PINK TOMATOES

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click to see fullsized photo 1884 - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. Fair production of huge fruits. The plant was discovered by Mr. Williamson near Friendly, West Virginia, in a pile of flood debris in 1884. Nice large tomato with a good flavor.


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click to see fullsized photo ANDERSON - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. Wonderful yield of good tasting fruits. Use a 6 ft to 8 ft steak to support it. From Beaver Falls, PA. (Seed packet 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo ANNA RUSSIAN - OXHEART - Indeterminate - 70 days – Pink. Large, juicy, pinkish-red, heart-shaped, 1 lb. Flavor is great. Wispy vines typical of Oxhearts. Heirloom seed handed down to an Oregon woman from a Russian immigrant.


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ARKANSAS TRAVELER - Indeterminate - 90 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. This is a wonderfully flavored six ounce tomato. It is beautiful and blemish free and just glowed on the vine. Southern Heirloom from the Ozark Mountains known for its ability to produce in hot weather.


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click to see fullsized photo AUNT GINNY’S PURPLE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate -75-85 days – Purple – Potato Leaf. This is a deep pinkish / purple color. 12-16 oz, smooth beefsteak, juicy. German Heirloom from Rick Burkhart, Indianapolis, IN.


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click to see fullsized photo BLUE FRUIT - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. Large yield of greyish pink fruits, about 1/2 lb. in weight.


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click to see fullsized photo BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink - Potato leaf. A very pretty tomato on an enormously large plant. Great producer. These are great tasting beefsteaks that weight 1+ pounds.


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click to see fullsized photo BLUE RIVER - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days - Regular Leaf. These are huge meaty fruits with a great flavor.


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click to see fullsized photo BOONDOCKS - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 70-80 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. Rampant vines with gigantic leaves. Average set of pink / purple flattened globes weighing up to 1 lb. Green Shoulders. Excellent flavor. A Joe Bratka tomato.


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BRADLEY - Semi-Determinate - 80 days – Pink. Slightly green shoulder, 7-10 oz. smooth, southern favorite for canning and freezing.


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click to see fullsized photo BRANDYWINE PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75-85 days – Pink - Potato Leaf. Nice flavor, and good size on a well growing vine. This is the true Brandywine from the Ben Quisenberry collection. Brandywine tomatoes do NOT grow well in the Southeast part of the United States. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)


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BRIMMER PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75 days - Regular Leaf. A very pretty and flavorful tomato.


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click to see fullsized photo click to see fullsized photo BULL’S HEART - OXHEART - Indeterminate - 87 days - Pink - Regular Leaf. A sweet heart shaped tomato that can weigh up to 2 lbs. Good canner. Said to be difficult to grow, but I grow it every year without problems. Old Russian tomato from the Vavilov Institute.


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click to see fullsized photo BUSHY CHABAROYSKY - Determinate - 78 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. A small bushy type plant bears a good sized crop of beautiful dusty pink, salad sized tomatoes. Gorgeous fruit that tastes wonderful.


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CASPIAN PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. This is a large tomato with a wonderful flavor that is much better than Brandywine. It also grows better than Brandywine here in the Southeast. Grown in Russia between the Caspian and Black Seas. Russian Variety. (Seed Packet 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo CHEROKEE PURPLE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80-90 days – Pink / Purple. Round to oblate, tolerance to mild drought, greenish shoulders. 8-12 oz. Developed in Tennessee.


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ESCHELMAN’S PRIDE - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink. This is a nice tomato with uniform growth habits and a nice flavor.


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click to see fullsized photo EVA PURPLE BALL - Indeterminate - 83 days – Pink. Uniformly round, medium size, pinkish-purple fruit. Very productive, takes heat and humidity well, very sweet. 6-7 oz.


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click to see fullsized photo GERMAN PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. Good yields of large pink fruits with a good flavor.


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GIANT BELGIUM - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 82 days - Regular Leaf. Large sweet fruits that weigh at least 1+ pounds. It is said that old-timers made wine from these. Great flavor.


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click to see fullsized photo GILLOGLY PINK - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days - Regular Leaf. Very nice yield of huge uniform pink beefsteaks weighing at least 1 lb. Great flavor and appearance. Has been in the Gillogly family of Vinton Co., OH for at least 85 years.


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GLOBE - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink. Good producer of 7 oz excellently flavored fruit. One of the parents of Marglobe. Very old popular variety. Heirloom


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click to see fullsized photo GREGORI’S ALTAI - Indeterminate - 67 days – Pink / Red – Regular Leaf. This is a rough 8-12 ounce beefsteak with a short growth habit. It is a Siberian variety that originated in the Altai Mountains on the Chinese border. From Novosibirsk, Siberia. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo GREIGHTMIRE’S PRIDE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink. , Average yields of a good tasting tomato. (Seed Packets are 10 seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo GRUSHOVKA - Determinate - 65 days – Pink. Odd Egg-shaped, 3" long, thin skin. The plant is only 2 1/2' tall. Heavy producer. From Novosibirsk, Siberia, excellent for canning.


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click to see fullsized photo GULF STATE MARKET - Indeterminate - 78 days – Pink. Old Market variety, 6-8 oz. Globe shaped, smooth and flavorful. Pink on the exterior, red interior.


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click to see fullsized photo HEART OF THE BULL - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days - Pink. Firm meaty fruit with few seeds. From Italy. Rare.


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HOLMES MEXICAN - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink. Good yields of pink, flattened, beefsteaks. Great taste.


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click to see fullsized photo HUNGARIAN HEIRLOOM - Indeterminate - 90 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. It has an average yield of huge 1+ lb. pink fruit. Very nice flavor. Very meaty and firm, few seeds. Old variety, handed down 4 generations.


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click to see fullsized photo HUNGARIAN OVAL - Indeterminate -80-90 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. Round, slightly oval, very nice flavor, and very meaty.


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click to see fullsized photo KALMAN’S HUNGARIAN PINK - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink. Oval shaped, wonderful tasting tomato. Kalman Lajvort remembers his grandfather growing this tomato when he was a child in Hungary. Kalman brought it to America in 1967. From Kalman Lajvort, Edison, New Jersey.


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click to see fullsized photo KHABAROVSKY - BEEFSTEAK - Determinate - 78 days – Pink. Short stocky plants produce a pinkish /red small beefsteak fruit.


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click to see fullsized photo KHABOROVSKY PINK 308 - Indeterminate – Pink. Four foot plants produce a slightly oblong rosy pink salad sized tomato that looks and tastes wonderful.


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click to see fullsized photo MARIANNA'S PEACE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days - Pink - Potato Leaf. This variety produces about 1 lb fruits, pinkish red, beefsteak type. Very nice tomato, similar to other pink Russian tomatoes


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MARITIME PINK - Indeterminate - 69 days – Pink. Deep rose pink fruits weigh 5-7 oz. Good flavor. From Sakhalin Island, Siberia.


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MARIZOL PURPLE - Indeterminate -80 days – Dark Pink. Large, smooth, sweet tomato. 8-16 oz. Vigorous plants and good yields. High acid. Late 1800's Heirloom from the Black Forest region of Germany. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo MEXICAN - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. It set a huge number of 8 oz. pink tomatoes that did very well in our heat and drought. Origin from Mexico (Seed Packet 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo MEXICO - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. Nice yield of enormous 1+ lb. fruitpink. Very meaty and it has a nice flavor. From a Mexican family living in the midwest that brought it from Mexico when they moved.


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MIKADO VIOLETTOR - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink / Purple – Potato Leaf. A very pretty little tomato that ways about 6 ounces and is a prolific producer. Heirloom from Australia.


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MILGRENE ROSE - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink. A very pretty smaller fruit that is very productive. From France.


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MISSION DYKE - Indeterminate - 65-75 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. , Prolific plant, disease resistant. Very large, beautiful deep pink globes, somewhat ribbed, superb flavor.


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MISSOURI PINK LOVE APPLE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink – Regular Leaf High yield of large pink beefsteak fruits with a great flavor. Grandpa Barnes grew it during the Civil War era an ornamental because he didn't think it was edible. It has been in the Jennings family ever since. Great Midwestern heirloom and definitely different. (Seed packet is 10 seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo MOTHER RUSSIA - OXHEART - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. Enormous meaty, pink heart-shaped fruits on good sized plants. Very nice flavor. (Seed packet is 10 seeds)


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NECTAR ROSE - Indeterminate - 75 days – Pink - Regular Leaf. About a 6 ounce pink salad tomato. Excellent flavor and pretty.


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NINA’S HEIRLOOM - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink - , Regular Leaf. Very large and nice looking tomato with an excellent flavor (Seed packet is 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo OAXACAN PINK - Indeterminate - 75 days – Pink. This fruit is medium sized, and oblate, and VERY productive. It has a good sweet tomatoey taste. From Mexico.


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


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click to see fullsized photo 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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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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click to see fullsized photo PRUDE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink / Purple. Good yields of a very tastey and pretty fruit.


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


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


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click to see fullsized photo 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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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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click to see fullsized photo 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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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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SANDUL MOLDOVAN - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days - Pink. Lots of 16 oz slightly flattened round fruit. Typical beefsteak size and shape. Great flavor with a good high sugar/high acid balance. Blemish free, green shoulders. Heirloom from Sandul family of Moldova in the Moldovan Region via Andy Durbak, Albany, NY. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)


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click to see fullsized photo SHEBOYGAN PASTE - Indeterminate - 80 days – Pink – Regular Leaf. This is a very pretty pointed pink paste that is very different from all the other pastes that I grow. (Difficult to germinate. I recommend starting them in moist paper towels, in a ziploc baggie in a warm place. Check every day after 6 days. ) Grown since early 1900's in Sheboygan, WI by Lithuanian immigrants. (Seed Packet is 10 seeds).


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SHIRELY S. - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink. 8-12 oz pink fruits. Excellent sweet flavor with very good production. Juicy.


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SOLDAKI - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75 days – Pink - Potato leaf. Low acid, intensely tart-sweet flavor. Flattened in shape, weigh about 16 oz, firm flesh, thin skins. Somewhat rough, 5' vines, good canned. Productive, meaty. Polish Heirloom from Krakow, Poland to Cleveland, OH, about 1900, then to Albany, NY. Blemish free. (Seed Packet is 10 Seeds)


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SOUTHERN NIGHT - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 65-85 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. A prolific bearer of oval, 10 oz, 3"-5" in diameter fruit. This tomato is more of a pink / grey / deep mahogany with slightly green shoulders. It is wonderful canned and mixed with others tomatoes in salsas and soup mixes. Russian heirloom.


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STUMP O’ THE WORLD - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 85 days – Pink – Potato Leaf. Large, 1 lb and over. Outstanding flavor. A classic from the Ben Quisenberry Collection. This is one of my three absolute favorite pink tomatoes. SOLD OUT


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click to see fullsized photo TAPPY’S FINEST - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate- 90 days - Pink. Firm texture, 3" diameter, 15 oz, rich flavor, very meaty with few seeds. Family Heirloom since before 1948 in West Virginia. Origin Italy.


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click to see fullsized photo TIFFEN MENNONITE - BEEFSTEAK - Indeterminate - 75-85 days - Pink – Potato Leaf. Large, with an outstanding flavor and smoothly textured flesh. Somewhat similar to Brandywine but it can live in the south. 6-16 oz, good yield. Heirloom from the Mennonites.


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