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Vegetable Seeds Catalogue
A tasty, low-acid tomato adding a flare of orange-yellow to salads, salsas and sauces. An early, heat tolerant beefsteak type that produces medium to large, round fruit. An indeterminate with compact, tidy vines that need staking. 80 seeds.
An early , staking type with medium sized, round, red fruit. Very cold tolerant, potato leafed heirloom variety, also setting fruit in cooler weather and resistant to tomato blight, giving it a long season. It even produced large numbers of fruit thorough the cold summer of 2008-09 when many other varieties failed!! 25 seeds
This variety is truly a ‘Legend’ for cool climate gardeners as it is reliably one of the earliest of the larger slicing tomatoes for cooler areas. Bred in the NW of America this determinate tomato is parthenocarpic, meaning that it can form fruit naturally even in cold weather. The fruit are red, rounded, 10-15 cm across and amazingly sweet. 25 seeds.
An old English heirloom. A vigorous and reliable early tomato producing an abundance of perfectly round and red, thin-skinned medium-sized fruit. Peter Cundall’s pick for shape and flavour. A robust variety that copes better than most with humidity. An indeterminate variety that needs staking. 80 seeds.
A very large beefsteak variety that was developed by ‘Radiator Charlie’ during the depression. The ‘mortgage lifter’ gained such a reputation that he was able to pay of his mortgage by selling the plants for $1 each. An indeterminate variety that needs staking, with large (up to 1.6 kg) pink-red fruit. 80 seeds.
A low acid variety that when ripe is bright red with distinct green-yellowish stripes. Not to be confused with Tigeralla that is a little smaller, not as sweet and with less defined markings. Great flavour. A tough and vigorous producer that needs staking. 80 SEEDS.
An early slicing tomato bred at the Oregon State University. Very good cold tolerance, setting 8-10 cm red fruit even in cooler weather, so suitable for gardens in cooler regions or at higher elevations. Good flavour, rounded red fruit. A determinate (bush) variety that may need some support. 50 seeds.
This early, prolific, Italian heirloom produces apricot sized, oval, red fruit. Very tasty, when eaten raw but mainly used for drying. Needs staking. Prepare the soil by digging in plenty of rotted organic matter and use lime if soil is acidic. 40 seeds
A popular crimson red medium tomato with great taste that tolerates low night temperatures, so it is ideal for cooler area. A Russian heirloom that is an early producer. A tough and vigorous producer that needs staking. 80 seeds.