Heirloom Tomatoes

Heirloom Tomatoes
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Cherry Tomatoes Indigo Rose
Principe Borghese
Introduced in 2012, ‘Indigo
Rose’ is our only non-heirloom
simply because we couldn’t
resist it! This is the first TRULY
purple tomato. Bred using
traditional methods by Oregon
State University’s agricultural
programme to maximize
anthocyanin (antioxidant) levels.
Open-pollinated, and a heavy
producer.
Indeterminate, 91 days.
High yields of 4 cm plum-shaped
fruit. The best variety for sundried tomatoes and great size and
flavour for fresh eating, too. An
excellent choice for container
and patio growing. Semideterminate plants produce midseason through to first frost. No
shoulders. No cracking.
Determinate, 80 days.
Red Cherry
The classic red cherry tomato.
Superb flavour and high
production of pretty, bright red
fruit, all through the season.
Indeterminate, 60 days.
Beefsteak Tomatoes Red Beefsteak
Chiante Rose
Needs no greater description
– the classic red, meaty
beefsteak tomato. The
standard choice for all you
sandwich and BBQ fiends
out there.
Indeterminate 96 days.
A large-fruited variety well
suited to our cooler summer
temperatures. Of the beefsteak
tomatoes, the Chianti Rose is
one of the most crack resistant
and earliest to produce. Though
not a heavy producer, it is
certainly worth growing for it’s
delicate flavour and reliability.
Indeterminate, 80 days.
Crimson Carmello
Exquisite tasting, this French
tomato produces bright red,
juicy fruits on tall, vigorous
vines with good uniformity
and disease resistant.
Indeterminate, 75 days.
Roma or Paste Tomatoes King Umberto Plum
Federle
This plum variety produces
prolific oval, pink fruit in
clusters of 6-8, great for drying
or making into paste. This
heirloom variety predates 1885,
and was named after the Italian
King of the era.
Indeterminate, 75 days.
Solid yields of jumbo 7" long
red banana shaped tomatoes
with a cute little ‘tail’ at the
end. With a full rich flavour and
very few seeds this is an
excellent processing type for
making paste and heavy sauces.
Also great for salsa.
Indeterminate, 90 days.
Pompeii Sauce
Black Plum
These rather gangly plants
produces heavy yields of
flavourful red tomatoes.
Growing in pendulous clusters,
this plant is both prolific and
ornamental. Excellent for sauce
paste and container growing.
Indeterminate Bush, 76 days.
This Russian heirloom
produces a long and steady crop
of 5 cm long elongated plumshaped fruits coloured a
beautiful deep-mahogany with
dusky-green shoulders. Fruit
resembles a small paste tomato
but with thinner walls. Unique
sweet tangy flavour.
Indeterminate, 82 days.
Red Roma
Just as the name says: a red,
Roma type tomato. Meaty,
with little juice, the classic
tomato for Italian pasta sauces
and cooking. Thick flesh, few
seeds, and 2-3” fruit.
Semi-Determinate, 85 days.
Red Plum
High yields of deep red plum
shaped tomatoes hang in heavy
clusters, so this plant benefits
from staking. Tomatoes are
very sweet, and have a rich
flavour. Excellent in salads and
canning.
Determinate Bush, 73 days.
Speckled Roman
Stunning and unique, these
long red and orange fruit ripen
with waxy golden stripes! A
mid-sized fruit with meaty
flesh and sweet flavour, the
fruit also has very few seeds.
Plants are tall and gangly, so
require staking.
Semi-Indeterminate, 85
days.
Maida’s Kootenay Giant
!
Probably the largest Roma
you’ll ever grow or see!
Incredibly large, meaty, lowseed fruits grow prolifically
on a determinate vine. From
our neighbour, Wes, who got
the seeds from Mr. Maida in
the Kootenays, who brought
these with him from Italy as a
young immigrant. Not offered
in any other seed catalogue as
far as we know. This plant
has quite the unusual,
drooping (and decorative!)
growth habit so needs
staking.
Indeterminate, 75 days.
Slicing and Salad Tomatoes Stupice
Tiger Tom
These medium-sized tomatoes
are deliciously sweet, low-acid
and ripen reliably in early
summer. An extra early, coldtolerant tomato that does well
in our coastal climate. Bred in
the Czech Republic.
Indeterminate, 60-65 days.
Unusual, highly productive
small to medium red fruit
with jagged orange, green and
yellow stripes. The flavour is
mild, and the fruits are low in
acid with tender skin. A great
looker and a real conversation
piece in the summer garden!
Indeterminate, 70 days.
Flammé
A truly beautiful persimmon
orange colour and a highlyprolific variety! Fruit are very
uniform, juicy and with a
sweet fruity flavour. Extremely
productive heirloom from
France.
Indeterminate, 70 days.