Tomato

'Sausage'. 78 days. Indeterminate. These are big-up to 6 inches long. They are meaty and perfect to mix with canning tomatoes. Prolific.

Tomato

'Sioux'. 70 days. Indeterminate. Since 1944, mid westerners have enjoyed this varietys incredible, complex flavor and reliable, large harvests. Sweet yet tangy, 6 ounce fruits set well, even in hot weather.
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Tomato

'Summer Sweet Hybrid'. 58 days to harvest. Indeterminate. Highly productive plants produce small, grape tomatoes. Closest thing to Santa the grocery store grape tomato.

Tomato

'Sun Cherry'. 58 days. Indeterminate. Very sweet, quarter sized red fruit.

Tomato

'Sun Gold'. 57 days. Indeterminate. Cascading trusses are covered with luscious bite-sized golden fruit. English gardeners voted this early, heavy cropper the sweetest tomato ever. This has quickly become one of our most popular sellers.

Tomato

'Sunny Goliath Hybrid'. 70 Days. Indeterminate. Sunshine yellow fruit ripen to brilliant gold and are edible at either stage. Low acid, sweet and juicy tomatoes are typically 7 to 8 oz.

Tomato

'Sunsugar'. 62 days. Indeterminate. Small, orange, fruit has thin skin and some crack resistance. Almost as sweet as a cube of sugar. Great for kids of all ages.

Tomato

'Super Italian Paste'. 73 days. Heirloom. Indeterminate. Six- inch long fruit has lots of meat, little juice, few seeds. Deep orange red in color. Make great sauce or paste.

Tomato

'Supersteak'. 80 days. Indeterminate. Very large red fruits are the specialty of this variety and its reliability is attested to by the number of county fair blue ribbons presented to it over the years. It may win some accolades at your table, too. This is the kind tomato that covers an entire piece of bread with a single slice.

Tomato

'Sweet 100'. 65 days. Indeterminate. Sweet 100 remains one of our favorite cherry tomatoes; its flavor is incomparable. One-inch fruits are produced in clusters. It is a favorite of children and adults.

Tomato

'Sweet Baby Girl'. 65 days. Compact, vigorous plants produce sweet, flavorful cherry sized, red fruit until frost. Indeterminate plants are compact and more manageable than other cherry types.

Tomato

'Sweet Chelsea'. 64 days. Indeterminate. The 1 to 1 1/2-inch red fruits are carried in clusters on this plant. Excellent fruit set and flavor is very sweet. Plants grow five to six feet tall.

Tomato

'Tangerine'. 85 days. Indeterminate. Heirloom. Heavy producer of large, deep yellow-orange fruit. Flavor is both sweet and rich, quite delicious.

Tomato

'Thessaloniki'. 68 days. Indeterminate. This Greek variety produces beautifully smooth, crack-resistant, red fruits 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Fruits are juicy and flavorful.

Tomato

'Tommy Toe'. 70 days. Indeterminate. Very prolific producer of flavorful small fruit. This variety is frequently rated highly in taste tastes throughout the country.

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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.