Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Very rare, productive Russian heirloom that produces smooth oblate 3 inch meaty yellow tomatoes with a luscious sweet citrusy flavour on 5 foot vines. Azoychka is a woman’s name in Russia.

Produces pinkish-red large (1 lb), oblate fruit with good flavour. Productive with very little cracking. Large plants with a potato leaf.

The bright red “beefsteak” fruit can weigh up to a pound or more. Solid and meaty inside. Large and juicy with a mild flavour

Old Russian variety that is dark red, round and hardy. Very flavourful and relatively early for a larger tomato. Not all fruit are large- there can be variation depending on the growing conditions.

Large yellow-orange heart-shaped tomato with well balanced flavour. A very consistent, blemish-free, tasty, workhorse! Contains few seeds!

Russian heirloom with 2.5-3 inch round tomatoes that are early and prolific. Deep red with some dark chocolate and black. Rich, deep flavour. Thicker skin resists cracking

Productive heirloom produces large (5” across) flat purplish-red fruits that are dense and juicy with a excellent complex flavour. It can crack but the flavour is consistently superb!

Bulgarian heirloom with deep red round 4” tomatoes that grow in clusters of 3-5 tomatoes. Smooth skin. Flavour is well balanced.

Early to mid-season. Sets heavy clusters of red, globe-shaped tomatoes that are crack-resistant and good for canning. Drought resistant. Developed by the USA Department of Agriculture. Released in 1957.

Very rare heirloom with bright red 3-4” round tomatoes. It is a reliable tomato with very few problems. Russian immigrants brought it to the prairies.

This variety produces medium-sized bright yellow oblate fruit with a pink blush at the blossom end. They are meaty with a nice acidity and a long lingering finish.

Compact with interesting rugose foliage –good for containers and gardens. It produces bright red round fruits. Very hardy. Light frost tolerant. Good for canning, sauce and eating.

One of the earliest full-sized tomatoes. Heavy yields of bright red tomatoes. Slightly acidic taste is great for sauce, canning and eating. Disease resistant but can be prone to cracking.

Semi-determinate

Red oblate 2-4” fruit grow on 5’ high plants. Fruit are sweet, juicy and easy to peel. No woody centre core. Developed by the federally funded Experimental Farm in Trenton, Ontario. Released in 1972

Semi-determinate

Very early, cold tolerant, thin-skin, ruby red oblate fruit with a complex tomato taste from Siberia. Good for containers and greenhouses

Very early, cold tolerant, medium-sized red round tomatoes. It may be possible to get fruit in 100 days (from seed), fruits prolifically until the end of August.

Prolific. Crack-resistant-giant clusters (20-30) of round golden-yellow 1” fruits. Excellent sweet flavour. From East Germany. Blondkopfchen is German for Little Blonde Girl

Beautiful, consistent, productive, blemish-free, oval, pink tomato that really does have a pearly cast to its skin. Slightly larger than a cherry tomato

Prolific, bright red, pear-shaped 1.5” fruit is perfect for salads and snacks. Can be prone to cracking but the beautiful sweet flavour more than makes up for that.