heirloom tomatoes

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 tomato and great slicer

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)

Pacific Potager FarM :: www.pacificpotager.com :: Michelle CrawforD :: 27918 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA ::                   (206) 463-2750

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