TOMATO VARIETIES

Applause -      67-70 days.  Hybrid. Exceptional size, good flavour.  Large 10-12 oz. tomatoes ripen  early on vigorous determinate plant.

Black Cherry*- 65 Days. Superb cherry tomato.  Deep red color with black purple                highlights.

Bobcat

Brandywine –78 days.   Old time favourite of the Amish.  Distinct taste.  Heirloom       icy favourite, 450 gram size

Cabot – an old variety that is very reliable and ready about the same

              time as the Scotia, more even coloring and not so acidic, dwarf type

              plant, ripens in 68 days

Carnival- early ripening hybrid beefsteak type tomato.  Fruit ripens evenly and is

                 uniform, determinate plant, matures in 70 days

Caspian Pink – Heirloom variety, wonderful flavour, originated in Russia,

            large fruit-11 ounces, ripens from the bottom up, indeterminate, 80 days to

            mature

Celebrity – Determinate.  Amazing crops in moderate space.  Crack resistant

Classica – Versatile Italian pear tomato, good fro canning, freezing, salsas,

            sauces.  Thick walls and excellent color, determinate plant, matures in

            76 days from transplanting

Debut – 63 days.  Smooth, extra large 8.5 ounce fruit very firm.  Strong determinate     plants too much  fertilizer  may cause blotchy ripening

Goldmine Yellow – 65 days. Very productive.  Bright yellow color.  Distinct taste, less                        acid.  225-240 grams

Ildi – a grape tomato, large masses of small grape tomatoes, yellow color, up to 50

            tomatoes in a cluster, vines grow 4-5 feet tall, 60-65 days to mature

Jet Star – 65 days.  midseason variety, 25 years old, reintroduced at Dominion Seed   House.  Large sized 200-220 grams. Globe shape, indeterminate.  Low acid

Juliet – Red Saladette type tomatoes on a vigorous vine. 1-2 ounce tomatoes with

            great flavour and meatiness of a saladette tomato.  Resistant to cracking

            cluster of 10-12, produces all season

Long Keeper Red* - Best variety for storage.  Pick partially ripe before frost.  Wrap in                        and keep in cool place.  Keeps 6-12 weeks.

Patio - The perfect tomato to grow in a pot on your deck.  Thick stock, smaller size

            but produces regular sized tomatoes

Pilgrim – Well suited to northern climates, vigourous, compact growth, determinate

            habit, excellent crack resistance/tolerance, 68 days to maturity from

            transplanting

Red Alert*- 50-55 days.  Hybrid cherry type tomato.  Determinate plant.  Heavy clusters        of small one ounce bright red rounded fruit.

San Marzano – Classic plum/paste type tomato on indeterminate vines.  Clusters of

            elongated tomatoes, best staked

Scotia – Most popular old time favourite, great for green relish.  Early maturity.

            Plants not so large.

Siberian*- 60 days.  Handles cool conditions well.  Determinate tomato bears a heavy yield of smaller good  tasting  2-3 ounce tomatoes

Striped Cavern*- 75 days.  Ideal for stuffing.  Heirloom variety with firm walls and an interior just like a bell pepper.  Indeterrminate plants.

Striped German – 78 days.  Unique heirloom variety.  Bicolored fruit – red and yellow            strips.  Indeterminate.  175-185 grams

Sugary – 60-65 days.  Red grape tomato.  ½ oz crack resistant fruit produced in clusters         of up to 15 to 20 tomatoes.  Indeterminate

Sunstart – 58-60 days.  Hybrid..  Determinate, compact  plant habit produces large 6 oz          firm fruit. 

Sweet Mojo*- 65 days. Hybrid.  Red grape type, extra long clusters of 20-21 fruit with            nice high  sugar flavour.   Some tolerance to cracking.  Extended shelf life.  Stake                         Indeterminate plant.

Toma Verde   - A tomatillo, used in Mexican cooking, have a papery husk which is

            removed.  Indeterminate habit

Tomande – Slightly smaller than a beefsteak tomato, 6.5 ounces, less acid, sets more

            fruit and matures in 68 days

Tomatoberry Red*- 60 days. Strawberry shaped, 10-15 grams, 1”x 1”.  firm chewy               texture, sweet.  Indeterminate with high yields.

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Torbay*- 60 days. Medium size pink tomato 175 grams.  Firm

Tumbling Tom – 50 days.  Hybrid.  High yields, sweet flavour, masess of 1-1/4”                                 round red fruit.  Use in hanging  baskets or gallon containers

*New in 2008

Prices

ü      4” pots – $2.85

ü      6 pack - $2.25

ü      6 pack, 3 varieties in each pack - $3.95