Black Plum ($4.95) 75 days. F/C  (E) (P-S) This marvelous plant offers a very heavy production of rich, sweet, fruity, elongated, mahogany plum-shaped 3" fruits that fall into your hands by the dozens as you pick them. This one is outstanding eaten fresh, or sliced in a salad, with a rich smoky sweetness and a delicate touch of tartness to its creamy flesh, it makes a fabulous and perfectly balanced sauce or paste and is becoming a great favorite for canning. I like it fresh off the vine for straight-up garden snackin'. First place winner at the TomatoMania tasting of 2002.

  Black Prince ($4.95) F/C    (E) (SM) 70 days. One of the most intensely 'tomatoey' flavored heirlooms, rich and juicy, a smaller plant, very prolific, easy to grow, it loads up in only 70 days with clusters of gorgeous 6-8 oz. deep, dark mahogany-red fruits the color of rubies at midnight.

  Black Ruffles  aka Tim's Black Ruffles ($4.95)   85 days. In dazzling jewel-like shades of deepest dark purple, with the sweet smoky flavor of the finest black tomatoes, Black Ruffles is a cross of Black Krim and Zapotec Pleated. The depth of color in this luscious fruit is unequaled in the tomato world. Reaching up to 3-4" across and up to 12 ounces, it's amazingly prolific and produces like crazy right up until frost--its unique coloring and magnificent flavor make it real show-stopper.

Seeds of this exquisite black pleated tomato were sent to me by my sweet friend Lisa Von Saunder, owner of Amishland Heirloom Seeds in Pennsylvania. Lisa has graciously let me use her photograph here.

Check out her unusual vegetable and flower seed varieties: www.amishlandseeds.com 

New for 2009!   Black Sea Man (4.95) 75 days (D) So many customers have gone wild over this tomato that I have decided to include it for 2009 as one of our premier varieties. A Russian tomato, the smallish determinate plants produce an enticing mahogany color fruit with olive green shoulders when mature.

Inside, the flesh is deep dark red with a beautiful hint of dark green and loaded with full-bodied, complex, intense, creamy tomato flavors.  Wonderful for medium sized (10 to 15 gallon) containers, Black Sea Man has entered the running for the best black tomato in the world.

   Black Zebra ($4.95) F/C   85 days. This stunning, perfectly round 1½" to 2" fruit with tender, deep dark red to caramel colored skin beneath vertical dark green and mahogany  streaks is the favorite tomato of Amazing Terry. Black Zebra has opulent, rich flavor with hints of smoke and sweetness, a big favorite around here which somehow disappear mysteriously from the plants as soon as they ripen.

  Bloody Butcher ($4.95) F/C (EE)   58-60 days. This marvelous early ripening fruit has an unmatched, spectacular deep red hue--juicy with an intense lingering flavor. The 2-4 ounce round red 2 to 3" fruits have a rich silky texture and grow in great abundance on potato leafed vines. With its bountiful harvest month after month, the strong depth of flavor in Bloody Butcher has made it a favorite among tomato gourmands worldwide. 

 Blue Fruit ($4.95) 76 days. Astonishing color and sublime flavor make this 2”-3” round, purplish-gray, almost blue tomato a rare and wonderful surprise for your garden. Averaging about 8 ounces, with all the enticing flavor of the legendary black tomatoes, its unmatched color makes it a real delight. Growing on a potato-leafed plant, Blue Fruit is rich and smoky, easy to grow and very prolific.

  Boondocks ($4.95) (B) 72 days. These big beauties are a bright reddish pink with green shoulders, and have a superbly rich flavor, luscious, high in both sugar and acid. Fruits are from 1 to 2 lbs. each, very smooth in shape, growing on a huge plant with the biggest potato type leaves I've seen on a tomato plant--huge leaves.  Boondocks is often compared to Brandywine but produce more tomatoes than most Brandywines, especially in the humid South and areas with very hot summer climates.

  Box Car Willie ($4.95) 80 days.    This New Jersey variety produces an abundance of 12 to 16-ounce, smooth, bright-red fruits with a beautiful orange glimmer. These excellent tasting tomatoes are very juicy, dependably tasty and abundant throughout the season, Box Car Willie is a staple in many home gardens. Most likely named for the country western singer, it has excellent resistance to disease and cracking, very easy to grow. Bred by Joe Bratka's father.

 New for 2009!  Brad's Black Heart ($4.95)    This grand tomato is one of the fascinating varieties from the amazing Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms here in California. Brad found this intriguing fruit in a patch of Black Krim plants and grew it out in succeeding generations until it was stabilized. The wispy leafed plant produces an abundant harvest of heart shaped, purplish black tomatoes with that big lusty full flavor for which the black tomatoes are famous. Growing to 12 ounces each, the flavors are exceptionally rich, sweet and complex.  Brad's Black Heart does beautifully in cooler areas as well as in the warm climates.  Showing excellent disease resistance, this one will be a fabulous addition to your black tomato collection.

New for 2009!  Bragger ($5.25) 80 days. This is the old time Bragger tomato so many folks have been trying to find for years. This gorgeous ,passionately flavored, big, one to two lb. red juicy tomato has been a long-ago memory for many gardeners --but now it's back.  You may have heard stories from old time gardeners about Bragger, its heavy production and sublime flavor.  I have spent many years tracking down the seeds and have finally found them; now you can grow Bragger in your home garden.

It is truly a classic old fashioned grand flavored tomato and grows well in all climates.  Warm weather and rich soil will encourage a heavy harvest and the best flavor!

Bragger photograph is the property of Gene Steinman and used here with his kind permission.

Brandywine, please see Brandywine Pink, Sudduth Strain

  Brandywine OTV ($4.95)  (B) (E)  72 days. A truly marvelous stand-out member of the great family of Brandywines, this one arose in Craig LeHoullier's garden years ago. Big 1 pound red fruits with orange shoulders and complex rich flavors. An outstanding tomato for your garden; it also sets fruit very well during high temperatures and bears all season. A reliable producer, very disease resistant, and easy to grow; OTV stands for Off The Vine, which was a wonderful online tomato newsletter published by Carolyn Male and Craig LeHoullier.  They describe this tomato as "the best strain of Brandywine set apart from others by its smooth, creamy, almost buttery texture, and harmonious sweet flavor." It originated from a natural cross-pollination of Yellow Brandywine and an unknown red parent, and was further developed and stabilized by Carolyn Male. 

  Brandywine Red, Landis Valley Strain ($4.95)   ((HG) (E) 78 days. This old time legendary and very special strain of Red Brandywine is named for Brandywine Creek and comes from Chester County Pennsylvania where it originated in 1885. These big, vigorous vines produce 8 -12 ounce, deep bright-red round fruits in clusters of 4 to 6. Outstanding, prolific, robust, with intense tomato flavor which stands up to its legendary 100 year history. Among my favorites. (This is a different strain from regular Red Brandywine which is slightly larger, later and more ribbed.)

Brandywine, Pink, Sudduth Strain ($4.95) 82 days. (B)  (HG) Around 1980 a Mrs. Sudduth of Tennessee gave some seeds of this variety, which had been grown by her family for more than 100 years, to tomato seedsman Ben Quisenberry of Ohio.

This is thought to be the old-time original Brandywine tomato. Many gardeners consider this strain the best Brandywine of all, with fruit that is superior in taste and smoothness. Its tomatoes are indeed special, 1 to 2 pound pink beefsteaks with the delectably complex, rich, sweet flavor that has made Brandywine justifiably famous.  Big, beautiful, pink and luscious with classic heirloom flavor, it is the tomato to which other heirlooms are compared. "Is it as good as Brandywine?" Not as high yielding as some other varieties, but each fruit is a treasure.   

  Brandywine Yellow, Platfoot Strain ($4.95) 85 days.   (B) From Gary Platfoot of Ohio, this magnificent big 1 to 2 pound brightly-colored smooth-shaped yellow tomato with marvelous complex taste is a special strain of Yellow Brandywine which has a higher yield than regular Yellow Brandywine and offers the same elaborate, delicious tomato flavor. Gardeners who try this variety continue to grow it in their gardens.  Disease resistant and very easy to grow. It's a classic. I love it.

   Brown Berry ($4.95) F/C 72 days. The first brown cherry tomato, Brown Berry yields an exceptionally large crop of chocolate colored 1" cherry tomatoes. Semi-sweet, elaborate flavors finish with a fine hint of tang just over its fruity sweetness.  Wonderfully juicy and a great snacking tomato!  Adds another layer of color and flavor to your cherry tomato presentation.

   Camp Joy ($4.95) F/C      80 days. Fantastic! This delightful 1” prolific cherry tomato has big-time elaborate tomato flavor. Along with excellent disease resistance, it produces an abundance of luscious little gems in your garden all season. Perfect for salads and snacking; Camp Joy is one of Gary Ibsen’s favorite cherry tomatoes and one of my favorites from our 2007 TomatoFest tasting experience. I give it 5 stars out of 5.

  Carmello ($4.95)       (E) 75 days. An extremely popular French tomato. This one has become a great favorite among my customers. A very reliable and bountiful producer of heavy, juicy, 8 oz. red fruits with immense flavor, this plant is among the most prolific ever bred, and produces so many fruits; you will be giving them away by the basketful. The Carmello plant in my garden proved to be disease resistant, and produced through late December with night temperatures about 42 degrees. The flavor alone puts it in my top 10. Wait 'til you see all the tomatoes on this plant; bring the big harvest basket. The photograph above, and at the bottom of the Growing Tips page, is of a Carmello fruit which grew into 'twins'-- 2 fruits connected to each other at the stem, and grown from one blossom.  

  Carbon ($4.95) 78 days. This big hearty plant produces a prolific harvest of gorgeous 10 to 14 oz, beautiful deep purple/brown tomatoes, many darker than the photograph here, making carbon among the darkest of the black tomatoes with delicious, rich, sweet complex flavor. Because of its high production and outstanding award-winning flavor--it placed first in a Cornell University tasting--it is in great demand in the tomato loving community and among market gardeners whose customers are in search of the finest black tomatoes.

Caspian Pink ($4.95)   (B) 80 days. The Queen of the big pinks. This fabulous and very famous Russian beefsteak heirloom is big and luscious, fragrant, extremely prolific, juicy and meaty. The 1 lb. fruits are deeply aromatic with a rapturous lingering flavor. Judged by some tomato maniac to be the best of the big pinks. 

  Cerise Orange ($4.95) 70 days. (E) (Ch) Cerise Orange, French for Orange Cherry, is rapidly becoming a favored cherry tomato among tomato lovers and especially chefs worldwide. From Norbert Parreira of Helliner, France, Cerise Orange produces a huge harvest of tiny, luscious, ½" sunny orange cherries with a delicate subtle striping and flavor just bursting with gratifying deliciousness. Along with Hawaiian Currant, Gold Currant and Peacevine, they are being used by chefs worldwide to create a spectacular edible miniature tomato display for restaurants and special events. 

Ceylon ($4.95) 70 days. (E)     This unique, delicious, multi-ribbed, little mini-beefsteak shaped tomato is deep red and only about 1" to 1½ across. The very unusual ruffled fruit is amazingly prolific and quite a show stopper in your garden. The bright, zippy flavor is addictive and the fruit is cute as can be. Very cold tolerant and heat tolerant, it is an all-around winner in all climates.

New for 2009!   Charlie's Green ($4.95) 76 days. Spectacular! Magnificent!  Sweet, succulent and rich 1 pound, with and elaborate background of sassy, tangy flavors make Charlie's Green a huge favorite of mine. I am including it this season because I LOVE it and to honor one of my all-time favorite customers, Charlie Kemp, who has been so supportive of my efforts and passion for heirloom tomatoes over the years. Thank you, Charlie!

Ripening with beguiling golden yellow streaks, these fruits grow to one pound and are quite a rival to Aunt Ruby's German Green and Green Giant. During a taste comparison we went completely berserk trying to decide which was better. Charlie's Green does seem to be a bit more prolific. Grow one for your Charlie!

  Cherokee Purple ($4.95) (HG) (E) 75 days. A legendary and beautiful tomato, at least 100 years old and said to be grown by the Cherokee People. 12 oz. deep dark dusky rose-purple, deep red inside, with sweet, rich and smoky, luscious flavor. Cherokee Purple is a garden staple, in everyone's favorite list for a good reason-- disease resistant, reliable and easy to grow, and great one for your heirloom or heritage garden. Seeds were sent to Craig Lehoullier by JD Green of Tennessee who got them from a neighbor whose family had grown them for more than 100 years.  In 1990 Craig named it Cherokee Purple.

Cherokee Chocolate ($4.95) 75 days.    This gorgeous tomato is sweet, rich and luscious, with a very distinctive dark chocolate mahogany hue, and brownish-black shoulders. 12 ounces and plentiful on the vine; this  stunning beauty which arose as spontaneous 'rogue' tomato in Craig LeHoullier's garden several years ago. Craig stabilized it and now this 4-inch beefsteak variety has developed a great following among celebrity chefs because of its exceptionally rich color and flavor.

  Chocolate Stripes  ($5.25) 78 days.     This big gorgeous yummy 4" fruit was among the top 3 favorites at TomatoFest 2007. Chocolate Stripes is a stunning mahogany with swirls and streaks of deepest dark olive-green, almost black, inside and out, and a flavor similar to Black Zebra which stands up to the best of the blacks.  Smoky, rich, earthy and sweet, with a silken texture, Chocolate Stripes is taking the tomato world by storm. Growing on a really big plant and standing up to cooler weather, it continues to produce well into fall.

  Cindy's West Virginia ($4.95) 85 to 90 days. From Wirt County, West Virginia, this big beautiful pink-red 4 inch 12 ounce tomato is beyond luscious. I tasted it for the first time in September at TomatoFest. Wow. Double wow.

The seeds of this fabulous fruit were sent to Gary Ibsen by conservationist and manager of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, Dean Rhine, of the Fish & Game Dept. in West Virginia.

Dean got the seeds from Cindy who works with him, who got the seeds from her dad, Charlie, who grew this tomato for many years. Charlie got the seeds from his neighbor who had planted them for years in Wirt County, WV. They were always the "very best tomato" in their gardens.

  Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red ($5.25) (HG) (E) 78 days. From Gary Ibsen, owner of Carmel TomatoFest, "Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red is a deep-red, round, beefsteak  type fruit with a robust unruly tomatoey flavor and firm, juicy flesh that invites tomato feasting and seed-saving. The tall, indeterminate, very disease resistant plant produces loads of 3" to 4", 10-12 oz. fruits. "

"This is one of those big, bold tasting tomatoes that is not for sissies," said Ibsen. "Although it has some of the highest sugar levels I've ever seen from a tomato, the sweetness is in the background and its fruity flavors are balanced beautifully with plenty of acidity, earthy nuances and flavor complexity. It's a perfect tomato for eating fresh, cooking or canning."

"Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red has proven resistant to several of the most common tomato diseases: verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt, nematodes and tobacco mosaic virus."

"Within the hundreds of varieties of heirloom tomatoes I've grown each year has been a selection of previously undistributed, un-named varieties, the seeds of which have been handed down within different families from around the country for generations, then tucked into letters from gardeners wanting to share their legacy with me."  

"For years I've wanted pay tribute to our neighbor Clint Eastwood for the generosity he's bestowed upon our Carmel-Monterey community, for his actions to preserve the natural beauty of our coastline and for the years of support he's given to the Carmel TomatoFest," said Gary Ibsen. With Clint's permission I chose to name it 'Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red', after Clint's character, Rowdy Yates, from the old television series Rawhide."

"The seeds of this variety came from Archie Millett who is now 83 and living in the foothills of the Sierras. Archie was a tomato breeder with the University of California at Davis since the early 50's. Following years of crossing thousands of tomato varieties at the university to produce a disease resistant tomato with intense flavor, he retired in 1987 and continued cross breeding to enhance the flavor qualities of his favorite tomato from his small home garden."

"Archie gave me these seeds by pressing them into my palm while we were in his garden," said Ibsen. "He said, "Here Gary, these are for you. I've only shared these with friends and family. This is the best tasting tomato of my 50 years of growing tomatoes. Name it what you want, share it with others. You are the person I'd like to introduce this tomato to the public." 

Gary named this fabulous tomato for his friend and fellow environmentalist, Clint Eastwood. 

Gary Ibsen's friendship and encouragement continue to inspire my love for heirloom tomatoes. He has been my mentor and finest inspiration, and his award winning book, The Great Tomato Book, is always nearby. 

Archie Millett is a national treasure. If I have a tomato question that even Gary can't answer, he points me to Archie," Time to call Archie..." 

I called him with a question one summer. Archie's sweet wife answered and asked me to hold the phone for a moment. She called to him--he was way out in the tomato field. Gracious and kind, this wonderful 81 year old gentleman came to the phone and helped me solve my gardening question.

We are very proud to be the exclusive source for Clint Eastwood's Rowdy Red.

  Costoluto Genovese ($4.95) F/C (P-S) (E) 78 days. A big beautiful and classic Italian heirloom, the deeply fluted, ribbed intensely-red 8 oz. fruits are mouthwatering and utterly scrumptious.  This stunning tomato has a splendid, complex old-time flavor which makes it a perfect choice for sauce and fresh eating.

  Crazy ($4.95)  (EE)    (Ch) 55 days. This plant produces so early and so well in all climates--it's just crazy. It grows tall, strong vines bearing bountiful clusters of six 1", round, red cherry tomatoes in only 55 days from planting out. Sweet, prolific, with a wonderful tangy-sweet balance; Crazy just keeps producing through cold and hot weather.  

  Creole ($4.95) (E)    78 days. An immensely popular, full-flavored, renowned and revered variety  grown for generations in the humid southern states and along the Gulf Coast, which also grows beautifully everywhere. Very disease resistant in humid weather, big, 8-10 oz., round, scrumptious juicy red tomato, VERY prolific yields, with a huge and faithful fan club.

 Cuostraleé ($4.95) (Koo-struh-LAY) (BBB)    85 days. Big, hearty, prolific plant, with huge red beautiful beefsteak tomatoes, up to 4 lbs. I have to use both hands to pick them. Gigantic fruits have a superb, classic tomato flavor. Very easy to grow, disease resistant and a reliable producer, in my top 10 favorites. Another hot weather favorite which will grow easily and wonderfully in all gardens.

  Dagma's Perfection (DAHK - mahs) ($4.95) (E)  72 days. As described by Gary Ibsen, renowned tomato expert, gourmet, author, connoisseur, and owner of Carmel TomatoFest, who named this extraordinary tomato for his lady love. "This vigorous and abundant plant offers a bountiful harvest of medium-sized, 3" 12 oz., light yellow beefsteak fruits with beautifully delicate red striping. Deliciously flavorful with lingering sweet overtones of tropical fruit and subtle hints of lime, it is firm, juicy and elegant in the mouth. An enchanting tomato...delightful and jewel-like, just marvelous. "

Dagma's Perfection is a best seller.  

  Delicious ($4.95) (BBB)     80 days. These huge beautiful bright red globes have a magnificent flavor which stands up to their name. Delicious gives you a bountiful season-long production of scrumptious, juicy, sweet, up to 3-4 pound ribbed beefsteaks.  This grand American classic holds the current record for the world's largest tomato, a 7 lb.12 oz. fruit grown by Gordon Graham in 2001. 

Gardener's Delight (Aka) Sugar Lump)($4.95) F/C  (VE) (SM) (Ch)   65 days. You'll get an amazingly heavy production of precious sparkling-red 1" cherry tomatoes, which are loaded with sugary sweet tomato flavor. A special treat for tomato fans of all ages for eating right from the vine or in salads if they ever make it into the house. Gardener's Delight is also called 'Sugar Lump' for a very good reason. 

Gary Ibsen's Gold ($4.95) 75 days. (E) Seeds for this tall, leafy variety were sent to Gary in 1990 from a gardener in Boone County, West Virginia who had been growing these for 40 years. He was given the seeds by his uncle who had grown them in Tennessee.

Gary says, "In 2006 while eating some of this fruit just off the vine, I found myself so pleased with the flavor that I said to my wife, "Now this (slurp) is my kind of gold!"

"She suggested I call it Gary Ibsen's Gold, harvest more seeds, and share it with our friends. This big plant produces lots of very juicy, 14 oz., brilliant orange-gold globes with tropical fruit flavors with enough acid balance to guarantee a burst of tomato delight." 

  German Giant ($4.95) (BB) (E) 75 days. German Giant, an old family heirloom, produces humungous deep pink smooth tomatoes with huge luscious flavor. Sweet and juicy with a rich lingering aftertaste, it reaches 2 lbs-3 lbs. in only 75 to 78 days. Very productive with potato-leafed foliage, this fine old favorite is scrumptious!  

  Sophie's Choice ($4.95) 50 days. (D)  (VSM)  (EE)    

From Canada, this succulent family heirloom is unique among the super-early producing plants. The slightly flattened round red fruits are borne in clusters of 3, quite large for an early bearer, with firm-when-ripe great flavored fruits from 6 to 8 oz.  Sophie's Choice is a very small compact determinate plant.

This little shrub of a plant reaches about 18" tall and bears loads of delicious tomatoes. It tends to fall over with its heavy fruit burden, so be sure to give it some support. With its very high fruit production, tenacious growth habit and sweet refreshing taste, it's a fun and rewarding plant to grow. Very disease resistant, it is one tomato plant which requires more water than other varieties during early growth.

New for 2009! Striped German ($4.95) 80 days. Wow. I can't say enough about this tomato. Its bold yet nuanced tropical flavor, sweetness, fragrance and creamy juicy nectar have blown me away time and again. When I have one in front of me, ready to slice it open, I experience a feeling  of anticipation that can only be described as, well...passionate. These startlingly beautiful 1 to 2 lb. tomatoes are sparkling shades of red-yellow-pink-peach, a veritable rainbow in your hand. Gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.

  Stupice ($4.95) F/C   (EE)   (Stoo-PEECH-kuh) 52 days.

A great tomato! For me, this is the absolute very best tasting super-early cold-or-hot weather variety and among the first I plant each season. Big flavor, sweet and luscious.  Stupice is a 3 to 4 oz. red round fruit, first to ripen and very high yielding. Produces quickly, heavily, reliably early and continuously throughout the season. Even when fruits are smaller as the season wanes, they maintain their marvelous flavor becoming even sweeter with colder weather. A garden staple.  

Sun Gold ($4.95) F/C     (EE) (H) 45 - 55 days. 

This is the one of the best cherry tomatoes I've ever tasted, rivaling Isis Candy, and ready to pick in only 55-60 days. It has the big, rich flavor of a full-size tomato, in a beautiful little deep-golden fruit growing in bountiful clusters on a huge plant. Sweet, rich, so beautiful...just left of center in the photograph at the top of this page. Most of them won't make it into your house from the garden. If you send someone to pick them for you, keep your binoculars trained upon the picker.  The tomatoes in the photograph were picked on November 25th with our Los Angeles night temperatures in the 40's, Sun Gold is still going strong.

Sun Sugar ($4.95) F/C     (EE) (H) 50 to 60 days.

This delightful new golden-orange cherry tomato has fine rich flavor and superbly high production, very sweet and fruity, borne in long gorgeous clusters of 20-30 tomatoes. With big rich flavor, Sun Sugar, although thin-skinned, is crack resistant, and shows excellent disease resistance. Just a delightful new variety which stands up to hot or cold weather.  This photograph was taken of fresh-picked Sun Sugar fruits on October 19th, then we ate them.

  Sunmaster ($4.95) (H) 72 days. (E)  This yummy specialty tomato is a very heat tolerant hybrid variety which produces delicious bright red 7 to 8 oz., sometimes up to 12 ounces, rich, full-flavored tomatoes in only 72 days. The fruit sets best during high heat, when days are 87º to 97º and night temperatures are 73º to 82º. Very disease resistant. Photo courtesy of my tomato buddy, Char Conley.

 Sunset's Red Horizon ($4.95) (B)     (E) 72 days. This outstanding big, red, ambrosial and glorious fruit is, along with Purple Haze, Marianna's Peace, Vintage Wine, Green Giant, Goose Creek, and Earl's Faux, the talk of the tomato world this season and being described as the best tasting tomato in existence. Producing like a champ in cool weather, resistant to frost, it is a splendid producer of big red oxheart shaped, 5" fruits with great old-time intense tomato flavors and a juicy silken texture. Very heavy in the hand, weighing from 10 to about 16 ounces. One of the first varieties to produce, and continue bearing fruit well into November and December in the cooler coastal regions of Washington, Oregon and California, Sunset's Red Horizon will also produce beautifully and reliably in all climates and has proven resistant to frost, blossom end rot and cracking.

Introduced to the west by Nik Peplenov who immigrated to the US in 1999 and brought with him his favorite heirloom seeds from the Rostov Don region of Russia, it was named by tomato grower Gary Ibsen in 2003 after Sunset Magazine. Sunset's Red Horizon is a spectacular, all-around champion tomato. The fruit in the photograph was picked in our garden on January 27th, 2007. Photograph by Gary Ibsen.

Super Sioux ($4.95) 70 days.   (E) This delicious round, red 4 to 6 ounce extra heat tolerant variety is an improvement of the Sioux tomato developed in 1944.  Grand flavor, sweet and tangy, rich and complex, along with its ability to continue producing in very hot temperatures have made Super Sioux one of the most reliable hot weather producers in existence.

Super Snow White ($4.95) 70 days. F/C     (E)  

A gourmet's delight. I can't say enough about this exquisite, ping pong ball sized, white cherry tomato which ripens from white to ivory to palest yellow with a bright, rich and sweet juicy flavor. Very prolific, easy to grow, pretty as starlight and a top seller.

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