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... Read More
Dehydrated Prize of the Trials
The Prize of the Trials Cherry Tomato is probably my favorite tomato to grow… and to eat. Even our terribly blighted tomato plants have been producing these like crazy this summer. They... Read More
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... Read More
Sabre Ukrainian Tomatoes
Seed Source: Amish Land Seeds Date Planted: March 23, 2007 Amish Land Seeds claims to be the only US Source for this paste tomato! The Sabre Ukrainian tomatoes are very large paste... Read More
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... Read More
World’s Miracle Tomato
Seed Source: Amish Land Seeds Date Planted: March 23, 2007 We chose two paste tomatoes from Amish Land Seeds this year: Sabre Ukrainian and World’s Miracle. Both are from the Ukraine, and... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Prize of the Trials Cherry Tomato
Seed Source: Seeds of Change Date Planted: March 5 & 23, 2007 Indeterminate We grew these nearly-perfect orange cherry tomatoes last year, and loved them so much we just couldn’t resist for... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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.... Read More