Spring is right around the corner, and gardeners everywhere are dreaming of amazing Tomatoes...not the hopeless cardboard imposters found in most grocery stores, but fabulous, full-flavored, homegrown Heirlooms with all their quirky names, odd shapes, rainbow of colors, and incredible range of sweet, fruity, spicy, smoky flavors.
As you all know, Alex and I closed the Nursery at the end of 2021, but Spring always seems to call me back! There's just something about sowing LOTS of seeds at the beginning of the New Year that I can't seem to "retire" from. But no, we're not re-opening... We did, however, decide to throw a weekend "Two Dog Tomato Party" offering ONLY Tomatoes - 44 varieties of them! Big ones, little ones, every color possible. Of the 44 varieties, 14 are "New" to our 2024 list. We try to cover every color and type, from cherries to beefsteaks, paste to tomatillos, and each part of the growing season (See Tomatoes by Season to plan for successive harvesting), so that all our customers can find what they're looking for!
The event will be at our home base, as always:
Saturday, March 23rd & Sunday, March 24th
10am until 4pm
914 S. Cloverdale Ave.
Los Angeles 90036
** Please plan to bring your OWN BOX OR FLAT, and feel free to invite your friends or community garden members. Start saving boxes now!
** Street Parking is available, and we will accept CASH & VENMO ONLY.
** As is tradition, Cookies and Lemonade will be served!
** No Pre-Ordering (please don't ask 🙏)
** If we don't sell out, I'll announce an additional Tomato Party Day!
IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING OUR "CERTIFIED ORGANIC" STATUS:
I held onto our CCOF Certified status for the first year and a half after we closed, but it became unrealistic and overly expensive to maintain for just a single possible Pop Up per year. It broke my heart, but I had to let it go (seriously, I cried). I tried, unsuccessfully, to "pause" our status, kind of like the DMV allows you to file a "Planned Non-Op" on a vehicle you're not using, but they don't offer such a thing; interestingly, the California Organic Program DID allow me to "suspend" my account.
But the important thing is this: I promise you all, I have in no way changed the way I do production. I'm following the same rules, complying with the same materials requirements, and I'm keeping all the records as I always have. It means that much to me. And IF I wanted to become Certified again, CCOF would audit everything I've been doing in the meanwhile, anyway.
Following are the 2024 selections; all the related Tomatoes pages have been updated, but not the other pages (Veggies, Herbs, etc.), because they're not pertinent at this time. I hope you are excited about the line-up and begin to make your "list" now.
Many tomato lovers say this little beauty rivals the famous Sun Gold, and it's one of our top sellers every year! It's a family Heirloom which produces loads of small apricot colored Cherry fruits that burst with fruity sweet, robust flavors. For us, it cracked less than Sun Gold, and we're happy to offer it again in 2024!
Early-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Apricot Zebra Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
70 Days. Heirloom.
Gorgeous larger-sized, meaty cherries with refreshing, delicious flavors! This variety is distinctly apricot-colored with attractive green stripes, which fade to orange as fruits mature. It is wildly productive on vigorous disease-resistant plants!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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BLACK CHERRY
65 Days. Open-Pollinated.
The only truly black Cherry and an absolute must-grow! Plants are large, sprawling and disease resistant, and they produce nice clusters of 1" round, deep purple/mahogany fruits with sweet, rich complex flavors. Irresistibly delicious and a top seller every year!!
Early-Season, Indeterminate, Cool Tolerant.
$8.50
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Chadwick Cherry (aka Camp Joy)** NEW FOR 2024! **
70 Days. Open Pollinated.
A lovely round red cherry named after the late horticultural genius, Alan Chadwick, who pioneered the Biointensive method of gardening. Vigorous vines up to 6’, highly productive yields of full-flavored 1” fruits in clusters of six. Disease resistant and cold-hardy for extended production.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Chocolate Cherry
70 Days. Open Pollinated.
This pretty port-wine colored Cherry variety came highly recommended by one of long-time customers, and all our research concurs! Super abundant, and extremely flavorful 1" fruits grow abundantly on trusses of 8. Gorgeous to look at and irresistable! Truly a gourmet "must-try"!!
Mid-Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Evil Olive Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Open Pollinated.
Reported excellent production on these good-sized cherries. Great taste with a little spicy tang. Juicy and bit “crunchy”; excellent for fresh salsa! Beautiful shades of green, red and orange inside and out!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Porter’s Dark Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Heirloom.
Drought-resistant and heavy bearing, Porter’s produces abundant yields of pretty 2 oz plum shaped cherries that are borne in clusters of 6-10. Deep pink fruit has rich tomatoey flavors and produces long into the season.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Rose Quartz Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Heirloom.
Originally from Japan, this beautiful pink cherry variety produces large fruits in big clusters. Sweet and juicy, and perfect for snacking, salads, jams and jellies! Good disease resistance and produces well into the later season.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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SUN GOLD CHERRY
57 Days. Hybrid.
Literally our best seller every year! We always have so many requests for this lovely, super abundant, early cherry that it has a permanent place in our annual tomato line-up (and in our own garden.) Sun Gold bears long clusters of pretty bright orange fruit whose taste is very sweet, fruity and absolutely delicious! Enormous production on very tall plants!
Early-Season, Indeterminate, Heat Tolerant.
$8.50
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Sungreen Cherry
70 Days. Hybrid.
Topping the charts with one of the highest Brix scores (9) of any tomato, Sungreen is as sweet as Sun Gold, but with a lime-green color! Loads of bite-sized 2-3 oz. Cherry fruits will be tender to the touch when fully ripe. Candy-sweet with a bit of zest, and thin skin.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Sweet Million Cherry
70 Days. Hybrid.
This is a super productive and really beautiful Cherry variety that has earned her spot in our lineup year after year!! Long grape-like trusses of bright red, rich sweet fruits are dependably produced way into the Fall. This non-GMO Hybrid is a taste test winner and also one of our consistent best sellers!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate, Cool Tolerant.
$8.50
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Yellow Pear Cherry
78 Days. Heirloom.
Popular in American gardens (including Thomas Jefferson's!), Yellow Pear is easy to grow and super abundant!! Perfect little bright 1 1/2" yellow fruits with sweet, low acid flavors grow in large clusters. Great for salads and just snacking! This is a classic which returns to our line-up again and again!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Paste Tomatoes
Amos Coli
80 Days. Heirloom.
Very Rare! The seeds for this special Paste tomato were given by a Mr. Amos Coli to our supplier at the 2012 Heirloom Expo. Mr. Coli had grown this large, meaty variety for 59 of his 86 years and was looking to pass the torch. It's a true California Heirloom with a history of at least 120 years in this state! The fruits are shiny red and plump with great balanced flavors, perfect for fresh eating, sauces, canning and they freeze great. It's always a monster in our garden, and we absolutely love it!
Late-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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SAN MARZANO REDORTA
78 Days. Heirloom.
The best of the Italian sauce tomatoes, named for Pizzo di Redorta (Redorta Peak), one of the highest peaks in the Alps of Northern Italy. With fruits 4”– 6” long, it’s a larger and much-better-flavored tomato than its cousin, San Marzano. Very rich, highly productive and good enough to eat right off the vine. Can be prone to Blossom End Rot so be sure to add plenty of dolomite lime to the planting hole.
Late-Season, Indeterminate, Heat Tolerant.
$8.50
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One of the prettiest tomatoes ever! Classified in “Purple/Black” as well as “Bi-Colored” because of its high anthocyanin content. It was created in 2015 by Zbigniew Pawluczuk of Poland and is a cross between an Indigo and Blue Gold Tomatoes. Good production of 14 oz. Beefsteak fruits.
Late-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Amazon Chocolate
78 Days. Open Pollinated.
Returning after a few years off the list, we're excited to include Amazon Chocolate in the 2024 lineup! It's one of the very best tasting Purple Black tomatoes around. Lots of 8-14 oz. fruits on regular leaf plants. Flavors are rich, sweet, smokey with wine-like overtones. Beautiful texture and color!!
Mid-Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
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BLACK CHERRY
65 Days. Open-Pollinated.
The only truly black Cherry and an absolute must-grow! Plants are large, sprawling and disease resistant, and they produce nice clusters of 1" round, deep purple/mahogany fruits with sweet, rich complex flavors. Irresistibly delicious and a top seller every year!!
Early-Season, Indeterminate, Cool Tolerant.
$8.50
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BLACK KRIM
75 Days. Heirloom.
a.k.a. Black Crim, this superb Russian Heirloom hails originally from the Isle of Krim in the Black Sea. A rare variety yielding 3-4” slightly flattened mahogany-colored beefsteak fruits with deep green shoulders. Exceptional intense smokey/slightly-salty flavors. We can’t imagine our own garden without it!!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate, Cool Tolerant.
$8.50
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Brown Sugar** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Open Pollinated.
Like most Purple/Black varieties, Brown Sugar hails from Russia, and being cold-tolerant can produce long into the season. Fruits are smaller, 3-7 oz “Saladette” size, and skin has a warm brown sheen. Flavor is rich, smokey and complex.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Chocolate Cherry
70 Days. Open Pollinated.
This pretty port-wine colored Cherry variety came highly recommended by one of long-time customers, and all our research concurs! Super abundant, and extremely flavorful 1" fruits grow abundantly on trusses of 8. Gorgeous to look at and irresistable! Truly a gourmet "must-try"!!
Mid-Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
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PINK BERKELEY TIE-DYE
65-75 Days. Open-Pollinated.
Developed by the amazing Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms, this is one of our most raved-about varieties every year! A fabulous find at the 2011 Heirloom Expo! Gorgeous and early, this tomato produces sweet, rich beefsteak tomatoes weighing 8-12 oz. on average, and produces amazingly when planted "solo" in the EarthBox! Color is port wine with metallic green stripes. Plants are compact with regular leaves.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate..
$8.50
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YELLOW/ORANGE TOMATOES
Amy's Apricot Cherry
74 Days. Heirloom.
Many tomato lovers say this little beauty rivals the famous Sun Gold, and it's one of our top sellers every year! It's a family Heirloom which produces loads of small apricot colored Cherry fruits that burst with fruity sweet, robust flavors. For us, it cracked less than Sun Gold, and we're happy to offer it again in 2021!
Early-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
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Apricot Zebra Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
70 Days. Heirloom.
Gorgeous larger-sized, meaty cherries with refreshing, delicious flavors! This variety is distinctly apricot-colored with attractive green stripes, which fade to orange as fruits mature. It is wildly productive on vigorous disease-resistant plants!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
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Beauty King** NEW FOR 2024! **
80 Days. Open Pollinated.
And outstanding variety developed by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms from a cross of Big Rainbow & Green Zebra. Fruits are large, 12-20 oz., and meaty, with gorgeous orange, red and yellow stripes and marbling. Flavor is sweet, rich and delicious!
Late Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Dr. Wyche’s Yellow** NEW FOR 2024! **
87 Days. Heirloom.
One of the best yellow beefsteaks available! Large (up to 1lb or more) golden-yellow fruits are orange at full maturity. Meaty, firm and with excellent, rich, low-acid flavors. Developed by a circus owner and doctor!
Late Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Hawaiian Pineapple
93 Days. Heirloom.
Hawaiian Pineapple is worth the wait!! This variety produces huge 1-2 lb. golden-orange beefsteaks that are lovely inside and out! The flavors are rich, sweet and "pineapple-y" when fully ripe!
Late Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Hillbilly
85 Days. Heirloom.
Hillbilly is a beloved West Virginia cultivar from the 1880s. Big potato leaf plants produce gorgeous, deeply fluted bi-color beefsteaks weighing 1-2 lbs. Flavors are sweet and fruity! We loved this one in our garden last year, and we're excited to have it back for 2024!
Late Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Kellogg's Breakfast
85 Days. Heirloom.
The absolute favorite of the large orange beefsteaks! Huge, sweet, rich flavors – juicy and meaty at the same time. Gorgeous orange inside and out and one of our personal favorites! Originally from West Virginia, Kellogg’s Breakfast produces high yields of these 1 lb. + scrumptious fruits. Plants are large with narrow regular-leaf foliage.
Late-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Mortgage Lifter Bi-Color
80 Days. Open Pollinated.
This is the Bi-Color version of the legendary Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter, which we carried for years. This is our first outing with the Bi-Color, but the reviews are excellent!! Big, regular leaf plants produce 1-2 lb. marbled fruits that are gorgeous inside and out and filled with luscious fruity flavors.
Late-Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Pineapple
85 Days. Heirloom.
This consistent favorite produces gorgeous bi-colored fruits weighing up to 2 lbs. each. Red marbling throughout the big yellow beefsteak makes it one of the prettiest tomatoes you can grow! Sweet and tropically-fruity, and a good producer, it’s worth the wait!
Late Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Prairie Fire** NEW FOR 2024! **
65 Days. Open Pollinated.
With a Brix score of 10, this pretty variety is very SWEET as well as super abundant! Elongated 3” fruits with pointy tip are red with subtle gold striping when fully ripe. Harvest regularly to encourage continuous production.
Early Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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SUN GOLD CHERRY
57 Days. Hybrid.
Literally our best seller every year! We always have so many requests for this lovely, super abundant, early cherry that it has a permanent place in our annual tomato line-up (and in our own garden.) Sun Gold bears long clusters of pretty bright orange fruit whose taste is very sweet, fruity and absolutely delicious! Enormous production on very tall plants!
Early-Season, Indeterminate, Heat Tolerant.
$8.50
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Thorburn’s Lemon Blush** NEW FOR 2024! **
80 Days. Heirloom.
First presented in Thorburn’s catalogue in 1893, this variety, essentially lost for a hundred years, was rediscovered by William Woys Weaver, legendary seed saver and heirloom expert. The 4-8 oz yellow beefsteak fruits are juicy, firm, and nearly coreless, and have tropical fruit notes and perfect acidity balance.
Late Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Yellow Pear Cherry
78 Days. Heirloom.
Popular in American gardens (including Thomas Jefferson's!), Yellow Pear is easy to grow and super abundant!! Perfect little bright 1 1/2" yellow fruits with sweet, low acid flavors grow in large clusters. Great for salads and just snacking! This is a classic which returns to our line-up again and again!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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One of our personal All-Time Favorites, it's no surprise that Aunt Ruby makes the cut once again!! This superb green heirloom variety hails from Tennessee where it was grown by "Aunt" Ruby Arnold in Greeneville. The 1 lb., slightly flattened, fruits ripen to a pale greenish-yellow and will "give" to the touch. I always recall it as a great producer, and wow, the flavors!! If you haven't tried a "green" tomato variety, wait no more! The flavors of this beauty are so fruity sweet and yet a bit spicy, you'll regret not growing her sooner!
Mid-Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Evil Olive Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Open Pollinated.
Reported excellent production on these good-sized cherries. Great taste with a little spicy tang. Juicy and bit “crunchy”; excellent for fresh salsa! Beautiful shades of green, red and orange inside and out!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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GREEN ZEBRA
75 Days. Open-Pollinated.
Developed in 1985, and chosen by the brilliant Alice Waters for her Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse, this visually enchanting 2” tomato is amber with yellow/green stripes. It is always a best seller. The flesh is shades of neon green, and has a zippy/sweet flavor. Very productive, compact plants with regular-leaf foliage.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate, Heat Tolerant.
$8.50
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Sungreen Cherry
70 Days. Hybrid.
Topping the charts with one of the highest Brix scores (9) of any tomato, Sungreen is as sweet as Sun Gold, but with a lime-green color! Loads of bite-sized 2-3 oz. Cherry fruits will be tender to the touch when fully ripe. Candy-sweet with a bit of zest, and thin skin.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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STRIPED & BI-COLOR
Alice's Dream** NEW FOR 2024! **
80 Days. Open Pollinated.
One of the prettiest tomatoes ever! Classified in “Purple/Black” as well as “Bi-Colored” because of its high anthocyanin content. It was created in 2015 by Zbigniew Pawluczuk of Poland and is a cross between an Indigo and Blue Gold Tomatoes. Good production of 14 oz. Beefsteak fruits.
Late-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
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Apricot Zebra Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
70 Days. Heirloom.
Gorgeous larger-sized, meaty cherries with refreshing, delicious flavors! This variety is distinctly apricot-colored with attractive green stripes, which fade to orange as fruits mature. It is wildly productive on vigorous disease-resistant plants!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
This item is not yet available, and cannot be pre-ordered. Please wait until the item is marked "Available Now" before adding it to your order.
Beauty King** NEW FOR 2024! **
80 Days. Open Pollinated.
And outstanding variety developed by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms from a cross of Big Rainbow & Green Zebra. Fruits are large, 12-20 oz., and meaty, with gorgeous orange, red and yellow stripes and marbling. Flavor is sweet, rich and delicious!
Late Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
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Dagma's Perfection
73 Days. Open Polinated.
Beautiful bi-colored fruits of medium size, 3”, 12 oz. have juicy, tropical fruity flavors and firm flesh. Pale yellow with delicate light red striping. Named after the lovely wife of the great Gary Ibsen, founder of Tomatofest; champions, both, of Heirloom Tomatoes everywhere!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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GREEN ZEBRA
75 Days. Open-Pollinated.
Developed in 1985, and chosen by the brilliant Alice Waters for her Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse, this visually enchanting 2” tomato is amber with yellow/green stripes. It is always a best seller. The flesh is shades of neon green, and has a zippy/sweet flavor. Very productive, compact plants with regular-leaf foliage.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate, Heat Tolerant.
$8.50
Available Now
This item is not yet available, and cannot be pre-ordered. Please wait until the item is marked "Available Now" before adding it to your order.
Hawaiian Pineapple
93 Days. Heirloom.
Hawaiian Pineapple is worth the wait!! This variety produces huge 1-2 lb. golden-orange beefsteaks that are lovely inside and out! The flavors are rich, sweet and "pineapple-y" when fully ripe!
Late Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
This item is not yet available, and cannot be pre-ordered. Please wait until the item is marked "Available Now" before adding it to your order.
Hillbilly
85 Days. Heirloom.
Hillbilly is a beloved West Virginia cultivar from the 1880s. Big potato leaf plants produce gorgeous, deeply fluted bi-color beefsteaks weighing 1-2 lbs. Flavors are sweet and fruity! We loved this one in our garden last year, and we're excited to have it back for 2024!
Late Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
This item is not yet available, and cannot be pre-ordered. Please wait until the item is marked "Available Now" before adding it to your order.
Mortgage Lifter Bi-Color
80 Days. Open Pollinated.
This is the Bi-Color version of the legendary Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter, which we carried for years. This is our first outing with the Bi-Color, but the reviews are excellent!! Big, regular leaf plants produce 1-2 lb. marbled fruits that are gorgeous inside and out and filled with luscious fruity flavors.
Late-Season. Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
This item is not yet available, and cannot be pre-ordered. Please wait until the item is marked "Available Now" before adding it to your order.
Pineapple
85 Days. Heirloom.
This consistent favorite produces gorgeous bi-colored fruits weighing up to 2 lbs. each. Red marbling throughout the big yellow beefsteak makes it one of the prettiest tomatoes you can grow! Sweet and tropically-fruity, and a good producer, it’s worth the wait!
Late Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
Available Now
This item is not yet available, and cannot be pre-ordered. Please wait until the item is marked "Available Now" before adding it to your order.
PINK BERKELEY TIE-DYE
65-75 Days. Open-Pollinated.
Absolutely one of our most raved-about varieties every year! A fabulous find at the 2011 Heirloom Expo! Gorgeous and early, this tomato produces sweet, rich beefsteak tomatoes weighing 8-12 oz. on average, and produces amazingly when planted "solo" in the EarthBox! Color is port wine with metallic green stripes. Plants are compact with regular leaves.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate..
$8.50
Available Now
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Prairie Fire** NEW FOR 2024! **
65 Days. Open Pollinated.
With a Brix score of 10, this pretty variety is very SWEET as well as super abundant! Elongated 3” fruits with pointy tip are red with subtle gold striping when fully ripe. Harvest regularly to encourage continuous production.
Early Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Solar Flare
65-75 Days. Open-Pollinated,
This bright red beefsteak is a true showstopper with its beautiful gold striping and 8-14 oz. size! Lovely to look at and fabulous to eat!! Meaty fruits with full-bodied, sweet & tart flavors are borne until late in the season. That it's "Early" and disease resistant are also bonuses! Solar Flare is always a top seller!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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Thorburn’s Terra Cotta** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Heirloom.
This gorgeous, popular variety was first introduced by James Thorburn of New York in 1893 and then rediscovered by William Woys Weaver in the early 1990s. Abundant production of round fruits that blend shades of terra cotta, red, orange and brown with hints of green. The flesh is multicolored orange-pink with contrasting green seed gel. Fruits are 4-8 oz. and the flavors are rich and sweet! This is a must-try!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
$8.50
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PINK TOMATOES
Aunt Lou's Underground Railroad
82 Days. Heirloom.
An Heirloom variety carried through the Underground Railroad by an unnamed black man as he crossed into freedom at Rankin House, a well-known stop in Ripley, Ohio. He grew them in Ripley and shared seeds with others until they were introduced into the Seed Savers Yearbook in 2010. Wispy foliage produces large dark pink fruits with delicious juicy, tangy fruits. We loved this one in our 2020 garden and are happy to welcome her back!
Late Season. Indeterminate.
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Brandywine Pink (Sudduth's Strain)
82 Days. Heirloom.
One of the most beloved Heirloom variety ever, and for great reason! Huge, 1-2 lb. Pink fruits bursting with flavor. Excellent producer on large potato-leaf vines. This strain is thought to be from the original Brandywine. Always a top seller and sure to be part of our own 2024 tomato selections!!
Late Season. Indeterminate.
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Bread and Salt** NEW FOR 2024! **
80 Days. Heirloom.
This gorgeous deep Pink Oxheart-type tomato gets rave reviews in every category: Flavor, Production, Size! Originally from Russia, its name refers to the traditional gifts of bread and salt which one would bring to a special friend. Fruits are mostly blemish free, mildly sweets and meaty. Size ranges from 10 oz on up, and is abundantly produced on slightly wispy plants; stake well.
Late Season, Indeterminate.
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German Johnson
78 Days. Heirloom.
Hailing from Virginia and North Carolina, this gorgeous pink variety is thought to be one of the four parent lines of the famous “Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter”. Big leafy plants produce huge 1 lb. pink beefsteaks with excellent flavor! A personal favorite that I can’t wait to grow again!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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Porter’s Dark Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Heirloom.
Drought-resistant and heavy bearing, Porter’s produces abundant yields of pretty 2 oz plum shaped cherries that are borne in clusters of 6-10. Deep pink fruit has rich tomatoey flavors and produces long into the season.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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Rose Quartz Cherry** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Heirloom.
Originally from Japan, this beautiful pink cherry variety produces large fruits in big clusters. Sweet and juicy, and perfect for snacking, salads, jams and jellies! Good disease resistance and produces well into the later season.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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St. Teresa
75 Days. Heirloom.
St. Teresa, a gorgeous, BIG Pink, hails from Slovakia where it was grown in one family for more than 100 years, prized for its flavor and size. Seeds were sent to our friend, Gary Ibsen of Tomatofest where it reliably produces very high yields of deep pink 1 lb.+ meaty fruits with delicious, complex sweet/acid flavors. I love the Pinks, and she's one of my all-time favorites!
Mid-Season. Indeterminate.
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Very Rare! The seeds for this special Paste tomato were given by a Mr. Amos Coli to our supplier at the 2012 Heirloom Expo. Mr. Coli had grown this large, meaty variety for 59 of his 86 years and was looking to pass the torch. It's a true California Heirloom with a history of at least 120 years in this state! The fruits are shiny red and plump with great balanced flavors, perfect for fresh eating, sauces, canning and they freeze great. It's always a monster in our garden, and we absolutely love it!
Late-Season, Indeterminate.
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Aussie
85 Days. Heirloom.
This is a splendid big beefsteak variety hailing from Australia. Regular leaf plants produce big crops of 1 - 2 lb. bright red, ribbed fruits. The flavor is sweet and the flesh dense. Wonderful on sandwiches, and also makes a great sauce!
Late-Season. Indeterminate.
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Bonny Best** NEW FOR 2024! **
75 Days. Heirloom.
Introduced in 1908, Bonny Best is highly prized for canning, sauces and soups! Also a great Slicer, the scarlet red fruits are round and uniform, solid and meaty. Old fashioned, slightly acidic flavors and dependable production of 6-8 oz tomatoes has made Bonny Best a favorite for more than a century.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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CARMELLO
75 Days. Open-Pollinated.
This very popular French variety returns without question! It bears extremely high yields of juicy, 6-8 oz. red fruits with huge delicious flavors. Disease resistant and a steady producer even into cooler weather. Our personal Carmello is growing strong in its second winter. One of the most productive varieties ever bred.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate, Heat and Cool Tolerant.
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Chadwick Cherry (aka Camp Joy)** NEW FOR 2024! **
70 Days. Open Pollinated.
A lovely round red cherry named after the late horticultural genius, Alan Chadwick, who pioneered the Biointensive method of gardening. Vigorous vines up to 6’, highly productive yields of full-flavored 1” fruits in clusters of six. Disease resistant and cold-hardy for extended production.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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Druzba
75 Days. Heirloom.
Originally from Bulgaria, this lovely red variety’s name means “friendship”. Excellent juicy sweet flavors balanced with a bit of tartness and disease resistance. Heavy yields of 5-8 oz. fruits grow in clusters of 3 to 5.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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SAN MARZANO REDORTA
78 Days. Heirloom.
The best of the Italian sauce tomatoes, named for Pizzo di Redorta (Redorta Peak), one of the highest peaks in the Alps of Northern Italy. With fruits 4”– 6” long, it’s a larger and much-better-flavored tomato than its cousin, San Marzano. Very rich, highly productive and good enough to eat right off the vine. Can be prone to Blossom End Rot so be sure to add plenty of dolomite lime to the planting hole.
Late-Season, Indeterminate, Heat Tolerant.
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Solar Flare
65-75 Days. Open-Pollinated,
This bright red beefsteak is a true showstopper with its beautiful gold striping and 8-14 oz. size! Lovely to look at and fabulous to eat!! Meaty fruits with full-bodied, sweet & tart flavors are borne until late in the season. That it's "Early" and disease resistant are also bonuses! Solar Flare is always a top seller!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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STUPICE
55 Days. Heirloom.
A wonderfully popular red Czechoslovakian variety, Stupice is always in our lineup and the first to produce in any garden. Very early, and high yielding well into Fall! Continuous production of 2½” round fruits that contain big sweet flavors puts Stupice on everyone’s list! It also does really well in coastal climates.
Early-Season, Indeterminate, Cool Tolerant.
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Sweet Million Cherry
70 Days. Hybrid.
This is a super productive and really beautiful Cherry variety that has earned her spot in our lineup year after year!! Long grape-like trusses of bright red, rich sweet fruits are dependably produced way into the Fall. This non-GMO Hybrid is a taste test winner and also one of our consistent best sellers!
Mid-Season, Indeterminate, Cool Tolerant.
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TOMATILLOS
TOMATILLO VERDE
70 Days. Heirloom.
This is the hugely popular Mexican husk tomato, used to make delicious, traditional Salsa Verde. Rangy plants produce large yields of beautiful green 2-3” fruits. It’s enchanting to watch as the delicate husks form in the shape of a Chinese lantern; then the tomatillo develops inside the lantern, filling it up until it bursts the husks open when fully ripe (though still firm to the touch)! Nice sweet/tart flavors.
NOTE: Unlike tomatoes, tomatillos are not self-pollenizing. You must grow two together to ensure fruit set; if you plan to save seeds, they must be of the same variety.
Mid-Season, Indeterminate.
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