Tomato Mania 2011

Tomato
Mania
2011
Poly Plants Shop
Cal Poly Campus
Dates: April 8 and 9, 2011
10:00am – 5:00pm
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
Contact: [email protected]
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Beefmaster Hybrid VFNASt
Big Beef Hybrid
One of the most popular hybrid beefsteak-types, with
improved disease resistance. Solid, meaty, bright red
tomatoes weigh up to two pounds. Better yields,
larger fruits and good tolerance to cracking and
splitting. Indeterminate. (80 days)
A good choice to try in virtually any climate, readily
overcoming adverse growing conditions and adapting
easily to different environments. Coupled with oldfashioned, rich flavor, it features bred-in hybrid
qualities: colossal fruit size and yield, uniformity and
a full spectrum of disease resistance. Smooth fruits
are globe-shaped, weighing 9 oz. to one pound.
(73 days)
Better Boy Hybrid
A spectacular, midseason variety with plump, juicy,
deep red tomatoes that often weigh more than one
pound. Once they arrive they just keep on coming!
Fruits are extremely flavorful, with flesh that’s juicy,
yet firm. Heavy foliage protects fruits from sunscald. A
highly adaptable variety that thrives in nearly any
climate. Demonstrates excellent disease resistance.
Indeterminate. (75 days)
Beef Steak
A new American classic hybrid. Gardeners
everywhere will love the heirloom look and feel of
this variety's large 12 to 14 oz. beefsteak fruits that
benefit from breeding to hold their texture and flavor
longer after picking. Packed with exactly the right
amount of flavor for fresh eating in salads and
sandwiches. (80 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
Contact: [email protected]
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Black Brandywine
A prolific yielder whose novel, black fruits are wellformed, oval shaped, with "real tomato taste"!
(80-120 days)
Box Car Willie
This old-timer might become your main crop variety,
due to its prolific yields of smooth, reddish-orange
fruits averaging a large 10 to 16 oz.! With an oldfashioned flavor you'll remember from childhood,
these high-yielding, multi-use tomatoes will last
throughout the season and are ideal for canning,
freezing, or for home-cooked meals. Crack-free and
disease resistant. (80 days)
Black Krim
A most unusual novelty. Fruits are a dark, deep red
(almost a shiny black) with heavy green shoulders.
Interior is a deep, reddish-green color. Sweet and
tasty. Matures extremely early. (69 days)
Brown Berry
An unusual variety with cherry-type fruits dressed in
appealing, earthy- brown skins. More than a novelty the fruits have very good flavor and are sweet and
juicy. A very different look for fresh and cooked
cuisine. Sturdy, 78" plants. (70 days)
Bloody Butcher
A sensational, multi-purpose tomato, very early and
high-yielding. Strong tomato flavor in medium, round,
4 oz. fruits that are a deep, dark red inside and out.
Potato-leaved plants are fast growing. (55 days)
Burpee’s Big Boy Hybrid
The hallmark of this large, crack-free tomato is its
absolutely superb flavor. Bright red, firm, meaty fruits
often weigh 1 pound or more, and feature smooth,
blemish-resistant skins. (78 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
Contact: [email protected]
Bush Beefsteak
This is the perfect sandwich-sized fruit produced on a
square-foot, garden- sized plant. Solid-fleshed fruits of
a deep, rich red, average 8 ounces, on vigorous, bushy
plants. (62 days)
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Cabernet Hybrid VFF
These red grape tomatoes are super, super sweet.
Firm, 1/3 to 1/2 oz., fruits make the perfect snack they're nutritious and delicious! Tolerant to Early
Blight. (60 days)
Celebrity Hybrid VFFNTASt
Bush Early Girl Hybrid VFFNT
This "determinate sister" to popular Early Girl
(00240) delivers the same desirable qualities in a
compact, patio-sized variety: an extreme earliness
and huge yields of firm, meaty, flavorful fruits that are
larger than Early Girl - a full 4" in diameter. (54 days)
Bush Goliath Hybrid VFN
No wonder this remarkable tomato has gained such
wide acclaim in its short history! Specially developed
for patio gardeners and those with limited garden
space, and unsurpassed by any other bush variety. Its
attractive, compact plants grow up to 3-1/2 ft. tall and
have a "patio" look...the surprise is their huge, red, 3
to 4" fruits packed with flavorful meat and high sugar
content. Bears consistently up to frost and needs little
staking. (68 days)
This AAS Award Winner established a new standard
for main-crop hybrids requiring multiple disease
resistance. Highly adaptable from Canada to the
South. Medium sized, globe-shaped fruits are crackresistant and average 7 oz. Semi-determinate.
(70 days)
Champion II Hybrid VFFNTA
If you love the ever popular Champion Hybrid then
you're sure to become a fan of this variety. Features
even more disease resistance while maintaining the
same delicious flavor and timing. Delivers high yields
of meaty, 6 to 7 oz. fruits. Also exhibits intermediate
resistance to Yellow Leaf Curl Virus. (62-65 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Cherokee Purple
Cupid Hybrid FASt
A reliable producer of unusual, medium pink-purple
fruits that appear brown in color, and average 8 to 12
oz., apiece. Fruits are round to oblate, with no
cracking. Exhibits tolerance to mild drought as well as
to common diseases. (80-90 days)
There are a lot of good grape tomatoes on the market,
but Cupid advances to the next level in the areas of
quality, flavor, yields and holding ability. Meaty bright
red fruits are nearly as firm as Roma types and are
quite crack resistant. Vigorous plants set loads of
fruits in long trusses for a long season that begins
early, and due to a very high level of disease
resistance, continues right up until frost. (66 days)
Cherry Roma
Produces bountiful sets of 1" long, plum-shaped fruits
with a surprising flavor that's both sweet and spicy at
the same time. A real taste treat when eaten fresh, or
dried to enjoy all year long! (75-80 days)
Chocolate Cherry
Extremely flavorful, uniform, round fruits in trusses of
8, measure 1" in diameter. Fruits hold stems very
well, don't crack and can be picked several days
before completely mature and allowed to ripen off the
vine without sacrificing quality. Great variety for the
home gardener or for packing into pints for market.
(70 days)
Dinner Plate
Large red fruits averaging 1-1/2 to 2 lbs. a piece are
radially flattened and heart-shaped. Fine quality flesh
has excellent flavor. (90-100 days)
Djena Lee’s Golden Girl
An heirloom dating back to the 1920's that's rumored
to have won 1st Place at the Chicago Fair 10 years in a
row. Fruits are golden yellow to deep orange, globe
shaped, meaty and weigh 8 to 12 oz. each. The perfect
balance of acid and sugars gives it a sweet, yet tangy
flavor. (80 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Golden Girl Hybrid VFFNA
Early Girl VFF
It's hard to find tasty, full-sized fruits like this extraearly in the season! Meaty, ripe, red fruits, 4 to 6 oz.,
are slightly flattened and bright crimson throughout.
Very appealing, with firm texture and blemishresistant skin. Heavy yields on hardy vines. (57 days)
The mildest tomato ever! Golden-orange, smooth,
deep-oblate fruits average 7 oz. each, with a mild,
almost-sweet flavor (unlike the reds) that is as
appealing as its appearance! Requires no pruning.
(69 days)
Early Goliath Hybrid VFFNTASt
Golden Mama Hybrid
Superb size, perfect shape, continuous production,
luscious flavor and broad disease resistance of the
marvelous original. The bonus is its exceptional
earliness-it extends the growing season at the front
end by a full week or more without sacrificing the
things we love most about Goliath-- extra-large
harvests of big, 8 oz. red, sweet fruits that are deep
oblate to globe-shaped. A better yielder than other
early varieties. (58 days)
Make a gorgeous golden sauce from the first yellow
paste tomato bred. Prepare huge batches of yellow
marinara from just a few plants. Besides the unique
color, the taste is unusually mild and sweet. The
compact plants yield enormous crops of 4-5 oz. fruits
over an extremely long season. A gourmet cook's
delight. (68 days)
First Light Hybrid
Ranks as one of the best tasting tomatoes ever. Should
be harvested when the lower half of the tomato has
turned red but still has green shoulders. Excellent full
flavored, 5 to 7 ounce, fruits have a nice crisp texture
that makes them perfect for adding a fresh look to
salads and salsas. Strong plants produce good yields.
(76 days)
Green Zebra
This is the most unusual variety you'll ever grow!
Fully ripened fruits are bright green, with stripes of a
still lighter green. Round, smallish, 2 to 4 oz. fruits
have excellent, "real tomato" flavor. Plants are
vigorous. (78 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Health Kick Hybrid VFFASt
The perfect saladette variety - healthy, fine-flavored,
with better wilt resistance and fruits of the brightest
red imaginable, thanks to the antioxidant lycopene.
Juicy, plum-shaped fruits weigh about 4 oz. and are
strongly disease resistant, particularly to Spotted
Wilt. Sets loads of fruit under average growing
conditions. Plants grow to about 4 ft. tall if staked.
(72 days)
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Kellogg’s Breakfast
Kellogg's Breakfast is finally getting the recognition it
deserves. Originally bred in Michigan by a gardener named
Kellogg, it is absolutely unique, both for its size and for its
bold golden skin and juice, exactly the color of freshsqueezed orange juice! This giant sets fruit weighing
anywhere from 16 to 32 ounces. Slightly flattened, the
globes are massive, hanging over the edges of sandwich
bread. A good mix of solids and gels makes for a delicious
bite, and you'll need many, many bites to finish just one
Kellogg's Breakfast! (80-85 days)
Husky Cherry Red Hybrid VFA
Season-long production of outstanding fruits, 1" in
size and featuring excellent flavor. A member of the
Husky "ISI" Series, whose dwarf indeterminate habit
and quality production makes it perfect for small
spaces and containers. (65 days)
Large Red Cherry
An excellent salad tomato, with clusters of 5 on spreading,
hardy vines, with dark green foliage. Full-season, high
yields of deep scarlet, round, 1 to 1-1/4" diameter, flavorful
fruits. Green fruits may be pickled, while ripe ones are used
fresh or for preserves. (72 days)
Jelly Bean Yellow Hybrid
A prolific yielder of oblong fruits, true yellow in color.
Bite-sized fruits grow in groups of 15-30 per cluster,
and can be harvested later in the season than most. A
nice complement to red grape types. (72 days)
Lemon Boy Hybrid VFNASt
Lemon yellow, not golden in color. Highly adaptable plants
yield large, deep oblate fruits, averaging 6 to 7 oz. and
about 3-1/2" across. Out-yields all other "golden" tomatoes
available. Mild flavored and adds an inviting color to
salads. (72 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Lemon Drop
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Micro Tom Hybrid
These sunshine-yellow fruits have a pure, tart-sweet taste
that stands up alongside the most robust salad ingredients.
Heavy trusses of 3/4" fruits literally beg to be harvested and
enjoyed. (80-90 days)
Considered to be the world's smallest tomato, with plants
only 6 to 8" tall, bearing loads of flavorful, 1 oz., deep red
fruits. Micro Tom is an ideal house plant for windowsills or
patios, letting you enjoy vine-ripened tomatoes year round!
Developed by the University of Florida. (88 days)
Merlot Hybrid VFF
Murray Smith
Incredibly crunchy and very sweet, these red grape
tomatoes, 1/4 to 1/2 oz., are a real treat! A great snack as
well as being excellent for salads, cooking or as a pizza
topper. Hardy and tolerant to Early Blight. High yielder.
(59 days)
This large, flavorful tomato only grows on the Central
Coast, and was developed by Howard Brown, former dean
of College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental
Sciences, in honor of his friend, Murray Smith.
Mexico Midget
Old-time, south-of-the-border favorite that continues to
prove its value as a salad tomato. Tiny, red, cherry-type
fruits weigh down trusses with prolific yields throughout an
extended growing season. Round 1/2" fruits explode with
irresistible flavor. Very reliable. (60-90 days)
Original Beefsteak Red Hybrid
A new American classic hybrid. Gardeners everywhere will
love the heirloom look and feel of this variety's large 12 to
14 oz. beefsteak fruits that benefit from breeding to hold
their texture and flavor longer after picking. Packed with
exactly the right amount of flavor for fresh eating in salads
and sandwiches. Totally Tomatoes Horticultural Variety.
(65 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
Contact: [email protected]
Original Beefsteak Tangerine
A new American classic hybrid. Gardeners everywhere will
love the heirloom look and feel of this variety's large 12 to
14 oz. beefsteak fruits that benefit from breeding to hold
their texture and flavor longer after picking. Packed with
exactly the right amount of flavor for fresh eating in salads
and sandwiches. Totally Tomatoes Horticultural Variety.
(65 days)
Patio Hybrid FASt
Perfect for container gardening or limited space. Vines are
extremely compact, yet produce medium-sized, deep oblate
fruits that are smooth, firm and flavorful. (70 days)
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Pink Brandymaster Hybrid
This modern strain of classic Brandywine delivers world
famous flavor packed into medium to large fruits, unrivaled
among similar varieties. Shiny pink fruits weigh 10 ounces
with firm, juicy flesh and an incredible, rich tomato taste.
Potato-leaved plants do well under a wide range of
conditions. Fruits mature later in northern areas.
(70-80 days)
Purple Russian
Original stock of this variety came from Irma Henkel in the
Ukraine. Meaty, plum-shaped, 6 oz. fruits are 3 to 4" long.
Tomatoes are sweet and flavorful making them a good
choice for eating fresh, salsa and sauces. High yielding
plants produce purplish-black, smooth skinned fruits that
are crack resistant. (80 days)
Persimmon Orange
Rainbow
Great flavor and eye appeal! Large, plump, golden-orange
fruits average 1 to 2 lbs. - meaty, with luscious flavor and
only a few seeds. You can expect these vigorous plants to
produce good yields. (80 days)
Very large, orange fruits, with red spots or streaks, grow up
to 4-1/2" in diameter. Firm, meaty flesh with low acidity,
produces a delicious flavor that's ideal in a variety of dishes
or eaten plain. (80-85 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Red Brandymaster Hybrid VF
This modern strain of classic Brandywine delivers world
famous flavor packed into medium to large fruits, unrivaled
among similar varieties. Red fruits weigh up to one pound
with firm, juicy flesh and an incredible, rich tomato taste.
Potato-leaved plants do well under a wide range of
conditions. Fruits mature later in northern areas.
(70-80 days)
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Red Pear
One of the rarest of the heirloom varieties and still
grown today! Hardy, medium-sized plants yield plenty
of small, red, pear-shaped fruits with very few seeds.
Perfect for salads, sauces or pickles. (70 days)
Red Zebra
Red Brandywine
An Amish heirloom that dates back to 1885 and is generally
considered to be the world's best-flavored tomato. Plants
look like potato vines with good yields of extra-large
(weighing up to 1-1/2 lbs.), firm, clear-skinned, light rosypink fruits. (90-100 days)
This variety has both beauty and substance, the best
looking and best tasting of all striped tomatoes available
on the market today! Fruits are dark red inside, and
brighter fire engine-red outside, with skins streaked by
dramatic, golden stripes. Juicy and flavorful, with large
crops of 3" fruits on strong, productive plants.
Roman Candle
Red Lightning Hybrid
Lovely to look at, exquisite to taste. 'Red Lightning'
loads up with brilliant red 2 ½-3" fruits covered with
“hand-painted” yellow stripes. The flavor is
irresistible—sweet, tangy and richly aromatic. Lends a
jolt of delectable color to salads. The vigorous plants
grow 5’ tall, producing a continuous harvest of tomatoes
right up till fall. (82 days)
It's rare to find a pure-yellow, banana-shaped tomato,
and even more difficult to find one with superior flavor.
Roman Candle satisfies on both counts. Paste-type
fruits, 4 to 6" long, are very meaty and flavorful with
brilliant yellow skin and white flesh. An excellent choice
for salsas and sauces. (80 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Saucey
This heavy producer easily out performs other tomatoes
of its type in earliness and yield. Plants produce many
robust clusters of plum-shaped fruits that ripen
simultaneously for one major harvest. Smooth, meaty
fruits can be easily shaken from the plants when
mature. Satisfying to grow, and is sure to electrify
sauces and salsas with intense, "real tomato" taste.
(75-85 days)
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SunSugar Hybrid
The ultimate in cherry tomatoes, this golden yellow
beauty achieves a new level of sugar-sweetness and
flavor, superb texture, and a tangy "true tomato" taste.
Fruits are a lovely golden yellow, weigh 1/2 oz., and
possess thin skins - remarkable, considering its
wonderful crack resistance, even in heavy rains. Heavy
early cropper. Very vigorous - can be grown outdoors or
indoors in an unheated greenhouse in cold climates.
(62 days)
Sugary Hybrid Tomato
2005 AAS WINNER! Sugary stands out as something
really special in the world of cherry tomato competition.
Super-sweet, juicy, 2 oz. fruits, with appealing, reddishpink skins and light green shoulders. Huge yields of
oval-shaped, slightly pointed fruits set continuously in
full sun. (80 days)
Sweet Million Hybrid FT
Terrific flavor in high yields of super-sweet cherry
tomatoes that have excellent, hybrid disease resistance.
Long chains of smooth, dark red, 1 to 1-1/2" fruits are
produced on large vigorous plants. Matures nice and
early and continues producing until frost. (60 days)
Sun Cherry Extra Sweet Hybrid
No hors d'oeuvres table or salad will be without this
bite-size delight, once folks taste its super-sugary
sweetness. Vigorous plants produce higher yields of
thin-skinned, 1/4 oz. fruits than its predecessor,
especially at the start of harvest. (55-60 days)
Tigerella
Similar to Mr. Stripey, with tangy, red, meaty fruits that
exhibit marked stripes of a green-to-yellow hue.
Uniform production all season. (76 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Tiny Tim
Still one of the earliest, most dependable, tree-like,
dwarf types for small garden or containers. Only 15"
tall, yet yields many small, 3/4" fruits. Super in salads.
(60 days)
Beefy Boy Hybrid Tomato
We can thank superior breeding for these gigantic
beefsteak-type fruits that have achieved the perfect
combination of delicious flesh that is more solid than
jell, awe-inspiring size and exceptional taste. So easy to
grow, too! Deep red, 12 to 16 oz. fruits are round and
smooth, ripening uniformly. Highly disease resistant.
Tomato Parks Season Starter Hybrid
Great for northern climates and short growing seasons.
60 days from setting out transplants. F1VT.
Determinate. Always grow the first tomato on the block
with this super-fast determinate variety! It sets huge
yields of juicy-sweet 6-ounce fruits -- and they taste as
good as they look!
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Tomato Parks Whopper Cr Improved Hybrid
Earlier and tastier than the original Whopper, with big
red, 4" fruits that feature improved disease and crackresistance, as well as a more uniform fruit size. You'll
start harvesting in just 65 days, and keep picking right
until frost! A popular choice for fresh market and home
garden. Vigorous, stocky plants.
Totem Hybrid
More fruit than foliage, compact and perfect for patios
or window boxes. Just 18 to 30" tall, with small to
medium, round, red, flavorful fruits produced in
abundance-- up to 10 lbs. per plant! Great for indoor
gardens too, with its attractive dark green foliage. No
staking is required. (70 days)
Tumbling Tom Red
This magnificent variety cascades to 20" or more,
making it ideal for hanging baskets and container
gardens. Sturdy, evenly branched plants are loaded with
juicy, 1 to 2" fruits, perfectly sized for snacking and
salads. A true ornamental that may seem too pretty to
pick, but one sweet bite will have you coming back for
more. (70 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
Contact: [email protected]
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Tumbling Tom Yellow
Yellow Brandywine
This magnificent variety cascades to 20" or more,
making it ideal for hanging baskets and container
gardens. Sturdy, evenly branched plants are loaded with
juicy, 1 to 2" fruits, perfectly sized for snacking and
salads. A true ornamental that may seem too pretty to
pick, but one sweet bite will have coming back for more.
(70 days)
Golden-yellow version of Brandywine with prolific
yields of flattened, somewhat irregular fruits.
(90-100 days)
Yellow Cherry
Vintage Wine
One of the very few pastel-hued tomatoes. A favorite of
gourmet grocers, with attractive, 1-1/2 lb., pale pink
fruits set off by golden stripes. Elegant, sweet and tasty,
with a nice, mild flavor that compliments most dishes.
Tall, 78" plants with potato-leaved foliage. ( 85 days)
Lots of small, 1/2", pretty fruits to toss in your salads.
Strong vines produce high yields of yellow jewels,
preferred by taste-testers about the same percentage as
for Super Sweet 100. (70 days)
Yellow Pear
Yellow Brandymaster Hybrid VF
This modern strain of classic Brandywine delivers
world famous flavor packed into fruits that weigh up to
one pound. They are firm, juicy and have an incredible,
rich tomato taste. Potato-leaved plants do well under a
wide range of conditions. Fruits mature later in
northern areas. (70-80 days)
Vigorous vines produce high yields of 2", yellowskinned, pear-shaped fruits with few seeds. Slightly
later than Red Pear, but with the same prolific yields
and dependable performance. (78 days)
$6.00 each or Five for $25.00
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Yellow Plum
Vigorous vines produce high yields of 1-1/2" cherrytype, plum-shaped tomatoes in clusters. Very sweet and
mild, great eaten fresh like "plums" off the vine, or ideal
for salads and preserves. Bears full-season. (70 days)
Zebra Cherry Hybrid
This compact, hard-to-find basket type produces loads
of tangy fruits that are slightly larger than the average
cherry at 1 to 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Exotic fruits
have red and green stripes, with dark red flesh that is
surprisingly flavorful and very firm, making them easy
to cut. Hardy plants are ideal for small spaces and
patios. (70 days)
*Descriptions taken with permission from Totally
Tomatoes website
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