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Tomato Varieties for 2022 Seedling Sale

Chart is organized by fruit size, then Variety name.

*Indeterminate = produces fruit all season, a little bit at a time

*Determinate = has a short period of fruit set, lots of tomatoes all at once

Type Variety Description   Days to maturity Colour Growth habit* Container-Friendly?
Cherry Black Cherry Large cherry tomato - sweet and a bit smoky with black shoulders and red base when ripe.
 
  Early Black Indeterminate  
Cherry
Baxter's Bush
A very early, red cherry tomato with remarkable weather tolerance and keeping quality. Vigorous and productive, yielding firm, small, crack-resistant fruits. Bushy habit needs no staking or cages.   Early
Red
Determinate
Y
Cherry Brad's Atomic Grape Multi-coloured grape type with sweet & citrussy flavour.   Mid Multi Indeterminate  
Cherry Chadwick's
2-bite sized, juicy fruits, perfect for snacks and salads.
 
  Mid Red Indeterminate  
Cherry Galina's Yellow This very sweet golden-yellow cherry tomato is about the size of a quarter and produced in clusters. The flavor is not just sweet, but has a special depth of rich flavor. Productive.
 
  Mid Yellow Indeterminate  
Cherry Gardener's Sweetheart Heart-shaped cherries grown from seed we saved on our farm! Sweet and firm with pointed tips.  Incredibly crack-resistant and pretty. Exhibited significant blight resistance for us.
 
  Early Red Indeterminate  
Cherry Matt's Wild Cherry Flavour packed little red tomatoes with smooth texture great for kids grazing in the garden. Large, productive plants with some resistance to late blight.
 
  Early Red Indeterminate  
Cherry
Minibel
Extreme dwarf grows to only 12"! Perfect for planters or even patio table centerpieces. Produces many bite size red fruit. An ideal container variety that is actually prolific! (Replaces Tiny Tim this year)
  Early Red
Determinate
Y
Cherry Pink Bumble Bee Oval, crack resistant cherries, pink with gold stripes, sweet, rich flavour. Firm.
 
  Early Multi Indeterminate  
Cherry Rideau From the Seeds of Diversity seed library, extremely productive plant, sweet but with a tomato-y flavour and very crack-resistant.
 
  Mid Red Indeterminate  
Cherry Sprite Red grape type. Sweet, but also dries well. Compact for an indeterminate plant.    Early Red Indeterminate Y
Cherry Sun Sugar (hybrid) SO SWEET! Bright tangerine-orange cherry tomatoes. Vigorous plants start yielding early and bear tomato candy right through the season.
 
  Early Orange Indeterminate  
Cherry Sunrise Bumblebee Gorgeous gold fruits streaked with pink. Indet. Crack-resistant.     Multi    
Cherry Tumbling Tom
Trailing plant, intended for hanging planters. Produces red cherry tomatoes on small plants that grow down aprox 2'.
 
  Early Red Indeterminate Y
Cherry Velvet Red 1" super-sweet red fruits on small plants with very ornamental silvery grey, fuzzy foliage. Rare.
 
  Mid Red Indeterminate  
Cherry Yellow Pear This extremely old variety makes a vigorous plant that bears enormous numbers of bright yellow, bite-sized fruit. The flavor is deliciously tangy. Perfect for summer salads and preserving
 
  Mid Yellow Indeterminate  
Paste Amish Canning Large, pointed, meaty fruits. Angie's favourite paste tomato. Good flavour and production. TRELLIS.
  Mid Red Indeterminate  
Paste Roma Productive plum tomato with good disease resistance. Vigorous and strong, producing heavy yields of picture-perfect, thick-walled fruits with deep red color and mild flavor. Great for sauce or freezing.
 
  Early Red Determinate  
Paste San Marzano Old Italian variety that produces 3 1/2" fat side fruits with few seeds.
 
  Late Red Indeterminate  
Salad
Bloody Butcher Extra-early 2oz red fruits grow on trusses. Very good flavour for an early variety.   Early
Red
Indeterminate
 
Salad Glacier Early, red saladette that sets fruit at 24". Very appropriate for containers.   Early Red Indeterminate Y
Salad Green Zebra Bright green with dark green striping, tangy taste, perfect in salads.
 
  Early Green Indeterminate  
Salad Jaune Flamme Plant yields 2 oz bright orange fruit, borne in clusters of 6-8.  Flesh relatively soft but with thicker skins to help prevent cracking. Excellent sweet-tart taste. Although small, these hold their own on a toasted tomato sandwich.
 
  Early Orange Indeterminate  
Salad Violet Jasper From the Seeds of Diversity seed library, a violet-purple fruit with green and metallic streaks, more tangy than sweet and quite juicy. Incredibly productive plants produces many 1-3 oz tomatoes.
 
  Mid Multi Indeterminate  
Slicer Beaver Lodge Extremely early slicing variety, bred at the Beaverlodge Research Centre in Northern Alberta for short, cool seasons.   Wonderful tomato-y taste normally associated with beefsteak tomatoes, unusual for such an early tomato.
 
  Early Red Determinate Y
Slicer Black Krim Medium-large, globe-shaped, dark red-purple fruits with green/black shoulders. Full flavour. Great on sandwiches and burgers.
 
  Mid Black Indeterminate  
Slicer Arctic Rose Compact plant with meaty salmon-pink, 3-8oz fruits.
 
  Early Pink Determinate Y
Slicer Cosmonaut Volkov The large, deep red globes have a complex sweet/tart flavour. It is comparable to many of the large and tasty heirlooms but with very little cracking or yellow shoulders. Perfect for sandwiches and adding to sauces.
 
  Mid Red Indeterminate  
Slicer Dwarf Purple Heart Rich, meaty large purple/pink fruits on 3' plants. Heavy producer for a dwarf. Few seeds.
 
  Mid Other Determinate Y
Slicer Golden Oxheart Beautiful heart-shaped, golden-yellow fruits. Meaty, with a delicious, well-balanced flavor. Plant grows strong vines that tend to sprawl if not tied up. 
 
  Mid Yellow Indeterminate  
Slicer Hubert's Pink Mid-sized, rosy pink fruits loaded with intense tomato flavor. Think Brandywine, but more regularly shaped and about 1/2 the size.
 
  Mid Other Indeterminate  
Slicer Japanese Black Trifele Unusual pear shape and burgundy color. Good yields of 4-6 oz. fruit with excellent, rich flavor. Potato leaf plants.
 
  Mid Black Indeterminate  
Slicer Kangaroo Paw Compact plants, med/large fruits, meaty texture, & few seeds - perfect for salsas and sandwiches.
 
  Early Orange Determinate Y
Slicer Lucky Swirl Dwarf Vigorous dwarf plants laden with medium to large sized slicers that are yellow on the top, orange in the middle & red on the bottom. Delightfully rich, delicious fruit flavor.

 
  Late Multi Indeterminate Y
Slicer Mennonite Orange Beautiful orange fruits that are very juicy, flavourful, and sweet with a buttery texture.  Great for salads and sandwiches.
 
  Late Orange Indeterminate  
Slicer Moskvich Fruits are round to slightly flattened with deep red colour and luscious, rich flavour. Very meaty. Great for sandwiches, salads, and canning.
 
  Early Red Indeterminate  
Slicer Oxheart Heart-shaped pink fruit that weigh up to 1 pound. Very meaty flesh contains few seeds making this a favorite for slicing as well as for roasting or sauce. Great flavor and good productivity.
 
  Late Red Indeterminate  
Slicer
Pasquini's Passion
Dark red, flattened beefsteak with pronounced ribbing. 8-12o with incredible depth of flavour.
  Mid
Red
Indeterminate
 
Slicer Pink Passion Dwarf plant, pink coloured, juicy, balanced sweetness perfect for slicing, salads and salsas.
 
  Early Red Determinate Y
Slicer Red Zebra Fire engine red fruit are covered with bright yellow stripes. Sweet and flavorful. Keep well on the counter after picking.
 
  Late Red Indeterminate  
Slicer
Rottkapchen
Dwarf indet plants with soft-fleshed fruits. Heavy producer is very impressive for its size!
  Early
Red
Indeterminate
Y
Slicer Striped German Gorgeous, meaty, orange/pink/yellow mottled fruits growing from 1/2-2lbs each. Awesome, sweet, beefsteak flavour. One of Ang's absolute favourites.
 
  Mid Multi Indeterminate  
Slicer Sub Arctic Plenty One of the very earliest tomatoes, with 2-3" fruits that set well in cool weather. Bred in Alberta. Not a dwarf variety, but a small enough plant that it will work fine in containers as well as in the ground.
 
  Early Red Determinate  
Slicer Taxi Actually a semi-determinate with heavy early production, but a smaller amount continuing longer. 4-6oz low acid fruits - a favourite in our CSA.
 
  Early Yellow Determinate  

 

Angie Koch

05.04.2020

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