A FEW of our FEATURED TOMATOES
We’re excited about these tomatoes for this growing season!
We trial tomatoes for adaptation to Boulder growing conditions, and great taste.
CARBON – New Again! 76 days, Indeterminate. OP
This taste-test winning, hard-to-find heirloom is one of the darkest ‘black’ tomatoes, with delicious, rich, smoky-sweet, complex flavor; pretty 8-14oz. purple-brown fruits are resistant to radial cracking. Big, 5-7’ productive, regular-leaf plants are healthy and tolerate heat and dry conditions.
BROWN SUGAR – New, Indeterminate, OP
Heavy-producing Russian heirloom; beautiful purple-brown 7 to 9 oz. fruits with dark red flesh. smoky, sweet, very rich with a bit of tang, none of the muddy taste found in some ‘black’ tomatoes. Great for snacking, slicing (think Caprese salad!) salads, cooked dishes, and sauces.
MAGLIA ROSA – New 70 days, Semi-determ., OP beautiful and delicious, juicy, mottled pink to red, 2-3″ pointy grape tomatoes, rich, lightly acidic sweet taste, large clusters on a compact bush 2-3’ by 2-3’; plants are very healthy, very productive and heat-resistant; They keep fresh for a long time in a bowl, and turn into tomato candy when dried
CASCADE VILLAGE BLUE – New Again! 75 Days, Open-Pollinated, Indeterminate
This lovely indigo saladette type tomato holds well on and off the vine, is beautiful, and tastes great, too. Dark purple-skinned, 3 oz globes ripen to red on the bottom, often with a red star shape that forms under the calyx common to indigo tomatoes. Flesh is red, foliage has a dark purple tinge. Bred by Tom Wagner from a cross between an indigo type and his famous Green Zebra tomato.
BURRELL’S SPECIAL –70-75 days, Hybrid, Determinate
A very productive and ‘picture perfect’ large red salad/slicer tomato developed by Burrell’s seed company of Rocky Ford, CO. The flattened globe fruits average 8 oz, 3” x 2.5”, and have excellent sweet, balanced flavor, plump, meaty texture and small cores, good heat tolerance,
and demonstrated ability to set fruit in hot weather. Vines grow to 4’.
Flaming Burst Tomato – Fedco Seeds
FLAMING BURST –70 days, Open-pollinated, Indeterminate
Another gem from tomato breeder Tom Wagner, famous worldwide for his groundbreaking Green Zebra tomato. Flaming Burst is a “small” departure from the streaks and zigs that ornament many of his creations. These are 1¼ golden orange fruits that look like a cross between a pear tomato and acherry tomato clustered on a steadily productive plant. Meaty but not dense; juicy and sweet but tangy, not insipid, delivering the correct flavor combination and nuance that so many yellow cherries and pears lack. The 1 oz fruits are also resistant to cracking. The high-yielding plants are short indeterminates that grow to a manageable 4′ tall.
LARGE RED CHERRY –75-80 days, Open-pollinated, Indeterminate
This famous 19th century cross between a smaller currant-type wild tomato and a domesticated garden tomato bears clusters of sweet, juicy, bright red 1″ to 1.25” diameter round fruits over a long season on tall, vigorous vines. Ideal for salads, stuffing, and snacking.
MOUNTAIN DELIGHT – 70 days, Hybrid, Determinate
One of the Mountain series developed by NC State University and similar to Mountain Fresh and Mountain Spring, but plants are more compact with higher yields. Bright red flattened globes weigh 10 oz. and are firm and flavorful, great for salads, slicing and sandwiches. Healthy determinate vines grow 3 – 5′ tall and are resistant to many diseases.
ORANGE KING – 65 days. Open-pollinated, Semi-Determinate
One of the earliest full-size tomatoes to ripen and one of the best producers of early tennis-ball-size, very meaty, bright orange globes that can weigh up to ¾ lb. Blemish-free and durable fruit grow on stocky 3’ bushes that are easy to cage. An excellent short-season slicing variety, it has great low-acid, sweet, fruity flavor. There are a few varieties with the same name but this Orange King was bred by Tim Peters of Peters Seed and Research in Oregon.
PINK BUMBLE BEE –65-70 days, Open-pollinated, Indeterminate
Recently bred by Artisan Seeds to perform under tough conditions, these gorgeous, streaked cherry tomatoes hang in trusses in an alluring combination of pinks, yellows and oranges. Vigorous, tall vines yield loads of crack-resistant fruit over a very long season. Chefs and home gardeners will enjoy their stunning visual appeal and bright, sweet flavor. Pink Bumble Bee tolerates cool nighttime temps and hot days.
PLUS RETURNING: Anasazi, Aunt Ruby’s German, Black from Tula, Black Krim, Black Sea Man, Blush, Carmello, Cherokee Purple, Chianti Rose, Chocolate Cherry, Cosmonaut Volkov, Isis Candy, Japanese Black Trifele, Jaune Flamme, Juliet, Matt’s Wild Cherry, San Marzano, Sasha’s Altai, Sungold, Thessaloniki, and more!