Bi-ColorYou folks picked up on these quick!!! Reportedly the best overall flavor of any "category" of tomato varieties, it has been my pleasure to search out new additions for us to try. As you've learned most bi-colored fruits get big, so most of my selections are for smaller, hopefully more heat-set tolerant varieties.
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| Cat No. | Variety Name | Description | Add to Cart |
| 1036 | Aunt Ruby's German Green |
80 Ind. Named for Ruby Arnold of Greeneville, Tennessee. Large beefsteaks, up to a pound, are slightly flattened. As with most green fruits a yellow tint appears when ripe but Aunt Ruby's also offers a pretty pink blush from the blossom end, which permeates into the flesh. The flavor is spicy-sweet and exquisite. Choice. Few. | |
| 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. | |
| 1251 | Berkeley Tie Dye Try Google |
I am temporarily suspending this variety do to piss-poor germination... I may re-list if they (ever)sprout... Lets keep our fingers crossed! Another interesting offering for 2010 from the folks at “Wild Boar Farms” out in Cali; Showing a striking pattern of yellow-green stripes on a purplish red skin with a marbled flesh. Size varies from medium to large. A stabilized cross between Cherokee Purple and Green Zebra. With that parentage it almost has to be good! Be one of the first to add this variety to your Texas garden. ‘Wild Boar’ says “ Warning, high acid content may cause flashbacks. This tomato blows me and alot of my customers away. A favorite to many of my chefs. Mid-late to late, 75-90 days. indet. regular leaf plants. 8-16 oz. Fair to good production. Green fruit with yellow and red stripes. Interior is a true tri-color. Creamy green flesh infused with various shades of red and yellow. Each of these colors has a different flavor resulting in a spicey, sweet, tart tomato with good acid all in one fruit.” | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1170 | Bi-color Cherry Try Google |
Indeterminate 80 days, — From our friends at Victory Seeds " Small, mostly one ounce globe-shaped yellow and red bicolor fruits. Size is not consistent ranging from one to two inches in diameter. Excellent flavor - sweet and juicy. Tastes like 'Big Rainbow' but in a small fruit. We received this variety from heirloom tomato collector Craig LeHoullier who received it from Reinhard Kraft of Germany" Should be nice!!! From Baker Creek "Flavorful, very juicy, 1oz fruit are a beautiful yellow-and pink-blushed bicolor! So yummy tasting, being incredibly sweet and fruity. Vines are quite productive. This is a great variety for home and market growers who love beauty and taste" Sorry, but I've dropped this one for 2010, May I suugest the new 'Gajo de Melon' or the ever popular Isis Candy instead. | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 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." | |
| 1135 | Black Pineapple Try Google |
Our most exciting new tomato for 2008, it is wonderful in every way. This unusual variety was developed by Pascal Moreau, a horticulturist from Belgium. The multi-colored, smooth fruit (green, yellow and purple mix) weigh about 1 1/2 lbs. The flesh is bright green with deep red streaks. Everyone loves their superb flavor that is outstanding, being both sweet and smokey with a hint of citrus. The yield is one of the heaviest we have ever seen! Be the first at your farmers market to have this new classic. | |
| 1162 | Black Sea Man |
Determinate. (75 days) You guys caught on quick, my third most popular variety in 2009 in the first year I offered this unique variety. Potato leaf (YEAH).A Russian heirloom that may look odd but tastes delicious. Rich, tangy tomato flavor in medium-sized, 4 to 8 oz. fruits with brown-black skins and pink shoulders. Fruits are slightly plum-shaped, revealing skeleton-like veins when blanched and peeled. | |
| 1074 | Black Zebra |
85 Ind.; From TomatoFest. 1˝" brown skinned fruit with black stripes give up a Smokey sweet flavor. Introduced in 2004, from the people who introduced Green Zebra. | |
| 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!!! | |
| 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. | |
| 1231 | Feuerwerk Try Google |
These tomatoes have a very unusual skin pattern reminiscent of lava or flames. Shape and size: from medium to very large, from perfectly round to deeply lobbed. The same variability was found in the flavor: from bland to intense, from fruity to acidic. Name means Firework. 75 days | 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! | |
| 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. |
| 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. . | |
| 1029 | Hess |
85 Ind. A German heirloom beefsteak type with a mild but sweet and fruity flavor. This is a last second addition to my list, the photo at tomatofest.com sold me. Few. | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1030 | Hillbilly |
85 Ind. Our best selling Bi-color for 2009; originally from Virginia, this beauty offers us huge fruit of up to 2 lbs. The yellow-orange fruit have a red mottling. The flesh is also streaked with red. Considered one of the best tasting of the bi-colors, very sweet and fruity. Try also Northern Lights, Regina’s Yellow, Little Lucky, Piedmont or Isis candy. | |
| 1146 | Indian Stripe Try Google |
85 Ind. Similar to Cherokee Purple, very productive, very good flavor. It is productive, a compact indeterminate plant, fruits are oblate, a bit smaller than Cherokee Purple, shoulders not as dark, but color similarly dusky rose with some occasional green striping. Flavor is best when fully ripe. Should be more popular. Sorry, not available for 2010, please compare with Black Krim, Black Pineapple, and Black Zebra. | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 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 ! | |
| 1060 | Isis Candy |
67 Ind. Beautiful little 1" yellow with a red marbling and golden flesh. Delicious sweet taste both rich and fruity. Kids love them. Highly recommended variety. Other great cherries include Bi-Color, Black, Dr. Carolyns', Green Doctors',Ghost and Gajo de Melon. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 1031 | Marizol Gold |
85 Ind. From the Black Forest of Germany comes another whopper. Fruit of up to 2 lbs. are flattened with ribbed shoulders, typically crack and blemish-free. Golden in color. A red blush starts at the blossom end, red streaking continues through the amber flesh. Good yields and outstanding flavor, can I say more. Gourmet/Personal Favorite. Compare to Hillbilly, Oaxacan Jewel, and Northern Lights. | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1112 | Marizol Majic Try Google |
70 Ind. (?) I HATE the internet! I thought I was done adding to this list, but NO, I have to come across a seed company in Canada - yes, Canada - and find this one. A rare little cherry/salad fruit with a beautiful two-toned red and yellow color and the same deep fruity flavor so often found in the bi-colors. This one is going to be great for salad lovers! | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1139 | Mirabelle Blanche Try Google |
80 Ind. Lovely cream colored cherries with pale rose blushing. They make a dynamic presentation atop a bowl of mesclun greens. Delicately sweet. I'm trying the new 'Gajo de Melon' cherry for 2010; see also Dr. Carolyns' and Isis Candy. | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1034 | Northern Lights |
65 Ind. SMALLER 12oz. fruit are the difference, and remember, the smaller the fruit the more fruit you get. The round-ish fruit with some ribbing is a yellow-orange with red blushing from the bottom that permeates to the fruits core. The same luscious sweet flavor you expect and a long production season, 'til frost? | |
| 1234 | Oaxacan Jewel Try Google |
Absolutely beautiful bicolor fruit is golden yellow with ruby-colored streaking, earning this variety its name. Fruit size is variable, from 6 ozs. up to 1 pound, but this is one of the most strikingly beautiful bicolors. It is simply gorgeous when sliced open to reveal the brilliant red marbling within. Rich, fruity sweet taste is refreshing and almost melon-like but also nicely accentuated with acid. Indeterminate. 80 days. Combine with Indian Stripe, Pink Grapefruit, and maybe Berkeley Tie-Dye for a mind-bending kalidescope of colors. | |
| 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.” | |
| 1035 | Pineapple |
85 Ind. This is an old Heirloom of considerable mention. Large fruit, to 2 lbs., the yellow flesh reveals a hidden red starburst in the center. Tropical fruity-sweet flavor, as the name suggests, in every bite. Gourmet/Personal Favorite | |
| 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 ˝” Firm. Very productive; a winner. 75 days.Semi-det. | |
| 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! | |
| 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. | |
| 1113 | Red Zebra Try Google |
85 Ind. Some say one of the best for both flavor and substance; "One of the best tasting of the striped tomatoes on the market." Dark red flesh is covered by a bright fire-engine red skin striped with deep gold. Strong productive plants, like all the "Zebra" varieties, bear loads of 3" juicy, flavorful fruit. | Sorry, not available this year. |
| 1114 | Regina's Yellow |
Sold Out for 2010 Check out: Texas Star, Northern Lights,Oaxacan Jewel or Hillbilly. 85 Ind. Absolutely gorgeous! It is important to note that this variety is reported to set in hot weather, very desirable when dealing with such a large fruit. It can be a very productive variety, producing loads of 1 pound red-yellow beefsteak tomatoes, with the big, sweet, fruity flavors associated with the bi-colors. | 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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”" | |
| 1215 | Yellow Out, Red In Try Google |
Another one for you pot-headed/container growers; from the nice folk at Mariseeds ©: "A most unusual tomato. 6-8oz.thick walled globes have yellow skin, but when sliced open are red inside! I'm not positive, but I would also call this a long keeping type because I've had mine last for weeks on the counter. Just as unusual is the flavor; they are very sweet and have tropical overtones. Very, very nice. High producing". Semi –Determinate. 85days. Only a few!!! Order early!!! | |
| 1267 | Zebra Cherry Hybrid Try Google |
Ok, yes another Hybrid in 2010, why you ask??? Well, A) it is a cherry, B) it is technically a bi-color and C) it is a Black fruit - My personal tri-fecta !!! This compact, hard-to-find basket type produces loads of tangy fruits that are slightly larger than the average cherry at 1 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Exotic fruits have red and green stripes, with dark red flesh that is surprisingly flavorful and very firm, making them easy to cut. Hardy plants are ideal for small spaces and patios. Det 70days. These are going to go fast! |