It would be hard to find a more aptly named tomato that this German heirloom that looks exactly like a monster sized, 8 to 16 ounce, strawberry except for its rich, intense orange hue! While it is a strange shape for a tomato, you’ll love its tremendous taste that is noteworthy for its richness and sweetness and perfect for fresh slicing or preserving. As a grower, it’s hard to beat this selection’s ability to perform in the garden. While the fruit matures late (80 Days after transplant), the plant is vigorous, easy to grow and, like its fruit, a little different looking with a lacy foliage that may make you think this aggressive grower is a little more delicate than it is!

Everyone has heard the sterotype that all New Yorkers are brash, loud, bigger than life characters. While ‘New Yorker’ the tomato may not be as bold and brash, it will still make a huge impression on the gardener. Start with its ability to adapt to the cooler northern tier weather. ‘New Yorker’ produces a bountiful crop of 5 to 6 ounce fruit starting a mere 63 days after transplant. Then there is this plant’s unforgettable taste: this early maturing fruit will assure you of a long season of harvesting these sweet tasting, slightly acid tanged tomatoes that are a treat eaten fresh or canned.

This tomato’s story starts in the 1940’s when M.C. “Radiator Charlie” Byles from West Virginia set out to make the best tomato in the world. Old “Radiator Charlie” crossed (5) varieties of the largest fruiting tomatoes he could find, and, after a stringent selection of the resulting plants, he selected ‘Mortgage Lifter’. It does seem like a crazy name for a Tomato until you realize Charlie had a dream to pay off his mortgage by selliing his monstous new 1 to 3 pound beefsteaks to everyone he knew! It was an easy sell because this pink colored beefsteak was so flavorful that people came from far and wide to buy ’em for a buck each enabling old Charlie to pay off his mortgage in 6 years! You might not be able to pay off your mortgage if you grow ‘Mortgage Lifter’ but you’ll revel in the taste of this great slicer with few seeds and oh so much flavor! Late maturing (85 days).

Considered by many to have the best taste and texture of any yellow-gold heirloom tomato, ‘Moonglow’ is produced in big bunches on this vigorous plant. Fruit is 6-8oz and 2″ round and, with its hefty wall structure, makes an outstanding slicer. Late season at 85 days.

Viva la France! You’ll be shouting it out after growing this old French heirloom with the prolific fruit and the incredible taste. ‘Jaune Flamme’ is an early fruiter with mature 1.5″ diameter persimmon colored tomatoes borne in groups of 6 or 8 that mature 60 days after transplant. This easy to grow beauty will surprise you when you slice it open and pop it in your mouth with the explosion of taste that some people have said is almost a sweet, citrus flavor that is as desirable as it is unique. ‘Jaune Flamme’ is also prized by chefs as a dried tomato because it retains so much of its unique flavor.

A real stunner, this smallish tomato stands out with its nearly purple-black fruit with rosy undersides that mature in a cluster on the plant. Its deep red flesh has a strongly acidic taste that lends itself perfectly to sauces and salsas. Highly productive. Best flavor when left of plant as long as possible.

Early to maturity with fruit ready in 63 days from transplant, this heavy producer yields 5-6 oz tomatoes that may be the best early Tomato for slicing that you can find on the market! Perfect for small gardens or containers, you’ll love the great taste of summer that ‘Homeslice’ will bring to the table.

Okay, this isn’t actually an Heirloom but it is a new variety that bears growing for all the right reasons: taste, disease resistance, and health. This productive vine gives you smaller, 4 ounce tomatoes within 72 days and gives them to you in huge numbers. The fruit is oval and the brightest red you’ve ever seen with superb taste and an extremely high level of lycopene, the antioxidant that makes tomatoes so nutritionally exciting. With a name like ‘Health Kick’ and flavor like this, your taste buds will enjoy being a healthy eater!

From the mountains of southern Siberia close to China comes this heirloom beefsteak selection that distinguishes itself not only by its great taste but also with how early its fruit matures. It’s hard in northern areas to get beefsteak types to mature since many are 80 to 95 days to maturity from transplant. ‘Gregori’a Altai’ matures at a mere 67 days producing a bountiful, steady stream of 10 to 12 ounce, pinkish-red, tomatoes with exceptional flavor. In fact, the taste is so good, you’ll wonder why you spent all those years waiting the extra month for good beefsteak tomatoes!! You’ll also love its slightly smaller scale…’Gregori’s Altai’ tops out at 2/3 the size of most other beefsteaks making it perfect for a small space or a container!