Plant Fair Tomatoes 2024

03/28/202405/05/2024

Cherry Tomatoes

Variety	Days	Growth Habit	Seed Type	Disease Resistance	Description	Size
Black Cherry	70	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Beautiful, mahogany-purple fruit with a rich taste that makes "black" tomatoes famous. Complex flavor that is fruity, balanced, sweet, and intense. Round fruits grow in abundant heavy clusters. Very prolific!	1 inch
Dwarf Tiny Tim	55		Heirloom		Dwarf Tiny Tim grows 8 to 10 inches tall and 7 inches wide, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Early producing, quick growing plants nearly cover themselves in heavy clusters of scarlet fruits. Delicious, sweet flavor with a touch of acidity.	1 inch
Dwarf Velvet Night	70		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Velvet Night grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Tasty, purple fruit with sweet, earthy flavor. Excellent yield.	1 - 3 oz.
Gold Nugget	60	Determinate	Open-Pollinated	V	Always among the first tomatoes to ripen, Gold Nugget has a golden-yellow color and an unusually rich, sweet, well-balanced flavor. Compact, vigorous plants are loaded with fruit from early in the season until frost. Prolific.	1 inch
Gold Spark	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, LM, ToMV	A great snacking tomato! Dark-yellow, elongated grape-shaped fruit with delicious, sweet, meaty flesh. Crack-resistant.	2 inch
Juliet	60	Indeterminate	Hybrid	EB, LB	AAS Winner. Deep red, shiny oblong fruits ripen early and through the fall. Typically 12–18 fruit per cluster. Delicious, rich tomato flavor is good for eating fresh, in salads, salsa, and sauce. Good crack resistance.	1 1/2 - 2 oz.
Large Red Cherry	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Ideal for patios, small gardens, hanging baskets, and containers Deep scarlet fruits are bursting with sweet flavor. These beautiful tomatoes grow abundantly in clusters. Easy to grow and harvest. High yielding over a long growing period. Excellent for fresh eating, salads, snacks, roasting, salsas, and canning.	1 - 1 1/4 inch
Orange Paruche	65	Semi-Determinate	Hybrid	F1, ToMV, TMV	These sweet and flavorful fruits capture the flavor of summer. Orange Paruche excels in productivity with astonishing quantities of brilliant, glowing orange fruit borne in giant clusters. Delicious and sweet with a tomato tang. Irresistible and vitamin packed.	1 inch
Sebastopol	70	Indeterminate	Heirloom		#1 in the Skagit Master Gardeners’ 2023 Tomato Tasting. Produces loads of sweet-tasting, flavorful red fruit with a spark of tartness. A wonderful salad or snacking tomato. A woman in Sebastopol, CA grew these for 70 years.	3/4 inch
Sungold	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, TMV	One of the most-asked for varieties at every Skagit County Master Gardener Plant Fair, Sungold’s sweet, intense, fruity flavor is a big hit. Great for snacking. 10-15 bright tangerine-colored fruits are borne on each long truss. Prolific plant yields early and bears fruit throughout the season.	1 3/4 inch
Sunsugar	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, TMV	Possibly the best eating you’ll ever get with a cherry tomato! Full-bodied flavor captures the old-fashioned "tomato essence." Super sweet with a bit of tang. Grows in clusters, going from green to yellow to bright tangerine as it ripens. Very heavy bearing throughout the growing season. Crack resistant.	1/2 oz.
Super Sweet 100	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid		Super Sweet 100 has more sweetness and better disease fighting ability than its beloved predecessor, Sweet 100. Bursting with the same great flavor though. Prolific vines produce long pendulous clusters of scarlet fruits right up to frost time.	1 oz.
Sweet Million	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, N, SP, TMV	Another great cherry tomato! All summer long, Sweet Million produces large grape-like clusters with masses of tomatoes. Dark-red fruit is super-sweet. and tender. Prolific, high performing plant.	1 - 1 1/2 inch
Terenzo	55	Determinate	Hybrid		AAS Winner. High-yielding, low-growing, trailing plant. Juicy, sweet, red fruit. Compact plant is excellent in containers and hanging baskets. Crack resistant.	1 1/4 inch
Washington Cherry	60	Determinate	Open-Pollinated		Washington Cherry is an early-bearing, high-yielding, compact plant. The deep-red fruit is thick-walled, meaty, sweet, and flavorful. Developed by Washington State University.	1 oz.

Salad Tomatoes

Variety	Days	Growth Habit	Seed Type	Disease Resistance	Description	Size
Dwarf Sarandipity	65		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Sarandipity grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Round fruit is chocolate colored with vertical green stripes. Firm, deep crimson flesh is mild and sweet. Great for canning, grilling, and more. Prolific.	2 - 4 oz.
Green Zebra	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Striking chartreuse fruit with deep lime-green stripes and a yellow blush. Flesh is bright green and very rich tasting. Sweet and zesty flavor. Gorgeous addition to a plate of mixed color tomatoes. Excellent yield.	3 - 4 oz.
Japanese Black Trifele	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		One of the darkest varieties available. Pear-shaped fruit has green-streaked shoulders, deepening to mahogany and finally to a darkened, nearly black base. Meaty interior has similar, opulent shades and a complex, rich flavor to match. Harvest when shoulders are still green for best flavor. Very crack resistant. Prolific.	4 - 6 oz.
Jaune Flamme	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		This beautiful French heirloom, ‘Yellow Flame’ in English, is a bright apricot-orange fruit surrounding reddish flesh. Grows by the dozens in long trusses. Excellent, fruity, full-bodied flavor is a perfect balance of sweet and tart. They’re great for fresh eating, roasting, drying or sauce.	1 1/2 - 2 inch
Moskvich	60	Indeterminate	Heirloom	CR	A star tomato every year in many Skagit gardens! Starts producing early in the season and into the fall. Deep-red, smallish fruit has an outstanding, rich flavor. Abundant crop. Crack resistant.	4 - 6 oz.
Stupice	65	Indeterminate	Heirloom		This popular, early-season tomato is ideal for containers and small space gardens. The potato leaf plant produces an abundant crop of sweet, deep red, slightly oval fruit through the entire growing season. Consistently gets high marks for taste and yield. Some say every Skagit garden should have one of these! First grown in the Czech Republic.	3 - 6 oz.
Taxi	65	Determinate	Open-Pollinated		Taxi is ideal for containers and small gardens. This early producing, bright-yellow tomato will add great color to your salads, salsas, and plates of tomatoes. Mild and fruity flavor, juicy texture, and meatiness make this old-timey yellow beefsteak a favorite. Prolific.	4 - 8 oz.
Yellow Perfection	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		A terrific yellow tomato! This potato leaf plant produces tons of bright yellow, golf-ball size fruit. Thin-skinned and delicious. Very sweet, mild acid-free flavor. Few seeds. Fabulous sliced, in salads, or fresh off the vine. A tasty old English heirloom tomato dating back to at least the 1800’s.	1 1/2 - 2 inch

Slicers

Variety	Days	Growth Habit	Seed Type	Disease Resistance	Description	Size
Abe Lincoln	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		A wonderful old heirloom prized by many gardeners. Brilliant red, juicy, meaty tomato with few seeds. Great old-fashioned tomato taste. Delicious, rich, slightly acidic flavor. First introduced in Illinois in 1923.	8 - 12 oz.
Big Beef Plus	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid	AS, F, FOR, GLS, N, ToMV, V, TSWV, V	One of the most loved beefsteaks now with improved flavor, color and disease resistance. Old-time flavor. Rich red internal color, meaty and juicy.	8 - 10 oz.
Black Krim	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Delicious Black Krim places high in taste trials and it's beautiful too. Juicy tomato with bold, rich, smoky, sweet flavors. Very dark maroon beefsteak. Originated in Crimea, a good source for tomatoes that grow well in Skagit County.	8 - 12 oz.
Black Sea Man	75	Determinate	Heirloom		Some say it's the best tasting tomato ever! Stunningly rich flavor. Potato leaf plant with deep mahogany fruit and olive-green shoulders. A hardy Ukrainian heirloom that is well suited for Skagit climates.	4 - 8 oz.
Brandywine Red	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Brandywine Red is one of the most popular and best-tasting heirloom tomatoes. Deep pink skin and smooth, red flesh. This potato-leaf plant bears baseball-sized, flavorful fruit that is both sweet and acidic.	10 - 16 oz.
Celebrity Plus	75	Determinate	Hybrid	ASC, F1, FOR, GLS, N, ToMV, TSWV, V	Celebrity Plus has sweeter, larger fruit, better crack resistance, and better disease resistance than the original Celebrity (an AAS Winner). Meaty. Mild taste. Prolific.	7 - 8 oz.
Cherokee Purple	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Beloved heirloom valued for its flavor and unusual dark coloring. Rich, full-flavored and juicy with a strong tomato tang. Dusty pink/purple exterior with shoulders that remain green when ripe. Insides range from purple to brown to green. A favorite among NW enthusiasts. Believed to have originated more than 120 years ago in the Cherokee nation in Tennessee.	10 - 16 oz.
Crimson Carmello	70	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, LB, N, TMV, ToMV, V	Star performer in PNW gardens. Produces heavy clusters of generous size fruit on strong, uniform, plants. Round, red, and juicy fruits with perfect sweet to acid balance. A top pick of famous PNW gardener Ciscoe Morris.	5 - 7 oz.
Damsel	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid	LB, N, V	Big, pink globe with outstanding heirloom flavor qualities (sweet, rich, and tangy). However, it is more resistant to disease than most heirloom tomatoes. A star performer in many Skagit gardens!	8 - 12 oz.
Dwarf Lemon Ice	70		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Lemon Ice grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Heart shaped. Low acid tomato but still has a depth of flavor, balance, and robustness not often found in yellow tomatoes. Occasionally has green shoulders on its icy yellow skin. Yellow flesh. Prolific.	3 - 7 oz
Early Girl	60	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, V	A long-time favorite, Early Girl is one of the first varieties to ripen each year. Abundant yields of meaty, full-flavored fruit. Extreme tolerance of drought and blossom end rot.	4 - 6 oz.
Genuwine	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid		This cross of two delicious heirlooms combines the huge yields of Costoluto Genovese with the rich flavor of Brandywine. Added benefits include earlier maturity, hybrid vigor and uniformity. Produces abundant big, beautiful, slightly squat, pleated tomatoes with all the flavor of its parents and none of their shortcomings.	12 - 14 oz.
Mountain Merit	75	Determinate	Hybrid	F, GLS, LB, N, TSWV, V	AAS award winner for its excellent disease resistance, good flavor and production. Deep-red beefsteak has sweet flavor and firm flesh. Seed companies marvel about its disease resistance. Resistant to cracking, F, GLS, N, TSWV, V.	8 - 10 oz.
Paul Robeson	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		A favorite in taste test competitions. Adored by tomato lovers, this beautiful maroon/brick-red tomato has dark green shoulders and red flesh. Exceptional and distinctive flavor. Juicy with a nice balance of sweetness and acidity. Named in honor of Paul Robeson, the influential opera singer, actor, and civil rights activist. Produces well in Skagit County.	8 - 12 oz.

Paste Tomatoes

Variety	Days	Growth Habit	Seed Type	Disease Resistance	Description	Size
Amish Paste	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Large, meaty fruit for rich sauces, thick pastes, and canning. Nearly seedless. Deep red flesh is firm, not too juicy. Delicious taste is a fine balance between sweet and rich. A long-time culinary favorite introduced in Pennsylvania Amish country in the late 1800s.	8 - 12 oz.
Dwarf Audrey's Love	75		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Audrey’s Love grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Taste is mild, well-balanced, and earthy with sweet undertones. Firm and meaty. Elongated ripe fruit is beautiful with purple and green blushing and striping. Prolific.	2 - 4 oz.
Nova	65	Determinate	Open-Pollinated		Nova is one of the earliest paste tomatoes to ripen. Tasty, meaty, lipstick-red fruit is elongated with a pointed end. Excellent for canning and making sauce. Prolific.	1 1/2 - 2 inch
Opalka	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Unlike many paste-type varieties, Opalka has an excellent, rich, sweet flavor. This, along with its meatiness and few seeds, make it perfect for sauces, processing, or drying. The red fruits are elongated, tapering to blunt or sometimes pointed tips. Prolific.	3 - 6 inch
Roma	75	Determinate	Open-Pollinated	F2, V	Here it is! The classic variety for canning and sauces. Flavorful, pear-shaped bright red fruits on heavy-bearing plants. Thick-walled with meaty interiors and very few seeds. Rich, authentic, with tomato tang just right for savory sauces, pastes, and ketchup. Good for growing in containers.	2 oz.
San Marzano	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		The granddaddy of sauce tomatoes. Fruits are high in sugars, pectin, and flavor; thick flesh and few seeds make San Marzano perfect for rich sauces, pastes, and soups. Large clusters of bright-red meaty fruit. Crack resistant.	3 1/2 inch
Verona	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, EB, V	Verona produces long clusters of plump, deep red, cocktail-sized tomatoes. The fruits are grape-shaped with a delicious, sweet flavor. Plants have good disease resistance and the indeterminate vines produce a continuous supply of fruit until frost. Perfect for grilling on skewers, tossing with pasta, adding to a fresh salad or just snacking in the garden! Preserve by canning, drying, or freezing.	2 1/2 inch

Dwarf Varieties

Variety	Type	Days	Seed Type	Description	Size
Dwarf Arctic Rose	Slicer	60	Open-Pollinated	Grows 2-3 feet high. Fruit is round to oblate, and ripen pink. Flavor is well balanced and delicious.
Dwarf Audrey's Love	Paste	75	Open-Pollinated	Dwarf Audrey’s Love grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Taste is mild, well-balanced, and earthy with sweet undertones. Firm and meaty. Elongated ripe fruit is beautiful with purple and green blushing and striping. Prolific.	2 - 4 oz.
Dwarf Eagle Smiley	Cherry	60	Open-Pollinated	Grows 5 feet. Bright to golden-yellow, globe-shaped fruit that are borne in clusters of eight to ten tomatoes.
Dwarf Lemon Ice	Slicer	70	Open-Pollinated	Dwarf Lemon Ice grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Heart shaped. Low acid tomato but still has a depth of flavor, balance, and robustness not often found in yellow tomatoes. Occasionally has green shoulders on its icy yellow skin. Yellow flesh. Prolific.	3 - 7 oz
Dwarf Metallica	Slicer	75	Open-Pollinated	Grows 2-3 feet. Fruit are pink with green stripes, oblate to slightly heart shaped, and flavor is well-balanced; slightly sweet and tangy.
Dwarf Moby's Cherry	Cherry	60	Open-Pollinated	Grows 4-5 feet. Bright yellow to orange, slightly flattened globe shaped fruit. Delicious, well balanced, flavor.
Dwarf Mocha's Cherry	Cherry	65	Open-Pollinated	Grows 18-20 inches. Deep purple fruit turns nearly black when exposed to the sun. Mild flavor on the tart side.
Dwarf Purple Heart	Slicer	70	Open-Pollinated	Grows 3-4 ft. The heart shaped purple tomatoes have deep crimson flesh with a delicious, well-balanced flavor.
Dwarf Sarandipity	Salad	65	Open-Pollinated	Dwarf Sarandipity grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Round fruit is chocolate colored with vertical green stripes. Firm, deep crimson flesh is mild and sweet. Great for canning, grilling, and more. Prolific.	2 - 4 oz.
Dwarf Tiny Tim	Cherry	55	Heirloom	Dwarf Tiny Tim grows 8 to 10 inches tall and 7 inches wide, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Early producing, quick growing plants nearly cover themselves in heavy clusters of scarlet fruits. Delicious, sweet flavor with a touch of acidity.	1 inch
Dwarf Velvet Night	Cherry	70	Open-Pollinated	Dwarf Velvet Night grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Tasty, purple fruit with sweet, earthy flavor. Excellent yield.	1 - 3 oz.

All Plant Fair Varieties (Print the Whole List!)

Variety	Type	Days	Growth Habit	Seed Type	Disease Resistance	Description	Size
Abe Lincoln	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		A wonderful old heirloom prized by many gardeners. Brilliant red, juicy, meaty tomato with few seeds. Great old-fashioned tomato taste. Delicious, rich, slightly acidic flavor. First introduced in Illinois in 1923.	8 - 12 oz.
Amish Paste	Paste	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Large, meaty fruit for rich sauces, thick pastes, and canning. Nearly seedless. Deep red flesh is firm, not too juicy. Delicious taste is a fine balance between sweet and rich. A long-time culinary favorite introduced in Pennsylvania Amish country in the late 1800s.	8 - 12 oz.
Big Beef Plus	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid	AS, F, FOR, GLS, N, ToMV, V, TSWV, V	One of the most loved beefsteaks now with improved flavor, color and disease resistance. Old-time flavor. Rich red internal color, meaty and juicy.	8 - 10 oz.
Black Cherry	Cherry	70	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Beautiful, mahogany-purple fruit with a rich taste that makes "black" tomatoes famous. Complex flavor that is fruity, balanced, sweet, and intense. Round fruits grow in abundant heavy clusters. Very prolific!	1 inch
Black Krim	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Delicious Black Krim places high in taste trials and it's beautiful too. Juicy tomato with bold, rich, smoky, sweet flavors. Very dark maroon beefsteak. Originated in Crimea, a good source for tomatoes that grow well in Skagit County.	8 - 12 oz.
Black Sea Man	Slicer	75	Determinate	Heirloom		Some say it's the best tasting tomato ever! Stunningly rich flavor. Potato leaf plant with deep mahogany fruit and olive-green shoulders. A hardy Ukrainian heirloom that is well suited for Skagit climates.	4 - 8 oz.
Brandywine Red	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Brandywine Red is one of the most popular and best-tasting heirloom tomatoes. Deep pink skin and smooth, red flesh. This potato-leaf plant bears baseball-sized, flavorful fruit that is both sweet and acidic.	10 - 16 oz.
Celebrity Plus	Slicer	75	Determinate	Hybrid	ASC, F1, FOR, GLS, N, ToMV, TSWV, V	Celebrity Plus has sweeter, larger fruit, better crack resistance, and better disease resistance than the original Celebrity (an AAS Winner). Meaty. Mild taste. Prolific.	7 - 8 oz.
Cherokee Purple	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Beloved heirloom valued for its flavor and unusual dark coloring. Rich, full-flavored and juicy with a strong tomato tang. Dusty pink/purple exterior with shoulders that remain green when ripe. Insides range from purple to brown to green. A favorite among NW enthusiasts. Believed to have originated more than 120 years ago in the Cherokee nation in Tennessee.	10 - 16 oz.
Crimson Carmello	Slicer	70	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, LB, N, TMV, ToMV, V	Star performer in PNW gardens. Produces heavy clusters of generous size fruit on strong, uniform, plants. Round, red, and juicy fruits with perfect sweet to acid balance. A top pick of famous PNW gardener Ciscoe Morris.	5 - 7 oz.
Damsel	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid	LB, N, V	Big, pink globe with outstanding heirloom flavor qualities (sweet, rich, and tangy). However, it is more resistant to disease than most heirloom tomatoes. A star performer in many Skagit gardens!	8 - 12 oz.
Dwarf Arctic Rose	Slicer	60		Open-Pollinated		Grows 2-3 feet high. Fruit is round to oblate, and ripen pink. Flavor is well balanced and delicious.
Dwarf Audrey's Love	Paste	75		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Audrey’s Love grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Taste is mild, well-balanced, and earthy with sweet undertones. Firm and meaty. Elongated ripe fruit is beautiful with purple and green blushing and striping. Prolific.	2 - 4 oz.
Dwarf Eagle Smiley	Cherry	60		Open-Pollinated		Grows 5 feet. Bright to golden-yellow, globe-shaped fruit that are borne in clusters of eight to ten tomatoes.
Dwarf Lemon Ice	Slicer	70		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Lemon Ice grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Heart shaped. Low acid tomato but still has a depth of flavor, balance, and robustness not often found in yellow tomatoes. Occasionally has green shoulders on its icy yellow skin. Yellow flesh. Prolific.	3 - 7 oz
Dwarf Metallica	Slicer	75		Open-Pollinated		Grows 2-3 feet. Fruit are pink with green stripes, oblate to slightly heart shaped, and flavor is well-balanced; slightly sweet and tangy.
Dwarf Moby's Cherry	Cherry	60		Open-Pollinated		Grows 4-5 feet. Bright yellow to orange, slightly flattened globe shaped fruit. Delicious, well balanced, flavor.
Dwarf Mocha's Cherry	Cherry	65		Open-Pollinated		Grows 18-20 inches. Deep purple fruit turns nearly black when exposed to the sun. Mild flavor on the tart side.
Dwarf Purple Heart	Slicer	70		Open-Pollinated		Grows 3-4 ft. The heart shaped purple tomatoes have deep crimson flesh with a delicious, well-balanced flavor.
Dwarf Sarandipity	Salad	65		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Sarandipity grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Round fruit is chocolate colored with vertical green stripes. Firm, deep crimson flesh is mild and sweet. Great for canning, grilling, and more. Prolific.	2 - 4 oz.
Dwarf Tiny Tim	Cherry	55		Heirloom		Dwarf Tiny Tim grows 8 to 10 inches tall and 7 inches wide, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Early producing, quick growing plants nearly cover themselves in heavy clusters of scarlet fruits. Delicious, sweet flavor with a touch of acidity.	1 inch
Dwarf Velvet Night	Cherry	70		Open-Pollinated		Dwarf Velvet Night grows 2-3 feet high, making it ideal for small gardens and containers. Tasty, purple fruit with sweet, earthy flavor. Excellent yield.	1 - 3 oz.
Early Girl	Slicer	60	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, V	A long-time favorite, Early Girl is one of the first varieties to ripen each year. Abundant yields of meaty, full-flavored fruit. Extreme tolerance of drought and blossom end rot.	4 - 6 oz.
Genuwine	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid		This cross of two delicious heirlooms combines the huge yields of Costoluto Genovese with the rich flavor of Brandywine. Added benefits include earlier maturity, hybrid vigor and uniformity. Produces abundant big, beautiful, slightly squat, pleated tomatoes with all the flavor of its parents and none of their shortcomings.	12 - 14 oz.
Gold Nugget	Cherry	60	Determinate	Open-Pollinated	V	Always among the first tomatoes to ripen, Gold Nugget has a golden-yellow color and an unusually rich, sweet, well-balanced flavor. Compact, vigorous plants are loaded with fruit from early in the season until frost. Prolific.	1 inch
Gold Spark	Cherry	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, LM, ToMV	A great snacking tomato! Dark-yellow, elongated grape-shaped fruit with delicious, sweet, meaty flesh. Crack-resistant.	2 inch
Green Zebra	Salad	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Striking chartreuse fruit with deep lime-green stripes and a yellow blush. Flesh is bright green and very rich tasting. Sweet and zesty flavor. Gorgeous addition to a plate of mixed color tomatoes. Excellent yield.	3 - 4 oz.
Japanese Black Trifele	Salad	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		One of the darkest varieties available. Pear-shaped fruit has green-streaked shoulders, deepening to mahogany and finally to a darkened, nearly black base. Meaty interior has similar, opulent shades and a complex, rich flavor to match. Harvest when shoulders are still green for best flavor. Very crack resistant. Prolific.	4 - 6 oz.
Jaune Flamme	Salad	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		This beautiful French heirloom, ‘Yellow Flame’ in English, is a bright apricot-orange fruit surrounding reddish flesh. Grows by the dozens in long trusses. Excellent, fruity, full-bodied flavor is a perfect balance of sweet and tart. They’re great for fresh eating, roasting, drying or sauce.	1 1/2 - 2 inch
Juliet	Cherry	60	Indeterminate	Hybrid	EB, LB	AAS Winner. Deep red, shiny oblong fruits ripen early and through the fall. Typically 12–18 fruit per cluster. Delicious, rich tomato flavor is good for eating fresh, in salads, salsa, and sauce. Good crack resistance.	1 1/2 - 2 oz.
Large Red Cherry	Cherry	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Ideal for patios, small gardens, hanging baskets, and containers Deep scarlet fruits are bursting with sweet flavor. These beautiful tomatoes grow abundantly in clusters. Easy to grow and harvest. High yielding over a long growing period. Excellent for fresh eating, salads, snacks, roasting, salsas, and canning.	1 - 1 1/4 inch
Moskvich	Salad	60	Indeterminate	Heirloom	CR	A star tomato every year in many Skagit gardens! Starts producing early in the season and into the fall. Deep-red, smallish fruit has an outstanding, rich flavor. Abundant crop. Crack resistant.	4 - 6 oz.
Mountain Merit	Slicer	75	Determinate	Hybrid	F, GLS, LB, N, TSWV, V	AAS award winner for its excellent disease resistance, good flavor and production. Deep-red beefsteak has sweet flavor and firm flesh. Seed companies marvel about its disease resistance. Resistant to cracking, F, GLS, N, TSWV, V.	8 - 10 oz.
Nova	Paste	65	Determinate	Open-Pollinated		Nova is one of the earliest paste tomatoes to ripen. Tasty, meaty, lipstick-red fruit is elongated with a pointed end. Excellent for canning and making sauce. Prolific.	1 1/2 - 2 inch
Opalka	Paste	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Unlike many paste-type varieties, Opalka has an excellent, rich, sweet flavor. This, along with its meatiness and few seeds, make it perfect for sauces, processing, or drying. The red fruits are elongated, tapering to blunt or sometimes pointed tips. Prolific.	3 - 6 inch
Orange Paruche	Cherry	65	Semi-Determinate	Hybrid	F1, ToMV, TMV	These sweet and flavorful fruits capture the flavor of summer. Orange Paruche excels in productivity with astonishing quantities of brilliant, glowing orange fruit borne in giant clusters. Delicious and sweet with a tomato tang. Irresistible and vitamin packed.	1 inch
Paul Robeson	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		A favorite in taste test competitions. Adored by tomato lovers, this beautiful maroon/brick-red tomato has dark green shoulders and red flesh. Exceptional and distinctive flavor. Juicy with a nice balance of sweetness and acidity. Named in honor of Paul Robeson, the influential opera singer, actor, and civil rights activist. Produces well in Skagit County.	8 - 12 oz.
Roma	Paste	75	Determinate	Open-Pollinated	F2, V	Here it is! The classic variety for canning and sauces. Flavorful, pear-shaped bright red fruits on heavy-bearing plants. Thick-walled with meaty interiors and very few seeds. Rich, authentic, with tomato tang just right for savory sauces, pastes, and ketchup. Good for growing in containers.	2 oz.
San Marzano	Paste	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		The granddaddy of sauce tomatoes. Fruits are high in sugars, pectin, and flavor; thick flesh and few seeds make San Marzano perfect for rich sauces, pastes, and soups. Large clusters of bright-red meaty fruit. Crack resistant.	3 1/2 inch
Sebastopol	Cherry	70	Indeterminate	Heirloom		#1 in the Skagit Master Gardeners’ 2023 Tomato Tasting. Produces loads of sweet-tasting, flavorful red fruit with a spark of tartness. A wonderful salad or snacking tomato. A woman in Sebastopol, CA grew these for 70 years.	3/4 inch
Stupice	Salad	65	Indeterminate	Heirloom		This popular, early-season tomato is ideal for containers and small space gardens. The potato leaf plant produces an abundant crop of sweet, deep red, slightly oval fruit through the entire growing season. Consistently gets high marks for taste and yield. Some say every Skagit garden should have one of these! First grown in the Czech Republic.	3 - 6 oz.
Sungold	Cherry	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, TMV	One of the most-asked for varieties at every Skagit County Master Gardener Plant Fair, Sungold’s sweet, intense, fruity flavor is a big hit. Great for snacking. 10-15 bright tangerine-colored fruits are borne on each long truss. Prolific plant yields early and bears fruit throughout the season.	1 3/4 inch
Sunsugar	Cherry	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, TMV	Possibly the best eating you’ll ever get with a cherry tomato! Full-bodied flavor captures the old-fashioned "tomato essence." Super sweet with a bit of tang. Grows in clusters, going from green to yellow to bright tangerine as it ripens. Very heavy bearing throughout the growing season. Crack resistant.	1/2 oz.
Super Sweet 100	Cherry	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid		Super Sweet 100 has more sweetness and better disease fighting ability than its beloved predecessor, Sweet 100. Bursting with the same great flavor though. Prolific vines produce long pendulous clusters of scarlet fruits right up to frost time.	1 oz.
Sweet Million	Cherry	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, N, SP, TMV	Another great cherry tomato! All summer long, Sweet Million produces large grape-like clusters with masses of tomatoes. Dark-red fruit is super-sweet. and tender. Prolific, high performing plant.	1 - 1 1/2 inch
Taxi	Salad	65	Determinate	Open-Pollinated		Taxi is ideal for containers and small gardens. This early producing, bright-yellow tomato will add great color to your salads, salsas, and plates of tomatoes. Mild and fruity flavor, juicy texture, and meatiness make this old-timey yellow beefsteak a favorite. Prolific.	4 - 8 oz.
Terenzo	Cherry	55	Determinate	Hybrid		AAS Winner. High-yielding, low-growing, trailing plant. Juicy, sweet, red fruit. Compact plant is excellent in containers and hanging baskets. Crack resistant.	1 1/4 inch
Verona	Paste	65	Indeterminate	Hybrid	F1, EB, V	Verona produces long clusters of plump, deep red, cocktail-sized tomatoes. The fruits are grape-shaped with a delicious, sweet flavor. Plants have good disease resistance and the indeterminate vines produce a continuous supply of fruit until frost. Perfect for grilling on skewers, tossing with pasta, adding to a fresh salad or just snacking in the garden! Preserve by canning, drying, or freezing.	2 1/2 inch
Washington Cherry	Cherry	60	Determinate	Open-Pollinated		Washington Cherry is an early-bearing, high-yielding, compact plant. The deep-red fruit is thick-walled, meaty, sweet, and flavorful. Developed by Washington State University.	1 oz.
Yellow Perfection	Salad	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		A terrific yellow tomato! This potato leaf plant produces tons of bright yellow, golf-ball size fruit. Thin-skinned and delicious. Very sweet, mild acid-free flavor. Few seeds. Fabulous sliced, in salads, or fresh off the vine. A tasty old English heirloom tomato dating back to at least the 1800’s.	1 1/2 - 2 inch

Special Varieties (Limited Supply)

Variety	Type	Days	Growth Habit	Seed Type	Disease Resistance	Description	Size
Black Vernissage	Salad	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Deep mahogany, striped with green. Flavor is rich, especially tasty in sauces.
Brad's Atomic Grape	Cherry	75	Indeterminate	Open Pollinated		Elongated, sweet tomatoes are lavender/purple striped when immature, turning green/red/brown with blue stripes.
Carbon	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Purple-brown, beefsteak. Rich, complex flavors. Winner of the 2005 "Heirloom Garden Show" best tasting tomato award.
Chef's Choice Bicolor	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid	Scab	2020 AAS Winner! Heirloom-type, pale yellow tomatoes with deep red splashes throughout the lemony yellow flesh.
Chef's Choice Black	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid		2019 AAS Winner. A beefsteak type tomato with a dark green/brown/black hue, meaty interior and great flavor. Disease resistant.
Chocolate Cherry	Cherry	70	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Slender yellow grape tomatoes have exceptional flavor.	1 Inch
Corazon de Buey	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Light red, oxheart shaped fruits. Delicious rich flavor. Perfect for caprese, but also for pasta sauces.
Esterina	Cherry	60	Indeterminate	Hybrid		Bright yellow.
Evil Olive	Salad	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Olive green with red streaks when ripe.
Green Vernissage	Salad	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Pleasantly sweet, pale green fruits with dark green stripes. Very good for fresh eating, salads, drying, or sauces.
Hungarian Heart	Slicer	85	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Large, pink, oxheart fruits have few seeds and resistant to cracking. Well balanced flavor.
La Roma lll	Paste	75	Determinate	Hybrid	A, F2, N, V	An excellent Roma tomato known for its vigor and uniformity. Bright red, meaty fruits.
Negro de Santiago	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Chocolate, dark purple skin with green traces on the shoulders. Intense spicy, rich flavor. Variety originating from Galicia, Spain.	5 oz.
Peacevine	Cherry	70	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Prolific red cherries with delicious flavor! Very high in vitamin C and amino acids. Crack resistant.
Pink Berkley Tie-Dye	Slicer	70	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Port wine colored beefsteak with metallic green stripes. The flavor is very sweet, rich and complex like the finest heirlooms.	8 - 12 oz.
Pink Boar	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Port wine colored fruits with metallic silver green stripes and dark red interiors. It has a very good rich and sweet flavor	2-4 oz.
Quedlinburger Fruhe Liebe	Cherry	40	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		An extremely early German heirloom. Round red fruits on potato leaf plants	1-2 Inch
Queen of the Night	Salad	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		This richly flavored black tomato has brushstrokes of ebony, crimson and orange. Sweet rich tomato taste!
Rossa Sicilian	Slicer	80	Determinate	Heirloom		An Italian heirloom. Striking deep red, ribbed fruits have firm, meaty flesh. Perfect for making tomato sauces and pastes.
Skyreacher	Slicer	70	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Excellent flavor. Very pretty, small round slicer with a beautiful red and orange striped exterior.
Starlight	Cherry	70	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated		Slender yellow grape tomatoes have exceptional flavor.
Strawberry Fields	Slicer	75	Indeterminate	Hybrid		Pink Slicer
Sunray	Slicer	80	Indeterminate	Open-Pollinated	F1, V	Yellow fruit. Rich flavor.
Sweetie	Cherry	65	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Bite-sized heirloom tomatoes, deliciously sweet, and grow on vigorous plants. Fruits are good size for eating out of hand, or for salads.
Wapsipinicon Peach	Salad	80	Indeterminate	Heirloom		Winner of SSE’s 2006 Tomato Tasting. The flavor is complex, spicy, sweet, and very fruity

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