Unusual red multi-berried open pollinated tomato on straggly indeterminate plants. Description A very unusual tomato this one, heavily fluted to the point where it appears to be a bunch of grapes rather than a single tomato although the individual pieces can be easily separated. Originating from Guatemala, it has a reasonable flavour and is worthwhile…… Continue reading Tomato Reisetomate Pocketbook
Month: November 2017
Tomato Red Zebra
Red/Yellow striped medium sized open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description Red Zebra is a medium sized sweet tomato. A red version of the better known Green Zebra, it is slightly more unusual, the fruits are sweet and full of flavour. The indeterminate, regular-leafed plant produces bright red fruit covered in yellow stripes (similar to…… Continue reading Tomato Red Zebra
Tomato Red Robin
Red Cherry open pollinated tomato on compact determinate plants. Description This is another of the compact determinate red cherry tomatoes (similar to Tiny Tim). The seeds came to us via a seed swap and, when we grew them (2016) produced lots of small cherry tomatoes with an acceptable taste. They are early, extremely compact plants…… Continue reading Tomato Red Robin
Tomato Red Buffalo Horn
Red elongated plum shaped open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description Elongated late ripening plum tomato trusses of four or five fruit of about 5-6 ounces. Really meaty and good for cooking and salads. This variety seems to appear from nowhere at the Heritage Seed Library where it was “acquired by chance” from Provence. Other…… Continue reading Tomato Red Buffalo Horn
Tomato – Red Berry
Red, Cherry heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description Red Berry/Cherry are identical as fas as we can make out. The trusses of fruit look the same and the taste/size are again so similar that we have decided they are one and the same cultivar. Red Berry/Cherry is a lovely sweet cherry tomato. An early/mid ripening,…… Continue reading Tomato – Red Berry
Tomato Red Brandywine
Red Beefsteak heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description Red Brandywine is an excellent tasting and very productive beefsteak tomato. A mid-late ripening indeterminate, regular-leafed beefsteak with medium-large (4-14oz) red fruits. A heavy cropper (it needs to be staked), it is supposedly named after the Brandywine River in Pennsylvania where it was introduced around 1885. In…… Continue reading Tomato Red Brandywine
Tomato Quedlinberger Fruhe Liebe
Variable sized red heritage tomato on compact indeterminate potato leafed plants. Description A very early compact indeterminate, potato leafed red tomato of variable size. Very similar in both appearance and taste to Bloody Butcher and Stupice (in fact so similar that I wonder if they are actually the same cultivar from different sources), it certainly…… Continue reading Tomato Quedlinberger Fruhe Liebe
Tomato Purple Russian (Ukranian Purple)
Purple egg shaped heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description Purple Russian (also known as Ukranian Purple) is an unusual 6 ounce, oblong (egg shaped) tomato with an excellent sweet flavour perfect for salads, salsa and sauces. The indeterminate, regular leafed plant produces a large quantity of fruit which vary in shape quite considerably but which…… Continue reading Tomato Purple Russian (Ukranian Purple)
Tomato Principe Borghese
Red/Pink cherry heritage tomato on determinate plants. Description Principe Borghese is an Italian small paste tomato full of flavour and ideal for sauces and salads. An early/mid-ripening, determinate, regular leafed plant, the cherry tomatoes are about 1-2 oz. The plant is very prolific the fruit is ideal for salads, drying and cooking. The tomatoes can…… Continue reading Tomato Principe Borghese
Tomato Pink Brandywine
Pink/red beefsteak heritage tomato on Indeterminate potato leafed plants. Description Pink Brandywine is a pink-fleshed beefsteak tomato described as having “great tomatoey flavour” and “beautifully sweet, offset by a wonderful acidity”. A late-ripening indeterminate, potato-leafed beefsteak tomato, this is possibly our favourite tomato (competes with Summer Cider). The large blush-pink fruits are 4-12oz on a…… Continue reading Tomato Pink Brandywine