Tomato Varieties for 2008

Red Fruited:

Abraham Lincoln – from 1923, large oblate red, delicious

Aker’s West Virginia – very large fruit, great flavor

Amish Paste – elongated, not a paste, all uses, delicious

Andrew Rahart’s Jumbo Red – another great large fruited red

Box Car Willie – uniform, medium round fruit, productive, delicious

Cuostralee – huge red fruit, one of the largest, tasty, very tall vigorous plant

Druzba – reliable medium sized, perfect fruit, very tasty and productive

Dwarf Stone – medium red fruit on a compact dwarf plant, great for pots

Kimberly – best flavored early red – potato leaf, medium small fruit

Marmande – determinate, from France, prolific medium oblate red, nice flavor

Martino’s Roma – a great Roma type, prolific

Mexico Midget – pea sized fruit, wildly productive plant, make room for this one! Delicious!

Mule Team – similar to Box Car Willie – medium sized, round, productive, tasty

Nepal – one of my favorite tomatoes, medium round red fruit, very flavorful

Neves’ Azorean Red – another huge oblate red tomato with great flavor

Opalka – very long red paste type fruit, tall plant, flavor superior to Roma types

Ozark Cherry – nice old fashioned large red cherry tomato

Rasp Red – another fine medium sized productive red, great flavor

Red Brandywine – very productive medium sized, slightly oblate red, delicious, reliable

Red Robin – very short plant perfect for pots, a first early cherry tomato (very poor germination, just a few)

Shannon’s – new this year, family heirloom, large plum shaped red for eating as well as sauce

Sophie’s Choice – compact, short plant produces quite large red fruit, good for pots, tasty

Sweet Million F1 – the classic red cherry tomato, produces like crazy

Veeroma – another good compact growing red Roma type, prolific

Pink Fruited:

Anna Russian – medium to large tasty pink heart shaped fruit, a favorite

Arkansas Traveler – medium sized round pink, prolific, mild sweet flavor

Brandywine – large pink, potato leaf plants, many people’s favorite tomato

Earl’s Faux – similar to Brandywine – large delicious pink potato leaf

Eva Purple Ball – perfect medium smooth pink globes, very tasty

German Johnson – familiar large pink tomato, NC heirloom

Granny Cantrell – family heirloom, large tasty sweet pink fruit

Hege German Pink – new this year, family heirloom, large oblate pink, superb flavor

Mortgage Lifter – huge pink sweet fruit on a huge plant

New Big Dwarf – surprisingly large oblate pink fruit on a very compact plant perfect for pots, delicious

Rose Quartz – super productive small pink cherry tomato, amazing number of flowers in a cluster

Winsall – famous tomato from 1924, large pink sweet fruit, does very here in this climate

Purple/Brown Fruited:

Black Cherry – true purple cherry tomato, absolutely delicious

Black Krim – large oblate purplish fruit, on the tart side, productive and early

Black from Tula – another good medium large early purple, delicious

Cherokee Chocolate – brownish large fruit, tall plant, wonderful flavor, mutation of Cherokee Purple

Cherokee Purple – my favorite tomato – named by me in 1990 – large delicious purple fruit, thrives in NC

JD Special C-Tex – very similar to Cherokee Purple (a relative), large flat purple firm delicious fruit (very few available)

Paul Robeson – medium oblate brown tasty tomatoes on a vigorous plant, quite early

Purple Russian – delicious purple long fruited paste type, plant is wispy looking, prolific

Green Fruited:

Aunt Ruby’s German Green – large smooth oblate green fruit, delicious, fruit barely changes color when ripe!

Cherokee Green – descended from Cherokee Chocolate, amber skin, green flesh when ripe, superb flavor

Green Giant – very unusual large green fruit on a potato leaf plant, winner of taste contests, superb

Green Grape – small bushy plant, loads of large grape sized green fleshed fruit with an amber skin, snappy flavor

Green Zebra – well known variety – medium, green with gold stripes, green flesh – tart, snappy flavor

Lime Green Salad – very compact plant, great for pots, loads of tasty medium small green fleshed fruits!

Spears Tennessee Green – new this year, big success at Tomatopalooza – luscious large green, amber skin (just a very few available)

Yellow/Orange/White Fruited:

Anna Banana Russian – brand new this year, bright yellow version of Anna Russian – heart shaped, delicious

Aunt Gertie’s Gold – famous large golden variety, potato leaf plant, superb flavor

Coyote – tiny, pea sized, ivory fruit, rampant plant, nice flavor, produces tons

Dr. Wyche’s Yellow – very nice, pale orange, oblate fruit, green shoulders, large size, tasty

Elbe – another potato leaf, large fruited, delicious golden colored tomato

Golden Dwarf Champion – compact dwarf plant great for pots, bright yellow round medium delicious tomatoes

Hugh’s – immense pale yellow fruit on a very tall plant, superb flavor, one of the best yellow tomatoes

Jaune Flamme – large cherry size, pale orange, flesh is pink in the center, on the tart side, prolific

Kellogg’s Breakfast – very large orange beefsteak type fruit, mild delicious flavor, productive, impressive

Lemon Boy F1 – prolific bright yellow medium sized tomatoes, delicious, a long time favorite

Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom – best flavored bright yellow fruit, large, potato leaf, late, one of my favorite tomatoes

Malschor Isura – immense yields of small, grape shaped bright yellow fruit, mild and sweet

Orange Heirloom – similar to Kellogg’s Breakfast, very large orange fruit, delicious, western NC heirloom

Sungold F1 – hands down best cherry to my taste, prolific, orange fruit, indescribable flavor!

Taxi – nice short compact plant, bright yellow fruit, very early, tasty, perfect for pots

Yellow Brandywine – large potato leaf plant, very large pale orange oblate fruit, absolutely delicious

Yellow Pear – old timer, plum shaped bright yellow fruit and lots of them, mild flavor

Striped or streaked:

Hillbilly – by request, old heirloom, large sweet yellow/red bicolor fruit

Little Lucky – potato leaf, small to medium red/yellow bicolor, superb flavor, my own creation

Lucky Cross – large fruited sister tomato to Little Lucky – tastes like a bicolored Brandywine!

Rainbow Bicolor – very productive bicolored cherry sized tomato, unusual oblate shape, tasty

Regina’s Yellow – another large fruited yellow/red bicolor, nice fruity, sweet flavor

Tiger Tom – very prolific, small golf ball shaped tart fruit, red with gold stripes, a favorite