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Are you from a Are your tomato cages just lying around in the winter doing nothing? Would you like to use them to help sprout your seeds? You can make this easy tunnel from vinyl sheeting supported with a horizontal tomato cage. Growing Open-Pollinated (OP) tomatoes from seed is both a delicious and productive hobby. WinterSown.Org offers this list of seeds to help make it easier for anyone to begin growing tomatoes at home. These small-count seed packs provide enough seeds for someone to grow their own OP tomato sampler garden at home. Please review these abbreviations before reading the list:
IND means Indeterminate. The tomato plant will lengthen its stems throughout the entire growing season. It will continue to fruit and flower until stopped by frost. OP? What is OP?
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All tomatoes are OPs (unless noted otherwise). Abraham Lincoln ~ Beautiful red globes can weigh up to 12 ounces, great old-time flavor, nice for slice or salad, 80+ DTM Arkansas Traveler ~ Delicious pink fruits, about 8 ounces each, good cropper for hot and humid climates, IND, 85 DTM Aussie ~ Beautiful red beefsteaks have great flavor, can weigh a pound or more, very yum too, IND, 85 DTM Banana Legs ~ 2' - 3" yellow pastes, fine for salad or sauce, this mega-cropper is great for home canners, DET, about 72 DTM Basinga ~ Light yellow fruits ripen with a pink blush, delicious, can weigh up to a half-pound, IND, 80 DTM Beauty King ~ BiColor red and yellow beefsteaks can weigh twelve ounces or more, productive and yum, IND, about 80 DTM Beefmaster ~ Meaty red beefsteaks can weigh over a pound, delicious and disease-resistant too: ASC, N, St, V. Awesome! IND, 80 DTM (We ask your understanding in that we can only share this excellent hybrid with SASEs that include a minimum $5.00 donation.) Beefsteak Striped Blend ~ Assorted striped beefsteaks, colorful, pretty and very delicious, nice for salad or slicing, yummy! IND, about 80 DTM Believe It or Not ~ Luscious, yummy and juicy red beefsteaks can weigh up to two pounds, nice for sald or sandwich, IND, 85 DTM Belmonte ~ Pink ribbed beefsteaks can weigh over a pound, delicious heirloom from Calabria, Italy, IND, 72+ DTM
Better Bush ~ Expect loads of red tomatoes, most up to 4" across, tangy and delicious, disease resistant too, DET, about 68 DTM Black and Brown Boar ~ Pretty brick-tone fruits have skinwith shimmering dark-green stripes, great flavor and good cropper too, IND, 70+ DTM Black from Tula ~ Mahogany beefsteaks have great taste, most about a half-pound, Ukrainian heirloom, IND, 75+ DTM Black Krim ~ Mahogany-brown fruits with green shoulders have green gel around seeds, very delicious, IND, 75+ DTM Bloody Butcher ~ Great flavor in an early cropper, expect good amounts of deep-red, two to four ounce tomatoes, IND, 60 - 70 DTM Bola Macizo ~ Name translates from Spanish to 'solid ball', rare unknown variety with meaty red fruits, fine flavor, IND, 70+ DTM Bolsemo F1 ~ Oblate, 6 oz. red fruits with slight green shoulders, excellent flavor and great disease-resistance too: TSWV, V,F, IND, about 75 DTM. (We ask your understanding that we can only share this outstanding hybrid with SASEs that include a minimum $5.00 donation.) Bradley ~ Makes loads of 10 oz. red fruits, fine for fresh eating and nice canning-type too, Semi-DET, about 80 DTM Brandywine 'Sudduth's Strain' ~ Pink fruits weighing up to a pound, classic heirloom has great flavor, IND, 85 DTM Brandywine Yellow ~ Golden-yellow fruits weighing up to a pound, very delicious and very pretty too, IND, 80 - 90 DTM Broad Ripple Yellow Currant ~ Indiana heirloom tomato has small 1/2" fruits, yummy flavor, big plants are heavy croppers, IND, about 75 DTM Burgess Lemon ~ Pretty lemon-yellow cherries, great for salad or snacking, delicious, IND, 72+ DTM Burgess Mammoth Wonder ~ Old variety bred from Marglobe and Bonny Best, great flavor and cropping, can weigh a pound, IND, 78+ DTM Bush Celebrity OP ~ Early red fruits weigh up to a half pound, good cropper and disease resistant too, DET, about 67 DTM Bush Goliath OP ~ Excellent patio tomato has loads of sweet and delicious red fruits, most about four inches across, DET, about 68 DTM Cal Ace ~ Beautiful red globes can weigh over a half-pound, meaty reliable cropper, disease-resistant too: V, F, A, DET, about 75 DTM Campari OP ~ Simply delicious small red tomatoes, large vines, excellent cropper, IND, 72+ DTM Carbon ~ Brick-toned, oblate 8 - 12 ounce beefsteaks, excellent flavor, very productive too, IND, 80+ DTM Ceylon ~ Loads of scalloped, oblate red fruits, most about two inches across, tangy and sweet, early too, IND, 70 DTM Champagne Cherry ~ Small-fruited, cream-tone cherry tomatoes are sweet and delicious, very good cropper too, IND, 70+ DTM Cherokee Purple ~ Dark-pink to plum-brown tomato crops delicious and large, 3/4 pound fruits, good slicer, IND, about 80 DTM Chico III ~ Plum-shaped red paste, about 3 oz., good cropper and nice for salad, sauce or canning, good for hot climates, DET, 70 DTM College Challenger ~ Australian all-purpose tomato is round, red and reliable, great flavor, nice for sauce of slice, IND, 72+ DTM Colonial ~ Red fruits about 6 or 7 oz. each, good flavor, disease resistant: V, FF, St, ASC, and excellent cropper too, DET, about 75 DTM (We ask your understanding that we can only share this fine hybrid with SASEs that include a minimum 5.00 donation.) Costoluto Fiorentino ~ Tuscan heirloom has smooth red beefsteaks, fabulous flavor, can weigh over 8 ounces, IND, 80 DTM Costoluto Genovese ~ Italian heirloom has ribbed fruits, 5 - 7 oz., grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, IND, 80+ DTM DeBarao ~ Beautiful dark-red plum tomatoes, delicious cropper, IND, 72 DTM Donskoi ~ Very delicious oxheart from Russia produces red fruits, most weigh up to a pound, IND, 75+ DTM Douce de Picardie ~ Northern French heirloom, 2" - 3" pale-yellow, sweet fruits are fine tasting for salad or sauce, large plants, IND, 70+ DTM Dr. Wyche's Yellow ~ Delicious golden-yellow beefsteaks, most weighing over a half-pound, large plants, IND, 80 DTM Druzba ~ Bulgarian heirloom has pretty red globes, can weigh over a half-pound, great flavor, IND, 80+ DTM
Earliana Pennsylvania ~ Red fruits about 2.5" - 3" across, good cropper is nice for salad or slice, yum, IND, 72+ DTM Early Ssubakus Aliana ~ Coronas of golden-yellow, plum-shaped tomatoes about 2" long, very prolific and tasty too, IND, about 70 DTM Ed's Millenium ~ Brandywine-type tomato, pink beefsteaks are delicious and can weigh over a pound, IND, 80+ DTM Ester Hess ~ Wonderfully flavored yellow cherries, large plants set plenty of fruit, Iowa heirloom, IND, 65 DTM Eva Purple Ball ~ Delicious pink fruits, weighing 4 - 8 oz., good cropper, nice for slicing or salad, IND, about 75 DTM Fabulous OP ~ Sweet and tangy, pretty red fruits can weigh over a pound, disease resistance too, DET, about 75 DTM Ficarazzi ~ Early and heavy-setting red tomato, about 2" across, scalloped fruits are tangy, nice for sauce or salad, DET, 65+ DTM Flathead Monster Pink ~ Very large [ink beefsteak can weigh well over a pound, great flavor too, IND, about 85 DTM Fox Cherry ~ Loads and loads of large red cherry tomatoes, delicious for salads or snacking out of hand, IND, 75 DTM Garden Peach ~ Pale yellow tomato develops rosy tinge as it ripes, has fuzzy skin and yum too, IND, 80+ DTM Giant Belgium ~ Deep-pink beefsteaks can weigh up to two pounds, meaty fruits have excellent flavor, IND, 80+ DTM Goose Creek ~ Delicious, meaty red fruits, excellent cropper, this heirloom variety does well in hot climates, IND, about 75 DTM Grandeur ~ Yummy, oblate red fruits hang in clusters, great disease-resistance too: ASC, N, ST, TMV, V, IND, 70+ DTM (We ask your understanding that we can only share this superb hybrid with SASEs that include a minimum 5.00 donation.) Green Grape ~ Heavy cropper has yellow-green fruits about 3/4" long, great flavor, DET, about 70 DTM Green Zebra ~ Pretty 3 oz. fruits ripen to light green with dark-green streaking, very tasty, IND, 78 DTM Husky Pink ~ Disease resistant: V, F, yum pink fruits 6 oz. each, good cropper and nice for larger containers, Semi-Det 68+ DTM (We ask your understanding that we can only share this remarkable hybrid with SASEs that include a minimum 5.00 donation.) Indiana Baltimore ~ 1930s farm variety produces loads of oblate scarlet-red fruits, reliable and yum cropper, IND, 75+ DTM Isis Candy ~ Warm yellow cherries are uniquely marbled with red blush to full streaks, lovely and delicious too, IND, 68+ DTM Italian Market Wonder ~ Disease-resistant European market tomato, bright red fruits are delicious cooked or fresh, IND, 75 DTM Italian Red Cherry ~ Beautiful red cherries with pointed ends are sweet and delicious, nice for containers too, DET, 65+ DTM Japanese Trifele Black ~ Brick-tone pear-shaped fruits, often with green shoulders, very pretty and very delicious, IND, 80+ DTM Jaune Flamme ~ French heirloom with 3 oz. golden-orange fruits, pretty and delicious, IND, 70+ DTM JT Dorrance ~ Named for the man who developed great tomatoes for Campbell's Soup Company, pretty red globes, most over 6 ounces, IND, about 80 DTM Korol Gigantov ~ Siberian red beefsteak can weigh well over a pound, excellent cropper is tangy and delicious, IND, 80 DTM
Keepsake ~ Beautiful, eight ounce red globes keep well long after picking, good flavor, good storage tomato, DET, 70 DTM Lil's Favorite ~ Big red beefsteaks can weigh well over a pound, wonderful flavor, nice for slice or salad, IND, about 78 DTM Lithuanian ~ Large, oblate pink beefsteaks, excellent flavor, nice for slice or salad, IND, 75+ DTM Long Keeper ~ Great storage quailty, good flavor, orangey-red fruits keep for months when stored between 60 - 70f, Semi-DET, about 78 DTM Louisiana Pink ~ Loads of round pink fruits with plenty of flavor, does well in hot and humid climates, plenty of flavor, nice for salad or slice, IND, about 78 DTM Magnif Olympica ~ Argentinean variety has meaty, oblate red fruits, sweet with a touch of tang, nice for fresh eating, IND, about 78 DTM Marizol Gold ~ German variety has dark yellow fruits streaked with red, large beefsteak can weigh up to two pounds, IND, about 85 DTM Malkhitovaya Shkatulka ~ Lovely green-when-ripe heirloom tomatoes from Russia, very yum, name means "Malachite Box", IND, 70+ DTM
Marglobe Supreme ~ Disease resistant: V, F, heirloom makes delicious red fruits weighing about 6 - 7 oz., DET, 75 DTM Marek's Pointy Heart ~ Red oxheart tomato from Bulgaria has whispy foliage, excellent flavor, can weigh over eight ounces, IND, 72+ DTM Marianna's Conflict ~ Red beefsteak can weigh over a half-pound, yum like Marianna's Peace with slightly smaller fruits, IND, 80+ DTM Marion ~ Red and round Rutgers-type, good flavor, disease resistant too: F, A, St, weighs about 8 oz., 75 DTM Matt's Wild Cherry ~ Small red tomatoes are sweet and delicious, loads and loads of fruits on very big plants, IND, 60 DTM Millefleur ~ Name means 'a thousand flowers', fast and early cropper has loads of delicious, small yellow fruits, IND, 60 DTM Momotaro OP ~ Popular Japanese tomato crops seven ounce, dark pink globes that are as beautiful as they are delicious, IND, 70+ DTM Mom's Big Fat Red Grapes, Saved by a loving daughter, these are yummy grape tomatoes, nice for salad or snacking, IND, 72+ DTM MoneyMaker ~ Good cropper for hot and humid regions, has quite tasty red fruits, most about 4 oz., IND, 75+ DTM Monomahk's Hat ~ Lovely deep-pink oxhearts from Siberia, early cropper with great taste, very prolific too, Semi-DET, 72+ DTM Mortgage Lifter ~ Oblate, deep-pink fruits, very yum, good cropper too, IND, 85 DTM Mountain Princess ~ Heirloom from West Virginia is suited for short growing seasons, crops red, round globes, yum, DET, about 68 DTM Mr. Brown ~ Luscious brick-brown fruits up to eight ounces, marvelous flavor, nice for salads or slicing, IND, about 80 DTM Nepal ~ Bright red globes about ten ounces each, excellent flavor, nice for salad or sandwich, IND, about 75 DTM Oregon Spring ~ Very fast cropper, red fruits about 5 ounces each, good choice for short-season gardens, DET, 60 - 70 DTM Pantano Romanesco ~ Old Italian variety makes pretty red beefsteaks, 8 - 12 ounces, excellent flavor, good cropper too, IND, about 80 DTM Pera d' Abruzzon ~ Plump, pretty and delicious, this Italian giant red pear is wonderful for sauce, slice or salad, IND, 78 DTM Phillippines Red Plum ~ Red plum tomatoes grow well in hot regions, nice for sauce or salad, good cropper, Semi-DET, 72+ DTM Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye ~ Amazing looks and great flavor too, mahogany fruits are streaked with pink and green, most about 10 ounces, IND, about 75 DTM Pink Floyd Mix ~ Sereating selection of Brandy Boy F6 crops one-pound Brandywine-type fruits, yummy, IND, 75+ DTM Pink Oxheart ~ Old heirloom crops heart-shaped, large pink fruits, most about a pound, superb flavor, IND, 75+ DTM Pinkshipper ~ Old Beltsville variety crops pretty pink globes, six ounces each, nice for slice or salad, yum, IND, about 78 DTM Piriform ~ Red pear-shaped fruits can weigh half a pound, beautiful and delicious, nice fresh or cooked, IND, 78 DTM Ponderosa Pink ~ Pink beefsteaks weigh up to a pound, delicious classic grown and loved for decades, IND, 80 DTM Porter ~ Clusters of plum-shaped dark-pink fruits, excellent cropper and so delicious, IND, 75+ DTM Precoce Marmande ~ Another early marmande-type tomato, beautiful red fruits, most over 6 oz., quite yum, IND, 70+ DTM Principe Borghese ~ Loads of small plum-shaped, meaty red fruits, fine classic tomato for canning or drying, DET, 75 DTM Pruden's Purple ~ Deep-pink beefsteaks are quite yummy, sets fruits earlier than most similar types, IND, 75+ DTM Purple Russian ~ Dark maroon-brown pastes are simply delicious, IND, 80 DTM Razzleberry OP ~ Cranks out loads of deep-pink globe tomatoes, makes great salads, makes great sauce too, IND, about 72 DTM Red Brandywine ~ Red-fruited Brandywine strain, weighs 8 - 12 oz., delicious for salad or slice, IND, 85 DTM Reif Red Heart ~ Delicious oxheart-type heirloom produces fruits weighing over half a pound, IND, 75+ DTM Rio Grande ~ Wonderfully productive paste is a great for canning, sauce or salad, disease resistant: V, FF, DET, 75+ DTM Roma VFN ~ Classic red paste tomato, improved with disease-resistance: V, F, N, good flavor for salad, sauce or slice, IND, 75 DTM Roughwood Golden Plum ~ Thick and meaty golden-oarange pastes make great sauce or salad, heavy cropper too, Semi-Det, 75+ DTM Rumi Banjan ~ This Afghanistan tomato has yellow oblate fruits up to 3" across, excellent flavor, Semi-DET, 72+ DTM Rutgers ~ Round red fruits about 6 oz., good cropper, yum, DET, 75 DTM Russian Rose ~ Pretty pink fruits about 12 ounces each, delicious flavor, nice for slice or salad, IND, 78 DTM Saint Pierre ~ Old French variety has red fruits about 3" across, reliable and yum, IND, 78+ DTM San Marzano Nano ~ Wonderful deep-red plums on bush plants, heavy cropper, nice for sauce or salad, yummy, DET, 78 DTM Sandul Moldovan ~ Large pink beefsteaks with a touch of green shoulder, sometimes irregular shape, but always very yummy, IND, 75+ DTM Sara's Galapagos ~ Small, dark red cherries are plentiful, sweet and delicious, IND, 72+ DTM Sausage ~ Extra-long tapered, 6" red pastes are prolific, good and meaty, nice for sauce or salad, IND, 75 DTM Season Starter OP ~Early variety sets loads of beautiful red globes, most about six ounces, nice fresh or canned, DET, 62+ DTM
Small Red Cherry ~ Small red cherries are delicious, very plentiful and very yum, IND, 75+ DTM Spudakee ~ Potato-leaf form of Cherokee Purple has delicious and large 3/4 pound fruits, good slicer, IND, about 80 DTM Spudayellow Strawberry ~ A stable cross of 'German Red Strawberry' and an unknown potato-leaf tomato, very yummy, IND, 85 DTM Steak Sandwich OP ~ Red beefsteaks, most over a half-pound, excellent flavor and a very good cropper too, IND, 70 DTM Striped Cavern ~ Pretty bell-pepper-shaped tomatoes are red and gold, nice for stuffing with mac salad, or baked with a filling of rice and meat, very yum, IND, about 80 DTM Stupice ~ Czech heirloom is an early and long season cropper, loads of small red fruits, 2 ounces each, borne in clusters, IND, about 60 DTM Sunray ~ Crops three-inch, golden-orange fruits, nice for slad or slice, very pretty and delicious, IND, 72 DTM Super Beefsteak ~ Beautiful, smooth red fruits can weigh over a pound, excellent for slice or salad, yum, IND, 80 DTM Super Marmande ~ French heirloom has delicious red fruits weighing about 6 - 7 oz., fine cropper, IND about 70 DTM The 'Blend' ~ WinterSown's own fun and fascinating mix of assorted sizes, shapes and colors--there is something for everyone! Plenty of seeds, DET to IND, no dwarf-types, ranging from 70 to 90 DTM Tie-Dye OP ~ Gold and red bicolor fruits, excellent cropper with fine flavor, most fruits about six ounces, Sem-DET, 75+ DTM Tiger-Like ~ Red fruits with gold-streaked skin, 2 - 3 oz., yummy for salad or slice, very pretty too, IND, 70+ DTM Tigerella ~ Sunset red fruits are streaked with golden-yellow, great cropper has loads of lovely salad-size fruits, IND, about 80 DTM Tomcat OP ~ Heavy cropping cluster tomato crops pretty red fruits, 3 - 4 oz, yum and good keeper too, IND, 69+ DTM Tom's Yellow Wonder ~ Yellow beefsteak tomatoes can weigh up to a pound, nice for slicing or salads, yum, IND, 80+ DTM Tomatillo Purple ~ This husk tomato has yum fruits that ripen to purple, harvest when fruits begin to split their husks, can be cooked or eaten fresh, IND, 65+ DTM Tommy Toes ~ Vigorous plants crop loads of delicious red cherry tomatoes, about 1" across, IND, 75+ DTM Tondo Liscio ~ Italian variety, beautiful and delicious, 6 oz. red globes, nice for slices or salad, IND, about 78 DTM Tumbling Tom ~ Small tomato plant sets loads of red cherries, dwarf habit makes it suitable for pots or hanging baskets, DET, 65 - 70 DTM Vinson Watts ~ Heirloom tomato cropspink beefsteaks that can weigh over a pound, delicious for slice or salad, INF, 80 DTM Vintage Wine ~ BiColor tomato has pink fruits with golden streaks, can weigh up to a pound, quite tasty, IND, about 78 DTM Wedekind Heirloom Pink ~ Century old variety from Minnesota, pink beefsteaks can weigh over a pound, quite yum, IND, 70+ DTM Wild Card ~ Will be a tomato variety not on this list. It could be a classic old-time favorite, or it could be something rare ;-) Yellow Banana ~ Abundant yellow pastes from Eastern Europe, most about 2 to 3 oz., yummy, IND, about 75 DTM Please don't forget to send the dated address and filled in selection form. Please don't forget to send a SASE with two first class stamps attached. Please do not use metered postage, use stamps. Please do not send a bubble-mailer, send a #10 (long) envelope. FYI ~ This list is updated frequently as varieties are exhausted and new seeds added to the list. WinterSown.Org asks for your understanding. This list changes frequently; similar substitutions will be made when a default choice is exhausted. The above list is mostly comprised of tomato seeds donated from gardeners and tomato growers. Seeds are shared in small amounts enabling a home gardener to sample different types of open-pollinated tomatoes. These seeds are offered with the expectation of success to all; seeds are natural and people are human, WinterSown.Org is not responsible for crossed varieties or unintentional wrongly-named varieties.
WinterSown.Org reserves the right to refuse multiple requests from the same individual when no donation is provided. With donation you can now request addtional sets of seeds. Your Donation Helps!
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