DOWLING COMMUNITY GARDEN

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Cherokee Purple 2005 Tasting Tennessee heirloom, reportedly of Cherokee Indian origin, is at least 100 years old. Large 10-12 oz. fruits are smooth with slightly ridged shoulders. and ripen to a dusky pink/purple. Anna Russian Complex flavor. Indeterminate, 85 days. Family heirloom in Oregon, originally obtained from Russian immigrant. Pink heart-shaped, 3.5” juicy fruits on wispy Cherokee Chocolate plants. Early production and good flavor. Indeterminate, 70 This variety originated in the garden of Craig LeHoullier, as a days. stable skin color mutation of ''. Sweet, slightly tart, firm but very juicy flesh. Indeterminate, 80 days. Aunt Gertie’s Gold Introduced by Chuck Wyatt, originally from Virginia, this Cherokee Green tomato produces orange 8-16 oz. fruit with rich, complex Another skin color mutation of 'Cherokee Purple'. flavor. Indeterminate, 80 days. Cuostralee Aunt Ruby’s German Green French heirloom produces huge, red beefsteaks, 1-3 lbs. German heirloom, from Ruby Arnold of Greenville, TN. Intense classic tomato flavor, consistent production, large Yellow-green fruit with a pink blush outside, bright green plant. Indeterminate, 80 days. inside. Flavorful fruits weigh 8-16 oz. Indeterminate, 80 days. Earl’s Faux Azoychka Selected by Earl Cadenhead from a sport of , this Russian heirloom produces yellow/orange beefsteaks with large, pink beefsteak rates high in flavor tests. Indeterminate, tangy citrus flavor. Indeterminate, 80 days. 80 days.

Bisignano #2 Eckert’s Polish Red paste tomato from Italy has 8 oz. heart-shaped fruits, Large pink beefsteak, mid-to-late-season. productive and good tasting. Indeterminate, 80 days. Eva Purple Ball Black Cherry 1880’s heirloom from the Black Forest area of Germany. Dark Dusky purple cherry-sized fruits have sweet, rich flavor pink fruit is smooth, 2-3” diameter, and drops from vine when characteristic of “black” tomatoes. Tall, productive vines. ripe. Productive mid-height vines. Indeterminate, 75-80 days. Indeterminate, 75 days. Green Grape Brandywine Yellow-green 1” fruits with sweet taste. Determinate, 75 days. An Amish heirloom since the 1880’s, this tomato is thought to be named for the Brandywine River in Pennsylvania. Plants produce large pink fruits weighing 1-2 lbs each, and have 2-3” fruits are yellow-green with green stripes, juicy, tangy large potato-type leaves. Indeterminate, 80 days. citrus flavor. Indeterminate, 85 days.

Bursztyn Gregori’s Altai Yellow medium sized, ripens earlier than most tomatoes. Siberian variety that originated in the Altai Mountains on the Indeterminate, 70 days. Chinese border. Tall plants are heavy producers of 8-12 oz. pink-red beefsteak tomatoes with sweet yet acid flavor. Carbon Indeterminate, 75 days. Rich, sweet flavor, medium-large tomatoes are flattened round, dark purplish-brown on the outside with a deep brick- Heatherington Pink red interior. Indeterminate, 80 days. Pink beefsteak with 1 lb. fruits, good flavor. Indeterminate, 80 days. Chadwick’s Cherry Developed by Alan Chadwick, originator of the biointensive Indian Stripe method of gardening. 1" fruits are borne in clusters of 6, have Found in rural so-central Arkansas, grown for generations; a good rich flavor and few seeds. Indeterminate, 85 days. also known locally as Indian Zebra. A strain of Cherokee Purple that developed after being grown in an isolated area. Pink fruits with green shoulders. Indeterminate, 80 days. Jaune Flamme Polish from France. 2-3 oz. Deep orange fruits grow Heirloom variety from Poland produces large, brick-red in clusters. Appears to have cold and disease tolerance. beefsteaks with good flavor. Vigorous plants set fruit well Indeterminate, 70 days. even in cool weather. Indeterminate, 90 days.

Little Lucky Red Barn Brandywine sport selected by Craig LeHoullier. Yellow and Good yields of large red fruits with mild flavor. Indeterminate, red bicolor, smaller than Brandywine but similar flavor. 80 days. Indeterminate, 75 days. Red Bird Marianna’s Peace Medium-sized red tomato Family heirloom from Czechoslovakia dating back to the early 1900s. Pink beefsteak with good sweet/acid balance and Red Grape complex flavor. Indeterminate, 85 days. This variety produces long clusters of crack resistant fruit. Tolerant of late blight & leaf spot virus diseases. Matina This German heirloom bears clusters of 2-4 oz. round fruits. Sara’s Galapagos Productive early variety. Indeterminate, 65 days. Current tomatoes on large plants from the Galapagos Islands. Indeterminate, 85 days. Nepal From the Himalayas, this variety produces medium-sized red Shuntukski Giant tomatoes with good flavor and yield. Indeterminate, 85 days. Also known as Shuntukski Velican, this is a red beefsteak that bears large tomatoes. Seed obtained from Belarus, Neves Azorean Red possibly from Adegeya, Russia. Indeterminate, 80 days. Brought to the U.S. from the Azores by Tony Neves. High- yielding beefsteak with large fruits, rich flavor. Large, Speckled Roman sprawling vines. Indeterminate, 80 days. Meaty paste tomato with 3”x5” orange-red fruits with yellow stripes, from a naturally stabilized cross between heirloom New Big Dwarf 'Antique Roman' and 'Banana Legs'. Good flavor and Cross of 'Ponderosa' and 'Dwarf Champion' introduced in production, wispy foliage. Indeterminate, 85 days. 1915. Large, pink fruit on compact (2-3’) attractive plants, suitable for containers. Short indeterminate, 85 days. Stupice From Czechoslovakia, this is an early cold-tolerant tomato that Noir de Crimee bears an abundance of 3-4 oz. tomatoes. Suitable for Russian heirloom, a dark red/purplish/black tomato with good container growing. Compact indeterminate, 60 days. taste, yield, and productivity. 4-6 oz. fruit. Indeterminate, 75 days. Tennessee Surprise Discovered in the garden of an elderly lady by Tennessee road Pepper Tomato crew workers. She had been growing it as long as she could Heirloom variety obtained from Dowling gardener Julia remember. Yellow fruit with orange red stripes, sweet, 12-16 Markus. oz. Indeterminate.

Peron Sprayless Wapsipinicon Peach Introduced from Argentina in 1951. Crack resistant, Heavy producer of 2" peach-shaped fuzzy yellow fruits. mid-season tomatoes on disease-resistant 7 foot vines. Named after the Wapsipinicon River in NE Iowa. Sweet Uniform fruits average 3-4”, and have more vitamin C than flavor. Indeterminate, 80 days. other tomatoes. Indeterminate, 75-80 days. Watermelon Beefsteak Pineapple Introduced commercially in 1958 and collected from West Large beefsteak, up to two pounds, has a mild flavor and Virginia, where it had been grown for almost 100 years by a meaty flesh with relatively few seeds. Ripens to a bright few mountain families. Large oblong shape, with pink skin yellow, often with red stripes. Indeterminate, 90 days. and purplish-red flesh. Produces 2 lb. fruits. Indeterminate.

PK Wisconsin 55 Experimental open-pollinated tomato being developed by All-purpose tomato bred at University of Wisconsin in the Peters Seed & Research that we are testing. 1940s. 6-12 oz. round red fruits, good flavor and production. Indeterminate, 80 days. Provenzano Italian heirloom produces large, heart-shaped fruits with Velvet Red meaty flesh and sweet flavor. Very productive. Indeterminate, Heavy yields of 1" cherry tomatoes, excellent sweet flavor. Blue 85 days. green fuzzy foliage, fruits are also slightly fuzzy. Indeterminate, 80 days.