Tomato Varieties 2019

In 2019 we have 13 great varieties to choose from. Our tomato plants are $5 each . 

You can purchase our plants at our garage sales at our house at 134 Albert Road Moonah. We have one on Saturday November 2 from 8am. 

Our tomatoes are grown in handmade paper pots. Its part of our commitment to reduce waste and tread lightly on the planet.   

Our tomatoes are grown outdoors for at least 6 weeks before sale. This hardens the plants up due to exposure to cold and winds. When you transplant them to your garden they should not slow down due to shock or die. 

The pots are compostable but should be removed from the plant before planting. If you plant the tomato with its pot on you will limit its growth.

Cherry Tomatoes

Black Cherry (BC Label)

Fruit: Dark mahogany coloured grape sized fruit. Delicious Sweet and juicy flesh with a slightly smokey flavour. 

Growth Habit: Vigorous, high-yielding vine growing to 3m. Tomatoes produced in trusses. Beware these can grow into extremely large plants! Indeterminate. 

Uses: Salads and snacking

Other: Russian heirloom. Will generally produce over a long time and resists cold better than most tomatoes.

Cherry Roma (CR Label)

Fruit: Delicious oblong cherry tomatoes. Prolific producer of fruit
Growth Habit: Vine. Best with support. Indeterminate
Uses: Salads and snacking. 
Other: Heirloom variety.

Garden Delight (GD Label)

Fruit: Red, cherries with a great flavour. Very sweet tomatoes. Fruit grows on trusses
Growth Habit: Reliable and prolific tomato plant. Vine grows to around 2m. Harvest over long period. Indeterminate. 
Uses: Snacking and salads.
Other: Has won taste tests!

Sugar Lump (SL Label)

Fruit: Large deep red fruit up to 40cm across. Excellent flavour
Growth Habit: Determinate. Bush
Uses: Eaten fresh or preserved
Other: Heirloom from the 1860s

Tiny Tim (TT Label)

Fruit: Small, sweet, red round fruit 2-3cm across
Growth Habit: Dwarf Bush to 50cm high. Ornamental and high yielding. Determinate.
Uses: Great for pots and containers or small areas. Fruit lovely whole salads
Other: This variety dates back to 1945. 

Yellow Pear (YP Label)

Fruit: As name suggests plant produces yellow pear shaped fruit. Bite sized and tangy.
Growth Habit: Vigorous plant. Best staked. Heaving bearing with a long season. Indeterminate. 
Uses: Fresh or pickled
Other: 

Medium to Large Fruited Tomatoes

Black Russian (BR Label)

Fruit: Round, reddish-black coloured with dark purple stripes, medium sized fruit 4-6cm across with smooth thin skin and dark flesh.Excellent flavour - reputed to be one of the best tasting black tomatoes.
Growth Habit: Compact plant - semi climbing. Best staked. Indeterminate. Thrives under cool growing conditions, but does well in all areas. Highly disease resistant. Fast producer only 69 to 100 days to harvest
Uses:  Excellent for eating fresh in salads or cooked
Other: Russian Heirloom 

Grosse Lisse (GL Label)

Fruit: Large globe-shaped smooth fruit that are deep read in colour. Tasty

Growth Habit: Producers over a long period. Indeterminate. Needs support. Tall plant to 2m. 

Uses: Eaten fresh 
Other: One of the most popular backyard tomatoes in Australia.

KYI (Scoresby Dwarf) (KY1 Label)

KY1 Bush. 

Fruit: Red, round 5-8cm across. Good flavour
Growth Habit: Bush to 1m. Determinate. Reliable and disease resistant
Uses: Used to make sauces because of great flavour. Can be grown in large pots
Other: Victorian Heirloom

Mary Italian (MI Label)

Fruit: Red Beefsteak to 10cm across with excellent flavour.
Growth Habit: Early variety. 40-50 days to fruiting from transplant. Best with support. Indeterminate. 
Uses: Versatile. Snacking, sauces and salads
Other: American Heirloom possibly of Italian descent. One of our favourite tomatoes. 

Mortgage  Lifter (ML Label)

Fruit: Huge fruit to 12cm across and 1.5 kg. Very good flavour. Beefsteak type tomato

Growth Habit: Prolific producer of fruit. Will need support. Indeterminate. 

Uses: Good for slicing and cooking. Eating fresh

Other: Developed during the depression by "Radiator Charlie" who paid off his mortgage with these tomatoes. Considered one of the best flavoured varieties. Recommended by Peter Cundall.

Roma (R Label)

Large tomatoes are Romas. Small are Cherry Romas.

Fruit: Red oblong fleshy fruit with slightly thicker skin and fewer seeds that other tomatoes. These tomatoes also tend to be heavy for their size
Growth Habit: Determinate. Compact bush to about 1m high. Likely to require some support in part due to the weight of the fruit. 80 days to maturity. Prolific grower with no disease problems.
Uses: Roma tomatoes are ideal for making sauces and canning. They produce large volumes of fruit in a short period. 
Other: Easy to grow and more disease resistant than most tomatoes. Very productive.

Tigerrella  (T Label)

Fruit: Red fruit with yellow stripes. Exceptional flavour
Growth Habit: Indeterminate. Needs staking. Producing lots of fruit over a long period.
Uses: Salads and sandwiches. 
Other: Heirloom from England

Notes on Tomatoes

Tomatoes need full sun. Minimum of 6 hours of direct sunlight per day preferably more. 

Most tomatoes need some kind of support. They do not climb like beans and need to be tied with soft material like stockings or jolly rope to trellis. Varieties can grow without support are Tiny Tims, KYIs, Roma and Sugar Lump. KY1, Roma and Sugar Lump may need support when fruiting. 

Indeterminate tomato varieties - will grow until frost kills them They will continue to bloom and set fruit. These tomatoes are large vines and will need support. 

Determinate tomato varieties - Grow to a set size and will then will bloom and set fruit. Their harvest is over a smaller period around 2 weeks to 1 month.These varieties are better for making sauce and cooking as they produce large volumes of fruit at the same time.Never prune determinate tomato varieties - you just reduce your yield. These varieties are smaller plants and can be grown in large containers. However all tomatoes do better planted in the garden.