LIST OF HEIRLOOM TOMATOES
| BEEFSTEAK PASTE Anna Russian Amish Paste Big Rainbow Debarao Big White Pink Stripe San Marzano Brandywine Original Sausage Cherokee Purple Chuck’s Yellow CHERRY Dad’s Sunset Black Cherry Dr.Neal Chocolate Cherry Gigantesque Green Grape Hungarian Heart Juliet Ispolin Red Pear Italian Heirloom Snow White Kellogg’s Breakfast Yellow Pear Marianna’s Peace Mortgage Lifter Original Goliath Pineapple CHERRY Black Cherry Chocolate Cherry Green Grape Juliet Red Pear Snow White Yellow Pear | STANDARD Black Krim Black Pear Bloody Butcher Early Girl Gill’s All-Purpose Granny Smith Japanese Black Trifele Mandarin Cross Momotaro Mr. Brown Rutger’s Select PASTE Amish Paste Debarao San Marzano Sausage SALAD German Lunchbox Green Zebra Stupice |
DETERMINATE: Varieties that reach a certain plant height then stop growing, most fruit borne during a four to six week period.
INDETERMINATE: Varieties that continue to grow and flower throughout the season but have less mature fruits at any one time.
INDETERMINATE SHORT INTERNODE (ISI): Varieties that combine the controlled growth habit of a “determinate” with the production potential of an “indeterminate”.
TOMATO DISEASES
Certain varieties of tomatoes have multiple disease resistance. All the varieties listed show their disease
resistance directly after the name in abbreviated form. These abbreviations represent the following:
V =VERTICILLIUM WILT
F = FUSARIUM WILT
FF = FUSARIUM, RACES 1&2
N = NEMATODES
T = TOBACCO MOSAIC VIRUS
A = ALTERNARIA STEM CRANKER
ST = STEMPHYLIUM GRAY LEAF SPOT
TYPES OF TOMATOES
Beefsteak: Tomatoes of various shapes, ranging in size from 9 oz to 3 lbs. or more
Standard: Generally round type of fruit ranging from approx. 4-8 oz…
Paste (Plum): Generally pear or oblong (plum) shaped fruit ranging from 3-5 oz in size. Also called paste tomatoes.
Salad: Generally round fruit, approx. 2-4 oz. tomatoes perfect size for salads.
Cherry: Generally round fruit, usually one to two bites in size. Just right to toss into a salad whole, two oz and under in size.
HELPFUL GROWING TIPS…
•Tomatoes are a warm weather crop so the soil temp needs to be at least 60° with good drainage before you plant them.
•When you put your tomatoes into the ground, place ½ cup of Bone Meal and 1 Tablespoon of Lime in the hole before you put the plant in and mix around slightly, then place your tomato plant and back fill. This will help with blossom end rot, and your plant and fruits will be happier.
•Tomatoes like the soil ph level at between 6.0 – 6.7, below 6.0 will create blossom end rot and cracking of the skin.
•Put a 4” layer of mulch, we suggest “Gardeners Choice Organic Compost” on the top of ground around plants, as you water nutrients will leach down to the plant roots.
•DO NOT WATER OVERHEAD WITH SPRINKLERS; the foliage does not like to be wet. It is best to water underneath the foliage directly onto the ground.
•DO NOT OVER FERTILIZE- you will have beautiful foliage, but low to no fruit production.
•Tomatoes need at least 6-8 hours of sunlight daily for best flavor. More sunlight will make the flavor better. Less sunlight will lessen the flavor and the plant will get “leggy”.
