



Indicates
New Variety for 2010
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Please remember
that maturity date are from time of setting plants into the garden.
Additionally these dates will vary from location to location and
even from year to year. They are for rough planning purposes
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Abraham Lincoln, Shumway's "Original"
90 days,
indeterminate
— The variety 'Abraham Lincoln' was originally released by H. W. Buckbee Seed of Rockford, Illinois in 1923. It eventually became an
R. H. Shumway variety. The original seeds for our line were purchased from Shumway in the late '90s when they were stating that the variety had been cleaned up as the result of a "major rebreeding project".
The 1932 Shumway Seed Catalog described the plants as, " . . . the largest Tomato ever grown. We have had nine tomatoes in a single cluster with a total weight of seven pounds; the average weight is about a pound and we have grown many weighing nearly three pounds." It continued in the description with such acclamations as, "phenomenal solidity of flesh" and " . . . a sturdy, healthy grower with distinctive bronzy-green foliage."
Our experience with this Shumway variety is that it is a very sturdy plant that produces nice yields of solid fleshed, dark red, good flavored medium-sized fruits that average about eight ounces. We are continuing our search for the original 'Buckbee Abraham Lincoln' tomato. |
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Ace 55 VF
85 days,
indeterminate
— Ace 55 is best for fresh use. The medium late, red, firm, oblate fruit are moderately smooth. The plants are medium to large and are tolerant to Verticillium and Fusarium. According to a study in the late 1970s, this variety was specifically named as having a low acid content that could allow botulism to grow and therefore should not be canned using a hot water bath method. Check with your local extension office for up-to-date home canning information. |
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Acme, De Giorgi
70 days,
indeterminate
— In our search for old Livingston tomato varieties, we often grow out tomatoes from the same era with similar names.
We know very little about the history of the De Giorgi Brother's Seed Company of Council Bluffs, Iowa other than they were in business in the early 1900s and a contemporary of the A. W. Livingston Seed Company. Their 'Acme' tomato is not similar to Livingston's but it is beautiful and tasty.
Large fruited (up to
twenty ounces) for such an early maturing fruit. They are oblate, red, mild slightly acidic flavored, firm skinned, and meaty.
Grown out from
USDA ARS
accession number
NSL 193979. |
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Alpatieva
905A
65 days,
determinate
— The fruits are good
flavored, red in color, two to five ounces in weight, globe to
oblate shaped, on dwarf plants with rugose leaves that reach
eighteen to twenty four inches tall.
It is a Russian commercial variety
that was sent to us by
seed saver, Andrey Baranovski of Minsk
(BELR BA A). |
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  Ashleigh
89 days,
indeterminate
— Fruits are meaty, red,
generally beefsteak type but with some being heart-shaped and huge
weighing from ten to thirty six ounces.
Sent to us by Dr. Carolyn Male.
She told us that 'Ashleigh' was originally listed by SSE member
Neil Gillard of Ontario, Canada, a friend of hers. He had
gotten the seeds from his friends at Wilbur Lake in Ontario.
The seed's origin is reportedly from the village of Lazec,
Macedonia. Mr. Gillard named the variety after his niece. |
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Australian Giant Oxheart
85 days,
indeterminate
— Regular leaf plants produce fruit that are large, red,
heart-shaped tomato with few seeds. This variety was sent to us by
a woman in Kentucky who received seeds from a friend.
While on a trip to Australia, this tomato was served to the man
for breakfast. They were grown by local farmers. |
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Beefsteak
90 days,
indeterminate
— A very old standard variety. Some seed companies list
this as a synonym with 'Crimson Cushion'
but it appears different enough to us to warrant separate
listings.
The fruits are large meaty, ribbed and deep scarlet in
color. Weights average of about twelve ounces. Fairly
soft skinned for easy slicing. |
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Brandywine,
Red
80-100 days,
indeterminate
— It is by far one of the best known heirloom tomato varieties. There is a lot of lore surrounding the 'Brandywine' category of
tomatoes.
Reportedly it is an old Amish heirloom, dating
back to 1885 and named after Brandywine Creek in Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
The disease tolerant, regular leaf plants
yield fruits that are red, globe shaped, and full of flavor.
Our parent stock is from heirloom tomato collector Craig
LeHoullier who got the seed from Landis
Valley in the early 1990s.
Click here for more heirloom Brandywine tomato history. See also
Brandywine,
Pink and
Brandywine,
Yellow
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Burgess
Mammoth Wonder
85 days,
indeterminate
— A nice full flavored variety. Meaty but not dry, slightly
acidic with complex aftertastes. Fruits are oblate in shape
and reach up to 20 ounces in weight.
Grown out from
USDA ARS
accession number
PI 270261.
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Cal Ace
80 days,
semi-determinate
— An improved version of 'Ace' that tends to be a bit earlier, has thicker walls, disease resistance and set well in warm weather. The fruits are oblate-shaped, smooth skinned, ripen uniformly and are meaty and sweet. A good tomato for home garden and fresh market sales.
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Cardinal
86 days,
indeterminate
—
An interesting plant with small to medium sized (two to ten ounce),
beautiful red colored, flattened globe shaped fruits. Good flavor,
slightly tart.
Released in 1884 by
W.
Atlee Burpee.
We grew out from seed sent to us by
David Pendergrass
from USDA ARS accession number
PI 270175. There was an
"All-American Selection®"
winner in 1938 by this same name.
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  Condon's
Peerless
90 days,
indeterminate
— Beautiful fruits that are uniform shape (consistently seven
ounces), nice red color, juicy, and full-flavored. Plants are
sturdy and attractive looking.
Released by
Condon Brother's Seed Company in about 1926. Click here for their
catalog description.
We grew out from seed sent to us by Craig LeHoullier
from USDA ARS accession number
NSL 27643. |
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Crimson
Cushion
90 days,
indeterminate
— This is a very old late-seasoned, wilt-resistant beefsteak
variety. The fruits are large, fourteen to sixteen ounce, deeply
ribbed, irregular, bright scarlet, juicy, yet solid and very prolific.
Nice balance of tart and sweet. A real nice slicing tomato. |
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Barao Polosatyi
100 days,
indeterminate
— A non-commercial
Russian variety and reportedly now very rare. It is a
very productive variety that produces striped, bi-color,
oval-shaped, two to four ounce fruits.
Sent to us by
seed saver, Andrey Baranovski of Minsk
(BELR BA A).
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Delicious
77 days,
indeterminate
— The regular leaf plants set loads of huge fruits weighing one pound or more. They
are smooth skinned, red, fairly crack
resistant with solid interiors and few seeds. |
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Earliana
65 days,
indeterminate
— Extra
early five to six ounce fruit is set in clusters of six tomatoes or
more. The bright red color and tasty flavor makes this a
great early tomato.
It was introduced in
1900 by
Johnson & Stokes of Philadelphia. The original stock
was produced by George Sparks of Salem, New Jersey and is reported
to have been selected from a single plant found in a
field 'Stone'.(1) |
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Earliosa
No. 6
71 days,
indeterminate
—
Very little history is
known about this variety. We grew it out in hopes of finding an
early
Ponderosa-type. The USDA's database (accession number
NSL 26947) lists that it was added to the collection in 1963.
We found one brief reference to it in an old 1943 Kansas A. E. S.
Bulletin (SB313) that indicated that by that time, it was already
a superseded variety. The plants produce good amounts of
medium sized, red, flattened-globe shaped fruits. |
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Extreme
Bush
50 days,
determinate
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The plants are
twelve
to twenty eight inches tall, tremendously productive, and produce fruit over
a long period of time. The leaves interestingly curl up and
inward. The fruits are very flavorful, weigh about three
ounces, are globe-shaped and red in color. This would
be a great candidate for our gardening friends with limited space
or wishing to container garden. Source: USDA ARS accession number
PI 302463. |
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Flora-Dade
74 days,
determinate
— This
extremely popular market tomato is well adapted to southern humid
areas. Flora-Dade was bred by the University of
Florida, Homestead and offers mid-season fruit with a deep globe
shape, that are firm, smooth and jointless. It is red at maturity,
about seven ounces on a determinate plant that offers good cover.
Flora-Dade has SVF 1 & 2 disease tolerance. Released
1976.
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 Glacier
55 days,
determinate
— The potato leaf plants set beautiful, red, globe-shaped fruits that weigh from one to three ounces that are tasty and sweet. A very early variety. |
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Glamour
74 days,
indeterminate
— Glamour
sets heavy clusters of red, six ounce fruits that are almost globe-shaped, solid and
crack resistant. Does great in the Northeast and the Midwest
U.S. Bred by the Birds-Eye Horticultural Research
Laboratories, Albion, New York and originally marketed by Joseph
Harris Co., Rochester, New York. Released in 1957.
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Gogoshary
85 days,
determinate
— A Moldovan heirloom. Semi-determinate plants. Good yields of
red, two to five ounce, slightly ribbed, semi-stuffer type
fruits.
Sent to us by
seed saver, Andrey Baranovski of Minsk
(BELR BA A).
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Greater
Baltimore
95 days,
indeterminate
— It is reported to have been developed from a single plant
selection made about 1900 by John Baer of Baltimore, Maryland
(1).
The plant was discovered in a field of 'Livingston's Stone'
and discovered to be wilt resistant. It was release by J. Bolgiano & Sons
of Baltimore in 1905.(1)
The foliage is regular leafed and the fruits are red and shaped
like slightly flattened globes. |
Heinz VF
75 days,
determinate
— An early, bright red,
crack resistant fruit. Heavy yielder with Fusarium and
Verticillium disease resistance. A good processing type
tomato bred and originally released by the Heinz Company. |
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Homestead 24
80 days,
determinate
— The fruit set under a wide range of conditions, making it
popular the world over. The plants are large with heavy
foliage and produce seven to eight ounce red fruits that are meaty, firm,
and consistently uniform. Released in 1956 by the
Asgrow Seed Co., New
Haven, Connecticut.
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Improved
Colossal Red
95 days,
indeterminate
— Released in 1948 by the old Burgess Seed and Plant Company
that used to be in Galesburg,
Michigan.
It produces nice red fruits. A wonderful slicer, good
balance of sweet and tart, great texture, very meaty.
See
also 'Improved
Colossal Yellow'
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J.T.D.
85 days,
indeterminate
—
In
1887, J. T. (John Thompson) Dorrance bred a unique line of
condensed soups for the Campbell company.
Dorrance crafted condensed soup out of hardy stock ingredients,
slashed the price of soup from thirty cents to a dime per can, and
revolutionized the industry. By 1922, soup was such an integral
part of the company’s presence in America, that Campbell’s
formally added "Soup" onto its name. The company used the
red and white school colors of
Cornell
University to produce a distinctive, and now famous, label.
The tomato, named in honor of the man, was bred by the Campbell
Soup Company for specific characteristics for growing in New
Jersey and for its own factory use.2
Aside from its significance as a good red processing
tomato, it has the historical significance of being used as a
parent in the development of other important tomato varieties.
The
plants are vigorous and productive. Fruits are medium to
large sized (six to sixteen ounces), red, globe to oblate shaped and
tasty.
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Legend
90 days,
determinate
— Released by
Oregon State University in 2003. The fruits are mostly
seedless, early maturing, large, and resistant to races of
late
blight. Similar to 'Siletz' and 'Oregon
Spring'. Adapted for the Pacific Northwest and other cool
areas.
[Click
here for an article on the variety release.] |
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Linnie's
Oxheart
97 days,
indeterminate
— The fruits are red, heart-shaped, weighing six to eighteen
ounces. Introduced by "Big Red" from Kentucky who
got the seeds from an elderly neighbor, Linnie Sears, who
has been growing this variety for years and she obtained
her seeds from a friend. Sent to us by Dr. Carolyn
Male (NY MA C).
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Louisiana Red
90 days,
indeterminate
— Bred by C. W. Edgerton by
crossing 'Louisiana Wilt Resistant' and
'Earliana'
(Langdon Strain) and released in 1918. It is one of the
early wilt resistant varieties. The fruits are scarlet (red),
slightly flattened globe in shape and weigh three to fourteen ounces. Our
parent stock source was USDA ARS accession number
PI 270197. |
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Lutescent
Long Red
100 days,
indeterminate
— From Canada. The regular leaf plants have foliage that
yellows as it matures, from the bottom of the plant up, similar to
'Honor
Bright' but not as pronounced. The fruits are medium
sized (four to eleven ounces), deep globe shaped, and turn from a nearly
white color to red at maturity. |
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  Malinovaya
Grusha
90 days,
semi-determinate
— The fruits are a lovely
pear shape that are red and weight from one to six ounces.
Originally a Russian commercial variety, this variety was sent to us by seed saver, Andrey Baranovski of Minsk (BELR BA A). |
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Marglobe
75 days,
determinate
— Bred in 1917
by Fred
J. Pritchard of the USDA by crossing 'Marvel' and 'Globe'.
Released in 1925. One of the first disease resistant strains with a good resistance
to Verticillium and Fusarium wilt. 'Marglobe' is the parent of
many tomato varieties.
(1, 2)Red,
smooth and
solid six ounce fruit that is crack resistant. Its
earliness favors its adoption in canning regions of Northern
States where frosts and short seasons are common.
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Marmande
65 days,
semi-determinate
— The plants are prolific producers of medium-sized, slightly ribbed oblate fruits that are red with an excellent flavor.The variety was originally bred by Vilmorin Seed Company, France and released about 1897. |
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Matchless
(Burpee's)
85 days,
indeterminate
— A
main crop variety with fruits that are red,
flattened-globe in shape and about six
ounces in weight. They are juicy,
with a slightly sweet, mildly acid, good flavor.
Released in 1889 by
W.
Atlee Burpee.
It
should be noted that this is the regular leaf variety in agreement
with original Burpee catalog descriptions. There is other seed
circulating in the industry under the name "Matchless" that produce
similar fruits but of dwarf,
rugose leaf plants. It is believed that
the
rugose leaf plant variety is in fact Burpee's 'Quarter
Century'. |
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Maule's
Success
90 days,
indeterminate
— The red, oblate fruits range from five to thirteen ounces and have a
good, "red tomato" flavor. Released by William Henry Maule
Seed Company prior to 1907. Grown out from
USDA ARS accession number
NSL 27653. |
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 McGee
55 days,
indeterminate
— A really early variety. The fruits are one to three
ounces, red, smooth-skinned, and globe-shaped. They are
mild, slightly tart with a good lingering aftertaste.
Grown out from
USDA ARS accession number
PI 644964. |
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Medford
80 days,
determinate
— Introduced by Oregon State University. Good fruit cover, early
to medium early depending on location, fruit medium to large (six to
thirteen ounces), uniform red color. Solid, good flavor and internal
color. |
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Mediterranean
90 days,
indeterminate
— A bee keeper from the Mediterranean brought the seed to the
Corbett, Oregon area. The fruits weigh one to two pounds, range in
shape from globe to heart and double-heart, and are sweet in
flavor. Original seed sent to us by Melvin Christensen.
Very Limited Quantity |
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Millet's
Dakota
77 days,
indeterminate
— Listed in the 1934 Oscar H. Will's Seed Annual as "The
hardiest, most drought resistant early Tomato."
Originated by John W. Millet of Bismarck, ND, and introduced by
Will's in 1913. The fruits are four to eight ounces, red and oblate
in shape.
Our parent stock source was USDA accession number
USDA ARS accession number
NSL 27105. |
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Moneymaker
80 days,
indeterminate
— An old English greenhouse variety and reliable producer of
heavy crops of medium-sized, four to five ounce red, globe-shaped
tomatoes. Sets fruit well in the greenhouse or outside in many
weather conditions. The plants are open with poor coverage. Does
well under humid conditions. |
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Moskvich
60 days,
indeterminate
— An heirloom variety said to have originated in Eastern
Siberia. The indeterminate vines produce flavorful, four to
six
ounce, deep red, smooth, globe-shaped fruits. Tolerant of
cooler temperatures and starts producing early. |
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  Norduke
90 days,
indeterminate
— Norduke is a late, red-fruited canning variety of the 'Stone'
type. Its plants are large, erect, and somewhat dense.
The fruits are large, smooth, oblate, fairly meaty, and
comparatively free from cracks.
Bred by Fred J. Pritchard of the USDA as a stabilized cross
between 'Norton' and 'Duke of York' and was released in 1922.
Our parent stock source was USDA ARS accession number
PI 270238. |
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Pan
America
90 days,
indeterminate
— Slightly flattened globe shaped, red fruits. Full flavored,
good texture. Weights range from three to ten ounces.Our
parent stock source was USDA accession number USDA ARS accession number
PI 270203. |
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Pearson Improved
80 days,
determinate
— An improved version of 'Pearson' adapted for semi-arid regions. The fruits are flattened-globe shaped, smooth skinned, average about seven ounces and have a good taste. A good tomato for home garden and fresh market sales.
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 Polish
Dwarf
60 days,
tree-type
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An early season, tree-type plant
with
rugose leaves, it
reaches 24 to 30 inches tall and produces one to four ounce, red,
globe-shaped fruits that are slightly indented at the stem end.
Very productive and keeps producing throughout the season.
Originally from Poland, our parent stock source was donated to the
USDA's gene bank in February of 1965. The USDA ARS
accession number
PI 304398. |
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Précocibec
73 days,
determinate
— It is an early
producer with good yields of medium-sized red fruits.
Tolerant of cool spring nights. These are
desirable traits for those of us in Northern climates.
In our 2008 grow out, 'Précocibec'
was our best producer. Very early, heavy yields.
It is a good choice for home food production as a canning
tomato.
Bred by Roger Doucet who was in charge of the tomato
breeding program at Station Provinciale de Recherches
Agricole, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec in the 60s and 70s.
Released in 1974.(3)
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Pritchard
(Scarlet Topper)
90 days,
indeterminate
— Stabilized from a cross of 'Cooper Special' with 'Marglobe'
and released by the USDA, Tennessee Station in 1932. An "All-American Selection®"
winner in 1933.It is
reportedly resistant to fusarium wilt, nailhead, and cracking.
The fruits are bright red, weigh five to ten ounces, are mild flavored
and produce well.
Originally called 'Scarlet Topper', it was renamed 'Pritchard' in
1932 after Dr. Pritchard's death in January of 1931. |
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Red
Stuffer
90 days,
indeterminate
— Very prolific on indeterminate
plants. The fruit is red-orange with three to four cells. The center
seed cluster, similar to that of a bell pepper, is easily removed which
makes this tomato ideal for serving as an edible container for your
favorite cold or hot salad. Similar to 'Striped
Cavern' and 'Yellow Stuffer'
tomatoes.
Click
Here For More Information |
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Russian
Red
75 days,
tree-type
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Bred at the Levin Agricultural
Research Centre (New Zealand) in 1943 and released in 1949.
Commercially it was not popular as the fruit was "too small".
It became the most popular New Zealand home garden variety.
It will grow in marginal conditions (very hardy), is a tree-type
plant with
rugose leaves,
and reaches about five feet high. The fruits are red, small, and juicy with a great flavor.
Sent
to us by Glenn Parker of New Zealand.
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Rutgers
75 days,
determinate
— An
improved, disease resistant strain. Fruit is six ounce, bright
red; globular, slightly flattened with smooth, thick walls that
are crack resistant. It was originally introduced in 1934.
It is a cross between 'J. T. D.' and
'Marglobe'. Good for
slicing and cooking.
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Salsa
70 days,
determinate — A solid maturing fruit that matures
early and weighs about six ounces. Great for making salsa,
as the name would imply. |
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Santiam
75 days,
determinate — Released by Oregon State University.
Early and large-fruited. Good
fruit set under cool temperatures of western Oregon. Great for
slicing. Good tart flavor. No seeds in the first fruits. |
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Siberia
50 days,
determinate
— This tomato variety sets fruit early. They are bright
red and weigh up to
five
ounce. Reported as being capable of
setting fruits at 38°F, however, 'Siberia', like
any other tomato, is not frost hardy.
The undocumented lore is that this variety was smuggled
out of Russia in 1975.
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Siletz
70 days,
determinate — Released by Oregon State University
in 1994.Early set of near
seedless fruit that are red and large (up to a pound). Good,
mild, slightly tart flavor. |
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 Starfire
70 days,
determinate
—
Bred at the Morden Experimental Farm in Manitoba, Canada
and released in 1963. It was bred to excel in the Canadian Great Plains
but does well in other areas. Here in Oregon it was one of the most
prolific and healthy looking varieties in our 2007 grow out.
The fruits are oblate shaped and bright-red color. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 1963. Our original source seed was from
USDA ARS accession number
PI 302990. |
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 Stick
(or Curl)
65 days,
indeterminate
— This is a very interesting plant. Quite unique in
that the leaves develop into tight clusters like pom-poms.
The fruits are globe shaped, red, up to three inches on stalks
that look like sticks and reach up to about six feet high.
The plants can be grown in large
pots and require staking. Our parent seed came out of the
USDA's gene bank. And although they refer to it as "Curl,"
it appears to be the old Gleckler Seed variety called 'Stick'
released in about 1958. |
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Stupice
50 days,
indeterminate
— Potato-leaf,
four foot tall plants loaded with 2½ inch by two inch diameter
fruits borne in clusters. Extremely early, great flavor.
Heavy yields all season. Introduced here in the U.S. from Czechoslovakia in about 1976. Pronounced "stu-peek-a." Produces very well in northern climates.
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Super Sioux (a.k.a. Super Lakota)
70 days,
indeterminate — An improved version of the old (1944) variety 'Sioux', bred at the Nebraska Experimental Station. This variety is a good choice for hot, dry locations and sets fruit well in high temperatures.The red fruits are globe-shaped, about four ounces, thick walled and fleshy with a nice old-time tart flavor. A good processing tomato for home gardening and early fresh market sales. |
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Tabletalk
(Burpee's)
75 days,
indeterminate
— Regular leaf, compact bush type plant but not determinate,
deep globe fruit with solid meaty interior, medium sized
(four to sixteen ounce) red fruits. Good crack resistance. Similar
to 'Marglobe' from which it originated as a single-plant selection. Released about 1941, it became fairly widespread in tomato areas of the eastern United States. Source: USDA ARS accession number
PI 303711.
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Uralskiy
Ranniy
51 days,
determinate
— This Russian commercial variety was
sent to us by
seed saver, Andrey Baranovski of Minsk
(BELR BA A).
It is an extremely early, determinate plant with enormous
amounts of red, globe-shaped, one to six ounce fruits that
are borne in clusters of six to ten. They have extremely
smooth skin and a very mild taste.
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Variegated
(aka Splash of Cream)
95 days,
indeterminate
— This is a very unique variety. Although we have seen
tomatoes with interesting yellow-green foliage, this is
the first tomato variety that we have seen that is
variegated. The fruits are small (two to five ounces) and
red. Very productive.
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Victory
75 days,
indeterminate
— Our original seed came from a seed saver in Sweden and
was reportedly a popular U.K. hothouse variety. The
fruits are two-celled, smooth skinned, very juicy and
sweet, nearly globe-shaped bearing in clusters of eight to
ten
fruits weighing one to three ounces each. Nice fruit, nice
name :)
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Wayahead
75 days,
indeterminate
—
Several old seed companies
sold tomato varieties with this name. This is not
the variety offered by Jung Seed. We believe that
this is the variety, also known as 'Hudson Valley' or
'Potato-leaved Earliana' and sold by S. M. Isbell &
Company of Jackson, Michigan. Smooth, tasty,
small (two to eight ounce) red fruit.
Grown out from
USDA ARS accession number
PI 633493.
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Willamette
70 days,
determinate
— Released in 1964 by W. A. Frazier of Oregon State
University. Plants are medium small framed with medium foliage
cover, 3½ to seven ounce fruits that are unusually smooth, globe to deep
globe shaped with small stem
and blossom scars, good color and solidity.
Resistant to radial cracking. Adapted to the western valleys of the United States and
Canada, New York, and Michigan.
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Yubileyny
Tarasenko
90 days,
indeterminate
—
Sent to us by
seed saver, Andrey Baranovski of Minsk
(BELR BA A). It was
bred by
Fedor Tarasenko in the Ukraine and released in 1987.
Called 'Юбилейный
Тарасенко' in Russian and phonetically translated as 'Yubileyny
Tarasenko', its name literally means "Tarasenko's
Anniversary" in English.
It is a vigorous, very prolific plant with red, pointed
fruits that weigh from two to five ounces.
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