Friday, September 25, 2009

Varieties of Tomato

Science in plantation have improve too far and have release for many variety of plant like tomato. There are many kind of tomatoes have planted in farm, to see the kind of this plants name see the list below:
  1. Abraham Lincoln Tomato: dark red fruits that is free from cracks.
  2. Akerst West Virginia Tomato: A good producer of nicely shaped red globes that bear up until a hard frost. Not as tasty as some, but great for sauces and salsas
  3. Amana Orange Tomato: Large orange colored fruits originally from the Amana Colonies in Iowa
  4. Amis Paste Tomato: A great heirloom variety for canning. 8 oz. fruits are very meaty and great for sauce making.
  5. Andrew Rachart’s Jumbo Tomato: Good flavor from medium sized bright red fruits.
  6. Anna Russian Tomato: Large one pound pink and red heart shaped fruits. The seed was said to originate from a Russian immigrant in Oregon several generations ago.
  7. Arkansas Traveler Tomato: 6 oz. fruits have a creamy mild flavor. This variety was discovered in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri.
  8. Aunt Ginny’s Tomato: This German beefsteak has plenty of flavor. Yields are average but this variety makes up for it in its superb flavor.
  9. Aunt Ruby’s German Green Tomato: A sweet delicious flavor with a hint of spice. 12-16 oz. fruits have a light green skin with a dark green interior when fully ripe...these look great sliced on a plate with some of the darker red varieties.
  10. Aurora Tomato: 6-8 oz. Great tasting fruits. Vines are loaded with fruit.
  11. Banana Legs Tomato: A unique yellow paste tomato. Plants produce wispy leaves but bear a good quantity of mild flavored fruit.
  12. Beauty Blanc Tomato: A medium sized white tomato, whiter than White Wonder and somewhat smaller. Flavor is mild with little acid.
  13. Besser Cherry Tomato: A very old German Cherry tomato that produces clusters of 8-12 tomatoes on large sprawling vines.
  14. Black Brandywine Tomato: A brandywine style tomato that was crossed at some point with an unknown "black" variety possible Cherokee Purple or Black Krim. Great flavor and a good slicer. Best if used right after picking as it doesn't keep well.
  15. Black Cherry Tomato: A new variety for us. Plants produce a good quantity of purple/black cherry tomatoes that have a flavor that resembles Black Krim. Plants beared up through October here in Ohio.
  16. Black Krim Tomato: Another black variety...fruits are a super dark red with greenish tops. Sweet and tasty flavor.
  17. Black Plum Tomato: Egg shaped dusky brown fruits similar in color to Cherokee Purple. Plants are variable depending upon growing conditions...one year about 20 fruits, the next year near 200 fruits.
  18. Black Seaman Tomato: Good producer of 8-10 oz. Dusky brown fruits with green shoulders. Similar to Cherokee Purple but has a different flavor and a more pronounced color when sliced.
  19. Blond Kopchen Tomato: A large plant that bears a load of sweet dime sized yellow cherry tomatoes in clusters of 15-20. Fruit is steadfast to vine.
  20. Bloody Butcher Tomato: Very early and very productive plant producing loads of small 2-3 oz. Round red tomatoes with a greenish shoulder. Flavor is OK but these are great if you have a short growing season. Loaded with seeds.
  21. Borgo Chelano Tomato: Oval Cherry tomatoes with a pointed tip. Very productive plants. Good for sauces and salads.
  22. Brandywine Tomato: A favorite Amish heirloom variety that goes back to the late 1800's. Fruits grow up to 24 oz....we had many 15-16 oz. fruits last year.
  23. Burbank Tomato: A medium sized orange tomato - 6-8 oz. Adds a great color to salads and salsa. Not as prolific as others but makes a nice addition to your garden.
  24. Campbell’s Tomato: A great variety for growing in adverse conditions. Very disease resistant yet has excellent flavor and good color and texture.
  25. Caro Rich Tomato: An orange 4-6 oz. tomato which is extremely high in Beta Carotene which gives rise to the name and wonderful orange color. Smaller fruits but very prolific.
  26. Caspian Pink Tomato: This is the variety that beat Brandywine in recent taste tests!! Originally from Russia. Great for slicing or dicing in a salad.
  27. Ceylon Tomato: A smaller ribbed, slightly flattened red tomato that bears quite heavily. Flavor is full bodied with a bit of acid.
  28. Chadwick Cherry Tomato: This is a small nice red cherry tomato.
  29. Cherokee Purple Tomato: 8-12 oz. pink-purple fruits are crack free and disease resistant.
  30. Costralee Tomato: Large red beefsteaks that are slightly ribbed. Great flavor.
  31. Cuore de Toro Tomato: An heirloom variety from Italy. Oxheart shaped fruits weigh up to 2 lbs!!! A very sweet tomato that is an excellent producer.
  32. Delicious Tomato: A very large red beefsteak that produces 1-2 lb. meaty solid fruits. Fewer fruits on a plant but their size make up for the numbers.
  33. De Pinto Tomato: Red Paste tomato that is very solid on vines that are truly loaded with fruit.
  34. Dingwall Scoty Tomato: Medium sized red tomatoes in clusters of 6-8 fruits. Medium production on large vines.
  35. Dixie Golden Giant Tomato: Very large orange beefsteaks that surprised us as to how well the plants beared. 1-1.5 lb tomatoes are great for slicing or diced in salads or salsas.
  36. Dutchman Tomato: Very large orange beefsteaks that surprised us as to how well the plants beared. 1-1.5 lb tomatoes are great for slicing or diced in salads or salsas.
  37. Druzba Tomato: A large producer of 12 oz. fruits over a long growing season. High in acid....great for canning!! Originally from Bulgaria..
  38. Earl of Edgecomb Tomato: Plants are covered with 3" round orange tomatoes. Good flavor, somewhat seedy. New Zealand.
  39. Eva’s Purlple Ball Tomato: From the Black Forest region in Germany. Pinkish-purple fruits are round and blemish free. Excellent producer in hot climates, very disease resistant.
  40. Federle Tomato: 5-6" long paste tomatoes that have a hollow seed cavity with very few seeds.
  41. Garden Peach Tomato: Light yellow fruits that have a fuzz to them resembling mini peaches. Some have a light pink blush when fully ripe. Plants are loaded with fruits that withstand cracking.
  42. German Johnson Tomato: Another great named tomato...12-24 oz. tomatoes that have a mild flavor and an outstanding yield.
  43. Giant Belgium Tomato: A very popular heirloom variety. 12-24 oz. fruits are very sweet and excellent slicers.
  44. Giant Colossal Tomato: An heirloom variety with a very big name. Fruits from our plants were up to 1 1/2 lbs. with a majority between 10-14 oz. Good flavor and heavy producer.
  45. Giant Oxheart Tomato: 8-10 oz. fruits are crack free and disease resistant.
  46. Golden Egg Tomato: Bright yellow egg shaped tomatoes with a mild flavor and full of juice. Bigger than a cherry tomato. Many clusters of 6-10 per plant.
  47. Golden Treasure Tomato: A round yellow tomato with a unique "fuzzy" texture. This is similar to Garden Peach. Flavor is good and production is average.
  48. Green Grape Tomato: Green cherry tomatoes....who would have thought!! These ripen fully green!! They make excellent sauces, soups, paste...definitely gourmet.
  49. Green Zebra Tomato: Green with light green/yellow stripes...these add a very unique color to dishes and salads as well as having a great full bodied tomato flavor.
  50. Halfmoon China Tomato: 8-10 ounce cream colored tomatoes have a very mild flavor. Not quite as large as White Wonder.
  51. Hank Tomato: A small pinkish red pleated tomato similar in shape to Ceylon. Some people love Hank for its production and acid flavor. Other people say it is too seedy. The jury is out so you can decide on your own.
  52. Hartman’s Yellow Gooseberry Tomato: Bright Yellow cherry tomatoes on vines that produce several hundred fruit per plant. Great flavor and excellent in salads or sliced with olive oil and mozzarella cheese.
  53. Heidi Tomato: A medium sized red paste tomato originally from Africa. Does well in extreme heat. From Cameroon.
  54. High Country Tomato: A very productive plant producing loads of 3-4 oz. round orange/red tomatoes.
  55. HillBilly Tomato: You'll want to try this just for the name...originally from the hills of West Virginia. These outstanding 12-24 oz. fruits are reddish orange with streaks of red and pink.
  56. Indian Moon Tomato: Nice 5-6 oz. globes are green then yellow then bright orange. Medium production of good tasting juicy fruits.
  57. Jersey Devil Tomato: 5-6" long pointed red tomatoes. These are great for sauces as they are very meaty and have few seeds. Vines are productive and tomatoes keep well. These were one of the last varieties we picked this past year.
  58. Kentucky Beefsteak Tomato: From the hills of Eastern Kentucky. Deep orange colored fruits are up to a pound not as big as original claims but nice and colorful. Somewhat late in ripening.
  59. Laham Pink Tomato: A 10-12 ounce tomato with a unique pinkish sheen and a mild flavor. A good solid tomato for slicing. Plants yield 15-20 fruits each.
  60. Lillian Yellows Tomato: Heavy yields of clear yellow fruits with an excellent flavor.
  61. Livingston’s Favorite Tomato: A Livingston tomato developed in 1883. Medium sized uniform bright red fruit bears in clusters of 4-5 and withstand cracking.
  62. Livingston’s Gold Ball Tomato: Gold Ball lives up to its name as vines are covered with loads of bright yellow globes. Larger than cherry tomatoes
  63. Livingston Golden Queen Tomato: A great looking medium sized yellow beefsteak introduced by the Livingston Seed Company in the late 1800's. Ripe fruit have a pinkish hue at the blossom end. Good flavor and just the right size for sandwiches.
  64. Livingston Magnus Tomato: A medium sized red tomato with somewhat flattened fruit. Tomatoes resist cracking. Vines are large and produce an excess of fruit.
  65. Livingston Paragon Tomato: The first tomato in the United States that was offered by the Livingston Seed Company as being the perfect "commercial" tomato.
  66. Livingston Perfection Tomato: A smooth skinned red variety that resists cracking and produces good yields. Medium sized fruits are good for canning or slicing in salads.
  67. Mama Rosas Tomato: A large paste variety similar in appearance to Amish Paste. Orange Red fruits are thick and somewhat pointed. Good solid meats mean this tomato produces good sauce.
  68. Market Miracle Tomato: 5-6 oz. red fruits on prolific vines. Good overall tomato for canning and salsas.
  69. Marmande Tomato: A French heirloom, ribbed red fruit are 6-9 oz.
  70. Martino’s Roma Tomato: This is the most productive paste tomato we have seen. The plants literally exploded with 3-4 oz. dark red paste tomatoes in clusters of 5-8. From Italy.
  71. Mat’s Wild Cherry Tomato: A very prolific producer of dime sized cherry tomatoes that have an extremely sweet flavor. This variety originates from Mexico where it grows in the wild.
  72. Missouri Pink Love Apple Tomato: 10 oz. beefsteak type fruits that are full of juice and flavor.
  73. Money Maker Tomato: A very old heirloom from England. Bright red clusters of fruits an plants that are very reliable. This tomato at least has 60 fruits per plant.
  74. Mortgage Lifter Tomato: Very large pinkish-red fruits that are very meaty with few seeds. Good producer in drought stricken areas.
  75. Moscovick Tomato: Small 4-5 oz. red fruits are sweet and very early, even earlier than Stupice.
  76. Nebraska Wedding Tomato: 0 Deep orange colored fruits up to 10 ounces in large clusters.
  77. Noire de Crime Tomato: Similar to Black Krim with dusky brown sides and greenish shoulders. A great spicy flavor with a smoky overtone. Fruits are 8-12 oz.
  78. Old German Tomato: Great slicing tomato with reddish-yellow fruits weighing up to 2 pounds. This heirloom has a Mennonite origin in Virginia.
  79. Old Virginia Tomato: Huge 1-1.5 lb. Fruits that are solid and full of great tomato flavor. 10-12 tomatoes per plant.
  80. Omar’s Lebanese Tomato: A great tomato from a small Lebanese hill town. Red, meaty fruits have an excellent rich flavor and are very productive
  81. Orange Oxheart Tomato: Orange ox-heart shaped fruits that average 10-12 ounces.
  82. Pantano Romanesso Tomato: 10 oz. Red fruits slightly ribbed, similar to Costoluto Genovese but not quite as flat. Good Flavor, medium seed count.
  83. Paul Robeson Tomato: A great "black" with a flavor that rivals Black Krim.
  84. Peachevine Cherry Tomato: Vines are loaded with clusters of great tasting tomatoes that are smaller than a dime! Hundreds of tomatoes per plant. Very good addition to salads.
  85. 85. Polish Giant Tomato: An heirloom variety from Poland. Vigorous plant produces mild flavored hefty red fruits that are great for slicing and salads.
  86. 86. Principe Bourgese Tomato: A nice Italian drying tomato. Grows in clusters of small bright red oblong fruits that dry well or can be used in sauces.
  87. 87. Price of the Trial Tomato: A small orange cherry type tomato which is an excellent bearer of heavy clusters of 6-8 fruits. Great for slicing in salads.
  88. Purple Calabash Tomato: 3-4 oz. Flattened purple globes that are ribbed. Very nice sliced and mixed with Red Calabash. Many seeds.
  89. Red Brandywine Tomato: An Amish heirloom variety. A bright red fruit with a superb flavor similar to the other black and yellow varieties.
  90. Red Calabash Tomato: 3-4 oz. Flattened red globes that is highly ribbed or ruffled.
  91. Red Pear Tomato: Similar to its yellow cousin, this plant produces 100's and 100's of 1/4 oz. red pear shaped fruits. Mix these in with the yellow version and have a great salad that rivals a gourmet restaurant.
  92. Rose de Berne Tomato: 5-6 oz. fruits that are full of flavor with a nice uniform shape and red color. From Switzerland.
  93. San Marzano Tomato: A great paste tomato with a bright red color and heavy walls...great for sauce and catsup.
  94. Sausage Tomato: Another great paste tomato...larger than San Marzano. Fruits are up to 6 inches long and are bright red.
  95. Siberian Tomato: A very early medium sized red tomato. Flavor is average but great if you are limited to a very short growing season. Russian origin. This variety was reported to be smuggled out of Russia in the 70's.
  96. Snow White Tomato: A very small white cherry tomato that has a unique mild taste. Looks great mixed with red and yellow pear tomatoes in salads. Also great for snacking in the garden.
  97. Soldacki Tomato: An heirloom from Poland. A dark pink fruit with low acid and great taste. A good slicer due to its flat shape
  98. Spoon Tomato: This is an extremely productive current type tomato that produces hundreds of pea sized tomatoes packed with flavor. Won the 2003 Reynoldsburg smallest tomato contest! Caution: Do not plant this close to other heirlooms if you are a seed saver as it will cross-pollinate easily.
  99. Stump of The World Tomato: Good sized light red fruits are solid and full of flavor. Plants produce a medium yield of fruits that are irregular shaped but make up for it in flavor.
  100. Tangerine Tomato: Bright yellow/orange fruits are tangerine shaped and good producers.
  101. Tartar Mongolstan Tomato: A good producer of medium sized reddish orange tomatoes that are solid and well flavored. This is a good all around tomato.
  102. Thesoliniki Tomato: Medium sized round red fruits on disease resistant plants.
  103. Tiny Tim Tomato: This is the smallest tomato plant we offer...a mere 7-9" tall when grown in a flower pot, about 12" tall when grown in the filed. Produces clusters of small red cherry tomatoes. This is a great conversation piece...not for those who need hundreds of tomatoes per plant. This yields about a dozen.
  104. Triple Crop Tomato: 12-16 oz. Dark pink fruits weigh down a vine that will easily outgrow standard tomato cages. 20-30 lb. Yields per plant under ideal growing conditions.
  105. Yellow Brandywine Tomato: An Amish heirloom variety. A bright yellow fruit with a superb flavor similar to the other black and red varieties.
  106. Watermelon Beefsteak Tomato: This variety is a very old heirloom variety that produces pinkish-red tomatoes with a darker colored flesh shaped like a watermelon.
  107. White Beauty Tomato: A nice white tomato somewhat smaller than White Wonder and has more of a clear white appearance. Nice mild flavored tomatoes are good in white sauces or mixed in with reds in salads or sliced.
  108. White Wonder Tomato: One of the few "White" colored tomatoes. This is a very sweet variety that bears small to medium sized fruits that give a nice contrast to all the other reds, yellows, and purples around.
  109. Yellow Pear Tomato: This is from the plant that took over one of our raised beds....a single plant produced over 1100 1/4 oz. bright yellow pear shaped tomatoes. These have an excellent flavor and can be used in salads or eaten right from the garden.
  110. Yellow Perfection Tomato: 2" diameter round bright yellow fruits is low in acid. Prolific plants grow 3-4 feet tall.
  111. Yellow Stuffer Tomato: A hard to find variety that we have had several requests for. Bright yellow fruits are shaped like blocky bell peppers and are excellent for stuffing.
  112. Zogola Tomato: Medium sized dark red fruits are slightly blocky and have an excellent flavor. Great for slicing and in salsa.

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