Types of Tomatoes



Burpee Big Boy: [DFZ] Excellent tomato that has been around for a very long time. The fruit has a very nice flavor, with thick skin and bright red meaty flesh. Many fruits weight 1 lb or more. These are extremely vigorous plants. 78 days until fruit.
 
Better Boy: [VFN DFZ] Very similar to Big Boy only the fruit is slightly smaller about 8 to 12 ozs. Well known as a consistent performer. 75 days until fruit.
 
Beef Master: [VFN DFZ] one of the largest beefsteak type tomatoes. Produces fruit up to 2 lbs. Very nice taste. If you want the biggest tomato in the neighborhood this is the one. 80 days until fruit.
 
Roma: [VF DFZ OP] Red plum medium size. Firm and delicious great for making tomato gravy (sauce). 78 days until fruit
 
Patio: This is the tomato to plant in a container on your deck, balcony or patio. It will produce medium size fruit of good quality and taste. It can not replace full size tomatoes grown in the ground but it is the next best thing. 70 days until fruit.
 
Supersonic: [VFN] This is a great tomato producing heavy yields of large red meaty fruit. 79 days until fruit.
 
Sweet 100: Small round red fruits which have a very sweet flavor. Very high in vitamin C. Grows in large clusters. Great for salads. 65-70 days until fruit.
 
Sweet Olive: [ F1] Superior red grape tomato with outstanding flavor, texture, yield, and crack resistance. Bite size 1/4 oz fruit is sweet and firm and produced in grape-like clusters on vigorous plants. 65-70 days until fruit.
 
Sun Sugar: A yellow-cherry type tomato, very sweet A hybrid orange cherry tomato with unbelievably good flavor and productivity. Very sweet, fruity-tasting tomatoes are borne in long clusters on vigorous plants. Many other cherry tomatoes have a tendency to crack, especially when ripe, but this one has crack resistance bred in while still keeping a thin skin. The taste of these tomatoes is such a delight that they're often picked and eaten in the garden instead of ever making it indoors. Indeterminate. 62 days.
 
Tomatillo Toma Verde: The tomatillo is a member of the tomato family, but not a real tomato. Round green tomatillos have a papery husk that is removed before preparing. Vining plants are easily grown and prolific. Flavor is sweet yet tart and wonderful in green Mexican salsa and other Mexican and Southwestern dishes. 75 days.
 


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