STANDARD TOMATOES 2018

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1 PRICES: Pony pack: $ in. round pot: $ in. pot: $4.49 Basket: $17.99 Key: = Hybrid, =Open Pollinated Variety *Growth habit Fruit size Description Type Large Beefmaster Beefsteak Better Boy Big Beef Big Zac Burpee's Big Boy Delicious Goliath (Original) Park's Whopper CR Improved 80 days 2 lb. Big, bright red fruit, solid, meaty, flavorful, low acidity. Good yields. VFNASt Good yields of large, ribbed, solid, meaty tomatoes, excellent for days Over 1 lb. slicing, canning. VFN One of the most popular hybrids. Plump, juicy, deep red tomato. 75 days Over 1 lb. VFNASt Smooth, globe shaped fruits; exceptional yields of delicious fruits in almost any climate or soil. Great old-fashioned flavor AAS 73 days 9-16 oz. winner. VFfNTASt Bred by Minnie Zaccaria of New Jersey. Fabulous flavor, a cross of a red and a pink heirloom beefsteak. Glossy, meaty, enormous red fruit; ideal for sandwiches and slicing; disease resistant. 80 days 4-6 lbs. Bright red fruit, firm and meaty, with superb flavor and aroma. 78 days oz. Hugely popular since Resists cracking. VFT Sweet, smooth, meaty red fruits; crack resistant; have few seeds; excellent for salads, tomato juice, and canning (requires additional 77 days 1+ lb. acid). Low acidity. 65 days oz. 65 days 14 oz. Sweet, luscious, bright red to dark pink fruits; tremendous yields in only 65 days. Grows anywhere and is very disease resistant. Excellent flavor for sandwiches, salads, slicing; great for canning. VFFNTAStTMV Highly productive, crack resistant and disease resistant vine produces large, great tasting, meaty, juicy fruit. Great for salads and sandwiches. VF2NT Medium Ace 55 Better Bush Carmello Celebrity Champion Early Girl days 8-12 oz. 68 days 6-12 oz. 70 days 8-10 oz. 70 days 8-9 oz. 62 days 6-8 oz days 4-6 oz. Red oblate fruits, thick walled, solid and meaty. Balanced taste, low acidity, tops for fresh use, canning (requires additional acid and pressure canning). VFA Large, sweet, meaty fruit on sturdy bush, excellent for containers. Produces over a long season. VFN Gourmet French tomato. Juicy fruits with terrific balance of sugars and acids. Crack resistant. VFNT AAS Award Winner; multiple disease resistance, highly adaptable. Abundant medium sized, globe-shaped fruits; crack-resistant, flavorful fresh or for canning. VFfNTASt Sweet, solid, meaty, excellent for tomato sandwiches; does well in hot, dry weather. VFNT Bright red, round slicers. Firm texture and blemish resistant skin. Early, dependable, and tasty. VFf 1 N- Nematodes

2 Early Pick Empire Hybrid Fantastic Fourth of July Glacier Golden Boy Green Zebra Jersey Boy Jet Star Jetsetter Lemon Boy Miracle Sweet Oregon Spring Patio Pink Girl Siberian Siletz Super Bush Super Fantastic Super Sioux Bright scarlet, old fashioned full tomato flavor, solid flesh. Bears 62 days 8-16 oz. fruits early, bumper crops all summer. Excellent for slicing or cooking. VF Smooth, deep red fruit with excellent flavor. High yields, vigorous 72 days 8 oz. plants, outstanding disease resistance. VFFNASt 65 days 8-10 oz. Tasty, round, medium fruit. Wonderful for canning, heavy yields. VF 49 days 4 oz. 55 days 4-5 oz. 80 days 8 oz. 78 days 2-4 oz days 8-10 oz. 72 days 6-8 oz. 64 days 8 oz. 72 days 6-7 oz. 67 days 5-6 oz. 60 days 3-5 oz. 70 days 2 in. 76 days 6-8 oz. 48 days 3-5 oz days 7-10 oz. 70 days 8-10 oz. 70 days 10 oz. indeterminate 70 days 6-10 oz. A Burpee introduction. Very early, small, bright red tomatoes with excellent flavor; plant produces heavily until frost; fruit is carried in clusters. Cold-tolerant, productive, very early variety from Sweden; 2 1/2 in. round, uniform, orange-red tomatoes are excellent for salads, slicing. ; cool Potato leaf variety. set Mild flavored fruit, golden yellow, globe shaped, very meaty. Excellent yields. Low acidity. FV Small round fruits are bright green with stripes when fully ripe (slightly soft). Incredible flavor, great for salads, salsas, canning. Delicious hybrid of 2 legendary tomatoes, Rutgers and Brandywine, combines Brandywine's fabulous flavor with Rutgers' color, shape, and high yields to produce an excellent beefsteak tomato. Globe shaped fruit, low acidity, easy to digest. Mild flavor, heavy producer, good canning tomato (requires additional acid). Crack resistant. VF Good yields of tomatoes with rich flavor. Matures very early. Excellent in salads or sandwiches. Vigorous and disease resistant. VFFNTA Lemon-like in color, far from it in flavor; fine sweet taste, a fresh addition to salads and other dishes; productive, adaptable, vigorous. VFNASt Wonderful sweet tomato, newly available after a long absence. Smooth, dark red fruit is excellent for salads, sandwiches, slicing, canning; productive and disease resistant plants. VFNTASt Early variety that sets loads of meaty, excellently flavored fruit, even ; cool in cool temps. Nearly seedless, perfect for catsup and sauces. V set Excellent container plant; produces heavy yields of medium-sized fruits that are smooth, firm and flavorful. F Heavy producer of pink fruit with rich flavor, superior quality, low acidity; disease resistant and crack resistant. VFASt Russian tomato that sets fruit in cool weather, very early ripening, great for short growing seasons. Produces clusters of round, bright red, juicy fruits with excellent flavor. Medium to large, early tomatoes on a compact plant. Fruits are deep red, have few seeds, and great flavor. V An excellent variety for containers or small gardens. Sturdy, compact plants produce pure red fruits that are smooth, firm and juicy with rich, tangy, old-fashioned tomato flavor. VFN Improved Fantastic with stronger disease resistance. Great production of large, round, red tomatoes, juicy, meaty, and flavorful. Great fresh or for canning. VFN Outstanding performance in hot weather. Attractive, red, round tomatoes, thick walled, crack-free, great flavor. ; cool set 2 N- Nematodes

3 Sweet Cluster Sweet Seedless Taxi Tim's Black Ruffles Totem Paste (Roma Type) Big Mama Fresh Salsa Health Kick Italian Gold LaRoma 111 Little Napoli Margherita Roma San Marzano 67 days 4-5 oz days 8-10 oz. 65 days 4-6 oz. 78 days 8-10 oz. 70 days 3-5 oz. 80 days 3 in. x 5 in days 4-5 oz. 75 days 4 oz days 5 oz days 5-8 oz days 2-3 oz days 5-6 oz. 75 days 3-4 oz. 80 days 3-4 oz. Closely set clusters of six to eight tomatoes, like the Campari tomatoes at the grocery, all ripening at the same time. Sweet, glossy red fruit; great yields, disease resistant. VFNT Well-balanced flavor, sweet, firm, and juicy. Virtually seedless, easy to digest. Disease resistant. VFNT Early, prolific producer of lemon-yellow, baseball-sized fruits, smoothskinned, lightly sweet and low-acid; bright addition to salsa, salads; compact plant, suitable for containers. Dark garnet-purple, heavily pleated tomatoes; a cross of Black Krim and Zapotec Pink Pleated; sweet and meaty; great as a slicer and makes a rich, deeply colored sauce. Productive plants are hardy and blight resistant. An excellent dwarf variety (18-30 in.) for containers, produces medium sized round crimson fruits in vast quantities on trusses; plants are stocky and very productive. Very large plum shaped paste tomatoes (about the size of 3 romas); meaty, deep red, sweet; great for drying, canning, paste or salsa. Very few seeds. NT Very solid, very meaty, great not only for salsa but bruschetta, sauce and canning; heavy producer of firm, bright-red tomatoes with few seeds. VFFN Heavy yields of juicy, plum shaped, delicious fruits with a high lycopene (antioxidant) content, which gives a bright red color. Perfect for salads, paste, sauces, canning. Sets fruit even under adverse conditions. Resistant to VFFTASt and more. Good yields of golden orange, juicy, plum shaped fruits high in pectin, low in seeds, held in clusters. Excellent for canning, freezing, fresh eating, and for making rich, thick, golden paste and sauces. Productive, compact, disease resistant plants. VFF Improved Roma variety offers exceptionally heavy yields of larger, tastier fruit, bright red and meaty, on stronger plants; great for sauces, salsas, canning. VFFNAStMV Compact container variety (12-18 in. high x in. wide); bright red, pear shaped, meaty fruit with tangy flavor, excellent for salads and salsas, sauce, soup, catsup, canning, drying. Generous yields. VF Versatile red saladette, thin-skinned and meaty; good for fresh use in salsa or salad, even better for cooking, and great roasted or broiled; fine choice for canning, juicing. VF Most well-known paste tomato. Bears heavy crops of bright red, pear shaped fruits. Perfect for salsa, sauces, canning. VFNT Slightly later than Roma with excellent flavor. Plant produces good yields of 3 ½ in. bright red, pear shaped tomatoes, very meaty, mild flavored. Excellent for making paste, sauce, puree, and canning. Crack resistant. 3 N- Nematodes

4 Super Marzano Viva Italia Hybrid 78 days 4-5 oz. 72 days 3-4 oz. Improved San Marzano; large, bright-red fruits with high sugar and pectin content, ideal for sauce, paste, canning; vigorous, reliable, disease resistant plants. VFNTA, bacterial speck. Exceptionally high yielder of beautiful deep red, pear shaped fruit, with solid flesh and high sugar content. Great fresh, for freezing and canning, for sauces. VFN Small (Cherry Type) Black Cherry Brandy Sweet Plum Chocolate Sprinkles Green Grape Isis Candy Jelly Bean Red Jelly Bean Yellow Juliet Lucky Tiger Mexico Midget Red Grape Sugary Hybrid Sungold SunSugar Hybrid 65 days 1 in. 75 days 2 oz days 1 oz. 70 days 3/4-1 in days 1 in. Unique variety with dusky purple fruits; rich, sweet, juicy, excellent for salads and snacking; vigorous and productive. A wonderful and unlikely tomato caused by the accidental cross of Brandywine and Sweet 100, producing pink, elongated cherry tomatoes on a potato leafed plant. Fabulous flavor, a combination of the sweetness of Sweet 100 and the complex flavor of Brandywine. Beautiful, deep red, oval tomatoes striped with dark green; rich, robust flavor; carried in clusters on a disease resistant plant. Abundant yields; crack resistant fruit. F N T Very juicy, sweet, yellow/green when ripe, carried in clusters. Perfect for sauces, salsas, green catsup, garnishes, salads. FV Multicolored cherry with red-orange-gold stripes and swirls and a star at the blossom end; sweet, fruity flavor, great yields, perfect in salads, as a snack. Grape tomato grows in clusters of 15-20; sweet burst of flavor, days 1/2-1 in. perfect for snacking and salads; vigorous plants with excellent disease and crack resistance. VFFfAStNT days 1/2-1 in. Yellow version of above. 60 days 1 oz. 70 days 1-2 oz days 1/2 in. 55 days 1.5 in. 85 days 2 oz. 57 days 1/2 oz. 62 days 1/2 oz. The first elongated, grape-like fruits, 1999 AAS Winner. Heavy yields of sweet, glossy red 2 in. long tomatoes, perfect for salads or cooking. Crack resistant, holds well on vine, resistant to St, early and late blight. Oval to oblong 2 in. fruits, green with red stripes and a red blush, red and green marbled interior, fabulous sweet-tart flavor. Ripe when yellowish-green and the stripes are dark red. Super heavy producer of trusses of tiny fruit with incredible flash of rich tomato flavor. Oval to oblong fruits are firm, meaty, crack resistant, with great texture, sweet taste, and few seeds. Long clusters of 20 or more fruits. Plants bear early and continue up to frost. TFN High yields of juicy, super-sweet fruits, oval and slightly pointed, with reddish-pink skins and light green shoulders. Widely adapted AAS Winner. Perennial winner of "best cherry tomato" at the annual tomato tasting. Exceptionally sweet orange/gold cherry tomatoes borne in long trusses. Wonderful tomato flavor, high yields, long season. Developed in England. VFFNT Golden yellow fruits, very sweet and a bit tangy, with wonderful texture. Fruits are thin skinned, but crack resistant. Vigorous plant, heavy yields. FT 4 N- Nematodes

5 Super Sweet 100 Sweet Aperitif Sweet Baby Girl Sweet Million Sweet 100 Terenzo Tiny Tim Tomatoberry Garden Tumbling Tom Red Tumbling Tom Yellow Yellow Currant 65 days 1 in. Hybrid cherry with fabulous taste. Fruits are produced in long clusters and are sweet and juicy. Extra high in Vitamin C. VFN Another amazingly sweet cherry from England (higher sugar content than Sungold!); delicious, tangy-sweet, pinkish-red fruits are carried in trusses on very large, very productive plants. Thin-skinned, crack 80 days 1/2 oz. resistant fruit. Long trusses of super-sweet cherry tomatoes, bright red, thin skinned, crack resistant. More compact and manageable than most 65 days 1 oz. indeterminates (short internodes-the space between branches). TMV Long clusters of dark red tomatoes; crack-resistant fruits with superb days in. flavor; highly productive, with excellent disease resistance. VFFNTSt A garden favorite, producing 100 or more scarlet, cherry size fruit in long, multiple branched clusters; fruit is high in Vitamin C and very days 1/2-1 in. sweet. FVNT Very early, 1.75 in., red cherry; firm and crack-resistant, with truly ; outstanding taste; dwarf, trailing plant is perfect for hanging baskets 56 days 3/4 oz. and other containers; AAS Winner in Dwarf plant for small gardens or containers, plant grows only about 15 in. high. Round, bright red, cherry size fruits in clusters are tasty 60 days 1/2-1 in. and great for salad. Beautiful, deep red, strawberry-shaped tomatoes with outstanding sweet flavor. Firm, crack resistant fruit held in long clusters; plants days 2 oz. are very productive and disease resistant. FNT Patio variety, bushy plant perfect for containers. Produces lots of tasty, bite sized fruit on trusses that cascade over the edge of the 45 days 1.25 in. container. VFN 45 days 1.25 in. Yellow version of above. South American species of tomato. Long, grape-like clusters of tiny 1/3 inch yellow cherry tomatoes, sweet, with an intense tomato 70 days 1/3 in. flavor. 5 N- Nematodes

6 Tomatillos and Ground Cherries Note: Aunt Molly's Ground Cherry Grande Rio Verde Tomatillo Green/Verde Tomatillo Purple Tomatillo Tamayo Tomatillo Tomatillos and ground cherries seem to do better when there are 2 plants, perhaps because this increases opportunities for cross pollination; in addition, it's good to plant flowering companion plants with them to attract more bees. Also, store tomatillos and ground cherries in the refrigerator with the husk on if not using immediately. Sweet golden ground cherry used for preserves, pies, over ice cream, in smoothies, or in fresh fruit salads. Fruits are produced in a papery husk that turns brown when the fruits ripen but does not split like a tomatillo husk. Often, they'll fall off the plant when ripe, and can be harvested from the ground around the plants - that's why they're called "ground cherries." Can be stored 3-4 weeks in the 70 days 1/2-3/4 in. husk. Sprawling, productive plants. 90 days 3 oz. 70 days 2-3 oz. 70 days 2-3 oz days in. Heavy yielding plant produces large, yellow-green tomatillos for salsa verde; papery husk will split as it ripens - fully ripe when the fruit falls from the plant - pick earlier for tangier flavor. Popular in salsa or picante recipes, excellent grilled before adding to salsas. For best flavor, harvest when fruits are green, before they turn yellow. Remove the thin husk before using. Tart, lemony flavor. Deep purple, sweet and tart - sweeter than green tomatillos, delicious eaten fresh off the plant, colorful in recipes. Plant leaves have purple veins; husks are light green to buff; husk splits open when tomatillo is ripe and ready to harvest; tomatillos become more purple after harvest and husk removal. Tall, vigorous plants produce abundant green, husk covered fruit. These tomatillos are very large and carried on sturdy plants; have above average shelf life (2-4 wks. in fridge); harvest when paper husks split. Sweet-tart, juicy, crunchy fruit is great for salsa, Mexican recipes. Heirloom, Tomato Companions: tomatoes reach a certain height and stop growing. The plant is compact and manageable. Most fruit is borne over 4 to 6 weeks. tomatoes continue to grow and flower throughout the season, so they grow longer vines and need more support. They have less mature fruit at any one time. Asparagus, basil, beans (? some say yes, some say no), bee balm (monarda), borage, carrots, celery, chives, cucumber, garlic, onions, oregano, peas, lettuce, spinach, arugula, marigold, mint, nasturtium, parsley, calendula, sage, thyme. are said to dislike corn, kohlrabi, potatoes, cole crops, mature dill, fennel. 6 N- Nematodes

Tomato Variety Descriptions

Tomato Variety Descriptions Ball's Beefsteak VFFT Hybrid Better Boy This is a great choice for gardeners who want to grow luscious big tomatoes but need them to mature early and stand up to the challenges