PlumLots of you good ol' cowboys have gotten interested in drying your own 'maters for takin along on those long trail drives. Most of us urbanized city folk would just be happy to make a nice fresh sauce now and again. Whichever your proposed use: drying, sauces, salads or just good ol' fresh eatin' from the vine, these are some of my favorites.
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| Cat No. | Variety Name | Description | Add to Cart |
| 1115 | Amish Gold |
80 Ind. Another Tomatofest standout; This successful cross between 'Amish Paste' and 'Sungold' resulted in the awesome flavor of the later with the firm meatiness of the former in a small 1˝-2" oblong fruit with a pointed end. My gardens will never again be without this winner!!! | |
| 1136 | Black Pear Try Google |
80 Ind. Very beautiful 4-6 oz, grayish- red, green shouldered pear shaped-fruits. Plants produce prolifically. Sauced, it is spicy and sweet and a sight to see. It also makes a dramatic presentation sliced in half atop salad greens. Potato leaf. Very popular in 2009, I'll be growing more this year for sure! | |
| 1073 | Black Plum Try Google |
82 Ind.; This Russian variety produces a long steady crop of elongated 2" plum shaped fruit of a deep mahogany. A unique sweet tangy flavor. As one of my favorite customers once said "You only need one, it'll feed an army!" Highly recommended. | |
| 1253 | Chili Verde Try Google |
New for 2010; I am always looking for ‘new’ green tomatoes. Baker creek has released this beauty;” A far-out and really cool tomato developed by Tom Wagner, who also bred the ‘Green Zebra’ and many other great varieties. This one is especially fascinating, with its amazing, pointed pepper shape and the mellow green skin, nearly like a green chili. The flavor is also good, strong and earthy, perfect for canning or for making green ketchup! This is one of the few green paste tomatoes and, like most paste types, this one has few seeds. That made seed collecting a challenge, but fortunately this variety really produced, right up till frost. Plants are really vigorous with thick stems and large leaves” Lets try it shall we. | |
| 1208 | Don Juan Try Google |
Gorgeous deep pink tomato covered with paler yellow-orange stripes. Unique. Paste type, firm, oval-shaped, about 6 cm long by 5 cm wide. Small, compact plants, about 50 cm high, with rugose foliage. Very rare, hard to find variety!75 days. Determinate. | |
| 1172 | Japanese Black Trifele |
Indeterminate, 70-80 days. One of the best black tomatoes? Lets Compare to Black Pear... High yields of blemish free fruits, rarely cracks. Rich full flavor, great for canning. The size of a Bartlett pear, weighing 4-5oz., bred in Russia, Potato leaf (Yeah!!!).Also check out Black Sea Man, Black Zebra, and Black Pineapple. | |
| 1015 | La Roma III Hybrid Try Google |
Sold Out for 2010- Compare to heirloom/open polinated varieties like Rocky,Rio Grande or maybe Purple Russian? 76 Det. VFFNA - Producing seven times more fruit than standard 'Roma', these small 3-4oz. gems are One of the very best just got better...5 to 8 oz. fruit are produced on large, vigorous plants with excellent disease resistance. Expect larger fruit and healthier plants than with the standard Roma. Perfect for sauces, drying, or just snacking. (Hybrid) | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1137 | Madagascar Try Google |
75 Ind. Sprawling vines produce mini, rose-pink plums with a very pretty magenta blush that appear in profusion. You'll enjoy their unique rich sweetness. From Mari Seeds. This one I grow for me...just a few, so order early if your interested. Late orders will get Bali as a sub; See also Isis Brandy, and Plum Tigris. | |
| 1175 | Orange Banana |
Indeterminate, (80-85 days) From Seed Savers "One of the few orange-colored banana-shaped tomatoes in SSE's collection... Produces heavy yields of 2" by 4" paste tomatoes with pointed ends, beautiful orange color. Sweet flavor, excellent for drying, sauce and fresh eating" Unique, orange, banana-shaped paste tomatoes. These tomatoes are bursting with fruity sweetness. Perfect for drying, canning and paste. Also delicious fresh... Lets compare to Sweet Orange Roma shall we… Yup, those in the greenhouse in 2010 were pretty damn tasty!!! | |
| 1176 | Plum Tigris Try Google |
A pretty plum-shaped variety that has shining red and yellow stripes; very unusual. Plants produce lots of 4 oz fruit that are of a very good flavor. This colorful tomato was sent to the USA by Andrey Baranovski, from Minsk, Belarus | |
| 1202 | Polish Pastel Try Google |
This one will slowly ripen while taking a rainbow of pastel colors. Very beautiful. Click thumbnails. Paste type, more or less pear shaped, about 10 cm long. Orange-yellow flesh with pink blush. Mild flavor, low acidity, gets a little sweet when fully ripe. 80 days. Hard to find, rare variety! | |
| 1141 | Purple Pear Brandywine Try Google |
A sport from a ‘Purple Brandywine’ plant. Pink-ish purple fruits are elongated, pear or plum shaped, pleated , some doubles. Thick flesh is deep, dark, purplish-rose and intensely sweet. Low juice, sauce type. Standard leaf. 90 days. Rare | |
| 1108 | Purple Russian Try Google |
86 Ind. - A nice surprise at tomatofest last September, a new 'Black' fruit and a paste type as well! This Ukrainian heirloom sports regular leaves and huge, pointed, plum-shaped fruits with an excellent wine-sweet flavor. Should make EXCELLENT sauce!!! Few. | |
| 1167 | Purple Tomatillo Try Google |
A uniquely colored tomatillo that is enjoyed for the sweet yet tart flavor it gives Mexican dishes. These small fruit form inside papery husks and begin as pale green, then ripen to a rich, deep purple. Vigorous and productive plants. 75-85 days. | |
| 1210 | Rio Grande Roma Try Google |
Replacing 'Alamo' for 2009, this variety produces very large, blocky pear-shaped tomatoes; borne in profusion, making for large harvests to turn into tomato sauce, paste, or juice. Deep red fruit is about 4 inches long. Vigorous plants are well adapted to extremes in temperature. Determinate. 80 days. | |
| 1247 | Rocky Try Google |
New for 2009; I added this variety for a new x-large paste type. “An incredibly large paste tomato, with each meaty fruit growing up to 6 inches long and weighing between 8 and 16 ozs. They have a very well balanced, sweet, tangy, meaty fruit; full tomato flavor and are perfect for cooking into sauce, but delicious enough to eat fresh. This is truly an impressive tomato and one to be sure to try. Heirloom variety. One of the best flavored sauce tomatoes. Indeterminate. 75 days. | |
| 1203 | Roman Candle Try Google |
It's rare to find a pure-yellow, banana-shaped tomato, and even more difficult to find one with superior flavor. Roman Candle satisfies on both counts. Paste-type fruits, 4 to 6" long, are very meaty and flavorful with brilliant yellow skin and white flesh. An excellent choice for salsas and sauces. Very similar to "Sweet Orange Roma" by description, I'm offering this variety for those willing to help me with some side X side testing. Bright orange 'roma' type fruits great for snackin' or pastin'. 80 days Indeterminate | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1117 | Sweet Orange Roma |
76 Ind. A very interesting variety indeed; you folks seem to agree and made S.O.R my 8th best seller in 2009. This is the one that made the biggest impact on my taste buds at Tomatofest. I simply could not believe the combination of color and flavor. A typical 1˝" × 3" Roma shape fruit, but bright orange, filled with a good balance of acidity and sweetness. A++. Compare to Amish Gold and Orange Banana. | |
| 1238 | Viva Italia VFFNA Try Google |
An Italian paste-type tomato that is a beautiful, deep red elongated oval with very solid flesh and a higher natural sugar content. This sugar coupled with ample acid make these tomatoes tastier for fresh eating, as well as for canning, freezing, and turning into sauce or salsa. Resistant to bacterial speck, and sets fruit better in hot weather than the original Roma. A modern hybrid that has become a classic Italian-type tomato. Determinate. 75 days (Hybrid) |