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What is an indeterminate
tomato? |
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Most of the tomato varieties grown by home gardeners are
considered indeterminate varieties, or vining tomatoes.
They continue growing and setting fruit throughout the
growing season. |
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What is a determinate tomato
variety? |
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Determinate tomato varieties tend to reach a fixed
height and stop growing to set fruit for one large crop,
usually ripening over a 1 to 2 week period. |
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Ben Quisenberry, who
died in 1986 at age 99 lived in and operated a tiny
mail-order seed company called Big Tomato Gardens out of
a small building that had been an old post office in
Syracuse, Ohio. His passion was saving heirloom tomato
varieties from extinction. |
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Amish heirloom tomato produces 6-8 oz.
red fruits that are ox heart to almost teardrop-shaped.
Meaty fruits are juicy and have really outstanding
flavour. Good for sauce or fresh eating. Indeterminate,
85 days from transplant.
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Beam's Yellow Pear Tomato produces
endless supply of 1½" pear tomatoes with great taste,
ideal for salads. Indeterminate, 70-80 days from
transplant. |
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Black Krim Tomato named for the Crimean
peninsula in the Black Sea. Slightly flattened 4-5"
globes with dark greenish-black shoulders, turns almost
black with enough heat and sun. Excellent full flavour.
Indeterminate, 69-90 days from transplant.
Jamie Oliver raves about this Tomato!! |
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Black Plum Tomato Oval 2" fruits ripen
from deep mahogany to black-brown, better colour than
other blacks. Some prefer this variety for spaghetti
sauce because of the nice rich colour. Indeterminate, 80
days from transplant. |
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Blondkopfchen Tomato one of our all time
favourites, small golden-yellow fruits with excellent
sweet taste. Fruits are borne in giant clusters,
enormous yields and never a cracked fruit. Bears until
frost; seed originated from the Gatersleben Seed Bank in
eastern Germany. Indeterminate, 75-80 days from
transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Brandywine (Sudduth's Strain) Brandywine
first appeared in the 1889 catalogue of Johnson & Stokes
of Philadelphia and by 1902 was also offered by four
additional seed companies, but soon disappeared from all
commercial catalogues. Our best selling tomato and one
of the best tasting tomatoes available to gardeners
today. The seed of this strain was obtained by tomato
collector Ben Quisenberry of Big Tomato Gardens in 1980
from Dorris Sudduth Hill whose family grew them for 80
years. Large pink beefsteak fruits to 2 pounds.
Incredibly rich, delightfully intense tomato flavour.
Indeterminate, 90 days from transplant
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Broad Ripple Yellow Currant Tomato is a
small cherry tomato (not a currant tomato) produces
hundreds of ½" fruits. Indeterminate, 75 days from
transplant
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Cherokee Purple Tomato, is a unique
dusty rose colour. Flavour rivals Brandywine, extremely
sweet. Productive plants produce large crops of 12 oz.
fruits. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant
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Crnkovic Yugoslavian Tomato, large
beefsteak fruits have perfect shoulders and almost never
crack. Great full tomato flavour. Heavy yields.
Indeterminate. 80-90 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Currant, Gold Rush Tomato, (L.
pimpinellifolium) This strain was a selection by
a Dutch seedsman, chosen for its manageable growth habit
and excellent heavy set of ¼" fruits borne in trusses of
10-12. Excellent tomato flavour. Plants do not drop
fruit. Indeterminate, 75-80 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC |
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Czech's Bush Tomato, Sent to Ben Quisenberry in 1976 by Milan Sodomka from
Czechoslovakia. Stocky plants produce heavy yields of
round 4-6 oz. red fruits. May need a small stake for
support. Good flavour, nice for containers and tight
spaces. 70 days from transplant |
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Czech's Excellent Yellow Tomato, Another
great variety from Ben Quisenberry. Surprisingly strong
flavour for a yellow tomato, 3" round fruits, 3-4
ounces, extremely productive plants supply a steady
stream of uniform orange-yellow fruits. Great for
salads, sauce and fresh. Indeterminate, 70-75 days from
transplant. |
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Druzba Tomato, Bulgarian heirloom
translates as "friendship." Round 4" fruits are slightly
flattened and blemish-free. Heavy set of smooth red
fruits. Good flavour, sweet but tart. Deserves to be
used more as a main-crop red tomato. Indeterminate, 80
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Gold Medal Tomato, Listed on Ben Quisenberry’s 1976 seed list as, "Large, yellow,
streaked red; firm and smooth. Very little acid. The
sweetest tomato you ever tasted. The yellow with streaks
and blotches of red makes them very attractive and a
gourmet’s joy when sliced." One of our finest
bi-coloured tomatoes. Indeterminate, 90 days from
transplant |
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Gourmet Yellow Stuffer Tomato, Resembles
a golden pepper with seeds clustered near the top. Core
removes easily for stuffing. Australian origin.
Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC |
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Green Sausage Tomato, Truly unique,
beautiful elongated 4" fruits that are green with yellow
stripes. Rich, sweet flavour. Sure to be a hit at
farmers' markets and valuable in the restaurant trade.
Short bushy plants do not require trellising, only a
small stake, and produce fruit in great abundance.
Determinate, 75-80 days from transplant |
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Hungarian Heart Tomato, Huge pink
ox heart, few seeds and almost no cracking. Very
productive. One of our favourites for fresh eating and
also for making fresh roasted tomato sauce. Brought to
U. S. in 1901 from a little village 20 miles from
Budapest. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC |
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Italian Heirloom Tomato,
Beautiful, huge heirloom from Italy. Plants are
completely loaded with fruits weighing over a pound, one
of the most productive varieties we have grown.
Excellent full tomato flavour. Easy to peel, ideal for
slicing and canning, very little waste. Indeterminate,
70-80 days from transplant. |
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Jaune Flamme Tomato, Beautiful
apricot-shaped heirloom from France. Great for drying,
retains deep orange colour. Excellent flavour. Very
productive, fruits borne in clusters and weigh 2-3
ounces, about the size of a large apricot.
Indeterminate, 70-80 days from transplant |
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Lemon Drop Tomato, Heavy sets of
translucent yellow cherry tomatoes. Nice clean,
tart-sweet flavour. Indeterminate, 80-90 days from
transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC |
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Mexico Midget Tomato, Very prolific
plants continue producing throughout the entire growing
season. Round ½" fruits give an incredible flash of rich
tomato flavour, great for salads or selling in pints.
Indeterminate, 60-70 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC |
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Nyagous Tomato, Great black tomato that
is blemish-free! Cricket ball-sized fruits are borne in
clusters of up to six fruits, very productive. Excellent
full flavour, one of our all-time favourites. Great for
markets. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC |
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Orange Banana Tomato, One of the few
orange-coloured banana-shaped tomatoes produces heavy
yields of 2" by 4" paste tomatoes with pointed ends,
beautiful orange colour. Sweet flavour, excellent for
drying, sauce and fresh eating. Indeterminate, 85 days
from transplant |
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