Heirloom Varieties Currently In Production
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Aunt Ruby's German Green Heirloom beefsteak variety from Ruby Arnold of Greeneville, Tennessee who passed away in 1997. Slightly flattened, 1 lb. fruit that ripens to a pale greenish-yellow ("lime jello green") with a slight pink blush that extends to the inside. Superb, fruity sweet and slightly spicy taste. |
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Chadwick Cherry Possibly the best overall cherry tomato around. Named after the late master gardener, Alan Chadwick, originator of the biointensive method of gardening. Flavorful, 1-inch, red fruits excellent for salads and snacks. |
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Cherokee Purple Tomatoes have a sweet rich flavor and turn deep pink with purplish tint and green shoulders. Grown over 100 years ago by the Cherokee Indians. A heirloom variety from Tennessee, USA. |
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Juane Flamme — One of our Favorites! An old French variety. A fabulous fresh-eating tomato with an explosive, intense flavor that shines through any salad dressing with ease. The outer walls are thick and meaty, with just enough juice to provide a full-bodied, citrus-like flavor that surprises all who try it for the first time. The yellow-orange skin yields to beautiful red-mottled flesh inside. Excellent for fresh salads, but it reaches its full potential as a drying tomato. |
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Mortgage Lifter An improved version of the famous classic. 10-14 oz. luscious, meaty, dusky pink tomatoes with few seeds and are the perfect sandwich tomato all summer long. In the 1940s, "Radiator Charlie" sold seedlings for $1 each and paid off his $6,000 mortgage! |
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Riesentraube (REE-zehn-TROU-beh) The name of this heirloom variety from East Germany means "giant bunch of grapes." These excellent flavored cherries are borne in bunches of 20-35 small, oval, red fruits with pointed ends. |
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| Russian Persimmon One pound yellowish-orange tomatoes. The flavor is also outstanding, with significantly more acid than in most yellow tomatoes. Excellent for salads and sandwiches. An heirloom variety from Russia. |
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Wild Galapagos This is one of two wild tomato species endemic to the Galapagos. This small grape sized yellow-orange tomato was found growing right along the seafront, just feet from the ocean in rocky, exposed and in almost soilless conditions. The fruit is intensely sweet, salty and complex. |
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