slight sweetness. It is regarded as a true northern variety and has excellent growing qualities suited for cooler climates.
'Bloody Butcher' (determinate) 58 days from transplant. Medium sized 3-5oz deep red skinned fruit. Leaves are unusua as they look like potato leaves.
'Brandywine' (Indeterminate Beefsteak) 77 days from transplant. Not the prettiest tomato in the patch, but hands-down one of the best heritage varieties for flavour. Pinkish colour, with large fruits (up to 1 lb. each!) that ripen through the summer. Not a heavy producer. Long vines with potato type leaves. Amish variety from the 1880’s.
'Cherokee Purple' (Indeterminate Beefstake) 70 days. Named for its believed origins with the Cherokee native people, this is one of them more famous “black” tomatoes. A beefsteak-type with large 3/4 lb fruits, purple-red skin with green shoulders, and brick red flesh. Grown for its excellent flavour and meaty texture.
'Costoluto Genovese' (indeterminate) 78 days from transplant. Large deeply ridged and heavily lobed. Meaty, full-flavored, slightly tart, and delicious.
'Early Latah' (determinate Salad) 57 days from transplant.
Extra early red salad tomato. Ripens on the vine even in our climate.
Takes the cold very well, and sports 2-3" round red fruits from
July till frost.
'Gold Nugget' (Determinate Cherry) 56 days from transplant. 1-1 1/4" diameter, round to slightly oval fruits have a deep yellow color. The flavor is well-balanced and delicious, and a majority of the early fruits are seedless.
'Gramma Climenhaga' (Indeterminate Beefsteak) Orange beefsteak is a Canadian variety from T. McIntee's family. 6 to 10 oz round and smooth fruit. A hard to find heirloom variety.
'Harbinger' (Indeterminate) 60 days from transplant. An English cultivar introduced in 1910. Average size, red smooth thin skin fruit. Tolerates cooler conditions.
'Japanese Black Trifele' (Indeterminate) 81 days from transplant. A Purple-black pear shaped tomato. This short potato leaf plant yields prolific quantities of 6 oz. Fruit. Resistant to cracking.
'Legend' (Indeterminate) 75 days. Blight resistant tomato. Vigorous plants produce all season long (sets fruit without pollen) so prune sparingly and use strong stakes as fruits average 8 ounces. Red meaty fruits are excellent for cooking, canning, dried, or simply as slicing tomato with very few seeds. Flavor is very good with the right blend of sugar and acid. Prune only to promote air circulation as fruit production will continue through most of the summer.
'Longkeeper' (Determinate) 90 days from transplant. Hearty plant produces huge amounts of 6 oz., round fruits. Popular for it's good taste and long storage ability. Because of slow-ripening qualities fruits become ripe 1 to 3 months after harvesting. If picked in late fall, after fruit reaches a pale pink blush, unblemished fruit that is stored without touching, at around 65 degrees, can last for 4 months. Light orange-red color when ripe, with pink flesh.
'Mennonite Orange'
(indeterminate Beefsteak) 80 days from transplant. Orange and meaty. Excellent slicing tomato with sweet flavour. Introduced to Ontario from Pennsylvania around 1910.
'Mountain Princess' (Determinate) 68 days. Bright red and mildly flavored, the 4 ounce fruit is round, soft skinned and juicy. A good short season variety that is also very productive.
'Peacevine'
(Indeterminate Cherry) 65 days. Prolific producer of 2 cm red, round, amazing zippy tasting fruit. Found to produce 'gamma amino butyric acid' a natural sedative hence its name 'Peacevine'. This variety had "the highest Vitamin C content in a cherry tomato among 30 varieties analyzed by Rutgers University.
'Principe Borghese' (Indeterminate small plum) 75 days. This is a traditional Italian type that is really a mini-paste kind of tomato. Fruit are 1 to 2 oz. and very meaty. An ideal variety for drying with low moisture and few seeds. Italians use Principe Borghese as a drying tomato - not so much for eating off the vine.
'Purple Russian' (Determinate) Early. This old Ukrainian heirloom produces 2-3 inch long plum shaped sweet flavored fruit.
'Quebec 5' (Indeterminate) 60 days from transplant. Lovely, smooth and firm red fruits are about 3-4" across, with a wonderful fresh and vibrant flavour. Use these for canning, fresh eating, and on almost every burger from August on. Technically indeterminate, but they're not quite so viney as others.
'Red Brandywine' (Indeterminate) 90 days from transplant. Red Brandywine is an Old Amish heirloom dating back to 1885. Named after Brandywine Creek in Chester County, PA. Large, vigorous vines produce 8-12 ounce, deep-red fruits in clusters of 4 to 6. Excellent, robust, old-fashioned tomatoey flavors. Long vines and potato-leaf foliage.
'Red striped Roman' aka speckled Roman (Indeterminate) Early. A stunning and unique orangey/yellow to red/yellow zigzag or wavy striped ovular-shaped tomato. Mid-sized, excellent flavour, meaty, good for drying or for salads. John Swenson developed this tomato by crossing two old varieties; banana legs and antique roman.
'Russian' (Indeterminate) Mid-season. Very meaty, large red oxheart or paste-type fruits with mild, sweet flavour.
'San Marzano' (Semi-determinate Plum) 75 days from transplant. San Marzano has been added to the Slow Food list of Italian precidia foods, maintained for their local importance. Fruits are 2-3" but a good plant could bear over 30 of them. Doesn't need staking. A paste tomato with pointy end, heavy walls and little juice, so it's great for tomato sauce. Crack resistant. Better tasting than Roma.
'Sasha's Altai' (Determinate) 57 days from transplant. An excellent variety from Russia. Selected by Organic Garden Magazine as one of the 10 best early producing tomatoes in the world. Sasha's Altai is a hearty tomato plant that produces very good yields of 4-6 oz., thinned-skinned, bright-red, slightly flattened, round tomatoes with a complex flavor. Fruit sets well in cooler coastal climates and high altitudes. Excellent for canning, salads and making tomato juice. Get the whole story of this tomato at http://www.seedstrust.com/st/sasha.html
'Scotia' (Determinate) Bred in Kentville NS, Scotia produces a medium sized fruit.
'Striped German' (Indeterminate) 60 days from transplant. Produces very large 1-2 lb, red and yellow striped skinned fruits. The bi-colored flesh has a nice, slightly tart flavor and looks very attractive when sliced.
'Stupice' (Indeterminate) 60 days from transplant. A Czechoslovakian heirloom, produces early high yields of 2” plum shaped fruit borne in clusters all season long. A 4’ vine does not need trellising and produces well in colder climates. The fruits are red and juicy with excellent flavour for fresh eating and dries well. Potato type leaves.
'Superfantastic' (Indeterminate hybrid) 85 days from transplant. It Produces heavy yields of fine flavoured, perfectly formed 10 oz fruit with good solid tomato taste and without cracks or green shoulders.
'Taxi' (Determinate) 70 days from transplant. Early lemon-yellow tomato. Yields baseball sized 4-6oz round, smooth and blemish free, firm and meaty fruit. Tomatoes hold up well to slicing s they are very suitable for sandwiches. Adaptable to a varied climate range.
'Tigerella' (Indeterminate) 76 days from transplant. This old English variety is a lovely tomato with red-orange skin with golden-green to yellow jagged stripes and ridged shoulders, very mild, low acid with a rich and tangy flavour. Produces 2-3oz fruit over a long period of time it is a lovely looking plant, a delight in the garden and a delight on a plate or in a salad. Red-orange, juicy flesh.
'Tiny Tim' (Determinate) 55 days from transplant. Miniature Cherry Tomatoes. Dwarf (12 inch) plants become literally loaded with small, firm red fruit about ¾ - 1 inch in diameter. Great for container gardening and to bring inside for winter harvest.
'Tribe's Tobique' (Determinate) 57 days from transplant. A round 2 inch red tomato. Discovered by Fred Tribe, a NB naturalist, along the banks of the Tobique River.
'Washington Cherry' (Indeterminate) 62 days from transplant. Developed by the Washington State University for cooler growing regions and for market. Regular leaf tomato plants yield huge amounts of 1 to 1 1/2 inch, red cherry tomatoes that are very flavorful and meaty.
'Watermelon' (Indeterminate) 75 days. This heirloom tomato dates back 100 years. Yields huge, 1-2 lb., pink, beefsteak tomatoes that are lightly scalloped and loaded with deliciously rich and complex, old-time tomato flavors.
'White Bush' (Indeterminate) 75 days. A leafy bush plant that yields 2-inch, slightly flattened, round, white fruit with yellow tinge and wonderful sweet flavors.
'White currant' (Indeterminate Cherry) 75 days. Creamy-white in color with just a tinge of yellow. The sweetest tasting tomato varieties known. The tiny fruit are half the size of a cherry tomato and grow in nice heavy clusters.
'Yellow Currant' (Indeterminate) Mid season. With intense sweet, tart flavour this fruit grows in grape like clusters of ½ inch yellow fruits and is considered to be a wild tomato. The delicate 3-6’ attractive plant is an abundant producer.
'Yellow Stuffer' (Indeterminate) 85 days from transplant. Produces high yields of large yellow tomatoes that looks like a bell pepper. An excellent gourmet variety for slicing or stuffing.
Husk Cherry and Tomatillo Seedlings
'Goldie' Bears 1/2- 3/4" sweet golden berries inside papery husks, resembling small, straw-colored Japanese lanterns. Another name is "Cape Gooseberry," and the flavor is similar: quite sweet and a bit wild. Plants are profusely branching, prolific, and drop ripe fruits. Fruits can be eaten raw, dried like raisins, frozen, canned, or made into preserves, cooked pies, and desserts.
'Toma Verde' Early, green tomatillo. Early-maturing, large, flat-round green fruits. Use in salsa or Mexican cooking.
'Purple' Work in progress: missing descriptions coming soon.
'Litchi' Work in progress: missing descriptions coming soon.
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