Tomato List

Plant Sale: Tomato Plant Data
Abraham Lincoln
Days to maturity: 80
Season: Early
Growing habit: Indeterminate/vine
Fruit size: Beefsteak 1-3lb
Fruit colour: Dark red
Flavour: Delicious, rich and slightly acidic
Position: Greenhouse or outdoor
Crack resistant with an old fashioned tomato flavour.
Alicante
Season: Early to main
Fruit size: Golf ball/salad
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Traditional
Better Boy
Days to maturity: 72-82
Season: Main
Growing habit: Indeterminate vine
Fruit size: Beefsteak - 1lb or more
Fruit colour: Deep red
Flavour: Traditional/acidic, juicy and meaty
Crack and blemish free fruit, resistant to wilt and nematodes.

Black Cherry
Season: Main
Growing habit: Very large vine/indeterminate
Fruit size: Large cherry
Fruit colour: Reddish purple
Flavour: Rich and sweet
Tender skin and very productive.
Black Krim
Season: Main
Fruit size: Large salad/small beefsteak
Fruit colour: Purple skin with greeny-black shoulders and dark flesh
Flavour: Rich, smoky and sweet
A Russian heirloom variety, resistant to late blight. Tolerates cool summers.

Pick fruit before fully ripe to avoid cracking.
Black Pineapple (aka Ananas Noire)

Season: Main
Fruit size: Medium to large beefsteak
Fruit colour: Tri-colour – green, red, purple
Flavour: Sweet and smoky with a hint of citrus
Ideal sliced or in salads. Flavour is best when very ripe.
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Chocolate Cherokee
Season: Main
Fruit size: Medium beefsteak, about 12 ounces
Fruit colour: Brownish chocolate
Flavour: Succulent flesh - tangy, juicy and sweet
Copes well with heat.
Costoluto Fiorentino
Season: Main
Fruit size: Beefsteak 8-10 ounce ribbed fruit
Fruit colour: Bright red
Flavour: Firm juicy flesh. A good balance of acid and sugar.
Position: Would benefit from a greenhouse
Likes heat and sun like all Mediterranean varieties.
Cuore di Bue (Italian for ‘Oxheart’)

Season: Main
Fruit size: Oxheart – 150-180 grams each
Fruit colour: Red/pinkish
Flavour: Balance of sharp and sweet, meaty with few seeds.
Position: Greenhouse
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Delicious
Season: Main
Growing habit: Large vine/indeterminate
Fruit size: Beefsteak – 1-2lbs
Fruit colour: Scarlet-red
Flavour: Meaty with a traditional taste
Easy to grow, but fast growing so requires staking. Delicious holds the
current world record for the largest single tomato, weighing in at 3.51kg.
F1 Albenga
Season: Main
Fruit size: Oxheart, 200gms
Fruit colour: Orange/red
Flavour: Meaty flesh, traditional flavour
Tender skin and very productive.
Gardener’s Delight
Season: Early
Growing habit: Indeterminate
Fruit size: Cherry
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Traditional tangy flavour
A very dependable, high-yielding variety.
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German Orange Strawberry
Season: Main
Fruit size: 1lb strawberry-shaped fruit
Fruit colour: Deep orange
Flavour: Rich and sweet with few seeds
Harzfeuer (name means ‘Resin Fire’)

Season: Early
Fruit size: Medium salad 70gms
Fruit colour: Red, although may have green shoulders
A German variety whose name originally derives from a local mountain

range.
Hildares
Season: Early
Fruit size: Salad 80gms
Flavour: Aromatic by all accounts
Crack resistant.
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Hundreds and Thousands
Season: Main
Growing habit: Determinate/bush
Fruit size: Cherry
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Sweet and juicy
Highly prolific and flavoursome. Ideal for baskets and containers.
Marglobe
Season: Main
Growing habit: Semi-determinate with dense foliage
Fruit size: Large salad – 4-10 ounce (tennis ball sized)
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Old fashioned taste which may vary
A large-yielding heritage tom. A cross of Marvel and Globe.
Marmande
Season: Early
Growing habit: Semi-determinate
Fruit size: 6 ounce beefsteaks
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Slightly tart/acid, sharp
Position: Needs a sunny, sheltered spot
A French heirloom variety.
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Micro Tom
Season: Main
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Slightly acid
The smallest tomato plant in the world! Ideal for pot or basket.
Minibel
Season: Early
Growing habit: Determinate/compact
Flavour: Sweet
Ideal for pots and baskets.
Moneymaker
Season: Main
Fruit size: Salad, 1-2 inches
Fruit colour: Intense red
Flavour: Traditional flavour; a firm slicer
Staking recommended.
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Pineapple
Season: Main
Growing habit: Indeterminate, potato-leaved
Fruit size: Beefsteak, 1-2lb, 5 inch fruits
Fruit colour: Red, streaked yellow-orange
Flavour: Sweet and fruity
Meaty and good for slicing.
Pink Brandywine
Season: Main
Growing habit: Large potato-leaved vine/indeterminate
Fruit size: 1 ½ lb beefsteaks
Fruit colour: Pink
Flavour: Low acid, very juicy fruit
Will not set fruit in extreme heat.
Purple Calabash
Season: Main
Fruit size: Deeply ribbed, pumpkin-shaped 3 inch beefsteaks
Fruit colour: Purple throughout with green shoulders
Flavour: Intensely rich, almost wine-like
Drought tolerant and crack resistant.
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Rio Grande
Season: Main
Fruit size: Plum
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: A meaty plum
Good for paste and sauce making.
Roma VF
Season: Main
Fruit size: Plum
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Traditional plum
Position: Outdoor
Good for sauces and cooking but can be used in salads.
San Marzano
Season: Early to main
Fruit size: 3 inch long by 2-3 inch wide plums
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Traditional taste
Position: Greenhouse
Suited to sauce making. Disease resistant.
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Snow White
Season: Main
Growing habit: Large indeterminate vine
Fruit size: Cherry
Fruit colour: Pale yellow
Flavour: Sweet and fruity, thin-skinned toms
Prolific cropping. Tolerates heat. Benefits from staking.
Sungold
Season: Early
Fruit size: Cherry
Fruit colour: Golden orange (does not turn red when ripe!)
Flavour: Super sweet
Heavy cropping, but prone to splitting. Pick before fully ripe.
Sweet Million
Season: Early
Fruit size: Cherry
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Super sweet
Position: Greenhouse or sunny patio
High-yielding, crack resistant and prolific.
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Tigerella (aka ‘Mr. Stripey’)

Season: Early
Fruit size: Salad
Fruit colour: Red with orange stripes
Decorative, but unremarkable in flavour.
Tiny Tim
Season: Early
Fruit size: Cherry
Fruit colour: Red
Flavour: Average/ traditional taste
Position: Greenhouse or outdoors in a sheltered spot
A very compact plant, ideal for pot or basket.
Tumbler
Season: Early
Growing habit: Determinate
Flavour: Sweet
Cascading habit ideal for pots and baskets.
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Yellow Pear
Season: Main
Growing habit: Vigorous indeterminate vines
Fruit size: Small, pear-shaped
Fruit colour: Yellow
Position: Outdoor
Tolerant of late blight.
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Quick Reference
Which tomatoes are good for:
Planting in pots and baskets Hundreds and Thousands

Micro Tom
Minibel
Tiny Tim
Tumbler
Making sauce and paste Rio Grande
Roma VF
San Marzano
Adding to salad Alicante
Black Krim
Gardener’s Delight
Harzfeuer
Hildares
Marglobe
Micro Tom
Minibel
Moneymaker
Tigerella
Tiny Tim
Yellow Pear
Slicing Abraham Lincoln
Better Boy
Black Pineapple
Cherokee Chocolate
Costoluto Fiorentino
Cuore di Bue
Delicious
F1 Albenga
Marmande
Pineapple
Pink Brandywine
Purple Calabash
As a sweet treat Black Cherry
Hundreds and Thousands
Snow White
Sungold
Sweet Million
Tumbler
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Plant Sale: Tomato Plant Data

Crack resistant with an old fashioned tomato flavour.

Crack and blemish free fruit, resistant to wilt and nematodes.

Tender skin and very productive.

A Russian heirloom variety, resistant to late blight. Tolerates cool summers.

Black Pineapple (aka Ananas Noire)

Ideal sliced or in salads. Flavour is best when very ripe.

Copes well with heat.

Likes heat and sun like all Mediterranean varieties.

Cuore di Bue (Italian for ‘Oxheart’)

Tender skin and very productive.

A very dependable, high-yielding variety.

Harzfeuer (name means ‘Resin Fire’)

A German variety whose name originally derives from a local mountain

Highly prolific and flavoursome. Ideal for baskets and containers.

A large-yielding heritage tom. A cross of Marvel and Globe.

A French heirloom variety.

Ideal for pots and baskets.

Meaty and good for slicing.

Will not set fruit in extreme heat.

Drought tolerant and crack resistant.

Good for paste and sauce making.

Good for sauces and cooking but can be used in salads.

Suited to sauce making. Disease resistant.

Prolific cropping. Tolerates heat. Benefits from staking.

Heavy cropping, but prone to splitting. Pick before fully ripe.

High-yielding, crack resistant and prolific.

Days to maturity: 65-76

Decorative, but unremarkable in flavour.

A very compact plant, ideal for pot or basket.

Cascading habit ideal for pots and baskets.

Tolerant of late blight.

Which tomatoes are good for:

Planting in pots and baskets Hundreds and Thousands

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