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Join Or Die x Beyond Verde Claro

by chris | May 6, 2020

Mid season variety takes about 85 days for ripe fruit. Indeterminate vines. Said to be a recent cross of “Join or Die” (Belle du Colège) and “Beyond Verde Claro” created by Tom Wagner. First it was named “Join or Die”, but under...

Lilian Marie

by Reto Zgraggen | Apr 20, 2020

Mid season variety taking about 85 days for ripe fruit. The vines are semi indeterminate. This variety is widly considered to be the best green when ripe (Gwr) tomatoes in existence. The variety was released in 2014 and was discovered by Bill Jeffers in a row of his...

1884 Purple

by chris | Apr 5, 2020

Late season, about 95 days. Indeterminate vines. The 1884 is a wonderful old heirloom tomato discovered by James Lyde Williamson in a a pile of flood debris in Friendly West Virginia from the Ohio River in the year 1884. This was one of Gary Ibsen’s favorite...

Flathead Monster

by chris | Apr 5, 2020

Mid season variety that takes about 85 days to ripen, growing on indeterminate vines. The Flathead Monster tomato was first seen in the 2005 Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook, and was donated by Dorothy Beiswenger of Crookston, Minnesota. According to Dorothy, she got the...

White Beauty

by chris | Feb 16, 2020

Indeterminate vines produce ripe fruit in about 80 days from transplant. Not much is known about its origin. The White Beauty tomato is one of the whitest tomatoes I have seen, not as yellow as most white varieties. The variety dates back to the early 1800s and was a...