Plant Start List 2021 Contact Ann Fletcher at [email protected] TOMATOES Suggested Variety Photo Description Availability Price Amish Paste tomatoes are an acorn-shaped, deep-red, paste- type fruit. The vines produce Amish Paste 7 $4 medium-sized, 8 to 12ounce fruit. This Amish heirloom has thick flesh and few seeds. The Brandywine tomato plant is an heirloom cultivar, with large potato-leaved foliage and which Brandywine bears large pink beefsteak- 2 $4 shaped fruit, popularly considered among the best tasting available. This outstanding main-season French hybrid yields abundant, juicy, 5- to 7- ounce, medium- large orange red tomatoes with rich, sweet flavor. Rarely seen in Carmello shops due to their thin yet non- 4 $4 cracking skin, which prevents travel, Carmello is disease- resistant and appreciates support for its strong indeterminate plants. A cross of Cherokee Purple and Carbon tomatoes, considered “black” tomatoes. These deeply Cherokee purple beefsteak-type tomatoes 3 $4 Carbon have a dusky blush and rich, winey, complex flavor. The bulky, slightly squat fruit average 12 to 15 ounces each. The Early Girl tomato is a medium-sized globe-type F1 hybrid, ripens early, and is Early Girl 9 $4 reliable and prolific. Its indeterminate growth, requires support. Gold Medal. Large, yellow streaked with red. The 1-pound fruit are among the smoothest, bi-colored tomatoes available and are one of the most Gold Medal beautiful. Yellow fruit are 7 $4 blushing with rosy red that radiates from the blossom end. Lovely! The firm flesh is of superior quality, being sweet and mild. Legend tomatoes are perfect to grow in containers or in the ground. This wonderful early red tomato has fantastic balanced acidic/sweet flavor. The Legend 5 $4 determinate Legend tomato plant is hearty and produces tasty tomatoes in great abundance on a well-behaved plant. Early maturing plant produces good yields of 2 to 4 oz red tomatoes. The taste is so good and it normally wouldn't be found in huge beefsteak Matina 3 $4 varieties. Perfect for canning, salads, salsa, slicing, sandwiches, and sauce. The fact is that it ripens up to a full month earlier than many beefsteak varieties. One of the most popular tomato varieties in Japanese markets and for good reason. Its flavor is an intricate and harmonious combination of sweet and tangy Momotara that has won Momotaro several 1 $4 tomato tasting contests. The radiant pink slicers weigh 6–7 ounces. Momotaro is durable, heat tolerant, and crack resistant with good storability. HEIRLOOM. Almost no seed cavities—all meat. Full Description San Marzano Compared to the Roma tomato, San Marzano tomatoes are 6 $4 Paste thinner and more pointed. The flesh is much thicker with fewer seeds, and the taste is stronger, sweeter, and less acidic. An indeterminate, hybrid variety with the best flavor you’ve ever Sun Gold—limit had in a cherry tomato. one per Considered one of the most popular cherry tomatoes 33 $5 customer for because of its production and first order flavor. Fruits grow in huge clusters that average 10-15 fruits per cluster. A vigorous grower, indeterminate. Generally described as cherry tomatoes but in fact their size varies from Sweet Million just smaller than an average 12 $4 cherry tomato to golf ball size. The fruits are bright red and very glossy. They taste of a good mix of sweetness / acidity. MISC Suggested Variety Description Availability Price Tuscan Variety Provides summer Kale greens and 8 $2 overwinters for spring greens Pots of 4-6 plants Strawberry 20 $3 June bearing .