TOMATO VARIETIES

TOMATO VARIETIES 2023


ANAHEIM


PEPPER TYPE:  Mild


SCOVILLE HEAT UNITS (SHU):  500-2500

 

CHARACTERISTICS:  The Anaheim is normally a very mild hot pepper. It is very versatile and family friendly, even for people who typically don’t like spicy foods. It has only a slight pop and a mild fruity sweetness that people enjoy. 74-76 days.

BEEFMASTER

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: A bigger-than-life variety you will admire and enjoy. Mouth watering giant red tomato routinely produces pound-sized fruit. Flavour is mild and sweet. 80 days.

Resistance (V), (F),(N).

BETTER BOY

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: High yield of smooth skinned, large fruit. Excellent classic tomato flavor with just the right balance of acid and sugar. This is great slicing tomato. 70-75 Days.

RESISTANT: (V),(F),(N).

BIG BEEF

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing


CHARACTERISTICS: Nice early variety will set fruit reliably. A large, beefsteak-type tomato that is delicious, early to bear, and highly resistant. 73 days.

RESISTANT: (V),(F),(N) 1 and 2, (N), (ALT), (ST) and (TMV).

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


BELLINI

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cocktail


CHARACTERISTICS: Bellini is a super easy, rewarding tomato to grow. Growth habit is long clusters of bright orange, large cocktail sized tomatoes from summer into fall. A high sugar, low acid balance gives the fruit amazing flavour and resistance to cracking and disease.  

BRANDYWINE RED

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: Flavourful but not acidic, it is a large-lobed, beefsteak-shaped tomato with a thin, pinkish-red skin. Very vigorous. Best if staked, caged, or trellised. Perfect for slicing. 85 days.

BURPEE BIG BOY

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: These vigorous plants are a vegetable gardener’s favourites, yielding its incredible productivity and gorgeous, large (8 to 9 oz/226 to 255 g) scarlet fruit with firm, smooth, red fruit, great flavour and excellent quality. 78 days.

CELEBRITY

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: Vines bear clusters of large tomatoes that are prized for their flavour. This is a great, all-round, dependable choice for your “basic” tomato needs. 70 days.

CHEROKEE PURPLE

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS:  Cherokee Purple is the name of an old variety of tomato that develops a fruit with a deep dusky rose colour while maintaining a somewhat greenish hue near the stem when mature for eating. Heirloom variety. The rich, dark colour and unmatched sweetness provide a rich flavour for sandwiches and salads. 80-90 days.

EARLY GIRL

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing


CHARACTERISTICS: One of the earliest indeterminate varieties. All-round good tomato for slicing, salads, or munching. Bears lots of fruit for early harvest. Because the vines are indeterminate, they continue to produce through summer. 50 days.

FANTASTICO

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Mini plum


CHARACTERISTICS: Grape-style tomato does well in baskets or hangers. Super sweet fruits grow on compact 15” plants that hang with abundant fruit. Excellent tolerance to late blight. 50 days.

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


GOODHEARTED®

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry


CHARACTERISTICS: This compact cherry size tomato has been hailed as a breakthrough. It is perfectly sized for growing in a container on your patio. It produces tons of ripe tomatoes. Tomatoes present prominently. Juicy fruits have a tender skin and perfect sweet to acid balance, with a Brix value of about 9. The somewhat heart-shaped tomatoes are fun and interesting. They look especially cool when sliced in half, which shows off the heart-shape to best effect. The tomato shape helps this veggie be ornamental as well as yummy. These plants will produce tomatoes for extended periods of time and thrive in heat and humidity. 65-72 days.

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


GARDEN TREASURE

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicer


CHARACTERISTICS: Developed to have true heirloom taste, with modern disease resistance and high yield of large fruit. It performs well in heat and humidity. It has a smooth, balanced flavour and is delicious in salads and sauces. This tomato will produce fruit for an extended period. This new version includes Late blight Resistance. 70-75 days.

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


PATIO SUNSHINE

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry


CHARACTERISTICS: This perfectly petite tomato is a great option for small spaces. No room? No problem! This little determinate tomato packs a whole lot of flavour into just over one square foot—the perfect size for patio pots. 100 or more, bright yellow 1 inch round tomatoes appear early in the season on this disease resistant plant. Its mildly sweet, sightly acidic fruits ripen for harvest in a quick 45 days.

RED PROFUSION

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry 


CHARACTERISTICS: Red Profusion tomato is a trailing tomato that produces many scarlet pop-in-your-mouth fruits. They grow rapidly all over the plant and its shape is ideal for growing in a large hanging basket or other container.  This bush cherry tomato forms a neat and compact plant with a superb branching habit. 47 days.

SUGAR RUSH

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry


CHARACTERISTICS: One of the sweetest varieties available! Fast maturing plant produces all season, right from day 55! Ideal for fresh, crunchy snacks. 55 days

RESISTANCE: (F), (TMV)

SUN SUGAR

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Snacking and salads


CHARACTERISTICS: The ultimate cherry tomato, very sweet, yet capturing tangy true tomato flavor. The deep golden-yellow, 1/2 ounce fruits are very crack resistant which is quite remarkable considering their very thin skin. Vigorous, indeterminate plants set fruit early and in huge quantities.

SWEET MILLION

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry 1 inch


CHARACTERISTICS: Bright red cherry tomatoes with masses of tomatoes on long trusses that mature early and deliver amazing clusters of tiny delicious, sweet fruit. Extremely vigorous and needs lots of support. Pruning may be required in smaller areas. 60-62 days.


AMISH PASTE


VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Plum


CHARACTERISTICS: Roma style. Vines continuously produce small clusters of large (up to 8oz.) deep red fruit that are nearly seedless. Great for saucing throughout the season with world-class flavor and a steady yield. 70-75 days.

BEEFMASTER


VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: A bigger-than-life variety you will admire and enjoy. Mouth watering giant red tomato routinely produces pound-sized fruit. Flavour is mild and sweet. 80 days.

Resistance (V), (F),(N).

BETTER BOY

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: High yield of smooth skinned, large fruit. Excellent classic tomato flavor with just the right balance of acid and sugar. This is great slicing tomato. 70-75 Days.

RESISTANT: (V),(F),(N).

BIG BEEF

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing


CHARACTERISTICS: Nice early variety will set fruit reliably. A large, beefsteak-type tomato that is delicious, early to bear, and highly resistant. 73 days.

RESISTANT: (V),(F),(N) 1 and 2, (N), (ALT), (ST) and (TMV).

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


BELLINI

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cocktail


CHARACTERISTICS: Bellini is a super easy, rewarding tomato to grow. Growth habit is long clusters of bright orange, large cocktail sized tomatoes from summer into fall. A high sugar, low acid balance gives the fruit amazing flavour and resistance to cracking and disease.

BRANDYWINE RED

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: Flavourful but not acidic, it is a large-lobed, beefsteak-shaped tomato with a thin, pinkish-red skin. Very vigorous. Best if staked, caged, or trellised. Perfect for slicing. 85 days.

BURPEE BIG BOY

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: These vigorous plants are a vegetable gardener’s favourites, yielding its incredible productivity and gorgeous, large (8 to 9 oz/226 to 255 g) scarlet fruit with firm, smooth, red fruit, great flavour and excellent quality. 78 days.

CELEBRITY

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS: Vines bear clusters of large tomatoes that are prized for their flavour. This is a great, all-round, dependable choice for your “basic” tomato needs. 70 days.

CHEROKEE PURPLE

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing/Beefsteak


CHARACTERISTICS:  Cherokee Purple is the name of an old variety of tomato that develops a fruit with a deep dusky rose colour while maintaining a somewhat greenish hue near the stem when mature for eating. Heirloom variety. The rich, dark colour and unmatched sweetness provide a rich flavour for sandwiches and salads. 80-90 days.

EARLY GIRL

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicing


CHARACTERISTICS: One of the earliest indeterminate varieties. All-round good tomato for slicing, salads, or munching. Bears lots of fruit for early harvest. Because the vines are indeterminate, they continue to produce through summer. 50 days.

FANTASTICO

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Mini plum


CHARACTERISTICS: Grape-style tomato does well in baskets or hangers. Super sweet fruits grow on compact 15” plants that hang with abundant fruit. Excellent tolerance to late blight. 50 days.

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


GARDEN TREASURE

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Slicer


CHARACTERISTICS: Developed to have true heirloom taste, with modern disease resistance and high yield of large fruit. It performs well in heat and humidity. It has a smooth, balanced flavour and is delicious in salads and sauces. This tomato will produce fruit for an extended period. This new version includes Late blight Resistance. 70-75 days.

PROVEN WINNERS®

TEMPTING TOMATOES®


PATIO SUNSHINE

Solanum lycopersicum

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry


CHARACTERISTICS: This perfectly petite tomato is a great option for small spaces. No room? No problem! This little determinate tomato packs a whole lot of flavour into just over one square foot—the perfect size for patio pots. 100 or more, bright yellow 1 inch round tomatoes appear early in the season on this disease resistant plant. Its mildly sweet, sightly acidic fruits ripen for harvest in a quick 45 days.

RED PROFUSION

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry 


CHARACTERISTICS: Red Profusion tomato is a trailing tomato that produces many scarlet pop-in-your-mouth fruits. They grow rapidly all over the plant and its shape is ideal for growing in a large hanging basket or other container.  This bush cherry tomato forms a neat and compact plant with a superb branching habit. 47 days.

SUGAR RUSH

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry


CHARACTERISTICS: One of the sweetest varieties available! Fast maturing plant produces all season, right from day 55! Ideal for fresh, crunchy snacks. 55 days

RESISTANCE: (F), (TMV)

SUN SUGAR

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Snacking and salads


CHARACTERISTICS: The ultimate cherry tomato, very sweet, yet capturing tangy true tomato flavor. The deep golden-yellow, 1/2 ounce fruits are very crack resistant which is quite remarkable considering their very thin skin. Vigorous, indeterminate plants set fruit early and in huge quantities.

SWEET MILLION

 

VINE TYPE: Indeterminate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry 1 inch


CHARACTERISTICS: Bright red cherry tomatoes with masses of tomatoes on long trusses that mature early and deliver amazing clusters of tiny delicious, sweet fruit. Extremely vigorous and needs lots of support. Pruning may be required in smaller areas. 60-62 days.

TOMATO TUMBLER

 

VINE TYPE: Determinate


FRUIT TYPE: Cherry up to 1.5 inch


CHARACTERISTICS: 48 days. Great yield with up to six pounds of fruit. Super tasty snacking variety to keep close to your lounging area!

RESISTANCE: (F)

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