Abe Lincoln (87 days) This American heirloom produces good yields of large, meaty dark red tomatoes. A multipurpose tomato that resists cracking. By customer request.
Aker’s West Virginia (85 days) A fast growing favourite with seed savers. The reason- wonderful old time flavour that is bold and intense. Attractive flattish 10-20 oz. beefsteaks are deep red and are a real joy to eat. Plants are also productive, very hardy with great disease resistance.
Amish Paste (80 days) Amish heirloom discovered in Wisconsin. A standard in our garden. Produces lots of 10 oz slightly pointed red fruit. Very meaty with few seeds – great for fresh sauces,chili sauce or salsa. Excellent flavour. Indeterminate.
Beefsteak (90 days) A very old standard variety. Fruits are large, meaty, ribbed and deep scarlet . Weights average 12 oz. Fairly soft skinned for easy slicing. Indeterminate.
Blue Ridge Mountain (80 days) Tall potato-leafed vines bear large 1 lb 4″ pink beefsteak fruit with delicious tomato flavour. Indeterminate.
Bonny Best (70-80 days) An America old-timer introduced in 1908 in Alabama with wonderful old-fashioned flavour. Produces an abundance of 6-10 oz. red fruit on a medium-sized plant. A great slicer. Indeterminate.
Box Car Willie (80 days) This has become our favourite all-round tomato. A near perfectly shaped tomato, large (up to 1 lb.) Red and scrumptious. A staple in our garden and a favourite with our customers – always sells out early. Indeterminate.
Brandywine, pink (90 days) Similar to the red version except this one has the characteristic potato-leafed foliage. Same great taste for this large pink fruit.Indeterminate.
Brandywine, red (80 days) One of the most famous heirlooms (1885, Amish), the winner of many taste tests with bright tangy flavour. Large beefsteak type, up to 1 lb., ideal for slices, salads and sandwiches. Not a heavy producer. Long vines. Indeterminate.
Brianna (85 days) This has become another favourite – a prolific producer of large, beefsteak type pinkish red fruit with a sweet, rich flavour. Potato leafed -some fruits are so big they won’t fit in the palm of a hand. Indeterminate.
Brookpact ( 60 days) This early red is good for those with limited space. Plants tend to be small and neat but produce lots of large 6-10 oz fruit.
Caspian Pink (80 days) 1900 heirloom. This is the variety that beat Brandywine in recent taste tests!! One of the largest tomatoes in our garden. Originally from Russia, 11 oz fruits. Great for slicing or dicing in a salad. Ripens from the bottom up so it is best to pick while still under ripe. A balanced taste, sweet, succulent and juicy. Indeterminate.
Canestrino #2 (73 days) A red plum favourite from Tuscany. Very unique in that it is shaped like a fat little purse with no fluting. The flavour is excellent as is the yield. Indeterminate.
Chianti Rose (80 days) Medium size, deep rose beefsteaks have the perfect blend of sweetness to acid – a taste experience to remember. Plants set out lots of fruit for the size of the plant. Indeterminate.
Cuor Di Bue (80 days) A beautiful Italian heirloom paste type tomato. A very meaty large red with few seeds, this tomato is probably the widest grown market tomato in Italy. The slightly flattened shape is “tucked’ at the stem end and looks like a purse with drawstrings. It is a prolific producer and was one of the best and tastiest performers in our trial garden last year.
Cuostralee (70-85 days) 1 to 2# big, beautiful deep red beefsteak with ribbed shoulders and a robust, hearty flavour. Yield is excellent from this French heirloom. Indeterminate.
Ernie’s Plump (80 days) An Italian saucer tomato that cooks down to the reddest, richest, most flavourful sauce ever! But just as delicious straight out of the garden. 8-12 oz fruits are a most unique shape: “plump” double pears with a tiny blossom scar. Extreme producer. A very popular plum type.
Favourite (90 days) An American heirloom introduced in 1883. Very productive plants yield big bunches of 6-8 oz smooth bright red tomatoes with the distinctive old-fashioned tomato flavour. Indeterminate.
Ganti New for 2012 (75 days) High yielding Hungarian Heirloom produces perfect deep red, blemish-free globes weighing 6-10 oz. Slightly tart with a rich tomato flavour. Indeterminate.
German Red Strawberry (80 days) This heirloom from Germany produces large 10 oz red, meaty, strawberry shaped tomatoes that are juicy and flavourful with few seeds. Good for slicing. Indeterminate.
Giant Belgium (87 days) An heirloom variety from Ohio. Plants produce good yields of huge 2 lb dark pink beefsteak tomatoes. The fruit is very sweet and meaty. A low acidity tomato that is excellent for salads, sandwiches and canning. This tomato was traditionally used to make wine. Indeterminate.
Giant Paste (72 days) This American heirloom produces good yields of 6 oz paste tomatoes that are juicier than most other paste varieties. Good for tomato sauce, juice and tomato paste. Indeterminate.
Gigantesque (75 days) This rare Russian variety was originally from the Ukraine. The regular-leaf plants produce a heavy yield of 1-2 lb orange-red, beefsteak tomatoes with a meaty flesh with very few seeds and a wonderful robust flavour. This tomato has become a standard in our garden. Indeterminate.
Glamour (74 days) Very popular old variety originally marketed by Joseph Harris Co., Rochester, New York in 1957. Strong, medium to large-sized firm tomato with good taste and crack tolerance. Interesting habit of growing large leaves that bend down to support the plant. Indeterminate.
Goliath Red (75 days) An outstanding proudcer all season long of smooth, round red golbes. This is the open pollinated version of the hybrid with the same name and is at the top of the list as an excellent market variety because of it’s beautiful blemish free fruits. They are perfect globes at 16-20 oz and pretty as a picture. Indeeterminate.
Harbinger (55-60 days) Terrific flavour, reliable, lots per plant of medium-sized, thin-skinned fruit. Introduced 1910. Does well in cool areas. Indeterminate.
Hungarian Giant New for 2011 (85 days) This popular variety produces deep scarlet giant 1-1/2 to 2 lb. fruit with a nice strong tomato flavour – the perfect choice for your big fat tomato sandwiches. Indeterminate.
Italian Heirloom (70-80 days) This classic Italian heirloom produces tomato plants that yield 12-16 oz., beautiful, red, meaty, slightly pear-shaped tomatoes with all the rich, complex, sweet flavours with good acid balance.
Italian Paste (90 days) Seeds from this heirloom came to North America from Italy during WWII. High yield of 3-5 oz paste fruit with very few seeds. Good, balanced flavour with the meatiness of a classic paste tomato.
Jumbo Roma New for 2012 (90 days) Large productive paste type fruits up to 1 lb with few seeds and very meaty flesh – ideal for tomato paste, sauces & salsa. Was an outstanding variety in our 2011 garden. See a photo in our online photo gallery. Very nice tomato flavour. Indeterminate.
Manitoba (60 days) Developed in Manitoba, this 6 oz bright red tomato is very smooth with a slightly flattened appearance. Bush like plants are very productive yet stay relatively small. Determinate – so does not need staking. Good for the topsy turvy tomato growing systems.
Mariana’s Peace (75 days) Large pink heirloom with Czechoslovakian origin. We have grown this 1-2 lb beefsteak tomato for 3 years and it has become a favourite for its dense flesh with a rich old tomato flavour. Indeterminate
Matt’s Wild Cherry (60 days) A very sweet tiny tomato. Grows wild in eastern Mexico. This vining plant will sprawl sometimes 6 ft so this variety requires space or trellis support. We suggest using this variety as a landscape plant- allowing it to trail over a fence or in a large barrel – you’ll have a beautiful display and lots of tomatoes too! Indeterminate.
Minelli Plum (75 days) A very prolific vining tomato plant that produces 6-8 oz red plum type fruit with good flavour.Good for tomato paste and sauce. Indeterminate.
Moneymaker (69 days). An old English heirloom; produces 4-6 oz globes that are intensely red, smooth and of very high quality. This variety grows well in hot humid climates and greenhouses, sets in most any weather. Produces up to 60 fruits per plant. Flavourful and becoming rare. Indeterminate.
Mortgage Lifter (71 days) Large (over 1 lb, said to reach 4 lbs!), meaty and vigorous red beefsteak. Original ‘Radiator Charlie’ strain. Legendary tomato developed in the 1930s by M. C. Byles of Logan, West Virginia. It is said that he sold his remarkable plants for $1.00 each and paid off his mortgage in six years. The fruits are very large, pink, over a pound each and one of the best beefsteak flavours available. A good slicer with few seeds. Plants are highly productive and disease resistant. Indeterminate.
Nepal (80 days) This tomato from the Himalayan Mountain area is one of the highest producing varieties we have grown. Fruits could not be more perfect, 8-12 oz globes with no cracking or blemishes. This is an excellent market type and great for home processing. Nice acid content. Indeterminate.
Omar’s Lebanese (75-80 days) One of the largest tomatoes grown 3-4 lbs. Good eating, meaty fruit with that sweet tomato taste. Indeterminate.
Opalka (85 days) Originally from Poland, this tomato is one of the best tasting paste tomatoes. It amazes us with its 5-inch long fruit, shaped like a banana pepper and with a pronounced tip on its end. It has very few seeds and is extremely meaty, along with being loaded with a rich sweet flavour. Perfect for stewed tomatoes, salsa and tomato sauce and paste. Indeterminate.
Principe Borghese (80 days) Small red plum shaped Italian heirloom. It is the preferred variety for making sun-dried tomatoes. Also good for oven roasting. Determinate.
Red Cherry (Chadwick’s Cherry) (72 days) An heirloom variety that has been grown for over 100 years. Plants produce high yields of small red cherry tomatoes which grow in clusters. Great flavour. Perfect for snacking or salads. Indeterminate.
Red Cherry(Baxter’s Bush) New for 2012 (60 days) Very tasty 1″ bright red cherry. Great for snacking or salads. Vigorous and productie. Determinate growth habit with eliminated the need for staking. Works well in the topsy turvy tomato growing systems. Determinate.
Red Grape (75 days) Plants produce large amounts of 1″ oval, red, grape-like fruit in large clusters. Its deliciously sweet flavour has made it a favourite. Indeterminate.
Red Pear(Austins) (80 days) Another very old variety, known since the early 1800s. Fruits are red, pear-shaped, and juicy. Productive with long, rambling 6 ft. vines. A great snacking tomato. Indeterminate.
Reif Italian Heart New for 2012 (85 days) Giant 10-18 oz very meaty heart-shapedfruits. Cut leafed foliage plants produce a deep blood red coulred tomato with isperfect for making a great red tomato sauce with a super intense flavour. Indeterminate.
Rideau New for 2012 (70 days) This very recent heirloom was originally developed at the Experimental Farm in Ottawa from 2 very old heirloom parents and introduced in the early 60s. A heavy producer of gorgeous round red fruit that vary in size from 5-10 oz; this tomato is crack resistant and especially good for canning or fresh eating. The flesh is meaty yet juicy with a nice sweet tomato flavour. Indeterminate.
Saint Pierre (74 days) A good yielding French heirloom which produces round, medium-sized fruit, renowned for its super flavour. We have been growing this variety for 4 years. Indeterminate.
San Marzano (78 days) This Italian heirloom traced back to the 1700s is perhaps the best known paste tomato in the Italian community. A compact and prolific producer of bright red, 3 inch fruit over a long season, this plum type tomato has heavy walls with few seed so it’s great for tomato sauce. We consider this better tasting than the Roma paste tomato. San Marzano tomatoes is reputed to be the only tomato that can be used for sauce on a true Neapolitan pizza. Indeterminate.
Scotia (60 days) This Canadian-bred small bush variety produces heavy yields of medium-sized fruit in short season areas. A beautiful early tomato with a lovely sweet flavour. Popular for using the unripe tomatoes to make the famous Maritime Green Tomato Relish. Determinate.
Sementi (75 days) The Franchi Sementi seed company in Bergamo, Italy was the oldest family-run seed company in the world. Since 1783 it has been growing heirloom tomatoes and selling their seeds. We will no longer buy seeds from the Sementi Seed Company because it was purchased last year by the GMO seed giant Monsanto and we will not buy from any GMO producer. In our 2011 garden this plant produced lovely 8 oz oxheart shaped pink/red tomatoes with very nice flavour. We have saved seed from this tomato and will continue to offer it as an heirloom under the Sementi name. Indeterminate.
Siberian (55 days) This small tomato variety sets fruit early. Bright red juicy fruit with weights from 2-5 oz. Good for topsy turvy tomato growing systems. Determinate- so needs no staking.
Sicilian Saucer (75 days) Huge heavy red tomato, up to 2 pounds, slightly flattened shape. Thick, juicy, meaty flesh. A well-behaved plant that does not require staking.
Siletz (Russian Siletz) (52-75 days) One of the best early tomatoes. Dwarf, determinate plants produce unbelievable yields of perfectly shaped, 8 oz fruit that are loaded with old-time sweet tomato flavour. Perfect for the home or market grower. Determinate.
Stump of the World (80 days) An unusual name for such a gorgeous tomato. Perfect red pink fruits are large, round and very smooth. A bonus is its great flavour – you must try this one. Indeterminate.
Stupice (50-60 days) A 2 inch plum shaped fruit which grows in clusters. A Czechoslovakian heirloom which is good for eating fresh, in salads or for drying. Continues to produce all season. Indeterminate.
Sub Arctic Plenty New for 2012 (50-60 days) The earliest tomato yet! This Canadian heirloom produces good yields of 4 oz delicious red fruit even in cool weather. Determinate.
Super Sioux (75 days) An American heirloom from the 40s that has done well in our 2011 garden. A nice 4-6 oz fruit with great acid balance. Fruits are bright scarlet with no cracks or blemishes. Indeterminate.
Thai Pink Egg New for 2012 (60 days) Delicious grape tomato from Thailand. Brilliant pink 1 oz fruits grow in clusters with good yields for many weeks. A very special heirloom producing true pink oval fruit perfect for snacks or salads. Indeterminate.
Trophy (80 days) This American heirloom was introduced in 1870 for the incredible price of $5.00 per packet. A very popular red that grows in clusters producing medium sized fruit with a sweet mild flavour. Indeterminate.