Grannys Heirloom Seeds
The Best From the Past
Tomato
About Tomato Cultivation:
Start seeds indoors 5-7 weeks before transplanting. Place seeds 1/4" deep in good potting soil. Keep seeds warm and evenly moist. Transplant outside 18-24" apart. Mulch if necessary to keep weed free and keep evenly moist. Cage or stake as needed.
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Ace 55 Tomato-80 days. Lower in acid but still high in flavor, Ace bears very large quantities of round, red fruit on large determinate plants. Good tomato. (Open-pollinated)
Amish Paste Full flavored, 6-8oz. tear drop shaped fruit are found on good yielding indeterminate plants. Great also for canning and slicing. (Heirloom)
50 seeds $2.65
Beefsteak Tomato -80 days. This is the favorite tomato of about anyone who loves them large, red and juicy! Fruit is often 1lb. in weight and flattened. Really good flavored soft fruit that is prone to cracking. (Open-Pollinated)
Brandywine(Sudduth's Strain) first appeared in the 1889 catalog of Johnson & Stokes of Philadelphia and by 1902 was also offered by four additional seed companies, but soon disappeared from all commercial catalogs. Our best selling tomato and one of the best tasting tomatoes available to gardeners today. The seed of this strain was obtained by tomato collector Ben Quisenberry of Big Tomato Gardens in 1980 from Dorris Sudduth Hill whose family grew them for 80 years. Large pink beefsteak fruits to 2 pounds. Incredibly rich, delightfully intense tomato flavor. Indeterminate, 90 days from transplant. (Heirloom)
50 Seeds $2.75
Yellow Pear Tomato 78 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Pear shaped yellow, low acid tomato that is as good as it is unusual. Outstanding tomato for tomato preserves. Prone to cracking. Indeterminate vines. (Heirloom)
Campbell's 1327 Solanum lycopersicum. An open pollinated variety that was originally developed by the Research and Development Division of Campbell's Soup Company over 50 years ago. The variety sets sweet, red tomato fruit with ease. Will do well even if unfavourable conditions. Resistant to Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt and Alternaria. Determinate. Matures in only 60 days. Untreated seeds.
BLACK FROM TULA TOMATO is a Russian heirloom that may be the ugliest and most delicious tomato you'll ever eat! Rich, full flavor. Great for slicing and canning. Good yields of 3-4" slightly flattened fruits on 3'-44' plants. Indeterminate. 80-85 days from transplant. (Heirloom)
30 seeds $2.65
Black Plum Tomato is a fabulous heirloom that produces 2" oval fruits that ripen from deep mahogany to black-brown, probably the best color of the black tomatoes. Produces a richly colored (and flavored) tomato sauce. Indeterminate. (Heirloom)
50 seeds $2.65
Hillbilly 85 Days. This old heirloom variety originally came from the hills of West Virginia. Huge, beefsteak type tomatoes average 1 to 2 pounds, and are yellow-orange in color with red and pink streaks. Mild, low acid taste. Indeterminate vines. (Heirloom)
Hungarian Heart 85 Days Huge pink oxheart, few seeds, no cracking. Very productive plants. Many fruits weigh over 1 pound. One of our favorites for fresh eating, canning and also for making fresh roasted tomato sauce. Brought to U. S. in 1901 from a little village 20 miles from Budapest. (Heirloom)
30 seeds $2.65
50 seeds $2.65
Cherry Roma Tomato Sweet-spicy flavor, great fresh or dried. Fruits hold well for extended periods. Similar in appearance to grocery store grape tomatoes, but actually has good flavor! Indeterminate, 75-80 days from transplant. (Heirloom)
50 seeds $2.65
Brown Berry Tomato Warm, earthy brown fruits are a great color addition. Excellent sweet juicy flavor, extremely heavy producer. Indeterminate, 75 days from transplant. (Heirloom)
50 seeds $2.65
Red Zebra Gorgeous 2˝" fruits are fire-engine red overlaid with golden yellow stripes. Top quality, extremely uniform strain, very productive. Great sweet flavor. Sure to be a best seller at farmers’markets. (Heirloom)
50 seeds $2.65
Black Krim Tomato- Slightly flattened 4-5" globes with dark greenish-black shoulders, turns almost black with enough heat and sun. Excellent full flavor. (Heirloom)
50 seeds $2.65
Manalucie Tomato-82 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Indeterminate. Perfect for the heat of the South. Most tomato varieties will not set fruit when the temperature goes over 90 degrees. The blossoms just fall off. But not so with Manalucie. Heavily foliaged plants produce large red deep globe shaped fruits. Tolerant to blossom end rot, leaf mold, early blight and Fusarium Wilt. Developed by the University of Florida. Untreated seeds
50 seeds $0.95
Anna Russian Tomato 65 days. Lycopersicon esculentum. Plant produces big yields of one pound heart shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes are very sweet, grow in clusters of two or three, and turn to pinkish-red when mature. Seeds brought to Oregon by a Russian immigrant. A family heirloom variety from Russia. Indeterminate. Untreated seeds
35 Seeds $1.00
Homestead Tomato 80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Red, firm, meaty tomatoes. Medium large, free from cracking. For local market, canning. Ships and stores well. Bears well with good, mild tomato taste. Large wilt tolerant vines set fruit well in hot weather. Determinate. Untreated seeds.
50 Seeds $0.95
Mortgage Lifter Tomato 83days. Solanum lycopersicum. Indeterminate. Rarely has a plant engendered such a following as has Mortgage Lifter tomato. Mortgage Lifter is s good tasting, solid tomato that stores well and grows on a large indeterminate plant with moderate to high yields, depending on the weather.
The story of how Mortgage Lifter got its name has been repeated in many catalogs. The following story has been lifted from Carolyn Male's book "100 Heirloom Tomatos for the American Garden".
M.C. Byles planted four varieties with large fruit: German Johnson, "Beefsteak," an Italian variety, and a English variety. One variety was planted in the middle and the other three varieties surrounded it. Byles took pollen from the outer three varities and cross-pollinated the blossoms of the center plant. The next year, he planted the best seedling in the middle and surrounded it with three other seedlings. After selecting the best plants each year for six years, he had a stable variety- Which he called Mortage Lifter because he sold the plants for $1 each during the 1940's and paid off his $6,000 house mortage in only six years.
Untreated seeds.
35 Seeds $1.35
Rutgers Tomato 85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. I remember, as a kid, picking a Rutgers tomato still wet from the dew, biting into the salted flesh and tasting the explosion of acidy, pure tomato flavor. This is still my favorite. Outstanding as a fresh slicer it is also great for canning. Prolific yields of globular, 6-8oz. fruit with tick walls and a bright red color. Indeterminate vines. Untreated seeds.
50 Seeds $1.00
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