Tomatoes (2025):

images from tomatoes grown in 2023 and 2024.

Purple calabash: An heirloom beefsteak that is small to medium (about 3”) with ribbed shape. Deep pink, purple to almost chocolate in colour with a creamy sweet flavour. These originated in South America and were brought to the United States by early settlers.

Japanese black (trifele): A medium to large sized plant that is a prolific producer (one of my favs!). A pear-shaped heirloom with green streaked top and burgundy to dark or almost black at the bottom. Fruits are about 2-3” long. Black Krim are resistent to cracking and rich in flavour. 

Pink grapefruit: A small, round (2”) heriloom with yellow to orange fruit and blushing pink inside. Sweet to tart tasting almost citrus in flavour.  Medium sized, heavy producing plants.

Morden yellow: An early season yellow heirloom that is small to medium round. Developed in Morden Manitoba in the 1950s. 

Roma: A classic red tomato that is small, elongated or plum-shaped. Thick, bright red right skin with few seeds makes these tomatoes idea for sauces. Medium sized plants. An American hybrid, the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is credited for creating the first ‘Roma’ tomato hybrid in 1955.

Sweet millions cherry: An easy to grow, hardy and strong producing vining plant that will climb and needs support when grown in smaller pots. Masses of sweet, bright red cherry fruits grow on long trusses. Early to mature and high yeilding, these plants are known to be resistant to, or tolerant of, Fusarium Wilt (Race 1), Tomato (Tobacco) Mosaic Virus.

Mennonite orange: A yellow to orange heirloom that produces large and meaty fruit (about 4-5”). These are a well loved variety and can be hard to come by. Juicy, sweet and rich flavour. Plants need staking as fruits can get heavy.

Black Krim: My fav! A medium-size heirloom that is a strong producer. Large fruits (4-6”) with a colour range from dark maroon to deep purple or almost black and a strong sweet and acidic flavour. A hybrid of ‘Beefsteak’ and ‘Cherokee Purple,’ originating in the Crimean peninsula on the Black Sea. 

Italian heirloom: Medium to large, pleated and slightly tapered red meaty fruit that have a rich sweet flavour. These are prolific producers known for their disease resistance, including Late Blight.

Yellow cherry: I’ve lost track of the original cultivar but these are hardy strong producers of small yellow sweet (almost grape) tomatoes. 

Redfield: Vigorous, very productive plants producing a flattened pink to bright red 3″ fruit with full flavor. Introduced circa 1889 by H.G. Hastings & Co. of Interlachen, Florida. 

Surprise Me (unknown tomato): Who knows! Could be any of the above or others including: San Marzano, Manitoba, Marizol gold, and more!

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