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Gardening Guide

Tomatoes

Gardeners invest tons of time and energy in their vegetable plantings.  Just one popular crop is the abundant tomato.  Here is a list of the selection for 2009 at the Market.

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

     

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

     

    Bobcat – Beefsteak type tomato, determinate size, 10 ounce average size tomato

     

    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

     

    Chocolate Cherry* -  Heirloom variety with incredible flavour.  Deep purple cherry tomato, indeterminate, very sweet.  Matures in 65 days after

     transplanting.

     

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

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

      76 days from transplanting

     

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

     

    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.

     

    Jetsetter* -  Big meaty tomatoes, early ripening, tall indeterminate plants which mature in 65 days after transplanting         

     

    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

     

    Kastalia*– Salad sized tomato, great flavour, early maturing, indeterminate, 5-6 oz.

     

    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

     

    ScotiaMost 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.

                                                                                                   

    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 2009

               

    Prices

    ü      4” pots – $3.25

    ü      6 pack -   $2.35

    ü      6 pack, 3 varieties in each pack - $3.50

     

     

    Regular

    Beefsteak

    Cherry

    Heirloom

    Organic

    Low Acid

    Yellow

    Grape

    Saladette

    Plum

    Crack Resist.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Applause

    Bobcat

    Black Cherry

    Brandywine

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Cabot

     

    Carnival

     

     

    Caspian Pink

     

     

    Gold. Yell.

     

    Goldmie Yellow

     

    Ildi  - Yelow

     

     

    Classica

     

    Celebrity

     

     

    Jet Star<

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