by Reto Zgraggen | Apr 15, 2017
Indeterminate variety producing ripe fruit in about 80 days. Thanks to Craig LeHoullier, retired chemist and author of Epic Tomatoes, we have been gifted one of the most delicious heirloom tomatoes around – Cherokee Purple. In 1990, Craig received the seeds from...
by Reto Zgraggen | Aug 14, 2016
Indeterminate variety, about 100 days for fruit to ripen.The Tie Dye Tomesol is believed to be an accidental cross between the tomatoes White Tomesol and Pink Berkeley Tie Dye This cross occurred in my garden and was likely the work of some maverick bee. The fruits...
by Reto Zgraggen | Aug 3, 2016
Mid season needing about 80 days for ripe fruit. Plants are indeterminate. What started out as a cross between “Marmande Clause 27” and a variety of American common tomato in 1961 became an important cultivar in tomato breeding because of its resistance to Fusarium....
by Reto Zgraggen | Aug 3, 2016
Nice sized red fruit with abundance of flavor and a rich history. The story of Marianna’s Peace tomato is quite fascinating. Marianna comes from a family of farmers in Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. It is a story of strife, perseverance, and peace. During the...
by Reto Zgraggen | Aug 3, 2016
Introduced to the Americas by Seed Saver Exchange in 1998, but originally an old Ukrainian family heirloom tomato that probably came from Tula Russia many years earlier. Considered by many tomato experts to be one of the finest of the black tomato varieties. The...
