Tomato

'Juliet Hybrid'. 60 days. Indeterminate. 1999 All America Selections winner. Elongated cherry tomatoes weighing 1 oz. are produced in grape-like clusters. Expect high yields of crack resistant fruit. Tolerant to late blight and leaf spot.

Tomato

'Kelloggs Breakfast'. 80-85 days. Indeterminate heirloom. Lovely, pale-orange fruits are solid and meaty throughout, packed with mild, superb-tasting flesh. A long-season producer of large, beefsteak-type fruits, up to 16 oz., with solid centers that have just a few seeds at the edges. Very desirable!

Tomato

'Kewalo'. 78 days. Determinate. From the University of Hawaii, bred for the tropics. Round red fruit on plants resistant to bacterial wilt and nematodes.

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'La Roma'. 62 days. Determinate. This improved Roma produces more than the standard Roma and has larger sized fruit. One of the best paste type varieties.

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'Legend'. 68 days. Determinate.This early variety sets large, glossy red fruit with green shoulders. Good flavor is a nice blend of sugars and acids. Strong resistance against the late blight fungus, a problem that has thwarted many a tomato gardener. It sets fruit well under cool temperatures, and contains few seeds. This combination of great taste, earliness, and strong disease resistance makes Legend truly memorable.

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'Lemon Boy'. 72 days. Indeterminate. This hybrid produces round, bright yellow fruit that adds color and flavor to salads. Average fruit is 6 to 8 ounces and out yields other golden tomatoes.

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'Lime-Green Salad'. 68 days. Determinate. Diminutive plants produce loads of small 3 to 5 oz., lime-green tomatoes that ripen further to amber. Fruit is chartreuse inside and full of juice and good, tangy flavor that is somewhat spicy. Good plant for containers.

Tomato

'Limmony'. 85 days. Indeterminate. Heirloom. Tangy, smooth, sweet, yellow fruit can weigh up to 1 lb. each. Good for canning or fresh use.

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'Marmande VF'. 67 days. Indeterminate. French Heirloom. Flavorful favorite, popular throughout Europe. Prolific producer of large, firm, scarlet red, round, lobed fruits. Shoulders are slightly ribbed.

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'Matt's Wild Cherry'. 60 days. Indeterminate. This tomato from Mexico has produced a chorus of praise. The tender, smooth fruit has is rich and full-flavored with a sweetness that has few rivals. Red fruits are about 3/4-inch in diameter.

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'Mortgage Lifter'. 82 days. Indeterminate. Special strain still retains extra-large (2 pounds or more) fruits, but is smoother and more uniform. Better disease resistance, too.

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'Mr. Stripey'. 80 days. Indeterminate. Ridged-shouldered, large fruits, yellow with pinkish-red stripes. Quite mild, low acid, with few seeds. Virginia favorite.

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'Old Ivory Egg'. 80 days. Indeterminate heirloom. Heres a tomato that will turn some heads. Egg- shaped, pale, ivory fruit turn creamy yellow when ripe.

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'Park's Whopper'. 65 days. Indeterminate. This fine tasting tomato, produces large yields of fruit throughout the summer and is earlier than other large-fruited varieties. It is crack and disease resistant.
Crop Failure

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'Patio Hybrid'. 70 days. Determinate. Good producer of medium sized, flavorful, red fruit. Two foot tall plant is good for containers and provide a large harvest.

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Before You Visit Us
- This is not an availability list!
  Please call to check our supply before you visit.
  This catalog lists most of the varieties I am growing or plan to grow, however, it is not possible to list everything. Some plants are tricky to propagate; others are too new for me to describe in any detail. Demand for certain varieties is sometimes greater than I anticipated and we run out. Usually, during the Spring season, there is another crop on the way.
  
  I can guarantee the quality of our plants because we grow them ourselves. I cannot guarantee that every item listed will be available at any given time.
About Our Veggies
- About Our Veggies
  The strength of the vegetable garden is its ability to yield the freshest produce from superior varieties that are unobtainable in the supermarket. That philosophy carries over into what I select to offer you. The way my plants are grown also offers you benefits. All vegetable plants are sold in individual pots to permit you to select just the number you need when you need them. Plants in individual pots tend to be more vigorous, grow faster, and produce a larger harvest. For you this means better vegetables sooner. Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplants, and most other vegetable plants are $1.69 each. Lettuce, Italian and Asian greens are $1.29 unless otherwise specified.
Blossom End Rot
- Blossom End Rot
  The dark soft spot that appears on the end of a tomato (to a lesser degree eggplant or pepper) opposite the stem, ruining the fruit, is an annual problem that frustrates many gardeners. The condition is not caused by a disease but a calcium deficiency that weakens the cell walls of tomatoes. The most common causes of this malady are uneven periods of soil moisture (which can also cause cracking and cat-facing) and improper soil pH. Both interfere with the plant's ability to properly transport calcium to the fruit. Overly wet soil is difficult to prevent in our unpredictable climate, but raised beds will allow excess water to drain. Conservation of soil moisture during dry spells is relatively easy through mulching and drip irrigating (overhead irrigation can foster bacterial and fungal diseases of the foliage). Check beneath the mulch one or twice a week and irrigate if necessary. If the soil is too acidic, the plant will not be able to use efficiently calcium already in the soil. Lime, a chief source of calcium, is used to raise the pH (your local extension agent can help with soil samples and recommendations on the amount needed to achieve the target pH of 7). A fertilizer which obtains its nitrogen from calcium carbonate rather than acid-forming ammonium is also recommended.
Understanding Tomato Talk
- Understanding Tomato Talk
  The initials after the tomato name indicate the types of disease resistance. The number of days is an estimated time to the first harvest. The terms "determinate" and "indeterminate" indicate the length of the fruit-bearing season.
  - Indeterminate vines, often robust and in need of pruning, produce over the entire season.
  - Determinate vines, frequently short and well-behaved, produce most of their bounty all at once. Determinate varieties are useful when canning tomatoes.
Supporting Tomatoes and Peppers
- Supporting Tomatoes and Peppers
  Supporting tomato plants helps control disease and makes it easier to harvest the fruit. The support systems I have seen for sale at garden centers are generally laughably short; a contraption three feet high and a foot around is not going to provide much support for a six-foot plant three feet in diameter. My grandfather favored large home designed tomato cages made from concrete reinforcing wire. The cages were 6 feet high and nearly three feet in diameter and provided support for lush growth and heavy yields. The cages had some drawbacks, however; they were heavy, hard to move, and they took up a lot of storage space. My father started out with stakes made of stout pieces of wood, but found they could be snapped easily when a strong, wet wind blew against a mature plant. He used 1/2-inch diameter by 10 foot long metal, electrical conduit for a number of years and found it worked well for tomatoes as well as eggplant. I usually cut the conduit into 8 foot lengths. It's light and easily pushed into garden soil, and is easily stored. The metal conduit lasts for years with virtually no maintenance. To tie the stems of tomatoes and eggplants to the conduit, I use plastic stretch ties (available at the nursery). Old pantyhose or cheese cloth work well also.