by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
This tomato is believed to be a Russian tomato from Moscow. It is a vigorous plant, producing large amounts of fruit early and lasting late into the season, which is probably why it got its humorous name. The fruit is dark brown, slightly larger than a cherry, but...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
First made its appearance in the 1997 Seed Savers Yearbook by Barbara A. Lund of Blue Creek, Ohio (OH LU B). She received the seeds in 1988 from Donald Tolley of Charleston, West Virginia. The fruit are round and rippled of average size. The color is pale ghostlike...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
The carbon tomato was first listed in the SSE yearbook in 1998 by George Weiss. While some purists might argue that because of its short history, it isn’t really an heirloom, I argue that several generations from now it will be because the flavor is spectacular...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
An unusual mistake cross in my sisters garden from last year, believed to be from Vintage Wine and another variety, currently being stabilized. Remarkably, on the same vine, there are red fruit, alongside of yellow when ripe tomatoes, while some of the fruits are...
by Reto Zgraggen | Jul 11, 2016
This very is a very beautiful tomato with exquisite flavor. It was discovered by Gary Staley from Florida in the 1980’s, as a chance cross from a gift of seeds. Gary loved it so much that he named it after Amana, Iowa. The fruit are orange and oddly shaped and a...
