Tomato Season

In Minnesota, the tomatoes don’t really start to ripen until late July. This year, we had a lot of rain in July and I think that made the fruits take even longer...
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Super Marmande Tomato

Seed Source: Ace Hardware (American Seed Company) Date Planted: April 7, 2007 Marmande is a commune in southwestern France, a known producer of tomatoes. They hold a festival every July to celebrate...
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Tomesol White Tomato

Seed Source: Amish Land Seeds Date Planted: March 23, 2007 Yes, another white tomato variety… three white tomato varieties, about 58 plants. But we are planting nearly 300 tomatoes, and these are...
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Pineapple Tomato

Seed Source: Amish Land Seeds Date Planted: March 11, 2007 We wanted a marbled (bi-colored) tomato for the garden this year, and were not overly impressed with the Marvel Striped tomato variety...
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Great White Tomato

Seed Source: Amish Land Seeds Date Planted: March 11 & 23 Great White and Pineapple Bi-Color were my first heirloom choices this season. The description of this tomato at Amish Land Seeds...
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Oaxacan Pink Tomato

Seed Source: Seeds of Change Date Planted: March 5, 2007 Indeterminate Oaxacan Pink tomatoes are from the Oaxacan region of Mexico. We grew these tomatoes last year, but sadly didn’t save any...
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Amana Orange Tomato

Seed Source: Our own seeds from 2006. Originally from Seeds of Change Date Planted: March 5 and 23, 2007 Indeterminate The Amana tomato is a fairly large sized orange tomato named for...
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Mikado White Tomato

A.K.A.: Shah Tomato Seed Source: Amish Land Heirloom Seeds Date Started: March 23, 2007 “Mikado” is a comic opretta by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert that opened in 1885 in London....
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