Tomatoes - A to C
All prices are in canadian dollars.
Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum, and L. pimpinellifolium)
-All tomato varieties are open pollinated (not hybrid), unless stated otherwise.
-All are indeterminate, unless stated otherwise.
Amana
Orange
Large, peach-colored fruits reaching 450 g (1 lb). Round,
slightly flattened, nice looking, quite smooth with few
cracking. Fleshy and tender. Sweet, subtle, slightly tangy
flavor. These tomatoes are very tender and are easily bruised.
But if you carefully handle them they will be fine. Around 75
days.
Packets of 20 seeds: $2,99
Amarillo Armadillo
Marvelous tomato variety with unique salmon-pink skin and incredible taste. Wonderfully rich flavor. Medium size, 5 to 7 cm, round, sometimes flattened or lobed. Beautiful orange-salmon flesh with green gel around seeds. Green shoulders fading when fully ripe. About 80 days. A real gem. Limited supply (small packet of 5 seeds).
Packet of 5 seeds: $2,99
Amish
Gold
Tennis to baseball-size, bright orange, round tomatoes, 7 to 10 cm each. Smooth, firm, well formed. Good for sauce or fresh eating. Plants do not grow very tall, around 1,50 m. 85 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
Amish Paste
Heirloom variety grown by the Amish and rediscovered in
Wisconsin. Paste type with red flesh, few seeds and renowned
flavor. Oval, slightly elongated shape. Medium size. 85 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
Ananas Noire
One of the most unusual coloration, going from dark red to green
with shades of yellow in between. Stunning. Click pictures for
details. Greenish flesh with red markings. Fruity, spicy taste
is reminiscent of both black and bicolor tomatoes. Flavor also
changes inside the same fruit. Large size. 80 days. Rare.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Aunt Gertie’s Gold
Renowned tomato variety often ranked among the 10 best american heirlooms. Bright, deep orange fruits with highly pigmented flesh. Very tender, silky and juicy. Intense, very concentrated fruity flavor. Vigorous potato leaf plants, reaching 2 m. Late, 85-90 days. From the Appalachian mountains (US).
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Aunt Ruby's (Aunt Ruby's German Green)
Big beefsteak-size green fruits with beautiful emerald gel inside. Stays lime green, even at maturity, with pink stripes. Spicy taste. Packet is 15 seeds: $2,99
Azoychka
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Baby Roma
A mini version of the popular Roma tomato, with oval-shaped fruits, around 4 cm long, with a firm texture and a nice sweet taste. These keep very well after picking and stay firm for days. They look somewhat like grape tomatoes, but a bit larger. Big clusters, single or double, of 12 to 24 tomatoes, growing on quite tall plants, easily reaching 2 m high. Mini Roma, Cherry Roma. 75-80 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Babywine
Nice looking, small plum shaped pink tomatoes. Slightly
angular. 4 to 6 cm. Firm and fleshy. For fresh eating or sauces.
Tall potato leaf plants reaching 2 m or more. Long production,
until frosts. 75 days. Rare.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Bali
Reddish pink, heavily ribbed, flattened fruits. Very juicy. Medium-small size, about 7-8 cm. Fruits must be eaten soon after harvest. Tropical variety tolerant to some diseases. Determinate. Rather compact plants (1,2 m). About 75 days. Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Banana Legs
(Yellow Banana) Determinate. Elongated, yellow fruits, 10 to 15 cm long. Compact, productive plants. Low acidity, light taste. 75 days. See also "Orange Banana".
Packet of 20 seeds: $2,49
Beauty King
Striped type with golden yellow skin and reddish stripes. Medium to large, up to 500 grams. Meaty flesh, sweet taste. Nice colors when cut in half. A cross between Big Rainbow and Green Zebra. Around 80 days.
Very limited amount of seeds.
Packet of 5 seeds: $3,49
For a similar variety, see "Beauty Queen" below.
Beauty Queen
The little sister of Beauty King (above), with slightly smaller fruits and more intense striping. Medium to medium-large. A beautiful tomato, but with sometimes a few defects. Very good flavor, fruity/sweet.
Packet of 10 seeds: $3,49
BeefsteakRed slicer, slightly ribbed, weighing 200 to 500 g. Round, a bit flattened. Excellent for slices. Juicy. Balanced taste, just enough acidity. Good yields. Old-fashioned heirloom dating back to 1882. 80 days.
Packet of 30 seeds: $1,99
Belmonte
Reknowned italian variety bearing large pink tomatoes. Beautiful fruits, with slightly to moderately ribbed shoulders. Shape goes from flattened (in very large tomatoes) to round, to almost oxheart (oval). Fine flesh, good taste. The last tomatoes of the season look nice: pale pink and with still some green. Shoulders sometimes remain yellow, even on the ripe tomatoes. Large: 350 to 500 grams. Hard to find in North America. 80 days. Rare!
Limited stock.
Packet of 10 seeds: $3,49
There is also an elongated pink oxheart named "Belmonte", and another Belmonte with red, ruffled pear-shaped fruits. We offer the large pink type, with slightly to moderately ribbed shoulders.
Berkeley Tie Dye
Striking california breed, with purplish red fruits covered with greenish stripes. Named after the well-known Tie Dye T-shirts. Flesh is green and red, and has at the same time a rich and a fruity flavor. Medium sized (6-10 cm). Round, slightly lobed. From a cross between Cherokee Purple and Green Zebra. Limited quantities (thus, the small amount of seeds per packet). "Pink BerBekeley Tie Dye". 75 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Big Rainbow
Large to very large tomatoes
blushing gradually from pale yellow to bright red. So you get
on the same plant differently colored tomatoes at the same
time (thus the name). Sweet flavor, meaty, few seeds. Can
weigh up to 1 kilo and reach the size of a grapefruit.
Old Amish heirloom. 90 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
Big Yellow Zebra
A yellow-striped tomato with a nice
zesty, citrusy flavor. Pale yellow flesh is soft and silky.
Medium to large fruits, mostly round, sometimes lobbed. Stripes
start green and then turn to dark orange-yellow upon ripening.
Aka Pork Chop. 75 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $
Black
Indeterminate variety with dark red, brownish fruits. Flavor is
rich and unique. Fruits are 3". 85 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Brandywine type with dark red-purplish skin and green shoulders. Rich, complex flavor. Variable in shape, usually round and somewhat flattened. Medium to large size. Potato leaf type. This is the original Black Brandywine, also known as "True Black Brandywine"*.80-90 days. Packet of 10 seeds: $2,49
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Black Cherry
Beautiful dark red cherry tomato with purplish hues. Click
thumbnails for larger view. Very nice flavor! Large cherry size
(cocktail tomato). Mix them with other cherry types for a
colorful display. 65 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Black from Tula
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
Black
Plum
Dark red, brownish plum tomato. Oval shape, medium size. Very
productive. Tall plants.
Packet is 20 seeds: $1,99
Black Prince
Dark red tomato with strong flavor, but a bit sweeter than the Black variety. Medium
size, round.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
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. Black Zebra
Dark crimson skin with green stripes. One of the most unusual tomatoes. For more flavor, fruits can be picked before complete ripeness. Round, medium size. 80 days. See also "Black Zebra Cherry" below.Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Black Zebra
Cherry
Cocktail size tomato with dark red skin and green
stripes. So basically, a smaller version of Black Zebra.
Tomatoes are amazingly firm, but they are also very good
tasting (tangy-fruity). Round, 3-4 cm wide fruits with
dark red flesh. Compact plants, about 40 cm high,
determinate. About 70 days. Rare,
hard-to-find
variety!
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Blondkopfchen
Multiflora type with huge clusters of 30 or 40 tomatoes each. Good quality, not prone to cracking and holds up well on the vine. Cherry-size, 2-3 cm, firm, oval, golden yellow. Productive. You can wait longer between harvests: fruits holds well and don't fall off the plant. Pick the last clusters of the season and let them ripen inside. Similar to Millefleur and Ildi. German heirloom. About 70 days.
Sold out.
Blue Pear
A blue variety featuring beautifully colored tomatoes and great taste. Wonderful palette of colors changing gradually from green to yellow-orange and then red, with dark purple at all stages. The side of the the tomato exposed to direct sunlight will get the dark purple coloration. Delicious pink flesh, aromatic and fruity, with a good balance of acidity. Remarkable taste. To eat fresh or for sauce. Variable shapes, from oval, flattened to pear-shaped. Most are shaped like a flattened pear.. Size goes from medium to large. Anthocyanin variety ("antho"). Click thumbnails for details. About 80 days.
Packet of 10 seed: $2,99
Blush
Beautiful mini saladette type featuring a yellow skin blushing with pinkish orange stripes. Nice fruity flavor. Dense flesh, not a whole lot of juice -and potentially a good yellow tomato sauce. Nice-looking tomatoes, not prone to cracking. Keeps also very well both on the plant and after harvest. It is important to let them fully ripen to allow full flavor to emerge. 8 to 16 fruits per cluster, each about 6 cm long. Looks like a yellow version of Maglia Rosa. 80 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Boars
Hoof
Nice purplish tomato, the shape and size of
an egg. Variety from California, potato leaf type (var. grandifolium). Around
80 days. Rare!
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
For a very similar type, see also below Evans Purple Pear.
Box Car Willie
Heirloom favorite with big red beefsteak fruits and good
old-fashioned flavor. Limited quantity.
Small packet of 10 seeds: $1,99
Blue Pitts
Large cherry type going from green to lavender, to dark purple, and then to pinkish red, with some intermediate shades in between. Most of the tomatoes end up turning to a pinkish red, some with a faint purple blush. Click thumbnails for details. Another Tom Wagner selection, anthocyanin type (like OSU Blue). Round fruit, 3-4 cm. About 70 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $2,99
Brad's Atomic Grape
Stunning variety with incredible looks and taste. One of the most unusual tomatoes out there. Click thumbnails for details. Wonderful taste, rich and intense, with a generous sweetness. From the breeding work of Bradley Gates in California. Clusters of 6 to 8 fruits, oval-shaped, 4 to 5 cm long. Each and every tomato displays a different pattern. Winner of Best in Show in 2017 at the Santa Rosa National Heirloom Exposition. 75 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Brad's Black Heart
Large fruits, oxheart type, with plenty of tender, juicy flesh. Delicious. Nice, rich aromatic flavor. Skin color is dark red with purplish hues. Slightly variable shape, usually like a fat strawberry. Medium size plants, about 1 m tall. Recently selected by Bradley Gates from California. 90 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Brandywine
Indeterminate variety renowned for its outstanding flavor and
its large meaty fruits. A heirloom classic worth a try. This is
the Pink Brandywine strain. 80 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $2,49
Brown
Berry
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
Burracker's Favorite
A very large bicolor than can reach almost one kilogram (2 lbs), with a nice, sweet fruity flavor. Huge golden fruits with red bellies and some marbling. From the Appalachian mountains, Blue Ridge, Virginia. 90 days. Limited supply.
Packet of 5 seeds: $2,99
Calabash Purple
(Purple Calabash)
A real deep purplish color on a heavily ribbed fruits makes
this one pretty unique. And also there is the superb flavor,
almost as if the fruits were macerated in wine. They make a
delicious sauce. Very old variety grown since the 16th century.
85 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Canabec Rouge
Limited supply (smaller packet).
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Candystripes
(Old
Yellow Candystripes)
Yellow, salad size fruits with pink markings reminiscent of those of candies. Rounded shape. Sweet flavor with good acidity. Productive plants. Packet of 25 seeds: $2,49
Carbon
Nice black tomato showing very few defects.
Remarquable rich, earthy black tomato flavor. Few blemishes
or cracking, almost perfect. Dark mahogany-purple color.
Greenish shoulders turning later on to greyish-dusty tones,
hence probably the name "Carbon". Medium to large, slightly
flattened. One of the darkest black type. Won some taste
contests lately. 75-80 days. Limited supply.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,49
Caspian Pink
Large pink tomato, well adapted to northern climates, with
excellent taste.. Large pink beefsteak, quite flattened. Up to 1
kilo. A gourmet tomato. 80 days. Very limited stock,
smaller packet.
Packet of 8 seeds: $2,99
Cherokee
Chocolate
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Cherokee Purple
Dark red, brownish tomato with green shoulders. Beefsteak size (large). Nice, complex spicy flavor, some say smoky. Cultivated by the Cherokees (1890, Tennessee). $1,99
Cherokee
Green (Green Cherokee)
Medium to large size green fruits with nice lime green pulp. Mild flavored, low acidity. Around 85 days. Limited supply. Packet of 10 seeds: $2,49
Chianti
Rose
One of
the best tasting tomato around! Wonderful aroma, delicious.
To be ranked up there with Brandywine and Pruden's Purple.
Potato-leaf type. Large beefsteak style tomato, medium to
large, with deep pink-reddish skin. Early enough to be grown
in northern latitudes, at around 80 days. Said to be
tolerant to cooler temperatures.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Christmas
Grape
(Grappe de Noel)
Tight clusters of 10 to 12 cherry tomatoes on tumbling stems.
Good for pots, but can grow more than 1 m long. Use a large pot
and make sure you have enough space. 75-80 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49
CopiaLarge, finely striped fruits with marbled flesh. Said to be a cross between Green Zebra and Marvel Striped. Large to very large (8-12 cm), round, flattened, ribbed. California. 85 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99
Cosmonaut
Volkov An underestimated variety, earlier, productive and tastier than many other reds. Old time flavor with a sharp edge. Adapted to cold or poor conditions. Does better here in Quebec than for instance Box Car Willie. Early: 65-75 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Costoluto Fiorentino
Deeply ribbed, flattened fruits used in Italy for sauce making. Similar to Costoluto Genovese below. Medium size. 90 days. Packet of 25 seeds: $1,99
Costoluto Genovese
Large, bright red beefsteaks, deeply ribbed (costoluto) and
slightly flattened. Well balanced, rich flavor. Can be eaten
fresh or to make tomato juice or for cooking. Vigorous plants,
medium size, productive. Tolerant to droughts and some
illnesses. From the italian riviera, where it has been used for
decades to make pasta sauce, especially in the Piedmont region.
80 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,99
Cream
SausageA beautiful white Roma paste tomato. Nice smooth, waxy skin, with very few defects. Mild flavor, low acidity. Ivory to cream colored. For fresh eating or to prepare a white sauce. Bushy plants are productive. 80 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99
Cuor di
Bue (Oxheart,
Coeur
de Boeuf)
Large oxheart type in the shape of a strawberry, or a top, or,
as you might have guessed, an oxheart ("cuor di bue" meaning
"oxheart"). Pink-red fruits, large size, with ribbed shoulders.
Very good flavor. Also known as "Cuor de Toro", "Oxheart",
"Bull's Heart", "Italian Oxheart" or "Oxheart Giant". 85 days.
From Italy, brought to immigrants in America in 1925.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99
Currant tomatoes (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium)
An altogether different species with tiny, blueberry-size tomatoes on big sprawling plants.
3 strains: Red, yellow and white.
Gold Currant (Gold Rush)
Currant type with yellow fruits turning golden-orange when fully ripe. Very small tomatoes, about 1 cm wide. Crunchy and firm. Sweeter when fully ripe. Stay on the vines forever. Like other currant tomatoes, this one is almost impossible to keep without suckers. It will become a bush. Picking individual fruits demands patience; it is sometimes easier to just snip the whole cluster (as seen in pictures). 75 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Red
Currant (Mini Rouge, Petit
Moineau) (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium)
Tiny red fruits on huge sprawling
plants makes this one unique. Only 1 cm in diameter. Flavor is
fruity and concentrated. From Mexico, where it still grows wild.
On the picture, left is Red Currant, middle is Matt's Wild
Cherry and right is standard cherry tomato. Tall, large plants,
needing lots of space, harder to keep them pruned and well
behaved (will often get bushy). Height: 1,5 m and more. Will
often reseeds itself. A different tomato species: Lycopersicon
pimpinellifolium.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
White Currant
Tiny white tomatoes with excellent sweet taste. Currant type, only 1,8 cm. Turns from creamy white to yellowish white. Large, bushy plants that are difficult (and useless) to keep properly pruned. So you basically just let them grow and harvest later on the little tomatoes between branches. Renowned flavor. A preferate of many tomato growers. 75 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99
Small clusters of tiny golden yellow tomatoes, about 1,6 cm in diameter. Sweet fruity flavor. Tomato shown on picture is life size. Around 70 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99
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