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At Tomatofest I set my taste buds on a mission to discover the best of this class; it was a challenge to limit my choices for adding this year. My only hope is that these varieties produce as well for us in Texas as they taste. I hope you will join me in trialing 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.
1249	Beauty Queen Try Google	New for 2010 - From California’s “Wild Boar Farms”; a good producer of very striped red and yellow fruit that have clearly defined markings much like Green zebra, with very good almost peach-like marbled flesh. Small to medium in size fruit have excellent fruity flavor.These have proven to be very popular at farmer’s markets. . Very rare! Not many folks growing this beauty, yet! Medium to large size. 80 days.	$3.95/plant Qty.
1252	Big Yellow Zebra Try Google	Aka: ‘Porkchop’ Another escapee from the ‘Wild Boar Farms” of California, via our friends at Baker Creek. Another Zebra cross, this time with yellow skin covered with darker yellow stripes. It is also larger than Green Zebra. Good fresh, lemony and tangy taste. Pale yellow, silky flesh. Round, lobed, large size. Hard to find. Rare! “New” to the market. ‘Wild Boar’ says “PORKCHOP: Most "yellow" tomatoes are actually orange. This is a true yellow, starts off yellow with green stripes which ripen to gold. Mid season, 75-85 days. Indet. regular leaf. medium size slightly flattened beefsteaks. Great sweet tomato flavor with hints of citrus. Best yellow I have ever had."	$3.95/plant Qty.
C-04	Cherry-Go-Round	A kaleidoscope of colors and flavors in a single handful ... Six choice (mine) cherry varieties in assorted colors and sizes ...Yes there are different 'sizes' from 'Currents' to smaller 2oz. plums; you'll get a fantatic mix!!!	$18.95/group Qty.
1121	Coyote Try Google	60-75 Ind. A wild Mexican variety from Vera Cruz, tamed by Craig LeHoullier, formerly called 'Coyote Tiny Yellow'. Tiny pea sized clusters of 6-8 very flavorful jewel-like cherries bear all summer. Unique, melon-like flavor. Few.Try Yellow Current, or Gajo de Melon.	Sorry, not available this year.
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.
1261	Gajo de Melon Try Google	You all know how much I love the Cherry and Small-fruited varieties. And I hope you will explore my expanded offering of cool melons this year. Well you better believe I couldn’t pass up this offering from Baker Creek;” Imagine melons, imagine sugar, mix in some tomato, and you describe the delicious taste of this lovely cherry tomato. They are pink and yellow, blended and marbled together, in lovely melon tones. Plants produce these gourmet fruit well.” I anticipate these to sell out fast, so order early…there is nothing else even close for me to substitute!	$4.95/plant Qty.
1047	Kellogg's Breakfast	80 Ind. Truly a personal favorite, my gardens will never be without. Persimmon orange fruit, in and out, range up to a pound. Thin skinned and meaty, they are packed with flavor. Well, last year we were without, do to a crop failure. My only variety to crap-out for 2009. I'm taking extra percautions for 2010; let's hope Mother Nature cooperates ;)	$3.59/plant Qty.
1111	Little Lucky Try Google	Back again for 2010; From heirloom tomato collector Craig LeHoullier - A 2004 Victory Seed Company introduction. Stabilized from an accidental cross between Brandywine and an unknown variety. Potato leaf plants bear beautiful, golden-yellow fruits with a red blossom end blush that radiates up the fruit and into the flesh. Medium size fruits (4-8oz.) round to oval. Complex flavor - juicy, tangy, sweet. 90days. Ind.	$3.59/plant Qty.
1049	Moonglow	85 Ind. A beautiful fruit from tomatofest.com, one of the best round golds. Bright orange inside and out and packed with flavor. Vigorous plants produce lots of 6-8oz., slightly blunt fruit. Compare with Persimmon, Indian Moon, and Orange Banana.	Sorry, not available this year.
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.
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!!!	$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.
1051	Persimmon	80 Ind. One of the best tasting orange fruits? If it's better than Kellogg's Breakfast I want some! Vigorous and prolific plants offer up 5" fruit, up to 2 lbs., sweet and meaty with few seeds. A tried and true winner for Texas.	$3.59/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.
1211	Russian Persimmon S-D Try Google	Another 'something different' for my container-growing friends; I've found you this very attractive yellowish-orange tomato. The flavor is outstanding, with significantly more acid than in most yellow tomatoes. Short plants are less than 4 ft. tall, but bear an abundance of these striking tomatoes. – From Amishland Heirloom Seeds: "This was my favorite new bi-color (striped ) tomato that I have ever grown, and believe me, I have grown lots as I adore the striations and marbling. This gorgeous tomato hails from the famous seed bank of the former Soviet Union. This is the first heart shaped (oxheart) tomato ever discovered with stripes. It is bi-colored both outside and inside. An absolutely breathtaking beauty. The taste is fruity, sweet and wonderful. I had very large fruits, mine averaged one pound, although it was described as being 8 oz or more. Very solid meat, scant gel and very few seeds. I am so very pleased to offer this beauty...this was the tomato more people commented on in my gardens than any other this season." Determinate. 81 days	$3.59/plant Qty.
1212	Rutgers VFA Try Google	Gardeners everywhere are rediscovering this old-fashioned classic for its terrific flavor and productivity. This strain has some disease resistance, which may help produce large crops of crack-free, bright red 6 to 8 oz. tomatoes with delicious old-time taste. For many years, this was a favorite for canning because of its abundance, juiciness and deep red color through and through. Developed in the 1920's, Determinate. 75 days.	Sorry, not available this year.
1025	Sun Gold (Hybrid) Try Google	(Hybrid) 57 Ind. Since its introduction in 2004 from the Tokita Seed Company of Japan I have been a fan of this tomato. Burpee’s says ”Rapidly becoming the most popular cherry tomato of all time an amazing feat for a non-red variety.”And you my friends are no exception, making ‘Sungold’ my best selling ‘mater in ’09. I can't recommend this variety more highly. These ¾" cherries ripen to an absolutely beautiful bright orange. The flavor is not just sweet, but rich and complex. The good folks at Pinetree Garden Seeds compare the flavor to a fine dessert wine. Couple with Black Cherry and/or Sugar Lump. (Hybrid)	$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.
1225	Texas Star Try Google	85 days. Ind. Our best selling large-fruited Yellow variety in 2009. A new introduction from our friends at Tomatofest ©: "From the grand state of Texas. Our Tomatofest organic tomato seeds produce tall (naturally), indeterminate (naturally), regular-leaf tomato plants that yield lots of BIG, 1-2 lb., yellow tomatoes with red striping inside and out (and generally a reddish star on bottom end). Very sweet, with well-balanced acid content, making extremely flavorful tomatoes with few seeds. A good choice for a salad tomato, tomato sauce, slicing thick for sandwiches or eating fresh off the vine. I like to make a Texas Star tomato sauce for a Texas sized pasta. Here's one tomato that's 'Proud to be Texan’. Compare with Dr. Wyches’ Yellow, Big Yellow Zebra, or Persimmon.	$3.59/plant Qty.