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Chicago Tomato Man

425 North Park Road
La Grange Park, IL, 60526
708-466-4700
Homegrown Heirloom Tomato Plants

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Cold / Heat / Shade Tolerant Varieties

Tomato plants need six to eight hours of direct sunlight and 65° to 85° temps to truly thrive. In an ideal world, we all have that all summer. The real world, however, rarely provides it. Here are varieties that still do okay in less than perfect situations. Click on the name to jump to the variety description.

Cold Tolerant

Amber
Beliy Naliv
Black Cherry
Black Krim
Box Car Willie
Copper Olive
Costoluto Fiorentino
Early Wonder
Harzfeuer
Japanese Black Trifele
Paul Robeson
Pink Bumblebee
Purple Bumblebee
Red Robin
Tiny Tim

Heat Tolerant

Arkansas Marvel
Black Cherry
Black Krim
Brandywine
Copper Olive
Creole
Dad’s Sunset
Eva Purple Ball
Fat Frog
Gothic Princess
Green Zebra
Harzfeuer
Hoosier Outlaw Green
Inciardi
Lucid Gem
Purple Calabash
Solar Flare
Tula Black
Zapotec

Shade Tolerant

Black Cherry
Black Krim
Cherokee Purple
Early Wonder
Green Zebra
Japanese Black Trifele
Jaune Flamme
Mortgage Lifter
Mr. Stripey
Paul Robeson
Principe Borghese
Rutgers
San Marzano
San Marzano Redorta
Tiny Tim

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