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Michael Pollan

by chris | May 30, 2017

Created by Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms in Napa California, and named after the author, activist, journalist, and UC Berkeley professor Michael Pollan. The fruits are slightly pear shaped and slightly larger than a cherry tomato. The color is green with yellow and...

Black Icicle

by chris | May 30, 2017

Originally from the Ukraine, the Black Icicle tomato is packed with complexity and unusually rich, sweet flavor that you would expect from a large variety. The black shouldered brown/red slender fruits grow on Indeterminate vines and ripen in 75 days.

Tie Dye Tomesol

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...

Black From Tula

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...

Indisch Fleisch

by Reto Zgraggen | Aug 3, 2016

This variety was introduced by German professor Klapprott, who got the seeds from a friend in in East Germany. First offered in the 1992 Seed Savers Yearbook. The name means “Indian Flesh”, which seems highly racist. As for the reason for the name, no...