This is the third year that we
have had our tomato plants contract grown so that we could offer
our customers
a great selection of short
season, cold setting varieties. Most of these have been tested in Truckee
and all were tested by Sarah’s brother Dave in Michigan. They
will be available in 4” , 51/2” and 2 gallon sizes in mid-May.
Here are some of the special varieties we will be offering:
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| Baxter Early Bush |
1” red cherry fruits, heavy producer |
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| Bush Early girl |
huge yields of the old favorite on small plants |
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| Better Bush Hybrid |
3” red fruits on compact plants |
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| Classica |
heavy cropper of large roma type fruits |
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| Celebrity Bush Hybrid |
4” fruit, compact variety of |
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| Celebrity Giant Paste |
6 oz. paste type fruits |
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| Glacier |
very early , 2-3oz. red fruits, sweet, cold setting |
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| Grape |
elongated cherry
tomato,very sweet, highly productive |
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| Ildi |
oval yellow
cherry tomato, highly productive and sweet |
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| Italian Red Pear |
a new variety for eating and cooking |
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| Jolly and Juliet |
very sweet red grape tomatoes prolific |
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| Jubilee |
3-4” sweet yellow fruits, midsummer |
| Oregon Spring |
heavy producer of nearly seedless 4oz.fruits |
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Polar
Baby
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small plants with red fruits, very early |
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| San Marzano Redorta |
huge heirloom, plum tomato |
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| Sausage |
red paste tomato, prolific, my fruits
were 4-5 in. |
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| Sun Cherry |
red cherry sweet
and prolific |
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| Sun Sugar |
1” very sweet yellow cherry resists
splitting |
| Sun Gold-yellow |
delicious cherry, sister of Sun Sugar |
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| Sweet Baby Girl |
red super sweet cherry, 1 oz. |
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We will also offer
old favorites such as Early Girl, Yellow Pear, Red Cherry,
Champion, Celebrity and La Roma.
For moreinformation
on growing tomatoes in Truckee come to our Cold
Climate Tomato Growing Class
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