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).
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TEMPTING TOMATOES®
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.
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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.
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)
FRUIT TYPE: Masses of 1.5 to 2 inch
CHARACTERISTICS: The yellow pear tomato (Solanum Iycopersicum ‘Yellow Pear’ is one of the older small fruit types, first developed in Europe in 1805. This reliable, indeterminate, heirloom tomato adds flavour and colour to your culinary efforts all season long. Plants are pear shaped with lemon coloured fruits.
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®
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.
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.
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)
FRUIT TYPE: Masses of 1.5 to 2 inch
CHARACTERISTICS: The yellow pear tomato (Solanum Iycopersicum ‘Yellow Pear’ is one of the older small fruit types, first developed in Europe in 1805. This reliable, indeterminate, heirloom tomato adds flavour and colour to your culinary efforts all season long. Plants are pear shaped with lemon coloured fruits.
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