Quality seeds for kitchen, cottage and native gardeners
Vegetable Seeds Catalogue
An Australian Heirloom. This old ‘work horse’ tomato, introduced as a commercial variety in 1931, is renowned for its good, tangy flavour. An early, staking variety, it dependably crops medium-sized, thin-skinned, orange-red fruits, ideal for bottling and freezing or eating fresh. 80 seeds.
This small, round cocktail tomato produces gooseberry sized, deep golden yellow, scrumptious fruit over the early months of summer. Our favourite yellow tomato as it is early and prolific with a super fruity, sweet flavour and low acidity. Needs staking. Prepare the soil by digging in plenty of rotted organic matter and use lime if soil is acid. 30 seeds
A heirloom variety from the Cherokee Indians taken up by settlers in the 1890s. A big ‘beefsteak’ tomato, ripening to a dusky purple-pink, with superb sweetness, dense juicy texture, large fruit & beautiful colour. An indeterminate variety that needs staking. 80 seeds.
An Australian Heirloom. Bred in the 1950s in New South Wales, this commercial variety tolerates heat well. Earlier to produce and more prolific than Grosse Lisse, it has solid, big red fruit and excellent flavour. An indeterminate variety that needs staking. 80 seeds.
An heirloom from Italy. This mid-season indeterminate variety produces large, ribbed, quince shaped tomatoes. This beautiful, creamy fruit is very flavoursome and used for slicing, sauces and pastes. Costoluto is a popular variety due to it full traditional flavour, which shines when slow roasted or cooked down into a rich sauce. 30 seeds
A German variety with round, mid-red fruit, that sets very early. This productive tomato is tasty, tangy, sweet and juicy. Performed well in our cool season trials in 2019, it was one of the earliest mid-large size varieties. Needs staking. Eat fresh or in salads. 50 seeds.
Add a splash of green to tomato salads and salsa with this old variety that remains green when ripe. Nice to slice, it’s medium to large, fleshy, mild tasting (not too sweet, not too acid) fruit is great fried or pickled, too. An indeterminate variety that needs staking. 80 seeds.
A large heirloom variety from the Viginia, USA. It produces large beefsteak fruit that are meaty, full of flavour, low acidity and have few seeds. When ripe they are reddish-pink with yellow shoulders. An indeterminate variety that needs staking. 80 seeds.