2024 Varieties
Feast your eyes on this bevy of beauties and dream of those late-summer evenings made perfect by savoring the flavor of a homegrown, vine-ripened, handpicked tomato.
The links below each description will re-activate in early March when the store opens for the 2024 season. Thank you!
• Dwarf plants are around 3’ tall and can thrive in a pot 15” in diameter or in the ground. Fruit vary widely in size, depending on the variety.
• Determinate plants are bushes rather than vines. They typically set fruit early and all at once, rather than producing all season long.
• Tabletop plants are 8” to 12” tall and can be grown, yes, on a tabletop in a pot that’s 7” to 9” in diameter. Fruit are the size of cherries or grapes.
We intend to offer these varieties. But we may need to substitute. In past years, I’ve obliterated an entire variety by dropping a flat or knocking over a shelf or overwatering. We’ll do our best to make the substitute as close as possible to the one you ordered.
A Grappoli D'Inverno
An Italian treat for all! Cherry-size fruit resembling small romas that dry well and remain highly flavorful for weeks. Great for snacking, especially when dried. Very tasty when roasted. Late season. Photo: ©Baker Creek.
Amalfi Pink
NEW FOR 2023! Released this year by Fred Hempel of Artisan Seeds, this beefsteak features thick, meaty texture perfect for slicing. Extended shelf life. Mid season. Photo used with permission ©Artisan Seeds.com.
Cowboy
NEW FOR 2023! A large (3.5” wide), red-brown beefsteak with rich, delicious and bold traditional tomato flavor. Red/brown, mid season, beefsteak. Photo used by permission. ©Karen Olivier & NorthernGardenerCanada.
Golden Cherrywine
NEW FOR 2023! Productive, vigorous plant bearing fruit with good disease resistance and a firm meaty texture. Classic tomato flavor with tropical undertone. Delicious in salads. Mid season. Photo used with permission, ©ArtisanSeeds
Yellow Brick Road
NEW FOR 2023! Dwarf plant. Yellow-on-yellow striped miniature (3-4 ounce) beefsteak from a dwarf plant that thrives in pot or container. Flavor is sweet with a hint of citrus. Early to mid season. Follow follow follow follow, follow the . . . Photo used by permission ©Northern Gardener Canada
Chestnut Chocolate
High yield and disease resistance. The indigo coloring (high antioxidant content) tops cherry-sized fruit that offer the super-sweet, rich flavor you’d expect from a dark type. Photo used with permission. ©WildBoarFarms
Orange Accordion
NEW FOR 2023! Massive, highly ruffled, bright orange tomato is packed with sweet, fruity flavor. With few seeds and a juicy, meaty texture, it’s the one for sauces and slicing. Mid to late season. Photo @BakerCreek
Yellow Pear
Huge, productive, bushy plant yields abundant quantities of bright yellow, 1” fruit. You’ll be giving them to your neighbors. The beautiful, delicate pear-shape adds a delightful look to any salad. Zesty, sweet and delicious flavor. Mid-season until frost. Photo used with permission. ©TomatoFest.com
Brandywine Purple
The classic heirloom. The 3” fruit is scarlet with dark pink to purple cast. Meaty with earthy and sweet flavor. Late season and very heat tolerant. Photo used with permission. ©TomatoFest
Chinook
NEW FOR 2023! Oxheart beefsteak with meaty, firm texture and very fews seeds. Subtle crimson color with small stem and smooth shoulders. Minimal waste with no core at all. Mid season. Photo used by permission. ©Karen Olivier & NorthernGardenerCanada.
Golden Hour
NEW FOR 2023! Tabletop plant 10”-20” that’s extremely productive in containers. Extremely durable, crack resistant and can store for weeks. Sweet flavor with fruity notes. Lower acid. Photo used by permission. ©WildBoarFarms