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
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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: Fish Tagine
A quick and easy risotto that uses plenty of tomatoes and so is good during August when there are plenty of ripe tomatoes coming from the garden. Ingredients (for 4) 400+g ripe tomatoes 150g carrots 1 Onion 3 small potatoes 2 celery stalks 100g mushrooms 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp chilli flakes (or less…… Continue reading Recipe: Fish Tagine
Recipe: Tomato & Corgette Risotto
This is a very flexible recipe to which you can add more or less any of the summer vegetables you have (french beans for example) Ingredients (for 2) 400g ripe tomatoes Additional Cherry tomatoes halved 1-2 courgettes 200g risotto rice 1/2 Onion Garlic to taste 1/2 tsp crushed coriander seeds 500ml vegetable (or chicken) stock…… Continue reading Recipe: Tomato & Corgette Risotto
Recipe: Tomato Risotto
A quick and easy risotto that uses plenty of tomatoes and so is good during August when there are plenty of ripe tomatoes coming from the garden. Ingredients (for 2) 250g – 400g ripe tomatoes 200g Risotto Rice 1/2 Onion 500ml vegetable (or chicken) stock Oil for frying 1 sprig rosemary Grated Parmesan 50ml Red…… Continue reading Recipe: Tomato Risotto
2018 Update
Simple announcement, I’ve now updated the list of tomato cultivars to include those I’ve grown in 2018. That brings to 161 the number listed. 2018 has been a somewhat peculiar year, the tomatoes are early because of the weather. Which is probably a good job because I didn’t do much in the way of thinning…… Continue reading 2018 Update