Tomatoes
Burpee Tomato Varieties
Big Mama Hybrid
Plum-shaped and enormous, Big Mama Hybrid tomatoes grow up to 5 in. (13-cm) long and 3 in. (8 cm) across. In the kitchen, this variety is easy to peel and core. One of the best paste tomatoes, Big Mama is excellent in sauces. These tomatoes need at least one inch (2.5 cm) of water per week and prefer six hours or more of direct sun each day.
Days to Harvest: 80
Black Pearl Hybrid
A true treasure, 'Black Pearl' is two different flavors in one cherry tomato. Enjoy right off the vine, but be sure to put a big bowlful in the refrigerator for a special treat. When chilled, 'Black Pearl' has a unique, extra sweet, 'Concord' grape flavor. Indeterminate vines produce 1 1/2", purplish black fruits in abundance until fall. A rare pearl!
Days to Harvest: 67
Brandy Boy Hybrid
Versatile in the Kitchen, this is one of the tastiest tomatoes you can grow. A hybrid of the classic Brandywine, Brandy Boy has the benefits of an heirloom - incredible taste, smooth thin skin - without any drawbacks. Produces loads of large, 5 in. pink fruits. Best enjoyed eaten fresh in salads.
Days to Harvest: 78
Bushsteak Hybrid
Meet the best of the staked tomatoes - for exceptional taste, size and quantity. This surprisingly compact plant (20-24") is just loaded with large flavorful tomatoes. Combines big meaty fruit (8-12 oz.) and early maturity
on a dwarf plant, perfect for a small garden and patio containers.
Days to Harvest: 65
Fouth of July Heirloom
Be the first on your block with fresh tomatoes! Producing small, luscious fruits, Fourth of July is one of the earliest-producing varieties you can grow. Although early, you can continue to harvest until late summer or early fall.
Days to Harvest: 49
Fresh Salsa Hybrid
Salsa lovers, your tomato is here. You can chop this tomato into tiny cubes that remain perfectly firm and solid yet also sweet. Large,
plum-shaped and dripless, 'Fresh Salsa' is "all meat"- ideal for tasty salsas, bruschettas and "light" Italian sauces.
Days to Harvest: 65-75
Napa Grape Hybrid
Not only the consistent top choice in our summer taste tests, but independent studies confirm that it maintains a higher sugar content than any other grape tomato. And the sweetness doesn't fade in late summer. Shiny red, 1" elongated globes are produced in abundance on
vigorous vines.
Days to Harvest: 65
Steak Sandwich Hybrid
Vigorous but compact, Steak Sandwich tomatoes load up with dozens of fruits at a time. Harvest the large fruits summer through fall and you’ll love them on sandwiches and burgers or in salads.
Days to Harvest: 70
SuperTasty Hybrid
Rich, tangy flavor, extremely juicy, solid texture, and saturated with a deep red color inside and out. Bushy, disease free, vigorous and productive. Space saving habit, with minimal staking required.
Days to Harvest: 70
Supersteak Hybrid
Our favorite super size tomato - most fruits weigh 2 lbs. Original "beefsteak" flavor and meaty texture. Smooth skin and large size makes this variety perfect for slicing. One slice covers the whole thing!
Days to Harvest: 80
Sweet Seedless Hybrid
We’ve come to appreciate seedless watermelons and virtually seedless cucumbers – now the world’s first seedless tomato! Beyond the lack of seeds to digest, this tomato is first rate for taste. In fact, precisely because there are no seeds to store the sugars for later use, all the sweetness is immediately available for you to enjoy in every rich slice. And to top it off, the indeterminate plants have a full package of disease resistance to ensure plenty of healthy yields.
Days to Harvest: 70
Culinary Couture Tomatoes
Brandywine Yellow Heirloom
Yellow-skinned version of the popular Brandywine tomato! The Yellow Brandywine has rich, full-flavored flesh and makes for a premier slicing tomato. Flesh and pulp are both yellow. Fruits are quite juicy and grow up to 1-1 1/2 pounds.
Days to Harvest: 80
Cour di Bue
Indeterminate, A selection of 'Oxheart type', later maturing, producing large, meaty fruits about ½lb in weight. Fruits are deep, ox heart shaped, with rounded base, ribbed and ripen to an orangey-red color. The flesh is meaty, ideal for slicing and of superb flavor.
Days to Harvest: 85
Pineapple Heirloom
Large beefsteak style tomato sometimes weighing up to two pounds. Ripens to a beautiful bright yellow, often with red stripes. This variety has a mild flavor and meaty flesh with relatively few seeds. Plants tend to be high yielding.
Days to Harvest: 90
Pink Oxheart Heirloom
This Hungarian heirloom has excellent flavor, the meaty, large tomatoes provide lots of solid good eating and very few seeds. The fruit is pink heart-shaped tomatoes. As a bonus, these plants are not shy bearers, but rather quite productive for an oxheart type.
Days to Harvest: 70
Potomato
Purple Russian Heirloom
Plant produces high yields of large 4" long purplish-black plum tomatoes. Tomatoes are very flavorful and very meaty. One of the best purplish-black tomatoes for markets. Excellent for slicing, sauce, and paste.
Days to Harvest: 80
Red Pear Heirloom
Plant produces high yields of small 1 oz pear shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes grow in cluster of 6 to 9 and turn red when mature. Serve along side the yellow pear tomato to make a very attractive dish.
Days to Harvest: 70
Tomaccio
The uniqueness of 'Tomaccio' is that the fruit dries naturally like a raisin. The taste of the dried fruit is very sweet (some say the sweetest). Each plant yields 13-18 pounds of cherry tomatoes!
Days to Harvest: 60
Tumbling Tom Red
A truly trailing tomato. Perfect for tubs and patio containers, or cascading out of a hanging basket. Cherry sized, sweet and juicy fruits are produced in abundance throughout the summer. No sideshooting or training required.
Days to Harvest: 49
White Cherry
White cherry tomatoes are usually bland, these have a sweet, fruity flavor with a real tomatoey aftertaste. The fruit ripens to a very pale yellow and develops a slightly orange cast at maturity.
Days to Harvest: 65
Yellow Pear Heirloom
Plant produces high yields of small 1 oz pear shaped tomatoes. Tomatoes grow in cluster of 6 to 9 and turn yellow when mature. Serve along side the red pear tomato to make a very attractive dish.
Days to Harvest: 70
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