Red Cherry heritage tomato on very compact plants. Description Received from the 2018 Seed Swap. I think I’d call this a “windowsill tomato”. The plants (in 2019) were extremely small and whilst for its size it has a reasonable number of fruits, there really aren’t very many. It was early (the first tomato in 2019)…… Continue reading Tomato Micro Tom
Month: December 2018
Tomato Moskowsi Ultra Skorospelyi
A standard red tomato on indeterminate plants Description From the 2018 Seed Swap. There was no information that I could find on the web so it was a complete unknown at the start. It turns out it is a, more or less, typical red tomato which did better than many in the poor weather of…… Continue reading Tomato Moskowsi Ultra Skorospelyi
Tomato Pink Moineau/Petit Moineau
Small Red Cherry tomato on Indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap. This page will be updated as we find out more information. The web describes it as having small currant tomatoes on an indeterminate vine. This concerned me slightly in that it sounded very similar to Peacevine which we grew in 2018 for…… Continue reading Tomato Pink Moineau/Petit Moineau
Tomato Polish Linguisa
Red elongated plum shaped open pollinated tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap, the description on the web sounds much like Red Buffalo Horn, a paste tomato. The first of these ripened in mid-September (but its been a funny year). As you can see, not particularly large (and this was the biggest…… Continue reading Tomato Polish Linguisa
Tomato Rapunzel
Red, Grape shaped Cherry heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap and therefore to be grown in 2018. It was similar to Red Berry or Christmas Grapes with a small (but not too small) grape shaped cherry tomato on trusses of 6-8 fruit. Its a reasonable flavour and so not a…… Continue reading Tomato Rapunzel
Tomato Raspberry Oxheart
Theoretically, a large heart shaped red heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description A oxheart shaped beefsteak tomato from the 2018 seed swap. Possibly similar to Cuore di Bue or Sunset’s Red Horizon but (according to the web) originates from Poland rather than Italy. We hoped that this would be a benefit to us as -…… Continue reading Tomato Raspberry Oxheart
Tomato Sallisaw Cafe
Red, Cherry heritage tomato on indeterminate plants. Description From the 2018 Seed Swap and unsuccessfully grown in 2019. Looking on the web, it sounds similar to Red Berry or Christmas Grapes depending on the shape of the trusses of fruit so we’ll update this page as we find out what its actually like. Now, that…… Continue reading Tomato Sallisaw Cafe
Tomato Tiger
A medium sized red & brown/green striped tomato Description We got this from the 2018 seed swap and will plan to grow it in 2019. I can’t find a lot about this cultivar on the web, (unless its Pink Tiger in which case I’ve grown it before). However, when we have more of our own…… Continue reading Tomato Tiger
Tomato Violet Jasper
A medium sized red & brown/green striped tomato Description We got this from the 2018 seed swap and grew it in 2019. A really dark, slightly smaller than average striped tomato it has a good taste and is excellent both as a salad tomato and for cooking (although because it was a bad year there…… Continue reading Tomato Violet Jasper
Recipe: Gluten Free Mince Pies
The other day, my better half was reading a book which said “if you’re going to eat mince pies, they should be the best available” and that the best mincemeat did not come from a shop bought jar. So, I decided I would make my own mincemeat and gluten free pastry for the mince pies.…… Continue reading Recipe: Gluten Free Mince Pies