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Many of the seeds I purchase are Ed Hume seeds grown particularly for the Northwest. I have found good tips on his site http://www.humeseeds.com/index.htm
WSU Extension - Tomato Types for Northwest
We need to select short-season varieties that do not require a lot of heat to ripen. When looking at the seed packet or catalog, read the "days to maturity" and choose tomatoes with the shortest number of days. The number usually will be all wrong for our climate, since ripening will happen much more slowly here. Still, they are a guide to help you choose a variety that stands a chance of ripening here.
Another consideration is whether the variety is open-pollinated or a hybrid. A hybrid seed comes from a cross between two different varieties, made to obtain a certain set of characteristics. (The seed from a hybrid has a different mix of the parent plants' genes and usually produces less desirable plants.) An open-pollinated variety holds on to the parents characteristics generation after generation. This is important, if you want to save seed.
Also, tomatoes have either a determinant or an indeterminate growth habit. Determinate tomatoes tend to have compact plants and the fruit ripens more closely together. Indeterminate plants continue to grow and the fruits keep setting until frost.
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Common Name
Days to Maturity
Details
4th OF JULY
49 days
Rich flavor, medium plants
BETTER BUSH
68 days
Tangy 4' slicers on 4 foot plants
BIG BEEF
73 days
Earliest big red beefsteak
BOBCAT
68 days
Similar to Big Beef-large fruit, large plant
BURPEE BIG BOY
78 days
Very large red slicers, rich flavor, meaty
BUSH EARLY GIRL
54 days
Med.-sized fruit, smallish plants
CELEBRITY
70 days
Mid-season slicer, good flavor & disease resistant
CHAMPION
62 days
Meaty, flavorful lg. fruit
EARLY GIRL
57 days
Early, 4 oz. fruit - Indet. Hybrid. Very early, red salad tomato. Consistently does well in taste tests.
ENDLESS SUMMER
78 days
Stay Fresh longer
GOLIATH
65 days
By request, huge fruit with sweet taste
KOOTENAI
65 days
Small plants, reliable production, rich flavor
LEGEND
68 days
Det. 3 foot plant that does not require staking. Very early large tomato, blight resistant Ed Hume seeds OSU
NEW GIRL
62 days
Earlier and better than Early Girl
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
67 days
Big tomatoes on short plants, reliable, good
OREGON SPRING
Det. Open-pollinated. Very meaty, excellent tasting, mid-to large-sized red fruits. Matures in a short season. OSU release. Takes cold well. Ed Hume seeds
PARK'S WHOPPER
65 days
Good sized fruit, very productive and reliable here
ROMA
76 days
Ideal for canning & sauces
SIBERIA
48 days
Det. Open-pollinated. Cool weather variety. Small to medium red tomato with green at the stem and unimpressive yields, but great taste. Very popular around here. Ed Hume seeds
SILETZ
60 days
4-5” fruit on smaller plants. Productive & early
SUPER FANTASTIC
70 days
Large 10oz slicers, beefsteak flavor
SUPER SWEET 100 HYBRID
70 days
Extra prolific cherry type
SWEETIE
70 days
Indet. Open-pollinated. Lots of sweet fruit; a large cherry on large vines. Ed Hume seeds
VIVA ITALIA (ROMA)
76 days
Excellent Roma with good flavor, high production
Other varieties often available for Northwest:
Quick picks: Stupice, Sungold, Early Girl, and Early Swedish or IPB are popular and dependable. First-time gardeners and gardeners new to the Northwest would do well to grow at least one of these.
Brandywine--Indet. Open-pollinated. Dusty-red, fairly tangy, large fruits. Ripens late in our climate. This is a popular heirloom.
Celebrity--Det. Hybrid. Grows well in Northwest, very flavorful. Medium-sized to large, red fruit. Large plant for a determinate.
Champion--Indet. Hybrid. Bigger than Early Girl, these medium to large, red tomatoes are meaty and not too sweet. Good performer, high yields.
Dona--Indet. Hybrid. Productive French variety. Medium red, oval shape, very meaty and early. This is a good choice for canning whole and salsa.
Early Swedish or IPB--Indet. Open-pollinated. Very early, smallish, red fruits on prolific "potato-leafed" vines. A Washington State University release, prized for its earliness.
Early Cascade--Indet. Hybrid. Early, all-purpose small, red fruit. A good producer West of the Cascades.
Fantastic--Indet. Hybrid. Great flavor, does well in taste tests. Though called a mid-season, it is a bit on the late side here. Medium to large fruits.
Garden Peach--Indet. Open-pollinated. Slow to ripen, keeps well. It is a fruity-tasting tomato that is actually fuzzy. Great novelty.
Golden Nugget--Det. Hybrid. Early and productive OSU release. Small, yellow cherry tomato that resists cracking. Mid-sized, nearly seedless, meaty fruit.
Jubilee--Indet. Open-pollinated. Large, orange, solid tomatoes with good texture. On the late side in our climate.
Lemon Boy--Indet. Hybrid. Yellow-good size tomato. Mid-season around here and the best of the yellow tomatoes.
Mr. Stripey or Tigrella--Indet. Hybrid. Small red fruit, with clear yellow and orange stripes. These are so sweet and fruity tasting, they are like an entirely different fruit. Very early.
Seattle's Best of All--Indet. Open-pollinated. End of the early tomatoes, mild taste, a good choice for and all purpose red mid-sized fruit.
Small Fry--Det. Hybrid One inch red cherry tomatoes in clusters of 7-8. Great for small gardens, containers. Continuous fruiting, unlike many determinants.
Stupice--Indet. Open-pollinated. Very early, great tasting tomato. A sure-fire tomato in even a cool summer.
Sun Gold--Indet. Hybrid. These cherries ripen to a lovely orange. They have an extremely sweet, irresistible flavor; a personal favorite. Excellent dried.
Sweet Million--Indet. Hybrid. An improved Sweet 100 type cherry. Equally prolific and sweet, but with less cracking.
Top Sirloin--Indet. Hybrid. This new, beefy, red tomato is not yet widely available. Late to mature, but these big, flavorful fruits may be worth the wait.
Yellow Pear--Indet. Open-pollinated. Very, very prolific, mild cherry pears; intensified flavor when dried. Old time favorite.
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