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RED TOMATOES A - L

RED TOMATOES M- Z

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ALL TOMATOES ALPHABETIZED TOMATOES A - B
TOMATOES C - G
TOMATOES H - M
TOMATOES N - R
TOMATOES S - Z

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ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ALL TOMATO VARIETIES
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NINA’S HEIRLOOM - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. Very large and nice looking tomato with an excellent flavor.

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NOIR DE CRIMEE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75 days - Regular Leaf. wonderful production of tasty dark fruit with greenish shoulders. a Russian Heirloom (Seed Packet 10 Seeds)

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NOIRE CHARBONNEUSE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 70 days – Black – Regular Leaf. Fair yield of large deep Mahogany / brown fruits with green shoulders. Wonderful tomato smell and flavor. Very pretty and tasty tomato. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)

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NOVINKA KUBANI - Determinate - 77 days – Red. Regular Leaf. Small plants produce this gorgeous, perfect and blemish free, round, red, medium great tasting tomato. Ok, it is a run on sentence, but I love this tomato. From the USSR

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OAXACAN JEWEL - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days – Bicolor. Very nice bi-color tomato, Orange and red streaking, good yield and flavor. Very large.

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OAXACAN PINK - Indeterminate - 75 days – Pink. This fruit is medium sized, and oblate, and VERY productive. It has a good sweet tomatoey taste.

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OLD '49er - Indeterminate -80-85 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Medium sized red fruits. Prolific. Vigorous plants. Excellent flavor. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)

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OLD BROOKS - Indeterminate -75-85 days - Red. Smooth, somewhat acidic, medium to large round tomato. Great for canning. Heirloom.

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OLD GERMAN (AKA Shenandoah) - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75-85 days – Bicolor – Regular Leaf. Huge, often 1.5-2 lbs, beautiful golden-yellow, with reddish pink streaks. Heirloom of the Mennonites of Virginia Shenandoah Valley, VA.

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OLD VIRGINIA - Indeterminate - 85 days – Red – Regular Leaf. A very nice tomato grown by the Giltner Family of Virginia since the 1940's.

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OLD WYANDOTTE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate -70-75 days - Orange - Regular leaf. 5-8 oz, somewhat lobed and flattened. One of my favorite old timey heirlooms.

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OLGA’S ROUND YELLOW CHICKEN - Indeterminate - 85 days – Yellow – Regular Leaf. Large 8-10 oz baseball-shaped tomatoes. Very nice appearance and flavor. A Siberian tomato. Fairly heavy production.

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OLIVETTE JAUNE CHERRY Indeterminate -75 days – Yellow – Regular Leaf. My plants were covered with this olive sized and shaped brilliant yellow jewel! They enticed my children and seed saving was difficult due to their great taste! Good thing that they produce for a long time! From France.

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OLOMOVIC - Determinate - 81 days - Red. 2", small to medium sized fruits, a Czech variety. From the Czech breeder Milan Sodomko. Heirloom.

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ONYX - Determinate - 64 days. Small plants produce a nice crop of 2 inch fruits. From Russia

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OPAL ESSENCE - Indeterminate - 90 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. This sparkling pink fruit is perfectly round, and simply beautiful!

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OPALKA PASTE - Indeterminate -85 days – Red – Regular Leaf. Long, 4-6" paste, very productive, ferny, wispy. Red banana pepper shape, green shoulders, sweet flavor. From Poland to Amsterdam, NY about 1900.

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OZARK CHAMPION - Indeterminate - 75 days, A perfect round red tomato with a prostrate growing habit. This was sent to me as Missouri Pink Love Apple, which it clearly isn't, but it was too prolific and good tasting to dump. So I renamed it. It produces an absolute ton of perfect great tasting tomatoes. Great for canning or eating.

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PALESTINIAN PASTE - Indeterminate - 80 days – Dark Pink Paste type fruit with few seeds, 6-8 oz.

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PANTANO ROMANESCO - - Indeterminate - 70 days - Regular Leaf. Plants produced a good yield of red, ribbed/or slightly ruffled, 10-12 oz fruits. Marmande type. This is a rare Roman Heirloom, from the former marshes near by Rome, Italy.

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PARAGON - Indeterminate - 75 days - Red. Medium sized, juicy, tomato. From 1848-Harrison W. Crosby. A Livingston development. Good for canning.

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PEACEVINE CHERRY - Indeterminate -75 days – Red – Regular Leaf. Heavy producer of very strong flavored tomatoes. They measure about .5" and are GREAT!

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PERSEY MOLDOVIAN - Determinate - 64 days – Red - Regular Leaf. Small plants produce a good set of 2.5 inch red fruit. From Semco, Moldova

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PETE'S ITALIAN PLUM PASTE - Indeterminate - 90 days – Red. Wide red paste with a good sweet flavor. 6" x 2", good production. Origin Italy. From Tom Tencza, Wallington, New Jersey 1997.

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PHOTON - Determinate - 70 days – Red. Small produce a nice crop of salad sized, round, red flavorful fruits. From Russia.

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PICARDY TOMATO - Indeterminate - 76 days - Red. Large vines, needs caging. Fruit is smooth, firm, and meaty. Slightly flattened globe shape with a deep red color. 5 oz, large first set, and continues until frost. Good canned or fresh. Dates back to 1890, from France.

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PIEDMONT VF - Indeterminate - 75 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Nice flavor, good production of 7 - 8 oz fruit.

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PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate – 90 days – Pink. Flat globe, 3" x 4", pink skin and flesh. Average yield. Very pretty tomato and good flavor. Incredibly sturdy vines.

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PINK NIBLETS CHERRY - Indeterminate - 70 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. An squarish-oval cherry, pink and absolutely wonderful flavor. Produced a tremendous amount of very pretty fruit!

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PIRKSTINE ORANGE - Indeterminate – 80 days - Orange. These were about three inches long and similar to a hot wax pepper in shape, long and pointy. A very pretty orange color and could be easily used as a paste to make a wonderful orange colored tomato sauce. From Latvia.

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PIRKSTINE YELLOW - Indeterminate – 80 days – Yellow. These are the same as the Pirkstine Orange, but they are a lovely yellow instead of orange. From Latvia. (Seed Packet is 10 seeds)

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PLAINSMAN - Determinate - 79 days - Red. High Yield. 8 oz red globes, Prolific and Juicy.

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PLUM LEMON Indeterminate - 95 days – Yellow. Bright yellow lemons that are really tomatoes. 4-6 oz. Citrus flavored, solid, paste-like, a caterer's dream for garnish. Collected in 1991 from Old Seedsman in Moscow.

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POLISH GIANT PASTE - Indeterminate - 85 days – Red. Very prolific, large red. 4"-6" long, with a pointed end. Meaty and excellent flavor. From Poland.

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PONDEROSA PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 95 days – Pink. This Rosy Pink tomato is extra large, almost seedless, and can easily grow up to 1 lb. Low acid, solid, meaty. From Cittig Luxembourg, approximately 1870


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PONDEROSA RED (AKA Crimson Cushion, Beefsteak) - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days - Red. Extra-large and almost seedless. Mild, low acid, solid, meaty, deep red. 3' x 2.5". Introduced in 1892 by Peter Henderson, Seedsman.

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PORTER CHERRY - Indeterminate - 78 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. Drought resistant southwestern favorite. 2 oz., smooth, plum shape, tender skinned. Developed by the Porter & Sons Seed Company of Texas for areas with high heat. Very high yields, blemish free. Good for canning and juicing and just plain popping in your mouth.

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POWER'S HEIRLOOM PASTE - Indeterminate- 80 days – Yellow. Clear yellow large paste. Weighs 5-7 oz. and measures about 3.5" long. Very productive and pretty. Sweet, juicy, and fragrant. From Scott County in far Southwest, Virginia. (Seed Packet is 10 seeds).

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POZDNYAKOV RED - Determinate - 75 days – Red. Small plants produce a heavy crop of round, red, medium fruits with a good flavor. Eastern Bloc

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PRELUDE - 67 days – Red. Four foot, bushy plants produce a good yield of round, red, salad sized fruit with a good tomato flavor. From Russia

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PRESIDENT, THE - Determinate - 67 days – Red - Regular Leaf. Short bushy plants produces excellent yields of pretty salad sized, round, red fruits with a good flavor. Russian variety.

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PRINCIPE BORGHESE PASTE - Determinate - 75 days – Red. Plum shaped, meaty. Small. Used for drying. Italian.

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PROMOTEO PASTE - Determinate - 90 days – Red. Stocky, 4' bushes, oval 1.5-2" red fruits. Used for canning whole. Russian.

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PRUDE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink / Purple - Potato Leaf. Good yields of a very tastey and pretty fruit.


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PRUDEN’S PURPLE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate- 80 days – Purple – Potato Leaf. Good yields of nice looking tomatoes that tasted good, too!

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PURPLE CALABASH - Indeterminate - 75 days – Purple - Regular Leaf. Deeply fluted / ruffled fruit. Large yields. Very pretty and unusual.

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PUSA RUBY - Indeterminate-80 days. Red salad tomato, sparse foliage. 2" fruit, very seedy, tart flavor. Productive, good keeper and survives stress well. From India.

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QUIGLEY'S ITALIAN PASTE - Indeterminate - 95 days – Red. Very late, but heavy producing paste. Mike Quigley obtained the seed from his Italian neighbor who had been growing it for many years in New Jersey. Origin: Italy. (Seed packet is 10 seeds).

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RED BUTTER HEART - OXHEART - Indeterminate - 85 days - Regular Leaf. Enormous heart-shaped fruits that are incredibly meaty and have very few seeds! Very nice mild tomato taste. I don't think it likes adverse conditions too well. I planted it in three places and it only produced in the area that was most hospitable. But when it was happy, look out, it really produced well!
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RED CHIEF -Indeterminate - 80 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Good yields, smooth medium size globes.

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RED CLOUD - Determinate - 83 days - Red. Slightly round fruit, average yield. 2.5" x 2", 6- 8 oz, needs staking, good canner. Fruits in clusters. Vigorous vines. Gary Staley asked that this one be saved, and I can understand why.

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RED PEAR CHERRY - Determinate - 70 days - Red. A very old Heirloom Cherry that is shaped like a little pear.
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RED PLUM PASTE - Indeterminate - 70 days – Red. Long paste tomato. Mild, sweet flavor. 2" x 1 1/2". Preserves and canning.

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REDFIELD BEAUTY - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink. Very good production of very pleasant, sweet, mild tasting tomatoes. Pale pink skin. A selection of Livingston Seed Company's Beauty, 1885

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REGINA’S YELLOW - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate – 85 days - Bicolor – Regular Leaf. Very large plant. Excellent flavor. From Regina Yanci, Mineral City, OH.

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REIF RED HEART - OXHEART - Indeterminate -75 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Plant, 8-12 oz heart shaped meaty fruits. ( Seed Packet 10 Seeds)

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RIO GRANDE VFF PASTE - Determinate - 80 days – Red. Very large, blocky, pear-shaped tomatoes, prolific. About 4" long. Vigorous plants, well adapted to extremes in temperature. 8-12oz.

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ROBERT WOLFE'S - Indeterminate - 75 days - Red. Medium sized plant, 6-10 oz fruit. Very good flavor, nice production, did well despite the drought and heat.

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ROMA - Determinate - 75 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Good production of a mainstay paste tomato.

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ROPRECO PASTE - Determinate - 75 days – Red. Four foot vines, no staking. PROLIFIC. One of my favorites.

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ROSALIE'S PASTE - Indeterminate - 85 days – Red - Regular Leaf. A large bright RED heart shaped paste, and WONDERFUL

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ROSALINDE CHERRY - Indeterminate - 80 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Huge production of wonderful red cherries.

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ROSE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Rose Pink - Regular leaf. Vibrant plant that can grow over 8 feet. Produces gorgeous glowing rose-purple 1 pound+ fruits. The fruits are somewhat fluted, very sweet and juicy and meaty. Very Productive. These are one of my favorites! (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)

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RUBY RAKES YELLOW - Indeterminate - 80 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Lovely fruit is produced prolifically by this plant.

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RUSSIAN GIANT RED - 70 days – Red. Round, slightly oblong, and pointed fruit. Very productive.

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RUSSIAN LIME - Indeterminate - 75 days – Yellow. Lime shaped, lemon colored. These seem to be the same as Wonderlite, and Plum Lemon, only scrawnier. From Russia.

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RUSSIAN ROSE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days - Regular Leaf. Large Rose colored fruits that weigh about 12 ounces. Wonderful flavor. Russian Variety. From Novorossiyk, Russia. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)

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RUTH'S PERFECT - Indeterminate - 80 days - Red - Regular Leaf. Huge production of perfectly formed red fruit. About 8 oz. Just PERFECT! from biodynamic farmer/gardner Ruth Ziniker of WI.

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