I just received 17 varieties of heirloom tomato seeds. The seedlings are all planted and germinating. I plan to make tomato paste, dried tomatoes and plenty of other tomato-y goodness. Some will be planted at the boyfriend's house and some at my house -- and I may bring some containers to other friends to see how the cold weather tolerant varieties do in San Francisco.
I'm sure I'll have lots of extra plants -- if you live in Oakland, add your comment and I'll keep you in mind after we start figuring out how many will survive and how many we can put in the ground.
| Early season ("extra early") |
| Mid-season, high amino acid content, high Vitamin C content cherry tomato |
| Mid-season, very sweet, white ping pong ball size |
| Mid season, "plum lemon" w/mild sweet flavor (yellow catsup, anyone?)
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| Late season, "huge" beefsteak, fluted/irregular, 2# or more |
| Mid-season, "lime jello" color - super fruity, slightly spicy |
| Mid-season, Very productive, fruity-tart. |
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| Mid-season. "Plant produces phenomenal clusters of 20-30 very-very-very tasty gold/yellow grape-sized (1/2") cherries. Put this in your mouth and see if you can keep from smiling." |
| Late season, 1-1 1/2#, pink/purple meaty fruit, good for canning. |
| Great paste tomato, mid-season |
| Developed in 1985 for Alice Waters/Chez Panisse - these are available at farmer's markets, WF, BB and are really yum.
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| Late season. Large 1-1 1/2# beefsteak, sweet, slightly pineapple flavored - had to have these! |
| Mid-season, good for drying - supposed to be the most flavorful |
| Mid-season. Ruffled/indeterminate. Good for stuffing - and they photographed it on a Blue Willow plate! |
| Paul Robeson Mid-season. Black beefsteak tomato, good for lower growing temps. | |
| Late season. These must be staked - the plant grows up to 15' tall and produces a lot of tomatoes - "enormous amounts of meaty, 1-2 pound, 4-5-inch, red tomatoes with superior sweet flavors." I think I'll have the most trouble with this one (wrt over production) |

| Aker's West Virginia - BONUS from the TomatoFest Folks A family heirloom tomato of Craig Lehoullier's friend, Carl Aker of Pennsylvania. Originally from West Virginia. These organic tomato seeds produce a vigorous highly productive, regular leaf, heirloom tomato plant that yields an excellent set of large, 10 to 16-ounce, deep-red, slightly flattened tomatoes in clusters of 2. Fruits show little or no cracking and have a well balanced sweetness to acidity. Delicious, robust flavors. | |
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