Tomato – Beams Yellow Pear

Yellow – Pear shaped Cherry tomato on Indeterminate Plants From the 2019 Seed Swap, grown in 2021. A Yellow, pear shaped large cherry tomato, not much like anything we’ve grown before. Its a bit large to use as a salad tomato but its a good flavour and, being a slightly unusual shape, is fun to…… Continue reading Tomato – Beams Yellow Pear

Tomato Halms Gelbe (Hahms Gelbe)

I’ve called this Halms Gelbe, but there is a good chance it is actually Hahms Gelbe and I’ve just mis-read the label on the packet (since discarded so I can’t check). Description One of the new 2018 cultivars and (in May) nothing to report on what the fruit look/taste like. However, the plant is stocky…… Continue reading Tomato Halms Gelbe (Hahms Gelbe)

Tomato Garden Pearl (Gartenperle)

Pink/Red Cherry heritage tomato on Determinate plants. Description Garden Pearl (also known as Gartenperle) is an unusual coloured cherry tomato. An early ripening, determinate, regular leafed tomato, one of the best varieties for hanging baskets and patio tubs. Pink to rosy red, small, bite sized fruits produced in cascades over a long cropping season. The…… Continue reading Tomato Garden Pearl (Gartenperle)

Tomato Chadwick Cherry (Camp Joy)

A red, large cherry heritage tomato on Indeterminate plants. Description Developed by Alan Chadwick (an English tomato breeder and founder of the CCOF – California and Organic Farming Organisation) in Santa Cruz California in the 1960s. This small to medium cherry tomato is similar to Gardener’s Delight and grows well under many conditions. Its supposedly…… Continue reading Tomato Chadwick Cherry (Camp Joy)

Tomato Brown Sugar

A brown/green striped standard sized open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description The web describes this as a Russian commercial variety introduced into North America in 2000. Whilst it sounds similar to Purple Russian, our experience is that it is very different. The mainly brown (but with green stripes) fruit are of medium size (3-4…… Continue reading Tomato Brown Sugar

Tomato Brown Berry

A dark brown cherry heritage tomato on Indeterminate plants. Description Brown Berry is a cherry tomato with fantastic smokey/sweet flavoured juicy little fruits that hang in swathes on the vine. A mid-ripening, indeterminate, regular-leafed, round, brown tomato which doesn’t seem to split, whatever you do, Brown Berry adds colour and flavour to salads and is…… Continue reading Tomato Brown Berry