EARLY SEASON (55-68 days)

Belii Naliv   $3.00 
55-60 days - Indeterminate. Oblate fruits 1.5 inches in length, 2 inches in diameter resist cracking. Flavor is a satisfying balance of tart and sweet. Ethnic Russian variety shows some variation in type. 42-inch vines don't necessarily require staking. A nice early type.

65-70 days - Indeterminate. 4 ounce potato leaf.  Fruits hang in magnificent clusters with this very early and high yielding variety.  Exceptional flavor and rich dark red color.

Break O' Day   $3.00
65-68 days - Indeterminate.  7 ounce  regular leaf.   A high-producing heirloom that was introduced in 1931. Flame-red, smooth globe-shaped fruit that are very uniform and beautiful. Heirloom tomato expert Carolyn Male calls this "A workhorse of a tomato," and it truly is!  The flavor is rich and tangy, perfect for canning or slicing.

Buckbee's New Fifty Day  $3.00 
55 days - Indeterminate.  4 ounce regular leaf. for canning or salads.  A pre-1930 variety introduced by H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, Illinois.  Their 1930 catalog states, "The largest fruited, the smoothest, the finest in quality of all early scarlet tomatoes."  Not always quite as early as 50 days, but this is indeed a good producer that has an old-fashioned tomato taste.

Glacier  $3.00  NEW for 2012
Description pending...

Illini Star  $3.00
65 days - Indeterminate. Salad/slicing/canning.  A  6-8 ounce regular-leaf variety. A "star" in any garden, this winner was developed by Merlyn and Mary Ann Niedens. This variety sets heavy crops of round fruit with superior flavor for an early type.  For quick and steady production, this one is hard to beat.  The vines need very little staking.

Legend   $3.00 
68 days - Determinate.  8 to 16 ounce, glossy red round or oblate fruits are of good flavor, posessing a good balance of sweetness and acidity.  Produces abundantly even under cool conditions, for which it was bred by Oregon State University master  breeder,  Dr. James Baggett.  The fruits tend to be nearly seedless until late in the season.  Resistance to late blight fungus, and compact vines that need no staking, complete this picture of a nearly perfect early-season variety. 

Marmande  $3.00
63 days - Indeterminate.  4 ounce - regular leaf.  Popular old French variety developed by the Vilmorin Seed Company.  Scarlet, lightly ribbed fruit have the full, rich flavor that is so enjoyed in Europe.   Medium-large fruit are produced even in cool weather.  Productive.

Matina    $3.00
60-75 days - Indeterminate vines.  An excellent open-pollinated commercial variety from Germany.  Vigorous, potato-leaved plants put on numerous clusters of 2 to 4 ounce round fruits, whose superb flavor rivals that of the large beefsteak types. The fact that Matina starts bearing a full month before the beefsteaks makes this variety unusually valuable to the home gardener.  Yet the early start doesn't mean the plants quit early--they bear over a very long season!

Moravsky Div   $3.00   
60-70 days - Determinate, potato leafed plant that sets small salad-sized fruit. Foundation seed courtesy of Dr. Carolyn Male, tomato expert and author.  Orignally from Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belaruse.  The name means the " Wonder of Moravia" in Czech. The rich flavor is just outstanding!

North Dakota Earliana    $3.00 
60 days - Indeterminate.  Reselected from seed from the original Earliana by respected plant breeder Albert F.  Yeager around 1920.  A bright- red slicing tomato, often reaching one-half pound. Produces well in cool wet springs or hot dry summers. 

Rutgers    $3.00
(AKA Jersey) 60-75 days - Determinate.  Intensely red,  8 ounce globes are lavishly produced on sturdy vines.  Suitable for fresh use but really excels as a canner!  Developed at Rutgers University in 1934 from a cross between Marglobe and JTD (the initials of John Thomas Dorrance who developed soups for the Campbell's Soup Co).  This variety once accounted for up to 70 percent of all tomatoes processed in the United States, and helped put New Jersey on the map as a major tomato-producing state. This seed even went into outer space as part of NASA's Seeds in Space program!

Siletz  $3.00
62 days - Determinate.  8-12 ounce  regular leaf, for salads and slicing. - One of the best early tomatoes.  Dwarf plants produce unbelievable yields of perfectly-shaped fruit that are loaded with old-time flavor and are very sweet.  This variety is perfect for the home grower.  Developed by Dr. James Baggett,  OSU.

Sophie's Choice  $3.00 
55 days - Determinate, slicing. Exceptional earliness combine with good flavor in this variety, which originated in Edmonton, Canada. Fruits in clusters average 6 ounces, occasionally reaching twice that size! Orange-red exterior and red interior. Best in cool-summer environments or as a very early-season crop as Sophie doesn't do well in extreme heat. Small plants to only 24 inches tall would be good in containers, but be sure to keep soil on the moist side, as this tomato doesn't tolerate dry soil. Shows some tolerance to early blight. Introduced by Carolyn Male who got the seed from Barry Comdon (who got the original Canadian seed) in the mid-1990's.

Thessaloniki    $3.00
60-80 days - Indeterminate. Salads/slicing.  Originally a commercial variety from sun-drenched Greece,  where it was named for her Second City.  Introduced in the US in 1950 by Gleckler Seedsmen of Ohio,  whose 1958 catalog said:  "Reports of trials with Thessaloniki say 'nothing more could be asked for in tomatoes.' " The 4-6 ounce, baseball-sized fruit are uniform, free of cracks and blemishes, and beautifully smooth.  Juicy fruits are tangy and full of old-fashioned tomato flavor!  Vines are moderately disease-resistant and very productive.  We're happy to offer this superior early-to-midseason tomato!

Urbikany   $3.00 
58-70 days - Determinate.  Eastern European variety originally received from Czech collector Milan Sodomka in the 1970's.  3 ounce fruits are of good quality and prolifically produced on compact vines.  Deserving of the wider recognition it has achieved in recent years.

MID-SEASON (69-80 days)

Abraham Lincoln (Regular) $3.00
77 days - Indeterminate.  6-10 ounce, regular leaf used for paste/juice/slicing.  A solid-fleshed, dark red tomato with a good tomato flavor.  The vigorous vines often produce good yields up until the time of the first frost.  They prefer full sun to a bit of shade.

Bisignano No. 2  $3.00
80 days - Indeterminate.  8 to 14 ounce - regular leaf for fresh use or sauces and canning. This variety was originally obtained from a Mr. Bisignano, who brought it from Italy and made it available in the early 1980's.  Large-sized tomatoes vary in shape.  They have thick, flavorful flesh with reaI Italian tomato flavor.

Burpee's Long-Keeper  $3.00 
78 days - Indeterminate.  4-6 ounce, regular leaf, storage tomato.  This very productive variety is justly famous for its storage ability.  Fruit ripens late in the season and once picked, it lasts a very long time.  When stored properly (unwrapped at 60-70ºF, with fruits not touching each other), these tomatoes can last into the winter without a change in quality.  Pick yellowish-orange fruit before frost or when night temperatures are consistently 40-50ºF.  When the skin is orange-red, the tomatoes are ripe . The interiors are medium-red.  Use blemished or cracked fruits promptly.

Cosmonaut Volkov  $3.00
70 days - Determinate.   8-10 ounce regular leaf tomato for salads, slicing or canning. A smooth and attractive medium tomato that has a full, rich flavor.  The productive vines yield well even in hot weather. This variety is from Dniepropetrousk, Ukraine, and was named after an early Russian cosmonaut.

Costoluto Fiorentino  $3.00
80 days - Indeterminate.  An Italian heirloom variety from Tuscany that produces abundant 8 oz and larger fruit.  Wonderful for making into sauces as this tomato is high in sugar, but also high in acid; it is smoother in shape than the heavily ribbed Costoluto Genovese.

Costoluto Genovese  $3.00
78 days - Indeterminate.  Deeply ribbed Italian heirloom with a rich, full flavor.  Hearty plants that do well in hot weather, but will produce even when the weather cools down.  Delicious flavor.

Druzba   $3.00
75 days - Indeterminate. Bulgarian heirloom introduced by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, from seed supplied by Carolyn Male. Juicy, 5-ounce, slightly flattened 3-inch fruits are generously produced in clusters of 2-4; excellent for salads. Crack resistant and blemish-free, with outstanding flavor and production.

Egg  $3.00
70 days - Indeterminate.  3 ounces very good for slicing and canning.   This heirloom was sold by Glecklers Seedmen in the 1950's. The fruit is the shape and size of a medium-sized egg, with thick, blood-red flesh that is rich and perfect for preserving or eating fresh. The smooth fruit keep very well;  delicious and are nice for specialty markets.

Floradade $3.00 
80 days - Determinate.  Developed in Dade County, Florida, this hearty tomato works for the humid South.  Developed by the University of Florida to be resistant to many of the particular problems that afflict tomatoes in southern states.  Nice sized fruit are round and smooth and are quite productive. Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt race 1, and gray leaf spot restistant. 

Hazelfield Farm    $3.00
75-80 days - Indeterminate. Slicer. Found as a chance seedling at Hazelfield Farm, a modern organic farm in the Lexington Kentucky area, where it was out-performing many named varieties surrounding it at the time!  Believed to be a chance cross between Carmello and Marmande. Medium-sized plants produce abundance of good-tasting, 8 ounce, slightly flattened red tomatoes, even under adverse conditions of hot, dry summers.

Homestead  $3.00
80 days - Semi-determinate.  Developed in the 1950's for growers in Florida and the southern states, this 8 ounce tomato is wilt-resistant and productive.  At one time this was a very popular shipping variety.  Firm, tasty flesh, blemish-free under most conditions.

Italian Heirloom   $3.00  Very Limited Supply for 2012
70-80 days - Indeterminate. Very large fruits to one pound superb for slicing, yet solid enough for canning. Excellent, full-flavored type that is extraordinarily productive, yielding over a very long period on massive vines. This variety comes very highly recommended.

Marglobe Supreme  $3.00
75-80 days -Semi-determinate.   9 ounce, regular leaf. Used for salads,slicing or canning.  Good size and uniform deep scarlet color.  Great for humid climates.  Less cracking than other Marglobes.  Fusarium wilt, blight and rust resistant.

Moneymaker   $3.00 
75-80 days - Indeterminate. Originally  bred for hothouses in Bristol, England.  Tolerating heat and humidity extremely well, this variety nevertheless sets fruit over a wide range of conditions.  Clusters of  6 to 10, deep red, 6 ounce fruits profligately produced on strong, vigorous vines. 

Mule Team $3.00
75-90 days - Indeterminate. Lives up to its name!  This heat and disease resistant variety was found by Joe Bratka in a glass jar in a tool shed, having been bred by his father. The seeds were sent to Carolyn Male, who introduced them through the Seed Savers Yearbook.  Plants continuously produce smooth  8 to 12 ounce red fruits until frost. Nice tomato taste with a tang.

Nepal    $3.00
75-85 days - Indeterminate.  Large, intensely-flavored, very deep red, reaching 12 ounces and of very high quality.  Harvests are produced fairly early for such a large-fruited variety.  Plants bear well even in cooler weather, making Nepal a good choice choice for coastal or mountain climates, or for production into the late summer and autumn.  Originally from the Himalaya Mountains .

Pantano Romanesco  $3.00
70-80 days. Indeterminate. An Italian heiloom which produces fruit that are large and deep red with an almost purple tint.  The flesh is very rich, flavorful and juicy.  A superb tomato;  very rare and delicious. 

Placero   $3.00 
70-80 days. Indeterminate. Two - to three inch fruits are borne in long clusters, lovely to look at as they ripen in the summer sun. Collected in 2005 by Herb Culver, an acquaintance of ours, on a trip to Cuba, where gardening has undergone a resurgence in recent years. A  deeply lobed, very old-fashioned type like those seen in Old Masters paintings. For those who like their tomatoes decidedly tart and very juicy. Marvellous when quartered into salads.

Rei dos Temporoes   $3.00 
70 days. Determinate. 5-to 6-inch, blemish-free fruits are perfect for slicing and commonly weigh one-half pound.  This  Portuguese market type just introduced into the U.S. was fantastically productive in our 2009 trial, yielding steadily right up until frost.

Saint Pierre  $3.00
80 days - Indeterminate.  2-inch fruits, regular leaf. Use fresh or for canning.
A beautiful French heirloom with red flesh and green shoulders. The tender fruits have a full, rich tomato flavor.  They are deep red and excellent producers, even in adverse conditions.  Popular in Europe.

Santa Crus Kada  $3.00
80 days -Indeterminate.  4-5 ounce  regular leaf, fresh/canning     
A medium-sized tomato from Brazil. This is a high-yielding market type that is popular in sub-tropical areas. Commercial-type fruit; perfect for marketing if you require a smooth tomato with superb taste and yield. A good canner that bears until frost.

Sioux  $3.00
75 days - Indeterminate.  6 ounce, regular leaf, salad/slicing/canning    
One of the best-known historic tomatoes.  Introduced in 1944.  Great flavor made this one of the most popular Midwestern tomatoes in the late 1940's. In 1947, Oscar H. Will & Co. stated, "It out-yielded all other varieties in South Dakota trials."  Peter  Henderson & Co., in 1951, "Two weeks earlier than Marglobe or Rutgers."  Plants produce heavy yield of smooth, beautiful fruit even in hot weather.

Super Sioux  $3.00
70-80 days - Indeterminate.  4-8 ounce, regular leaf, fresh/slicing   
Thick-walled, crack-free, fleshy fruits have excellent flavor, a blend of acid, sweet, and earthy flavors. Outperformed all others in a cold, wet year.  Yet it's an excellent variety for areas with hot summer temperatures, since it sets fruit well in spite of heat and dry conditions.  Produces heavily right up until frost.

LATE SEASON (> 80 days)

Pritchard (Scarlet Topper)  $3.00
75-85 days - Indeterminate.  6-10 ounce, regular leaf, salad/slicing/canning. 
Large-size, bright-red fruit; heavy yield and excellent flavor.  An old variety that is now rare, it was introduced around 1930 by the USDA, trying to perfect the most wilt-, disease- and rust-resistant tomato possible.  Peter Henderson's catalog said in 1932,  "For its disease-resistant qualities, it supersedes all others."  They gave it high marks for flavor and yield, as well as perfect shape and attractiveness, saying, "undoubtedly it will occupy a leading place in market varieties."   An excellent variety for the homestead.

Rouge d'Irak  $3.00
85 days - Indeterminate.  5-10 ounce, regular leaf, salad/slicing/canning   Fruit are fine flavored and yields well.  The fruits are surprisingly uniform in shape, vary quite a lot in size, and were very free of blemishes and cracking in our 2006 trial.  This variety from Iraq is very rare.

Seattle Best of All  $3.00
80 days - Indeterminate.  Medium-sized, all-purpose fruits. Originally selected by a Seattle market gardener from a variety called "Best-of-All," and carried by the Gill Brothers in the 1960's. Well suited anywhere summers are moist and on the cool side. In 2009 this variety succeeded where many others failed.

Tappy's Heritage  $3.00 
85 days - Indeterminate,  6 ounces or larger regular leaf  for slicing or canning.
Beautiful, smooth, large fruit are globe shaped.  Good disease resistance, great yields, perfect shape, and wonderful flavor.  This variety was developed by Merlyn and Mary Ann Niedens, long-time seed-growers in Illinois.  Bred from heirloom varieties, it has fantastic taste.

PASTE

Amish Paste  $3.00
80-85 days. Indeterminate. 8 ounces or larger.  Excellent variety for canning and paste. A large blocky tomato that some consider an oxheart type.  Originally from an Amish community in Wisconsin.

Comstock Sauce 'n Slice  $3.00  NEW for 2012
Description pending...

Goldman's Italian-American  $3.00  
85 - 90 days.  Lovely, fluted, pear shaped fruit that is excellent for sauce.  Amy Goldman found this in a roadside store in Cernobbio, Italy, named it for her father's grocery in Brooklyn, New York, and featured it in here book. Very  meaty and very few seeds.  Large one pound fruit.

Hungarian-Italian Paste   $3.00
79 days. Determinate. Small, pear-shaped paste-type fruits weighing 2-3 ounces and borne in clusters of 4. High yields on moderately disease-tolerant vines. Very fine-flavored fruits hold well after picking, which allows you to make tomato paste or spaghetti sauces at your convenience. A favorite!

Polish Linguisa  $3.00 
78 days- Vigorous, indeterminate plants produce pointed or sausage-shaped fruits upwards of 4 inches in length, sometimes weighing in at 10 ounces.  Bears until frost most years, producing abundant, tasty fruits ideal for making sauce or paste, yet still good for fresh eating as well.  A New York heirloom since the 19th Century;  originating in Poland.

Roma  $3.00
75 - 80 days - Determinate.  An old favorite, Roma yields large harvests on compact vines,  producing thick walled and solid 3 inch fruit that is excellent for sauces and canning.

Royal Chico  $3.00
70 days - Determinate, small-medium size, regular leaf for paste or canning.  
Very productive Roma type; vigorous plant yields bright red, pear-shaped fruit that are uniform.  Very resistant to disease; perfect for the home garden or market.  This variety is becoming rare.

San Marzano  $3.00 
80 days - Indeterminate.  Our favorite paste tomato, and the one we grow for sauce or paste!   Blocky, 3.5-inch fruits are produced unstintingly in our garden.  Plant this one to mature in hot weather; in our experience, it loses its distinctive rich flavor if ripened in very cool autumn weather.  The flavor is, to us, unequalled by any other paste variety we've grown. 

Sarnowski Polish Plum  $3.00  
75 days.  This indeterminate variety produces large elongated fruit on wispy plants.  Very sweet meaty flesh with very few seeds.  Excels for sauce or paste making, drying or canning.  Carolyn  Male received the seed from Mike Sarnowski of  Schenectady, New York.  Mike's family brought the seed from the Sarnow  River area of Poland. A little-known heirloom that deserves wider recognition.

Ten Fingers of Naples  $3.00  
Mid-season, determinate.   1 1/2" x 6",  A regular leaf, for paste or canning that produces huge yields of elongated, pointed fruit that are produced in bunches.  The flavor is much superior to modern types, being sweet and rich.  This fine variety is from Naples, Italy.

A Grappoli d'Inverno  $3.00  New for 2012
Description pending...

Chadwick Cherry  $3.00 
80-90 days - (AKA Camp Joy) Indeterminate vines easily grow to 6 feet tall!  At 1-2 ounces, these fruits are a bit large to be called a cherry, but are superb in salads with their full, rich tomato flavor.  Selected  by the peppery organic pioneer, Dr. Alan Chadwick. Recommended.

Ciudado Victoria    $3.00 
70 days - Indeterminate.   A nearly wild currant type from the region of Ciudado Victoria, Mexico.  Absolutely rampant vines aren't for the small garden, occasionally spreading to 12 feet in an ordinary temperate-zone summer!  Yields hundreds of intensely flavorful currant-type fruits (½ inch in diameter).  Super easy to grow, tolerant of less-than-ideal conditions.

Jujube Cherry  $3.00 
55-68 days-Indeterminate.  An early, regular leaf, red grape tomato from Reinhard Kraft of Germany.  Fruits are about the size and shape of a large Italian-style green olive, borne in long clusters of 15 to 20 fruits.  Very rare.

Matt's Wild Cherry  $3.00 
70-80 days - Indeterminate regular leaf, cherry.  Fruits are about an inch across, weigh one-half ounce.  Very sweet, tiny cherry tomatoes.  Large vines; a wild tomato from Mexico.  Very productive.

Peacevine   $3.00
70-80 days - Indeterminate. Developed by Dr. Alan Kapuler, as a dehybridized (open-pollinated) version of Sweet 100. Complex-flavored, one-ounce fruits in clusters or trusses, generously produced over a long season.  Not only are they very high in vitamin C for a cherry-type, but also uniquely high in gamma-amino butyric acid, reputed to calm jittery nerves. The plants throw an occasional yellow fruit.

Principe Borghese     $3.00  
70-80 days - Determinate—Very compact vines yield numerous clusters of 1-2 ounce, plum-shaped beaked fruit, of intense, rich flavor.  Meaty fruits are low in moisture and carry few seeds.  Famous for drying; in Italy branches or whole plants are to be seen draped over fences, drying in the Mediterranean sunshine.  Equally good for sauces or paste.  While of determinate habit, plants require staking because of the exceedingly heavy crops they are known to produce.

Red Fig or Pear  $3.00 
70 days - Indeterminate, 1 ounce, regular leaf, cherry. 
Small red fruit are pear-shaped.  Beleived by some to be the original variety dating back to the 1700's and identified on the basis of old pictures. The original Red Pear was offered by many seedsmen and was very popular for making "Tomato Figs". Whatever the true origins of this variety, the fruit is sweet and flavorful. 

Red Grape  $3.00
75 days  - Indeterminate.  An heiroom from the 1800's, this sweet, pear-shaped cherry was once used as a substitute for figs after being dried and stored.  Very popular for salads and  a lucious snack right from the garden.

Riesentraube  $3.00
80 days -Indeterminate.       
This old German heirloom was offered in Philadelphia by the mid-1800's.  The sweet grape-shaped fruit grow to one ounce in large clusters on the plant.  The name means "Giant Bunch of Grapes" in German.  It is probably the most popular small tomato with seed collectors, as many enjoy the rich, full tomato flavor that is missing in today's cherry types.  Large plants produce massive yields.

Tess's $3.00
75 days - (AKA Tess's Landrace)  Indeterminate.   A wonderful currant from the shores of Maryland.  This tomato is the result of a two generation, five parent cross by Brett Grohsgal of Evenstar Organic Farm.  This variety was grown by our friend Myrna who gave us some for tasting.  We were impressed with the intense flavor.  Fruits can vary in color from red to pink to yellow.  Good for trellising or caging.  Very popular with chefs and home gardners.

Whippersnapper Cherry    $3.00  Very Limited Supply for 2012
55 days Determinate.  Very early cherry-type. Pinkish-red oval fruits produced in startling profusion!  Productive even in far Northern gardens, has done very well in Canada!  Earliest in our trials last year.  Very flavorful for such an early tomato.