Rusty’s Heirloom Tomatoes – 2020 Tomato Plants for Sale K en Cook, [email protected] , 240 Stark Highway North, Dunbarton, NH 03046, 603 - 774 - 7775 Amish Gold Slicer Amish Gold is a cross of Amish Paste and Sun Gold. The indeterminate plants produce huge crop of mid - size 3 - 4” round gorgeous 4 – 6 oz. golden fruit that is sweet, rich with a little tinge of acid yet has a smooth balance when eaten. Excellent, thick - walled very firm tomatoes, crack - free, has the gold color and flavor of Sun Gold, the meatiness of Amish Paste and the delicious sweet/tart flavors that will WOW you. Great all - purpose tomato for fresh eating, salads, sandwiches, a rich golden sauce, processing and canning. Regular - leaf plants are hardy, productive. 75 - 80 days Amish Paste Amish heirloom variety from Wisconsin produces 8 - 12 oz. deep red, meaty, acorn , sometime oblong ox - heart shape frui t that are solid, nearly corel ess (few seeds) with an outstandingly good, creamy sweet flavor. A great versatile all - purpose tomato for slicing on sandwiches, quartering in salads, making sauce, salsa, roasting, in soups, canning and drying. Regular leaf, heavy - yielding indeterminate plants are very productive and laden with clusters of these marvelous tomatoes throughout the summer. 80 days Ananas Zebra A cross between Tom Wagner’s “Green Zebra ” and Pineapple . A real stunner! This gorgeous port wine colored beefsteak with metallic green stripes is a beautiful, tasty, exotic tomato with ri ch flavor. Excellent sweet, 8 - 10 oz. dark tomato with spectacular streaks and swirls of green, yellow, red and orange dappling inside and out. The lip smacking flavor is special - starts out with an abundance of rich, delicious, full - bodied, sweet and smokey flavors and ends with a whollop of acidity and tang. Regula r - leaf, indeterminate. 75 – 80 days Anna Russian An heirloom ox - heart vari ety from Brenda Hillenius, of Oregon, who got seeds from her grandfather, Kenneth Wilcox, who received seeds from a Russian immigrant. Large, sweet pinkish - red strawberry heart - shaped tomatoes consistently weigh 8 - 12 oz. with superb, rich old - fashion tomat o flavor with lots of juice. Small foliage and wispy plant vines are typical of ox - heart type and produce in clusters of 2 - 4 tomatoes. Anna Russian is renowned for its size, earliness, and juicy outstanding taste. Gourmet flavor is off the charts. Regular leaf, indeterminate. 70 days Aunt Ginny’s Purple This German heirloom beefsteak variety has sweet outstanding flavor so excellent and rich that some folks claim it is equal to or better than Brandywine. Big, indeterminate, vigorous, potato - lea f tomato plants yield abundant crops of smooth, slightly ribbed shoulders, 10 oz . - 1 - pound, deep - pink, firm, meaty dense juicy tomatoes with little cracking. It’s considered among the best old - fashioned heirloom tomatoes. 75 - 80 days B randywine , Cowlick’s Indeterminate large potato - leaf plant is more productive, earlier, and tastier and produces larger smoother prettier fruits than just about all other Brandywines. The dark pink oblate 10 – 20 oz . beefsteak fr uits have fabulous sweet flavor. Mike Henry bought the plant from a local Pennsylvania Nursery called Cowlick, thus its’ name. Subsequent grow - outs / comparison tests with 2 dozen other Brandywine strains consistently out - performed all others – earlier, more productive, sweeter, meatier with much smaller seed cavities. A Winner! 75 - 80 days Bronze Torch Can be grown in a large pot Gorgeous brick red fruits with bronze striping, exceptional flavor ratings and texture. Fruits have a beautiful dark red interior. Extremely prolific, plants produce high yields of stunning cherries that are off the charts sugar bombs! If you like very rich sweet tomatoes this is the one for you. Average Brix score (sugar rating) of 8.0. Oblong julienne – type fruits weigh about 1 ½ - 2 oz. and measure 1.25 ″ wide and 2.5″ long. The fruits will hold onto the vine for an extended growing pe riod without cracking and a long - shelf life in the kitchen . Indeterminate regular - leaf vines produce ripe fruit 65 - 70 days . Developed by Mark McCaslin, Frogsleap Farm, MI . Chocolate Cherry (New for 2020 !) Extremely flavorful, uniform, 1 oz. deep brown - purple - black, meaty textured sweet fruits that grow in trusses of 6 - 8. Fruits hold stems very well, don't crack, disease resistant and can be picked several days before completely mature and allowed to ripen off the vine without sacrificing quality. Fruits are irresistibly delicious that will burst in your mouth with sweet and tangy rich complex lip - smacking earthy overtones. Ideal for snacking or appetizers, salads or eating fresh off the vine. Indeterminat e , regular - leaf . Can be grown in a large pot 70 - 75 days. Dester Oblate, 12 - 16 Oz. pink slightly flattened / fluted fruit, meaty, outstanding flavor – juicy, sweet, and just unforgettable. Consistently rates very high in taste tests. Its name is a tribute to the late Herbert Edgar Dester, M.D. of Berne, Indiana. He was many things; a medical doctor (from 1926 to 1974), a devout Christian, and a Mennonite missionary to India. Indeterminate, regular - leaf plants produce plenty of large lusci ous beefsteaks that beg to be eaten – it has unsurpassed super rich, full flavors that can’t be beat. The Dester family brought this heirloom from Germany. 80 days . Early Wonder (New for 2020 !) Can be grown in large pots. This extra - early maturing, compact variety makes an impressive crop of round, dark pink tomatoes with an average weight of 3 - 6 oz. They have excellent, full tomato flavor, and earn their name as it’s a wonder an early variety tastes so good. It has the bold rich old - fashio ned tomato flavor. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, processing and slicing. Perfect for gardeners in short - season areas. Round dark pink sweet tomatoes are meaty, small core, almost seedless with excellent taste. Triple bonus - early, great taste, super pr oductive. Semi - indeterminate , regular - leaf . 65 – 70 days Fruit Punch (Cherry) Can be grown in large pots. T he ultimate in cherry tomatoes. T his pinkish - red beauty achieves a n ew level of sugar - sweetness and flavor, superb texture, and a tangy "tr ue tomato" taste. Regular leaf plant produces loads of 1 oz. round excellent cherry fruit, high yields, super sweet fruity taste, and possess thin skins - remarkable, considering its wonderful crack resistance, even in heavy rains. Heavy early cropper. Ind eterminate 75 days Great White Blues (New for 2020 !) Great White Blues is a segregate of a Great White tomato & OSU P20 cross by Stéphane Marier, Quebec, Canada. The indeterminate, regular - leaf plant produce fabulous eye - catching 6 – 10 Oz. fruits that can be round, oblate or even slight heart - shape. GWB is superbly wonderful – the firm, dense flesh is so good and deliciously fruity, it will remind you of a mixture of fresh - cut pineappl e, melon and guava. It’s yummy ! Great Sandwich, garnish , salsa and fresh eating tomato. Plant has excellent resistance to sun scald, drought, and cracking. A show - stopper! 80 days Hungarian Heart Brilliant reddish - pink luscious fruits weighing 10 - 16 oz. are firm and meaty like all ox - heart types — great fo r fresh eating, canning, sandwiches , paste, or making fresh roasted tomato sauce. The crack - resistant fruits have few seeds and very little cores - superb rich tasting, sweet, excellent flavor and solid flesh across each hefty slice! Indeterminate regular leaf plants bear heavily all season long. Heirloom from Budapest, Hungry around 1900. 80 days Liften Yellow (New for 2020 !) An e xceptionally beautiful, large 16 – 24 oz. beefsteak, with interior shades of orange, pink and red with a delic ious sweet flavor and a hint of citrus. P lants did very well in the hot weather and diseases were never a threat to them. Golden yellow beefsteaks’ exterior are colored with red stripes that turn into a ruby blush on the bottom of the golden fruit. Flavor is sweet and rich and harvests are abundant. Perfect for fresh eating, sauces, BLT sandwiches, caprese salads, great for cooki ng and sweet orange sauce . Indeterminate, Regular leaf, 80 Days Lucid Gem Can be grown in a large pot An absolute visual masterpiece! Slicing - type fruits are stunning, inside and out! Plant yields loads of 5 - ounce, beefsteak - type fruits, being ver y meaty, containing very few seeds. First they ripen yellow, then more toward orange when very ripe. Incredibly attractive with the black anthocyanin splashes really contrasting with the lighter colored skin. The sweet, juicy flesh is marbled yellow to red , and the flavor is fruity and superb. Long vine hang time, g reat keepers in the kitchen. Great tasting! Plants are regular – leaf and Semi - in determinate. 75 days Lucky Tiger Can be grown in a large pot This tomato is the BOMB! Fruits are very versatile - perfect for salsas, jams, jellies, drying and no better way to have them freshly picked and eaten! Indeterminate, tall, regular - leaf vines are very productive and bushy. Fruits are 1 ½ - 2 oz. & about 2” long, greenish pink, bi color - a subtle orange / green striped color with orange fl esh inside. The fruits have excellent sweet flavor and taste with complex tropical notes. The fruits will hold onto the vine for an extended growing period without crac king and a long - shelf life in the kitchen . You will snack on these all day long. 70 days Magnum Beefsteak (New for 2020 !) The large dark red 12 – 20 Oz. meaty beefsteak fruits have luscious, creamy, dense sugary full tomato flavor that rivals Brandywine. Overall, its flavors are exceptionally rich, Incredible complex luscious flavor, very sweet and succulent, making them perfect for slicing / fresh eating, outstanding for proce ssing, canning, juicing, sauces, soups and fabulous BLTs.