Tomato

90 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Andrew Rahart's Jumbo Red Tomato. The plant produces high yields of huge 12 to 16 oz red beefsteak tomatoes. They are very sweet, meaty, juicy, and flavorful. It has a rich full tomato flavor. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, and slicing. Crack Resistant. An excellent choice for home gardens. Andrew Rahart, who lived in New York, collected seeds from an immigrant whose family came from Italy. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

90 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Comstock Sauce & Slice Tomato. The plant produces good yields of 1 lb deep red Roma tomatoes. This is probably one of the best paste tomatoes on the market. It is meaty, has few seeds, and is very delicious.

85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Costoluto Fiorentino Tomato. The plant produces good yields of 8 oz red beefsteak tomatoes. It is a classic Italian heirloom tomato variety prized for its distinctive appearance, robust flavor, and versatility, especially in sauces. It has a strong sugar-and-acid balance, making it one of the best for making spaghetti sauce. It is also perfect for sandwiches, salads, and slicing. Costoluto refers to its distinctive heavily ribbed or pleated costoluta shape. Heat Tolerant. Excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from the Tuscany/Florence region of Italy. Disease Resistant: BLS. Indeterminate.

85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Costoluto Genovese Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 7 oz deep-red tomatoes. It is a popular tomato variety prized by gardeners and chefs for flavor and authenticity rather than perfect looks. It is a reliable, high-yielding heirloom well-suited to sauce-making and fresh use. The taste is outstanding. This is one of the best tomatoes for making homemade tomato juice. Also perfect for sandwiches, salads, and slicing. The plant likes heat, but does well in cooler regions too. Cold Tolerant. Heat Tolerant. Suitable for greenhouse production. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 701091. An 1800s heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

70 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Crovarese Tomato. This early maturing plant produces high yields of ½ to ¾ oz red grape tomatoes. It is a popular Italian heirloom grape tomato variety prized for its productivity, sweet-tangy flavor, and soft, thin skin. They are very sweet and tangy. It has soft skin, which is great for those who don't like thick-skinned tomatoes. It can also be canned whole.  Perfect for salads, canning, and snacks. Grow in clusters. Drought Tolerant. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

89 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Cuore de Toro Tomato. The plant produces good yields of large 1 to 2 lb pinkish red oxheart tomatoes. They are very meaty. Perfect for canning and making paste, sauce, and puree. Excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Grappoli Corbarino Tomato. The plant produces high yields of large, bright red grape tomatoes. They are very sweet and flavorful. Perfect for fresh eating right off the vine or in salads. Grows in clusters of 7 to 10. Excellent choice for home gardens. A tomato variety from the Campania region near Corbara, close to the Amalfi Coast and Naples. A heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Grappoli d'Inverno Tomato. This compact bushy plant produces high yields of 1 to 2 oz plum shaped red tomatoes that resemble little Roma tomatoes. They are firm and very tasty. Perfect for salads, snacks, and drying. Also great roasted and perfect for homemade pizza topping. The name Grappoli d'Inverno means bunches of winter grapes in Italian. An excellent keeper that can be stored for 4 to 6 weeks after picking. Italian farmers are known for hanging the fruit-covered vines in a cool place and storing them for months. The tomatoes stay fresh and can be harvested well into the winter. Everyone needs to try this variety at least once to experience fresh tasting tomatoes all season long. An excellent choice for home gardens. A 1900s heirloom variety from Italy. Semi Indeterminate.

85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Italian Giant Beefsteak Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 1 lb deep red beefsteak tomatoes. They are very sweet, meaty, juicy, and flavorful. Perfect for salads, sandwiches, salsas, sauces, and Italian dishes. The plant requires support, either staking or cages. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy was brought to the USA over 80 years ago. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Italian Gold Tomato. The plant produces good yields of 3 to 6 oz golden orange Roma tomatoes. They are very sweet, meaty, and flavorful. Perfect for paste, sauces, canning, and freezing. Grows in clusters of 6. An excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from the USA. Disease Resistant: V, FF. Determinate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Italian Red Pear Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 6 to 12 oz red pear shaped tomatoes. They are very sweet and flavorful. Perfect for making Italian tomato sauce and paste. Excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Italian Roma Tomato. The plant produces good yields of large 6 oz red plum tomatoes. They have a thick wall, are meaty, and very flavorful with very few seeds. Perfect for making sauce, puree, and paste. Perfect canning variety. An excellent choice for home gardens. A heirloom variety from Italy. Determinate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Kenosha Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 6 to 8 oz red tomatoes. It is a popular heirloom paste tomato variety originating from Italy. They are very sweet, meaty with few seeds, juicy, and flavorful. Perfect for making paste and sauce. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 303750. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate. 

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Mama Leone Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 5 to 6 oz bright-red plum-shaped tomatoes. It is a popular heirloom Italian paste tomato variety prized for making rich sauces, pastes, puree, and ketchup due to its meaty texture, low seed count, and relatively low water content. They are meaty and perfect for making a pot of rich tomato spaghetti sauce. It was brought to the US by an immigrant family in New York. Excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Martino's Roma Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of 2 to 3 oz red plum tomatoes. They are meaty with few seeds. Perfect for canning and making salsa, sauce, and paste. Tomatoes tend to fall off the plant when ripe. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. An heirloom variety from Italy. Disease Resistant: EB. Determinate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 1 to 2 lb dark pink beefsteak tomatoes. They have incredible flavor, very sweet, meaty, and juicy. Perfect for salads, sandwiches, salsas, sauces, canning, tomato sauce, and Italian dishes. This is a potato leaf variety. Crack Resistant. The plant requires support, either staking or cages. An excellent choice for home gardens. Mrs. Maxwell of Mexico, Missouri, USA, was given seeds by a friend from Italy. She valued the tomato so much that for the next 30 years, she saved the seed, choosing the largest, earliest tomatoes each year. A variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

Pantano Romanesco Tomato

76 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Pompeii Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of Roma tomatoes. They are very flavorful. Perfect for making tomato sauce, puree, paste, and canning. Excellent choice for home gardens. A variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Principe Borghese Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of 1 to 2 oz bright red plum tomatoes. It has a rich tomato flavor. They are meaty, very flavorful, and have little juice and very few seeds. Perfect for making sauce, puree, and paste. Great for thickening tomato sauce. Also one of the best sun drying tomatoes on the market. Suitable for fresh use, canning, and freezing too. Grows in clusters. Crack Resistant. Drought Tolerant. The plant requires support, either staking or cages. Also known as Prince Borghese Tomato. Always a great seller at Farmer’s Markets. An excellent choice for home gardens and specialty market growers. A 1910 heirloom variety from Tuscany, Italy. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 639215. Determinate.

65 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Ropreco Tomato. This early maturing plant produces high yields of red Roma tomatoes. They have thick walls, are meaty, and very flavorful. Perfect for making sauce, puree, paste, and canning. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Disease Resistant: F, BER. Determinate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Rosso Sicilian Tomato. The plant produces good yields of 6 to 10 oz deep-red tomatoes. These flattened ribbed tomatoes have a rich tomato flavor. Perfect for making paste, sauce, roasting, and stuffing. Great when sliced and served with mozzarella, basil, oil, and balsamic vinegar. A traditional stuffed tomato that is frequently found on display in the fresh food markets of Sicily, especially in Palermo, the capital. Also known as Russo Sicilian Togetta Tomato and Rossa Sicilian Tomato. An excellent choice for home gardens. It was introduced to the U.S. in 1987. A rare heirloom variety from Sicily, Italy. Indeterminate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. San Marzano Determinate Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of 4 to 5 oz bright red tomatoes. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. Perfect for making salsa, sauce, puree, paste, drying, and canning. It is known as the greatest sauce tomato in the world. Crack Resistant. Low acidity variety. The plant requires support, either staking or cages because of the heavy yields. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Determinate.

85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. San Marzano II Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 5 to 6 oz bright-red plum tomatoes. It is an improved version of the classic Italian San Marzano paste tomato, prized for sauces, canning, and cooking for its meaty texture, rich flavor, low seed count, and easy-peeling skin. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. Perfect for making sauce, puree, paste, and canning. This is the standard tomato used to make tomato sauce in Italy. Also known as San Marzano 2 Tomato. The plant has good foliage that protects tomatoes from sunscald. A good quality tomato used for commercial production. An excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. A 1950s heirloom variety from Parma, Italy. Disease Resistant: V, F. Indeterminate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. San Marzano Indeterminate Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of 4 to 5 oz bright red tomatoes. It is a classic Italian heirloom plum (Roma-type) tomato variety prized for making sauces, pastes, canning, and fresh eating. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. Perfect for making salsa, sauce, puree, paste, drying, and canning. It is known as the greatest sauce tomato in the world. Crack Resistant. Low acidity variety. The plant requires support, either staking or cages. An excellent choice for home gardens. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 237137. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. San Marzano Nano Tomato. The plant produces good yields of 2 to 3 oz red tomatoes. It is a compact, bush-type tomato variety derived from the famous Italian San Marzano paste tomato. Nano means "dwarf" in Italian, making it ideal for smaller gardens, containers, patios, or limited spaces where the standard indeterminate San Marzano, which grows tall and needs strong support, might be too big. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. Perfect for salsas, salads, sauces, purees, pastes, and canning. The plant has good foliage that protects tomatoes from sunscald. Always a great seller at Farmer’s Markets. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. A variety from Italy. Determinate.

78 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. San Marzano Redorta Tomato. The plant produces good yields of large 8 oz red plum tomatoes. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. It is much larger than the San Marzano. Perfect for making salsa, sauce, puree, paste, and canning. It is named after a mountain, Pizzo Redorta in Bergamo. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Tuscany, Italy. Indeterminate.

84 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Santa Clara Canner Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 8 to 10 oz red tomatoes. They are delicious with a rich and complex flavor. They are very sweet, meaty, juicy, and flavorful. Perfect for canning. It is also great for salads, making tomato juice, and cooking. It was one of the first tomatoes launching the canning industry in California. Good quality tomatoes are used for commercial production. Excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. A variety from Italy dates back to 1910. United States Department of Agriculture, PI 270226. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Sicilian Saucer Tomato. The plant produces good yields of 2 to 3 lb red giant beefsteak tomatoes. It is a popular tomato variety prized for its impressively large slicers and sauce tomatoes, with classic Italian heirloom flavor. It is a rare Italian heirloom tomato variety originating from Sicily, Italy. It produces a very large, flattened, often ribbed or irregular saucer-shaped red beefsteak tomato. They are very sweet, meaty, juicy, and flavorful. Perfect for salads, slicing, sandwiches, and making sauces. Try growing the biggest tomato you will ever see! The plant requires support, either staking or cages. An excellent choice for home gardens. A rare heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

85 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Super Italian Paste Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of 10 oz reddish-orange tomatoes. They are meaty, have very little juice, and few seeds. Perfect for making sauces, purees, pastes, and canning. Low acidity variety. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.

75 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Ten Fingers of Naples Tomato. The plant produces heavy yields of giant 3 oz red Roma tomatoes. Tomatoes are giant and grow 5 to 6" in length. They have thick walls, are meaty, and are very flavorful. Perfect for making sauce, puree, paste, salsa, cooking, and canning. One of the best tasting paste tomatoes. Also known as Dix Doights de Naples Tomato. Grows in clusters. Excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Naples, Italy. Determinate.

80 days. Solanum lycopersicum. Open Pollinated. Umberto Pear Tomato. The plant produces high yields of 2 oz dark pink pear shaped tomatoes. They are very sweet, meaty, juicy, and flavorful. Perfect for salads and making sauce, puree, paste, and drying. The plant produces up to 250 tomatoes. Also known as King Umberto Tomato or King Humbert Tomato. Named after King Umberto (1844-1900) of Italy. An excellent choice for home gardens. An heirloom variety from Italy. Indeterminate.