15 TOMATO SEED SET- $20.00
RARE HEIRLOOM & TRADITIONAL JEWELS
A great variety of rare, untreated, open pollinated & hard to find seeds!
CURRENTLY THE 15 TOMATO SET INCLUDES:
Cherokee Purple Tomato
80-90 days, Indeterminate. Cherokee Purple is said to be an heirloom tomato with a history extending back over at least 100 years and is a fine producer of medium sized, purplish brown tomatoes. Said to be originally passed down from the Cherokee. Tolerant to many common diseases. Harvest when shoulders are a bit green to avoid over ripe bottoms. 15 seeds
Isis Candy Tomato
67-70 days, Indeterminate. This tomato produces a delightful, 1-inch round, yellow with red tinge and marbling. Typically a 'cat's eye' star of yellow on one end of fruit. The delicious sweet taste is rich and fruity. A favorite "candy" treat with kids. 20 seeds
Black Krim Tomato
75 days, Indeterminate. the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union. This rare, and outstanding tomato yields 3-4" slightly flattened dark-mahogany beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste. 20 seeds
Mr Stripey Tomato
80 days, Indeterminate. Mr. Stripey is a large striped beefsteak type. The tomato's base color is a rich golden yellow and is covered with reddish-pink vertical stripes to create a very striking color combination. Mr. Stripey has a higher natural sugar content than most varieties, which allows it to masquerade as a low-acid tomato variety. 20 seeds
Yellow Pear Tomato
70-80 days, Indeterminate.This famous pre-1800's tomato variety is also occasionally known as Beam's Yellow Pear. This variety has been documented as being very high in vitamins. This tomato is so vigorous that it is notorious for self seeding itself and it's cold tolerance. 20 seeds
Thessaloniki Tomato
60-80 days. Indeterminate. The Greek island tomato that was introduced to the USA in the 1950’s by Glecklers Seedsmen, of Ohio. An early variety perfect for home or market, keeps well. Plump, round fruits up to 6-8oz have a rich classic tomato flavor that perform well in taste tests. The fruits are crack resistant and the plants bears heartily. 20 seeds
Ponderosa Pink Tomato
80 days, Indeterminate. A longtime favorite variety with pink fruit up to 2 lbs. Firm and meaty, lower in acid. Grow the large vigerous vines in wire cages. Good for canning. 20 seeds
Tomatillo - Grand Rio Verde
65 days- Indeterminate Deep green fruit with papery covering; a standard, richly flavored type. Huge yields as with most tomatillo’s.
San Marzano Tomato
78 days, semi-determinate. Heirloom from Italy and are considered by many chefs to be the best sauce tomatoes in the world. Compact and prolific producer of bright-red, slim, 2-3 inch, plum-type, fruit over a long season. A paste tomato with pointy end, heavy walls and little juice, so it's great for tomato sauce. Crack resistant. 20 seeds
Oregon Spring Tomato
85 days, determinate— Bred and introduced by Dr. James R. Baggett of Oregon State University in 1984. Early, large, red, nearly seedless fruit. Sets under cool temperature conditions of the Maritime Northwest. Verticillium wilt race 1 resistant. 20 seeds
Bonny Best Tomato 75 days, Indeterminate. Bonny Best tomato is
an heirloom variety of tomato with delicious firm fruits. The medium
sized fruits resist cracking and have few seeds.Great for canning and sauces. 20 seeds
Homestead Tomato
80 days, semi-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. 20 seeds
Moneymaker Tomato
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. 20 seeds
Amish Paste
80 days, Indeterminate. Many gardeners believe this is the ultimate paste tomato. Giant, blocky Roma-type tomatoes have delicious red flesh that is perfect for paste and canning. World class flavor and comes from an Amish county in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. 20 seeds
Black Prince
70-75 days, Indeterminate. This is one of the most popular and favored black tomatoes. Originally introduced from Irkutsk, Russia and is regarded as a "true Siberian tomato" that does very well in cooler climates. Until only recently this was considered a rare variety in the United States. The Black Prince tomato is said to have considerable health benefits beyond the presence of lycopene. 20 seeds
15 TOMATO SEED SET- $20.00
RARE HEIRLOOM & TRADITIONAL JEWELS
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A GOOD TOMATO CROP calls for sturdy stakes or cages; the best gardeners make their own cages from wire mesh, available at hardware- and builders'-supply stores. It's sturdy, and six-foot lengths of it can simply be formed into cylinders that support the plants without restricting their growth.
Concrete reinforcing wire is one good choice; the six-inch mesh is large enough to allow your hand to reach through for picking. The experts agree that cone-shaped wire tomato cages sold at garden shops often don't do the job; they're small and flimsy.
When starting tomato seeds, don't fill the seed pots full of potting mix, but fill them only halfway. When the seedlings are three inches tall, then fill the pots to the top. New roots will develop along the newly buried stem, and you will have young plants with stronger root systems.
Don't plant tomatoes too close together. Set plants six to eight feet apart; that way, grasshoppers and other pests can't jump from one plant to the next.
Rotating the crop -- planting it in a different part of the garden each year -- will lessen the threat of soil borne diseases. As an extra precaution in areas that have heavy rains and high humidity, mulch well all around the tomatoes once the plants mature, to keep the soil from splashing up onto the leaves during a downpour- grass clippings work well.
To help tomatoes through periods of drought, find a flat rock (about the size of a sheet of notebook paper) and place it next to each tomato plant. The rock pulls up water from under the ground and keeps it from evaporating into the atmosphere.
If cool weather and high humidity have spelled disaster for your tomato crop in the past, consider cherry tomatoes. Foolproof in any climate, they bear abundant fruit in high or low temperatures and in rain or drought.
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