Beefsteak type, medium-large.īlack (not “true black,” but very dark, often dark purple) It’s regularized after a couple of generations. Dixie Orange: Grew in my garden some years ago where a Dixie Golden was supposed to be.Stupice: Very early small tomatoes originally from Czechoslovakia.San Marzano: Roma type - long, banana-shaped paste tomato.Red Pear: Large red beefsteak type, 8-18oz.Neves Azorean Red: From, yes, the Azores.Holland: Juicy round red fruits, 5-8 oz.Greek Domata: From a monastery in Athos, Greece.Big 1-2 lb orange/red tomatoes with meaty pink flesh. Costoluto Genovese: Italian heirloom some say Thos.Clint Eastwood’s Rowdy Red: very round classic tomato look.Carol Chyko’s Big Paste: From Pennsylvania introduced in 1988.Contact us at to reserve what you want - no obligation! They are $4.50 each if you order 3 or more. They should not go into the ground outside until all danger of frost is past. THESE VARIETIES WILL BE AVAILABLE AS SEEDLINGS AT GILMANTON’S OWN MARKET beginning late May. So many shapes, sizes, and colors, originally from all over the world! Email to reserve particular kinds or to ask questions. We have been thrilled to hear from folks who bought our seedlings that they found them healthier and more productive than others they bought. (The plant is a nightshade, like the “deadly” kind, and its leaves are poisonous. Except those who at first thought it was poisonous, which the leaves are. Europeans encountered the tomato around 1600 and fell in love. We think that tomatoes were first cultivated by the Aztecs, maybe 1300 years ago. When you think about the diversity of heirloom tomatoes we have, it’s pretty amazing. It also means that if we like a particular kind of tomato, we can grow it again next year, and some get great reputations for their qualities. What’s good about that? It is very important for making sure we have biodiversity, and benefit from the rich culture of tomatoes people have raised in different places for the past few centuries. It just tells you that the variety has been “stabilized” over generations - that means that if we plant a seed from a tomato we grew this year, next year the seed will create the same kind of tomato. Calling a tomato “heirloom” doesn’t really tell you anything about the taste. It’s too bad, but true.Īlmost all of our tomatoes (unless noted) are heirloom tomatoes. No matter how wonderful they are, most people won’t buy them. And especially, we have learned to see any tomato that is not shaped or colored “perfectly,” or that has “blemishes” as not good. They have to do that, first of all because they do ship and hold them, but also because Americans who usually shop in supermarkets have grown to expect a certain size, color, and shape. all of them wonderful to eat.Ĭommercial growers pick their tomatoes for consistency of size, color and shape and for the ability to ship them and hold them in the market. Ours are selected for the variety of tastes, colors, sizes, textures …. We specialize in growing tomatoes you cannot get in supermarkets, and that large commercial growers mostly can’t do. There is such a huge variety of tomatoes … as growers who love them, it’s hard to know where to stop. Some growing suggestions at the bottom of this page. Tomato Seedlings, Tomatoes, and Tomatoes in Jars! Heirloom Tomato Seedlings You Can’t Find Elsewhere: Available This Spring (late May) through Gilmanton’s Own Market Check out the list of the seedlings we hope to offer, below.
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