Pacific Potager’s Ultimate Tomato Plant List
Hollywood may announce the Oscar nominees and New York, the Tony Awards, but Vashon Island hosts and boasts the yearly release of the Ultimate Tomato Plant List by Michelle Crawford at Pacific Potager Farm. Michelle knows her toms and these are her picks, all of which will be available shortly at either her farmstand daily or the Vashon Farmers Market on Saturdays.
OLD GERMAN, an island favorite, is an heirloom tomato that begs to be featured in your next BLT.
SLICING TOMATOES
Azoyochka- 70 days, HL, I, 8 oz., delicious Russian yellow beefsteak
Big Beef- 70 days, I, full-flavored beef steak
Black Krim- 70 days, HL, I, 12 oz, mahogany, rich spicy taste
Black Prince- 70 days, HL, I, Siberian, 8 oz., some spice, rich
Brandywine- 85 days, HL, I, Amish, huge, best in greenhouse
Carmello- 70 days, HL, D, delicious 8 oz. French fresh mkt. variety
Caspian Pink- 75 days, HL, I, Russian “brandywine”, delicious
Celebrity- 70 days, D, 8 oz. fruits, reliable and good tasting
Cherokee Purple- 75 days, HL, I, rich, large, pink-purple
Cosmo Volkov- 65 days, HL, I, large early Russian red, tasty
Dagma – 70 days, I, HL, lg. yellow and red bi-color with rich fruity taste
Dona- 65 days, HL, I, 4-6 oz., French mkt. variety, tasty
Early Girl- 60 days, I, 4-6 oz., reliable and popular
Golden Girl- 70 days, D, 8 oz. gold, sweet, dense, creamy
Gold Medal – 75 days, HL, I, lg. yellow sweet, low acid, blushed red
Green Zebra- 70 days, HL, I, 4 oz., green with stripes, zippy
Legend- 65 days, delicious blight resisitant NW red from OSU
Magnus- 70 days, HL, I, 6 0z., dark pink from the Livingston Collection
Margo- 70 days, D, 6 oz. disease resistant, French fresh market red
Marmara- 75 days, I, similar to Marmande but more prolific, French fresh mkt., 5 oz. red
Moskvich- 60 days, HL, I, 4-6 oz. Siberian red, rich and early.
Momotaro- 70 days, I, favorite tomato from Japan, pink, medium
Nyagous – 70 days, HL, I, 6oz round black fruit that is sweet, rich and complex
Old German- 75 days, HL, I, large Amish with yellow and pink streaked fruits, rich taste, beautiful
Oregon Spring- 60 days, D, large early red for cool springs
Rose de Berne- 75 days, HL, I, 8 oz. juicy Swiss pink fruits
Royesta- 70 days, I, 6-8 0z. red European fresh mkt. variety
Siletz- 60 days, D, large early slicer for PNW
Stump of the World – 80 days, I, HL, from Quisinberry collection, smaller and more productive than Brandywine
Super Fantastic- 70 days, I, well-balanced flavor, large, red
Taxi- 65 days, D, 4 oz. yellow, low acid and early
Valencia – 75 days, HL, I, bright orange large fruit with rich taste
SALAD & SAUCE TOMATOES
Amish Paste- 80 days, HL,I, large, dense, sweet for sauce, wispy foliage
Black Plum- 70 days, HL, I, Russian, sauce, dry, or fresh
Bloody Butcher- 55 days, HL, I, early small 4 oz., good tasting fruit to start things off…
Flamme- 70 days, HL, I, orange, French, sweet and fruity, beautiful
Grushovka – 65 days, HL, D, early Siberian with 3” long egg shaped fruit, small plant
Green Sausage – 75 days, HL, D 4’ green striped paste tomatoes
Indigo Rose – 75 days, I, from Oregon state, deep purple blue exterior, 2” round fruit are ‘plummy’
Japanese Black Trifele- 80 days, HL, I, pear-shaped, meaty for sauce, good for canning
Juliet – 60 days, I, 2” red oval fruits, prolific, for salad, sauce, or drying
Lime Green Salad- 60 days, D, 3 oz. chartreuse fruit, delicious
Matina- 60 days, HL,I, rich tasty red, German, 2-4 oz. fruits
Milano- 60 days, I, San Marzano type but much earlier!
Patio- 70 days, D, thick rugose foliage, 2 ft. plants for pots
San Marzano- 80 days, HL, I, traditional meaty sauce tomato
Spring Shine – 70 days, I, a canning alternative to Early Cascade
Stupice- 60 days, HL,I, early Czech variety for salads
Sunset Falls – 65 days, D, orange and yellow striped fruit on pendant plants for containers and hanging baskets
Tigerella- 60 days, HL, I, red with stripes, juicy, cute
CHERRY TOMATOES
Black Cherry- 65 days, I, complex,rich black tomato taste in a cherry
Cherry Baby Currant- 70 days, I, good tasting red currant sized fruits
Frosted Green Doctors – 75 days, I, small and sweet green cherries on long trusses, via Amy Goldman
Galina – 75 days, I, HL Siberian yellow cherry, with sweet rich taste
Gardener’s Delight- English heirloom, large cherry, good tomato tasteGrape- 60 days, I, red grape oval tomatoes kids love
Green Grape- 70 days, D, delicious chartreuse ovals
Matt’s Wild Cherry- 60 days, HL, I, wild plant with small, very sweet intense
Rosalita- 60 days, I, rosy pink grape tomato, cute
Sun Gold- 60 days, I, bright orange fruits, an island favorite
Sun Sugar- 60 days, I, much like Sun Gold but crack resistant
Sweet Chelsea- 65 days, HL, I, jumbo, sweet red cherry, fruits in clusters
Sweet Million- 65 days, I, red prolific, sweet, crack resistant
Tumbling Tom Red- 70 days, D, cascading plant for baskets or pots, sweet red fruit
Yellow Pear- 70 days, HL, D, cute, pear-shaped fruit
These starts available at the Vashon Farmer’s Market and at our self-serve farm stand on the south end of the island off Vashon Hwy at 279th!
- Key – HL- heirloom variety
- I- indeterminate variety (grows a large plant)
- D- determinate(grows a more compact plant)
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Pacific Potager FarM :: www.pacificpotager.com :: Michelle CrawforD :: 27918 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA :: (206) 463-2750 |
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