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Not far behind the cherries comes this fantastic grouping. Something for everyone; superior production, an indescribable medley of flavors, and a cosmic color spectrum that Walt Disney would die for (See, I told you). This selection is highly recommended for chefs and market growers interested in offering their clientele the greatest of tomato diversity. I grow lots of these

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 1½-2" oblong fruit with a pointed end. My gardens will never again be without this winner!!!	$3.59/plant Qty.
1216	Babywine Try Google	Nice looking, small plum shaped pink tomatoes. Slightly angular. 4 to 6 cm. Firm and fleshy. For fresh eating or sauces. Tall potato leaf plants reaching 2 m or more. Long production, until frosts. 75 days. Rare.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1123	Bali Try Google	Back again for 2010, from the folks at Baker Creek; “A new Oriental favorite here. Flat, ribbed, 2”-3” delicious fruit are a fantastic raspberry-pink in color. In flavor they are sweet and spicy, with a pronounced fragrance that makes them a delight to eat. Large plants produce loads of fruit. Good for home and market gardeners. This heirloom comes from the Island of Bali, Indonesia.”	$3.59/plant Qty.
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!	$3.59/plant Qty.
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.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1074	Black Zebra	85 Ind.; From TomatoFest. 1½" brown skinned fruit with black stripes give up a Smokey sweet flavor. Introduced in 2004, from the people who introduced Green Zebra.	$3.59/plant Qty.
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.	$3.95/plant Qty.
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.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1042	Earl of Edgecombe Try Google	73 Ind. From tomatofest.com comes this beautiful cerise-orange heirloom. From New Zealand, this is another specialty, look it up on their site...Very Nice!	Sorry, not available this year.
1077	Garden Peach	70 Ind. Abundant clusters of small yellow tomatoes with a pink blush, covered with fine fuzz and packed with a sweet fruity flavored flesh, abound on this popular heirloom. A delicious customer favorite.	Sorry, not available this year.
1191	Ghost Cherry Try Google	Larger in size than a typical cherry, this fuzz-covered, ivory-colored tomato is sweet and delicious. Extremely productive plants yield plenty of these 2-inch beautiful fruit which are wonderful in salads but tasty enough to just enjoy by themselves. Compare to 'Dr. Carolyn's'. Indeterminate. 75 days	$3.59/plant Qty.
1229	Green Velvet Try Google	This is a really different tomato. The outside is a strange color of orange overlaid with green, or vice versa, blush golden when ripe. Inside it is a beautiful chartreuse/lime green throughout. It has a simply wonderful flavor and I would recommend it to anyone willing to try a different colored tomato. The production of this plant was enormous and the taste superb, so it is highly recommended! In slices, it would be a beautiful EDIBLE green garnish. They are a medium/small flat 4 oz. beefsteak, extremely sweet and flavorful This is a great tasting green! Indeterminate 80 days	Sorry, not available this year.
1078	Green Zebra	75 Ind. Not surprisingly this old-tymer cracked the top ten in sales at #9 in ’09. Unique and delicious. 3 oz. fruit which ripen to beautiful amber yellow with emerald green stripping. Flavor is sweet, citrusy and addictive. Our friends at Baker Creek say “One of my favorite tomatoes. Beautiful chartreuse with deep lime-green stripes, very attractive. Flesh is bright green and very rich tasting, sweet with a sharp bite to it, (just too good to describe!). A favorite tomato of many high class chefs, specialty markets and home gardeners. Yield is excellent”. A delicious taste treat for any garden. Personal Favorite. Compare to Chili Verde, Green Grape and Green Doctors. .	$3.59/plant Qty.
1128	Homestead 24F Try Google	80 Semi-Det. Coming in a very close second to Arkansas Traveler for best selling red-fruited variety; Released in 1956 by the Asgrow Seed Co., New Haven, Connecticut. The plants are large with heavy foliage and produce seven to eight ounce red fruits that are luscious meaty, firm, and consistently uniform. Highly recommended for hot weather southern gardens, fruit set under a wide range of conditions. Strong, disease resistant vines will require good support! Compare to Arkansas Traveler, Dona, Carmello, and Momotaro.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1199	Isis Brandywine Try Google	A stabilized cross between Yellow Brandywine and Isis Candy (!). Flattened, round fruits (4 to 6 cm), yellow with pink blush on the underside. Very juicy, sweet and fruity when fully ripe; Make sure to let the fruits completely ripen. Otherwise, they might taste rather bland. Around 70 days. Very rare !	$3.59/plant Qty.
1164	Nebraska Wedding	Determinate, (85-90 days) Reliable producer of beautiful 3-4" round fruits with shiny orange skin and orange flesh, very meaty. Produces fruits in clusters. Shoulders are always smooth and almost never crack. Well-balanced flavor. Plants require staking, but are typically less than 36" tall and always are very manageable.. Surprissingly popular in 2009, thanks folks!	$3.59/plant Qty.
1250	Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge Try Google	I actually grew/offered seedlings of this variety last year; even planted a dozen in my gardens. But alas they were taken by the drought. None the less I believe this variety has the capability of becoming one of my absolute favorites. I think everyone should try this one…Or those of you lucky enough to order before I sell out. From Baker Creek;” The most unique tomato I have seen in many years, this stunning tomato is a vibrant, tangerine-orange with shocking true purple splashed in various amounts over its upper half. I loved photographing these beauties, as they always stand out and look so artistic and ornate with their flattened shape, ribbing and brilliant color! This is one of the few domestic tomatoes that have true purple pigment, although research is being done with wild purple tomatoes. These have a nice sweet, mild and fruit-like taste that make them good for snacking or cooking. Fruit weighing 4-10 ounces were produced in abundance and tended to get more purple as the season progressed. Our most talked about tomato from our 2008 gardens. Limited seed supply. 80-90 days.”	$3.95/plant Qty.
1120	Peche Jaune	67 Ind. This is one fruit that will never leave your garden. Small 1" round, pale-yellow, fuzzy, peach-like fruits offer a soft "elegant" mildly fruity-sweet flavor. Yet another fine example of why I grow so many of these smaller fruits.	Sorry, not available this year.
1166	Pineapple Tomatillo Try Google	This tomatillo has a sweet, fruity taste that reminds you of a pineapple. Short, spreading plants yield plenty of these tasty fruit which is wonderful in salsas, especially those made with fruit as an ingredient. 75 days.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1254	Pink Grapefruit Try Google	An exciting new addition for 2010; A really unique tomato of medium size. Dark yellow to golden fruits showing a beautiful pink blush at their core. Fresh, zesty flavor, almost lemony. Small size, round fruits 2 ½” Firm. Very productive; a winner. 75 days.Semi-det.	$3.95/plant Qty.
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	$3.59/plant Qty.
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!	$3.59/plant Qty.
1255	Poma Amoris Minora Lutea Try Google	This is a perfect example of why I do this; to offer you folks cool tomato varieties like this one. From the deep diversity at Baker Creek; “Small, bright yellow fruit are borne in trusses, and yields are good; they have a nice flavor and are an ancient variety that is described in various historic botanical books. Grown at Hortus Botanicus, Padua, Italy, 1553. A very pretty, historic “Love Apple” that is among the oldest.” Small 1-2” fruits on small, to 6’ plants.	$3.95/plant Qty.
1062	Porter's Try Google	74 Ind. Expect high yields of 6-10 ct. clusters of oblong, small, pink, oval fruit. Rich, full tomato flavor produced over a long season. The personal favorite of Malcolm Beck.	$3.59/plant Qty.
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	$3.59/plant Qty.
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.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1256	Reisetomato Try Google	And now for something completely different; Just for the goof of it- the folks at Baker Creek are really publicizing this little oddity. A novel variety,, this tomato is like a big bunch of cherry tomatoes all fused together: an amazing trait that had everyone here asking questions about the alien-looking, bumpy tomatoes. Also called “Traveler tomato” (“reise” is German for “travel” or “journey”) for the ability to tear it apart a piece at a time, like a garlic clove - with no need for a knife. This type of tomato traces its roots to Central America where the native people would carry traveler tomatoes on trips, to eat as they walked. Bright red tomatoes taste--well, rather sour, strong and acid. The perfect tomato for those who love raw lemons, but who cares? They are still far-out and groovy. Not an astounding flavor, but definitely a curiosity that will bring wonder and fun to the garden.	$3.95/plant Qty.
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.
1213	Salsa VFT Hybrid Try Google	Limited numbers were grown for 2010... and they went pretty quick. I'll grow more next year! Consider Dona, Momotaro or Carmello instead. From Tomato Growers Supply: "An outstanding new French tomato that has become very popular among French gardeners because of its fine, full tomato flavor and excellent performance." Juicy, round tomatoes weigh an average 5 ozs. Outstanding yields outdoors as well as under plastic. Lets compare this variety to 'Dona', which is getting hard to find. Semi-indeterminate. 72 days. (Hybrid)	Sorry, not available this year.
1214	Sugar Baby Try Google	Our substitute for 'Patio' for 2009. Very early harvests of super-sweet tomatoes on compact plants make this variety a wonderful addition to anyone's garden. These 1 to 2 oz.(larger than cherry) tomatoes will likely be among the first of the season, and their sweet, delicious flavor is sure to be a delight. Plants are small, but very productive. Determinate. 54 days.	$3.59/plant Qty.
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 1½" × 3" Roma shape fruit, but bright orange, filled with a good balance of acidity and sweetness. A++. Compare to Amish Gold and Orange Banana.	$3.59/plant Qty.
C-07	The Chef's Dozen	Thirteen different cool, colorful and tasty 'mater varieties; An assortment of sizes and colors ranging more in the small-fruited sizes. May include rare varieties not even listed! ...Along with the discounted price per plant, the price for the package includes all the extra packing, handling and freight (discounted to 1.25 per plant rather than the regular 1.59) except for an additional 1.59 that will show on your Paypal invoice.	$54.95/group Qty.
1119	Tiger Paw	77 Ind. A very beautiful little 'mater. As pretty as tasty; the small fruits are lightly lobed and flattened with thin pale yellow, pink blushed skin covering sweet-tropical flesh with just a hint of citrus. This is why I grow tomatoes!	$3.59/plant Qty.
1168	Toma Verde Tomatillo Try Google	The tomatillo is a member of the tomato family, but not a real tomato. Round green tomatillos have a papery husk that is removed before preparing. Vining plants are easily grown and prolific. Flavor is sweet yet tart and wonderful in green Mexican salsa and other Mexican and Southwestern dishes. 75 days.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1257	Topaz Try Google	Aka: Huan U Yes, another of a duo from Baker Creek for 2010; “Named for the beautiful yellow Topaz stone, this Chinese introduction is sure to please you with its beautiful and sparkling, 1-3 ounce fruit. Light yellow with golden speckles. Mild tasting, firm and good for snacking or salads. Like its sister “Violet Jasper”, this variety is incredibly productive. Add some color this year.	$3.95/plant Qty.
1258	Violet Jasper Try Google	Aka: Tzi Bi U Yes, part of a dynamic duo from baker creek for 2010; "When these little Oriental jewels ripen, your eyes will be stunned with color. They have pretty violet-purple fruit with iridescent green streaks! Fruit weigh 1-3 ounces, are smooth and have good tasting, dark purplish-red flesh. This variety will also amaze you with its yield: it’s not only high, but incredibly high, being one of the most productive tomatoes we have grown. A great variety for marketing. Introduced to you from China along with its twin sister “Topaz”"	$3.95/plant Qty.
1090	Yellow Perfection Try Google	75 Ind. I have a soft spot for potato leafed foliage; This heirloom from Britain bears 1½" to 2" brilliant yellow fruits. Highly recommended by the good folks at tomatofest.com., and by me. Soft, mellow flavor... like a pad of butter...yummm	$3.59/plant Qty.