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What is an indeterminate tomato? |
| Most of the tomato varieties grown by home gardeners are considered indeterminate varieties, or vining tomatoes. They continue growing and setting fruit throughout the growing season. |
| What is a determinate tomato variety? |
| Determinate tomato varieties tend to reach a fixed height and stop growing to set fruit for one large crop, usually ripening over a 1 to 2 week period. |
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Ben Quisenberry, who died in 1986 at age 99 lived in and operated a tiny mail-order seed company called Big Tomato Gardens out of a small building that had been an old post office in Syracuse, Ohio. His passion was saving heirloom tomato varieties from extinction. |
 Tomato Amish heirloom produces 6-8 oz. red fruits that are ox heart to almost teardrop-shaped. Meaty fruits are juicy and have really outstanding flavour. Good for sauce or fresh eating. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant.
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 Beam's Yellow Pear Tomato produces endless supply of 1½" pear tomatoes with great taste, ideal for salads. Indeterminate, 70-80 days from transplant.
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 Tomato Black Krim named for the Crimean peninsula in the Black Sea. Slightly flattened 4-5" globes with dark greenish-black shoulders, turns almost black with enough heat and sun. Excellent full flavour. Indeterminate, 69-90 days from transplant. Jamie Oliver raves about this Tomato!!
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 Tomato Black Plum Oval 2" fruits ripen from deep mahogany to black-brown, better colour than other blacks. Some prefer this variety for spaghetti sauce because of the nice rich colour. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant.
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 Tomato Blondkopfchen one of our all time favourites, small golden-yellow fruits with excellent sweet taste. Fruits are borne in giant clusters, enormous yields and never a cracked fruit. Bears until frost; seed originated from the Gatersleben Seed Bank in eastern Germany. Indeterminate, 75-80 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC TOMATO
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 Brandywine (Sudduth's Strain) Brandywine first appeared in the 1889 catalogue of Johnson & Stokes of Philadelphia and by 1902 was also offered by four additional seed companies, but soon disappeared from all commercial catalogues. Our best selling tomato and one of the best tasting tomatoes available to gardeners today. The seed of this strain was obtained by tomato collector Ben Quisenberry of Big Tomato Gardens in 1980 from Dorris Sudduth Hill whose family grew them for 80 years. Large pink beefsteak fruits to 2 pounds. Incredibly rich, delightfully intense tomato flavour. Indeterminate, 90 days from transplant |
Tomato Seed Broad Ripple Yellow Currant is a small cherry tomato (not a currant tomato) produces hundreds of ½" fruits. Indeterminate, 75 days from transplant
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Tomato, Cherokee Purple is a unique dusty rose colour. Flavour rivals Brandywine, extremely sweet. Productive tomato plants produce large crops of 12 oz. fruits. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant
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Tomato, Crnkovic Yugoslavian large beefsteak fruits have perfect shoulders and almost never crack. Great full tomato flavour. Heavy yields. Indeterminate. 80-90 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Tomato, Currant, Gold Rush (L. pimpinellifolium) This strain was a selection by a Dutch seedsman, chosen for its manageable growth habit and excellent heavy set of ¼" fruits borne in trusses of 10-12. Excellent tomato flavour. Plants do not drop fruit. Indeterminate, 75-80 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Czech's Bush Tomato, Sent to Ben Quisenberry in 1976 by Milan Sodomka from Czechoslovakia. Stocky plants produce heavy yields of round 4-6 oz. red fruits. May need a small stake for support. Good flavour, nice for containers and tight spaces. 70 days from transplant
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Tomato, Czech's Excellent Yellow Another great variety from Ben Quisenberry. Surprisingly strong flavour for a yellow tomato, 3" round fruits, 3-4 ounces, extremely productive plants supply a steady stream of uniform orange-yellow fruits. Great for salads, sauce and fresh. Indeterminate, 70-75 days from transplant.
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Tomato, Druzba Bulgarian heirloom translates as "friendship." Round 4" fruits are slightly flattened and blemish-free. Heavy set of smooth red fruits. Good flavour, sweet but tart. Deserves to be used more as a main-crop red tomato. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant
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Gold Medal Tomato, Listed on Ben Quisenberry’s 1976 seed list as, "Large, yellow, streaked red; firm and smooth. Very little acid. The sweetest tomato you ever tasted. The yellow with streaks and blotches of red makes them very attractive and a gourmet’s joy when sliced." One of our finest bi-coloured tomatoes. Indeterminate, 90 days from transplant
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Tomato, Gourmet Yellow Stuffer Resembles a golden pepper with seeds clustered near the top. Core removes easily for stuffing. Australian origin. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Green Sausage Tomato, Truly unique, beautiful elongated 4" fruits that are green with yellow stripes. Rich, sweet flavour. Sure to be a hit at farmers' markets and valuable in the restaurant trade. Short bushy plants do not require trellising, only a small stake, and produce fruit in great abundance. Determinate, 75-80 days from transplant
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Tomato, Hungarian Heart Huge pink ox heart, few seeds and almost no cracking. Very productive. One of our favourites for fresh eating and also for making fresh roasted tomato sauce. Brought to U. S. in 1901 from a little village 20 miles from Budapest. Indeterminate, 85 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Italian Heirloom Tomato, Beautiful, huge heirloom from Italy. Plants are completely loaded with fruits weighing over a pound, one of the most productive varieties we have grown. Excellent full tomato flavour. Easy to peel, ideal for slicing and canning, very little waste. Indeterminate, 70-80 days from transplant.
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Tomato, Jaune Flamme Beautiful apricot-shaped heirloom from France. Great for drying, retains deep orange colour. Excellent flavour. Very productive, fruits borne in clusters and weigh 2-3 ounces, about the size of a large apricot. Indeterminate, 70-80 days from transplant
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 Lemon Drop Tomato Seeds, Heavy sets of translucent yellow cherry tomatoes. Nice clean, tart-sweet flavour. Indeterminate, 80-90 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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Mexico Midget Very prolific
plants continue producing throughout the entire growing
season. Round ½" fruits give an incredible flash of rich
tomato flavour, great for salads or selling in pints.
Indeterminate, 60-70 days from transplant.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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 Tomato, Nyagous Great black tomato that is blemish-free! Cricket ball-sized fruits are borne in clusters of up to six fruits, very productive. Excellent full flavour, one of our all-time favourites. Great for markets. Indeterminate, 80 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
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 Orange Banana Tomato, One of the few
orange-coloured banana-shaped tomatoes produces heavy
yields of 2" by 4" paste tomatoes with pointed ends,
beautiful orange colour. Sweet flavour, excellent for
drying, sauce and fresh eating. Indeterminate, 85 days
from transplant
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including chillies, peppers, strawberries and tomatoes
all have been designed to give maximum flavour in a small space. They are to be grown in pots on your patio, greenhouse or conservatory
