| Abe Lincoln Improved |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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A hybrid of the original Buckabee’s Abraham Lincoln. A mild tasting, heavy yielder that became the standard of excellence by which tomatoes have been judged for decades. Fine flavor and vigorous growth habit. 8 oz. fruit are bright red, globe-shaped.
Indeterminate.
| Amish Salad |
Cluster/Grape Type
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This pink, grape-shaped Amish heirloom produces loads of crunchy cherries that are sweet and tasty. Plant produces high yields of flavorful 2 oz round pink cherry tomatoes. The tomatoes are very sweet and grow in clusters of 6. Excellent for salads, snacks, sauces, and drying. Tomatoes last almost forever on the vines.
Indeterminate.
| Abe Lincoln Improved |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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A hybrid of the original Buckbee’s Abraham Lincoln. A mild tasting, heavy yielder that became the standard of excellence by which tomatoes have been judged for decades. Fine flavor and vigorous growth habit. 8 oz. fruit are bright red, globe-shaped.
Indeterminate.
| Amish Paste |
Plum/Italian Paste Type
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Amish heirloom discovered in Wisconsin. Giant, blocky Roma-type tomatoes have delicious red flesh that is perfect for paste and canning. Produces 6-8 oz. red fruits that are oxheart to almost teardrop-shaped. Meaty fruits are juicy and have really outstanding flavor. Good for sauce or fresh eating.
Indeterminate
| Black Krim |
Black/Purple Medium Beefsteak
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Originally from the Isle of Krim on the Black Sea in the former Soviet Union. 8 oz fruit are 3-4” with dark, deep red mahogany (almost a shiny black) with heavy green shoulders. Interior is a deep, reddish-green color. Sweet and tasty with a slight salty flavor. Matures early.
Indeterminate.
| Black Prince |
Black/Purple Small Beefsteak
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Another genuine Russian treasure! Originated in Irkutsk, Siberia. Its small to medium, oval fruits are very juicy and ripen to a beautiful, deep garnet red color. 5 oz fruit are about 2" in diameter, are uniform and blemish-free. Their green flesh contrasts appealingly with the exotic skins.
Indeterminate.
| Bloody Butcher |
Cluster Type
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Very early and high yielding variety. Great full tomato flavor and exceptional dark red color. Fruits are borne in clusters and average 4 oz. Rich red colored skin and pulp with excellent flavor.
Indeterminate.
| Box Car Willie |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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Thought to have been named after the legendary country singer. An heirloom variety from the USA. Plant produces heavy yields of 10 oz red tomatoes. Tomatoes have the old fashioned tomato flavor and turn to red when mature. Crack Resistant. Disease Resistant.
Indeterminate.
| Cuor di Bue |
Oxheart Beefsteak Type
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This Oxheart type Italian heirloom from Italy. The name means “Beef Heart” in Italian. Deliciously sweet red heart-shaped 12 oz medium size tomato. Meaty, excellent slicer, high yields. Great for fresh eating or cooking. Large vigorous vines.
Indeterminate.
| Delicious |
Large Beefsteak Type
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This tomato was developed many years ago by Burpee's from "Beefsteak" tomato, after 13 years of selection for smoother fruit. This really big tomato produces huge 1-to 3-lb fruit that are fairly smooth for a giant tomato, and, as the name implies, these are delicious! In 1986 it set the world record for weight, with a giant 7 lb 12 oz fruit!
Indeterminate.
| Druzba |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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Bulgarian heirloom. Translates as "friendship". Round 4"- 12 oz fruits are slightly flattened and blemish-free. Heavy set of smooth red fruits. bright red with pink- gold shoulders. High acid content. Good flavor, sweet but tart.
Indeterminate
| Dutchman |
Large Beefsteak Type
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The Dutchman tomato is an extremely old variety that dates back to at least the 1920's. By WW2, the variety had all but disappeared and was maintained only by a single family. This wonderful heirloom tomato is a producer of huge, solid tomatoes of a purple pink color with a sweet flavor. The tomatoes weigh up to three pounds.
Indeterminate
A Burpee exclusive variety. Be the first on your block to have vine ripened red, luscious tomatoes by the Fourth of July. Deep red, rich flavored, 4 oz. fruits ripen extra early in clusters on high yielding plants. Harvest in 49 days.
Indeterminate.
| Garden Peach |
Yellow Cluster Type
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Offered under a variety of names to American gardeners since the middle 1800’s. Abundant clusters of 2” yellow tomatoes with a pink blush when fully ripe. Skin is somewhat fuzzy resembling a peach and the flavor is sweet and fruit-like. Outstanding flavor, rarely cracks.
Indeterminate.
| German Strawberry |
Oxheart Type
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Distinctive in appearance, excels in flavor. This German heirloom resembles a strawberry in color and shape, though much larger! 'German Red Strawberry' is excellent in salads and is the quintessential sandwich tomato. It is meaty with a scant amount of seeds and juice, and the spectrum of flavor components runs broad and deep. Fruits average 10 oz. in weight and average 3". Shoulders smooth to slightly ribbed and slower to ripen. Plants average 5-1/2’ at maturity with open growth habit and light foliage cover.
Indeterminate.
| Giant Valentine |
Plum/Italian Paste Type
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Plant produces good yields of 10 oz deep red heart shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes are very flavorful and very juicy. It is a cross between a paste tomato and an oxheart tomato. Excellent for salads and making tomato paste. Disease Resistant
Indeterminate.
| Huge Lemon |
Beefsteak Type
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Gigantic, 12-16 oz, glowing, pale yellow beefsteak fruit have a very sweet, good taste. This heirloom was introduced to Seed Savers Exchange by M.D. Gonzales of Waynesville, Ohio. A fine variety that yields well. It is uniform with few cracks.
| Isis Candy |
Cherry/Grape Type
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Gorgeous fruits are marbled with red. Rich flavor is a complex blend of sweetness and fruitiness. Each fruit has a spectacular cat’s eye starburst on the blossom end. Plants are loaded with 1½" fruits on short trusses in double rows of 6-8.
Indeterminate
| Japanese Black Trifele |
Black/Purple Type
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Originally, a stock of red pear shaped tomatoes were imported from to the former Soviet Union. Japanese Black Trifele features an absolutely wonderful flavor that possesses an extraordinary richness. Unlike many other black varieties, the tomatoes yielded are blemish free and are not subject to cracking. It's an 8 oz., pear-shaped, mahogany-black tomato with green shoulders.
Determinate
| Legend |
Large Beefsteak Type
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Introduced by Dr. James Baggett at Oregon State University, this very early variety sets large 8-16 oz fruit that are glossy red and round with a very good flavor that is a nice blend of sugars and acids. Legend has strong resistance against the late blight fungus, a problem that has thwarted many a tomato gardener. It sets fruit well under cool temperatures, and contains few seeds.
Determinate
| Malakhitovaya Shkatulka |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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The translated name means "Malachite Box," named after the lovely green boxes that are made from this mineral that comes from the Ural mountains and other areas. This early, light-to-olive green, medium-sized tomato has succulent bright green flesh that is very flavorful and tasty. Plants are productive even in the North, as this variety was developed at Svetlana Farm in Russia, and it has been tested in Siberia! How about making some green ketchup?
Indeterminate.
| Mortgage Lifter |
Large Beefsteak Type
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A family heirloom variety from West Virginia.. This variety was developed in the 1930's by Mr. Byles of Logan, WV to help pay off his home mortgage. He was able to pay off his mortgage in 6 years by selling the tomato plants. He crossed German Johnson, Beefsteak, and Italian & English varieties to come up with this unique variety. Plant produces good yields of 1 to 2 lb beefsteak tomatoes. Tomatoes have a sweet rich flavor and turn deep pink when mature. Excellent for slicing and salads. Disease Resistant
Indeterminate
| Mule Team |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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Medium sized plants produce perfect 8 oz red globes that have very little cracking, making this a good choice for market growers. The fruit have a sweet but acid flavor; a good all-around standard red variety. Good resistance to heat and disease, and the vines bear heavily over a long season. An heirloom variety from Joe Bratka.
Indeterminate
| Opalka |
Plum/Italian Paste Type
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Brought to Amsterdam, New York around 1900 from Poland. Phenomenal set of red plum shaped tomatoes with excellent fresh flavor. Very few seeds, great tomato for processing. Fruits hold well on the vine. Wispy, vigorous vines.
Indeterminate
| Orange Fleshed Purple Smudge |
Medium Bicolor Beefsteak
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A unique tomato! Stunning tomato is a vibrant, tangerine-orange with shocking true purple splashed in various amounts over its upper half. Ornate fruit with flattened shape, ribbing and brilliant color! This is one of the few domestic tomatoes that have true purple pigment. These have a nice sweet, mild and fruit-like taste that make them good for snacking or cooking. Fruit weighing 4-10 ounces that tended to get more purple as the season progressed.
Indeterminate.
| Persimmon |
Yellow/Orange Bicolor Beefsteak
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Beautiful persimmon colored, rose-orange fruits range between 12 and 16 oz., though early fruits can weigh up to 2 lbs. Ripens from the blossom end to the softly dented light green shoulders, gradually acquiring a rose orange hue. Vines are vigorous, well branched and produce 1 to 2 fruits per flower cluster.
Indeterminate
| Pineapple |
Yellow/Orange Bicolor Beefsteak
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An heirloom variety from the USA. Plant produces good yields of extra large 2 lb yellow tomatoes with red streaks both on the outside and inside. The tomato is very flavorful. Plant bears an abundant crop all season long.
Indeterminate.
| Riesentraube |
Cherry/Grape Type
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Originally from East Germany, it also may have been grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch as early as 1855. 'Riesentraube' translates from the German as "giant bunch of grapes". One of 'Riesentraube's' outstanding features is the large number of flowers produced per cluster (up to 350 flowers!). Flower clusters appear as compact floral sprays giving rise to large tomato we have grown. The cherry-sized tomatoes approximately 3/4 oz. Distinctive red fruits have a rounded pear shape with sharp pointed end. Vine growth is compact, highly branched, with good foliage cover for developing fruits. The red fruits have excellent full-flavor similar to that found in flavorful beefsteak tomatoes. An excellent salad tomato, great for snacks.
Indeterminate
| Royal Hillbilly |
Large Beefsteak Type
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Very large fruit are exquisitely flavored, being sweet with just enough tang to make them perfect. A beefsteak, 10-16 oz, is reddish/pink shading to violet and has a thin, tender skin, uniform shape and wonderfully complex tangy/smooth taste.
Indeterminate.
| St. Pierre |
Large Beefsteak Type
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A beautiful French heirloom. The tender fruits have a full, rich tomato flavor and are large in size, 8-16 oz, great for canning or fresh eating. They are deep red and excellent producers, even in bad conditions. Popular in Europe.
One of the best early tomatoes. Dwarf, determinate plants produce unbelievable yields of perfectly round shaped, 8-12 oz. fruit that are loaded with old-time tomato flavor and are very sweet. This variety is perfect for slcicng. Developed by Dr. James Baggett, Oregon State University.
Determinate
| Thessaloniki |
Medium Beefsteak Type
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Greek tomato that was introduced to the USA in the 1950’s by Glecklers Seedsmen, of Ohio. It is a popular 7-10 oz, red uniform fruit with excellent flavor, high yields and disease and crack resistance. An early variety perfect for canning and it keeps well.
Indetermnate.
| Tigerella |
Cherry/Grape Type
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Originated in England. Tasty 2” round fruit are bright red with orange stripes. The 4-6 oz tomatoes are quite beautiful. The yields are high even in cool summers and it starts producing very early. It also has good disease resistance. So smooth, so pretty!
Indeterminate.
This fine heirloom comes from Iowa. Large, round, smooth fruit are nearly perfect in shape, being a brilliant tangerine color. A super fancy-looking variety that has an incredible rich and sweet complex flavor that is among the best.
Indeterminate.
An amazing heirloom that is bursting with fragrance and natural goodness that's hard to beat. The cream-colored fruit are beautiful, smooth and weigh about 8 oz. each that both sweet and rich. The vines set heavy yields of this rare treasure that is sure to become a favorite of gourmet growers. Indeterminate.
Our Seed & Description Sources:
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company
rareseeds.com
www.totallytomato.com
