Tomato Varieties 2025

Thanks to those who came! We're mostly sold out for the year.

I have just a few late plants available, and some volunteers always pop up, so if you still need tomato plants, let me know.

2025 Varieties:  

Cherry and grape tomatoes:

Cerise – a strong, classic red cherry from England. Prolific, can tolerate chilly weather. Early season.

Indigo cherry – not an heirloom, but one of the newer “blue” varieties, very dark color, and rich in anthocyanins. Productive. Early season.

Orange cherry - this started as a volunteer (natural cross, probably Cerise x Sungold). It is a nice tomato with good sweet flavor. Early season.

Pear Grape - classic oblong grape tomatoes, very sweet. Early season.

Red Zebra – a tasty large cherry tomato, striped yellow on red. Tolerates drought, does not like wet soil. Good for containers. Early season.

Sungold  - the only hybrid we grow, this golden cherry tomato is extra sweet and delicious. Early season.

Red/Pink Slicer tomatoes:

Abe Lincoln –.a big meaty tomato. American heirloom from the 1920s. This is our first year trying it.

Brandywine – a classic American heirloom. Very large red fruit, juicy, with excellent flavor. Big plants need strong staking. Late season.

Chalk’s Early Jewel – a medium sized scarlet tomato developed by James Chalk of Pennsylvania in 1889. Better disease resistance than most heirlooms, productive. Mid season.

Kopeck Hayasi – a Turkish heirloom, very productive. Oblong irregular red fruits are heavy – plants need sturdy staking.

Marianna’s Peace – a Czech heirloom, these giant pink tomatoes rival Brandywine in flavor. Winner of many taste tests. Needs good support. Mid-season.

Mémé de Beauce – a Canadian heirloom from Quebec. Very large red fruit are a little flattened and ridged. This is our first year trying it.

Oregon Spring – an early full-sized red with some resistance to chilly weather. Ripens a week or two after Stupice. Early-season.

Rutgers – large round scarlet fruits, reliable American slicer. Mid-season.

Stupice – The very earliest variety, usually producing ripe fruit in July. Smaller red, round fruit (2”). Czech heirloom. Potato leaf. Early season.

Turkey –a real giant, juicy pink-red fruit with good flavor. Turkish heirloom with potato leaf habit. Needs good support. Mid-season.

Dark Slicer tomatoes:

Black Tula – a Russian heirloom with the dark coloring and smoky flavor of “black” tomatoes, very juicy. Mid season.  (Actual color is maroon with greenish shoulders.)

Blau Kazachstan – a Kazack heirloom with the signature dark coloring, very juicy. More vigorous plants than Tula. Mid-season.

Cherokee Purple – a dark American heirloom similar to the Russian blacks, but a bit larger. Mid season.

Yellow/Orange tomatoes:

German Stripe – a giant sweet, yellow tomato with pink stripes. Top flavor, very juicy.  Big plants need staking, can tolerate chilly weather. Needs good support. Late season.

Golden King of Siberia–A large, juicy, bright neon-yellow Russian heirloom with pointed ends. Mid season.

Kellogg’s Breakfast -  large, juicy bright orange fruit. Mid season.

Orange Banana –a plum-shaped orange tomato, juicy enough for fresh eating, or cook it. Russian heirloom. Mid-season.

Cherry and grape tomatoes:

Black cherry – round grape-size fruit with the maroon coloring and spicy flavor of the “black” tomatoes. Early season.

Paste/Cooking tomatoes (like Roma, but these taste a LOT better):

Amish Paste – an elongated American heirloom, very productive. Mid season.

Polish Linguisa – extra large and meaty. Wispy leaves, but big plants. Mid season.

San Marzano – a classic Italian paste and drying tomato, most flavorful. Semi-determinate. Mid season. 

Unless noted, the plants are indeterminate and require good supports. Each year we try a few new varieties and cut out some others. There are some well-regarded varieties that do well in other climates but not in our cool weather or moisture conditions. Sometimes they grow well but do not taste good unless they have hot weather. A few otherwise good varieties I have had to drop because they are too prone to disease. (We do not use fungicides or other chemical treatments.) And sometimes I just run out of room. If you have a question about a variety or would like one that is not listed, feel free to message or email.

Volunteers: We always have some tomatoes that spring up (volunteer) from last year's dropped fruit. Most of these are cherry/grape types. If it's late May or June and you still need plants, ask about these. I usually let some grow to see what came up. No guarantees on what type it might be.

Other:

Black Tula – [Sold out] a Russian heirloom with the signature coloring of “black” tomatoes, very juicy. Mid season.  (Actual color is maroon with greenish shoulders.)

Brandywine – [SOLD OUT] a classic American heirloom. Very large red fruit, juicy, with excellent flavor. Big plants need strong staking. Late season.

German Stripe – [Sold out] a giant sweet, yellow tomato with pink stripes. Top flavor, very juicy.  Big plants need staking, can tolerate chilly weather. Needs good support. Late season.

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