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In the past 40 years, we've lost many of our heirloom tomato varieties, along with the many smaller family farms that supported tomato heirlooms. The multitude of tomato heirlooms that had adapted to survive well for hundreds of years were lost or replaced by fewer hybrid tomatoes, bred for their commercially attractive characteristics.
In the process we have also lost much of the ownership of foods typically grown by family gardeners and small farms, and we are loosing the genetic diversity at an accelerating and alarming rate.
Every tomato heirloom variety is genetically unique and inherent in this uniqueness is an evolved resistance to pests and diseases and an adaptation to specific growing conditions and climates. With the reduction in genetic diversity, food production is drastically at risk from plant epidemics and infestation by pests. Call this genetic erosion. We are honor to provide over 600 tomato varities.
NOTE: Use the Search feature to find additional All Tomato Varieties product. You'll be surprised!
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Kentucky Family Heirloom. This was the only tomato grown by Lettie Cantrell of West Liberty since the ‘40s. Lettie died in November 2005, at 96 years. Her tomato won a “Best of Taste” award in 2006 from over 100 entries. Our Tomatofest organic (more ...)
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A tall, bushy, potato-leaf plant from Reinhard Kraft in Germany producing large crops of 1-2 lb., lime green, smooth, oblate fruit. Delicious sweet flavors. Arguably, one of the best tasting green tomatoes.
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Regular leaf heirloom from Ohio producing lots of 8-10 oz., olive to lime-green, flatened-round, beefsteak fruits. Excellent tropical fruit flavors with hints of pineapple.
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Wonderful plant from Japan producing 6-10 oz., orange, round fruit with sweet (low-acid) flavors. I de-hybridized this variety over 7 years of my growing it out. A winner!!
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from John Mathews in British Columbia who got seed in the Liaoning Provence of China from a local farmer. 1-2 inch, round pink
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An heirloom tomato variety introduced by Peter Henderson in in 1924 as 'Number 400' and which he renamed his 1926 tomato seed catalog. Here is some of what he said, ""It wins approval from 40,000 people, it wins by its quality of sweetness, solidity (more ...)
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Seeds set to me by Karen Teets of West Virginia who told me, "" this variety was grown by Mr. Homer Fike for as long as his 78-year old daughter can remember. Beyond that, no one is alive to remember."" The abundant amount of distinctively (more ...)
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The earliest, highest-yielding grape tomato in our trials. Our tomatofest organic tomato seeds produce 6-ft., indeterminate, regular-leaf, vigorous, prolific tomato plants that yield HUGE amounts of 1-inch, SWEET SWEET, bright-yellow, oval (with (more ...)
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This is a ""star"" in any garden. Tomato is a new open-pollinated variety developed by Merlyn & Mary Ann Niedens. Our Tomatofest organic tomato seeds produce indeterminate, regular-leaf tomato plants that yield very large crops of 6-8 oz. round, (more ...)
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A winner as a market tomato for 2008! Our TomatoFest organic tomato seeds produce big, sprawling, indeterminate, regular-leaf, tomato plants that yield on vines that can grow to 15-feet, enormous amounts of meaty, 1-2 pound, 4-5-inch, red tomatoes (more ...)
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