Tomato Plants
Single plants - $2.50, Four packs - $8.00, Six packs - $10.00, Flat of 24 plants of the same variety - $40.00, Patio plants - $7.00
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Please pay for your plants and seeds when you pick them up at the farm.
You are welcome to simply stop by the farm and shop for plants, also.
To place an order, complete the order form and return it to orders@minnesotafreshfarm.com.
Please pay for your plants and seeds when you pick them up at the farm.
You are welcome to simply stop by the farm and shop for plants, also.
Heirloom and Open Pollinated
Amish Paste: Indeterminate. Larger and better than Roma. Flavor is consistently good even in poor tomato years. Wisconsin heirloom from Amish farmers in the 1870s. Needs room and good nutrition. Crowding, shading or stress reduces fruit size and nippling.
Black Cherry: Indeterminate. Two-bite cherries with the dusky color and complex flavor typical of the best black tomatoes. Juicy and delicious. Ripens slowly and individually until frost, but worth the wait. Best flavor if left to ripen on the vine till nice and dark. Brandywine Pink: Indeterminate. U of M Master Gardener winner. Has potato leaf foliage. Extra-select strain of large, oblate, pink, meaty beefsteaks. Balanced deep flavor with perfect hints of tart! Fruits average right around a pound, ripening unevenly throughout the season, often preferring cool early fall to peak heat of August. Chocolate Cherry: Indeterminate. Attractive port wine colored flesh and skin with a comparably delicious and multifaceted flavor. Super productive, indeterminate plants produce trusses of 1 inch round fruit. Enjoyable when picked several days before they’re fully ripe, then allowed to finish indoors. Cosmonaut Volkov: Determinate. Sturdy, productive, cool-weather tolerant, and great flavor. Usually ripens quantities of deep red, slightly flattened, 8–12 oz globes at the beginning of August when tomato craving is at its peak. Always show slight green shoulders, even when fully ripe. Sharon's note: This is our favorite tomato for its flavor. Eva Purple Ball: Indeterminate. Small, clear-skinned fruits have consistent size and shape with a good, mild flavor. Exceptionally productive, even during hot weather. An heirloom with roots to the black forest region of Germany in the late 1800's. Golden Jubilee: Indeterminate. AAS Winner. The best medium-sized, open-pollinated, orange tomato, Jubilee ripens smooth-textured, sweet, mild, meaty, 8 oz globes. Pruning will produce larger fruits. Jubilee is smaller than Goldie and less prone to blemish. It won an AAS for Burpee in 1943. Goldie: Indeterminate. Deep orange, beefsteak fruits, frequently bi-lobed, average 16–20 oz. Was introduced commercially in 1977. Rich flavor with an extraordinary velvety texture. Don’t harvest it until it has a distinct rosy blush (on the bottom). Sharon's note: This is our favorite tomato for freezing for winter sauces and soups. Hog Heart Paste: Indeterminate: A meaty paste tomato noted for its sparse seed cavity, good solids, and excellent flavor fresh, canned, or frozen. An Italian heirloom tomato brought to the U.S. around 1920. Regular leaf plants produce large, 12 oz., 2 1/2 to 3-inch long, red tomatoes. Indigo™ Cherry Drops: Indeterminate. Has striking, dark blue anthocyanin coloration, and red flesh. Yield and flavor are very good, with larger clusters of 1–2 oz. fruit. Italian Heirloom: Indeterminate. Regular leaf plants produce HUGE amounts of 1-2 lb., beautiful, red, meaty, fat, slightly pear-shaped tomatoes that enjoy an abundance of rich, complex, and sweet flavors that are well-balanced with good acidity. Letniy Sidr: Medium to large, slightly ribbed, orange fruits with delicious flavor: mostly sweet and smooth. Potato leaf, indeterminate vines with average yield from 92 days. Seed source: Natalia Khilenko of Armavir, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Летний сидр Translates to “Summer Cider” and is very likely that variety simply renamed by someone. Old German: Indeterminate. The yellow fruit of this heirloom tomato have a variable ribbed shoulder and are shaded with a reddish-pink stripe. The bicolored interior is yellow, marbled with red, has a delicious fruity flavor, and a smooth texture. Old German traces its roots back to the Mennonites of 1800's Virginia. Opalka Paste: Indeterminate. Copious yields of 3 x 5". Massive, solid, bull’s horn–shaped, red fruits with dry texture and few seeds. Also dries well. The crinkly foliage is normal and is not an indication of plant disease. Polish heirloom brought by the Opalka family to Amsterdam, NY, around 1900. Pink Bumble Bee: Indeterminate. Pink, round cherry tomatoes are striped with yellow and orange. Excellent sweet flavor. Pink Bumble Bee is an alluring combination of light pinks, yellows, and oranges and is great in a mix with the other Bumble Bees. Purple Bumble Bee: Indeterminate. Purple, round cherry tomato with metallic green striping. Excellent, sweet flavor. Purple Bumble Bee is an eye-catching combination of the dusky purple seen in heirloom tomatoes and metallic green striping. Great mixed with the other Bumble Bees. San Marzano: Indeterminate. This old-style Italian Roma type is late to mature. Big yields of large, Roma type fruit that hang in large clusters. The bright red fruit measure 3 1/2 to 4" in length and have an extra-high solid content that makes them ideal for canning. San Marzano tomatoes hold well on the vine and in storage. Sunrise Bumble Bee: Indeterminate. Yellow, round cherry tomato with red stripes and pink interior marbling. Gorgeous combination of yellows and reds, inside and out. Excellent sweet and tangy flavor. Great in mixes with the other Bumble Bees. Toma Verde (Tomatillo): Determinate. Early, green tomatillo. Early-maturing, large, flat-round green fruits. Use in salsa or Mexican cooking. Washington Cherry: Determinate. First-early, determinate, red cherry tomato. High-yielding, compact plants. Globe-shaped fruits have a deep red color; thick-walled, meaty, and flavorful, with good keeping quality on or off the vine. Yellow Pear: Determinate. Introduced 1934 by Oscar Will & Co. of Bismarck, ND, yet another of famous breeder A. F. Yaeger’s creations. He crossed Bison with Yellow Pear for earliness and higher yields. Each plant produces about three dozen, sweet, tasty, 1 oz fruits. About twice the size of regular pear tomatoes, the meaty morsels are crack resistant. |
HybridAmelia: Determinate. Should be staked and pruned. Resistant to Spotted Wilt Virus. Produces large to extra-large fruit on vigorous, determinate vines. High yields of firm, uniform, red fruit that have good crack tolerance. Sharon's note: We first ordered these seeds simply because Sharon's grandma was named "Amelia." We loved this variety because when we had some really cold nights, the Amelia plants were standing, when everything around them were destroyed.
Better Boy Plus: Indeterminate. This outstanding hybrid tomato is popular with gardeners everywhere. Known for its heavy yields of large, globe-shaped, red fruit, the Better Boy tomato is a better choice because of its great taste! Big Beef Plus: Indeterminate. AAS Winner, Johnny's Easy Choice, U of M Master Gardener winner. An even better Big Beef. One of the best-loved beefsteaks, now with improved flavor, color, and adaptability. Sweeter than the original. Celebrity Plus: Determinate. AAS Winner, U of M Master Gardener Winner. Celebrity is perfect for first-time gardeners, producing large tomatoes you can use sliced on sandwiches and burgers, in sauces, and even as an ingredient in many salsas. Cherry Bomb: Indeterminate. Johnny's Easy Choice. Vigorous plants produce high yields of uniform, vivid, red fruits with ideal cherry size for harvest and snacking. Classic cherry tomato flavor — firm, sweet, and well-balanced. Strong late blight protection. Early Girl: Indeterminate. The one you can count on year after year. There's no faster-growing, better-tasting tomato! Huge crops of 4 to 6 oz. fruits—ideal for canning. Jet Star: Indeterminate. Produces prolific quantities of cosmetically perfect 7–8 oz globes with outstanding flavor. The smooth firm fruits almost never scar or crack and have excellent interior and exterior coloration. Jet Star is a low acid tomato. Add lemon juice when canning. Juliet: Indeterminate. AAS Winner, Johnny's Easy Choice, U of M Master Gardener Winner. Little plum-shaped fruits come in clusters of 1–2 oz grapes for a total of 50–80 glossy, red fruits per plant. Make these into a fresh sauce. Firm enough to hold on the vines for up to two weeks, crack resistant, and fairly invulnerable to insect or slug damage. Mountain Magic: Indeterminate. Johnny's Easy Choice. Unblemished, round, crack-free, two-bite, red fruits. Juicy with a rich, sprightly flavor. Great disease resistance. Mountain Majesty: Determinate. Vigorous/large, determinate plants that offer excellent cover to their high quality, red fruit. Good yields of firm, deep oblate to flattened globe shaped, extra large fruit with early and superior red interior color. Especially good for greenhouse growing. New Girl: Indeterminate. First early, great flavor. Dependable, large harvests early in the season make this delicious tomato a favorite choice among gardeners. Fruits avg. 4-6 oz. and have better flavor and are more disease resistant than Early Girl. Primo Red: Indeterminate. Early maturing with large to extra-large fruit. Smooth, deep globe-shaped, large to extra-large fruit are produced on compact, determinate plants. The tomatoes have a good, deep red color, good firmness, and good eating quality. Has a pronounced, pointed blossom end. Red Bounty: Semi-determinate. Do not prune. Large to extra-large fruits. Resistant to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. Globe-shaped fruit are uniform ripening and have a deep red color and great eating quality. Good for growing in a greenhouse. Red Deuce: Determinate. Excellent second early variety to follow Primo Red. Big yields of large to extra-large fruit with good eating quality. The fruit are globe-shaped, uniform ripening, and ripen to a deep red color. Should be staked. Good in the greenhouse. Red Morning: Determinate. Early maturing, high quality, large, red, round fruit. Resistant to many diseases. Good for greenhouse growing. Red Snapper: Determinate. Firm, 8-12 oz. fruits are smooth with excellent red color, deep oblate shape, and continuous set. With good heat set potential and a strong disease resistance package, Red Snapper is a reliable second-early for all conditions. Roadster: Determinate. This early variety has a high yield potential of extra-large 8-12 oz. fruit with exceptional flavor and interior color. Firm, smooth-shouldered fruit have a concentrated set on healthy, well-adapted plants with a strong resistance package. Scarlet Red: Determinate. Great flavor. Extra-large fruit have a deep red color, a scarlet red interior, and excellent firmness. Good in the greenhouse. Sun Gold Cherry: Indeterminate. Johnny's Easy Choice. Exceptionally sweet, bright, tangerine-orange cherry tomatoes. Small fruits in prolific clusters, ripen very early and keep producing till frost. Very prone to split, so pick early when rain is in the forecast. Sweet Seedless: This juicy, orange-red tomato variety is an extra tasty, very early tomato! Since the Sweet Seedless does not store its sugars within its seeds, the sweetness is transferred to the flesh, making it extra tasty! This fast maturing, very sweet variety must be grown away from other tomatoes. Super Sweet 100: Indeterminate. The classic sweet, red cherry tomato. Produces clusters of 1" round sweet fruits. Should be staked. Valentine: Indeterminate. AAS Winner. Will amaze your taste buds with its high brix content and lycopene. The fruit is resistant to cracking and has intermediate resistance to Early Blight. Vigorous plants produce well through the summer heat. |
Patio Plants
Defiant: Johnny's Easy Choice. Determinate. Bred for earliness, disease resistance, and flavor. Mid-size slicer, 6-8 oz. Globe-shaped fruit are smooth and medium-firm with good texture. Deep red internal and external color.
Glacier: Determinate: This very early tomato produces attractive, orangey-red, 2 inch tomatoes. Surprisingly sweet for an ultra-early type. Determinate habit plant that is about 2 ½ feet tall, 3 ½ feet across, and quite open. Originally from Sweden, 1985. Potato-leaf foliage. Husky Red: Indeterminate, but do not prune. Hybrid, early maturing plant that produces good yields of 5 to 7 oz red tomatoes. They are very sweet and flavorful. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, and slicing. This variety requires no pruning. Sunrise Sauce: Low-maintenance orange paste tomato. Much sweeter flavor than others in its class. Sunrise Sauce produces high yields of 4–6 oz. squat, Roma-shaped fruits within a concentrated period, which makes it perfect for saucing. Not to mention it has exceptional fruit quality, flavor, and cooks down quickly. The perfect patio tomato. Sweet 'n Neat Scarlet: This is the perfect red cherry tomato variety for container gardening on balconies, decks or patios. The compact determinate plants of Sweet 'n Neat Scarlet produce impressive yields of small to medium-size red cherry fruit that have a sweet flavor and firm texture. 
Tomato PacksGourmet Cherry: Perfect for beautiful summer salads! Black Cherry, Pink Bumblebee, Purple Bumblebee, Sunrise Bumblebee. Four pack.
Starter Pack: Easy-to-grow mix of small and slicing tomatoes. Juliet (Grape), New Girl (Slicing), Super Sweet 100 (Cherry), Celebrity (Slicing). Four pack. Heirloom: Contains a mix of various colors and sizes of heirloom tomatoes. Six pack. Hybrid: Contains a mix of various hybrid tomatoes. Six pack. Tips for Terrific TomatoesDeterminate: (bush) varieties generally do not need pruning and may be grown with or without support; fruit ripens within a concentrated time period.
Indeterminate: (climbing) varieties should be staked, trellised, or caged, and pruned for best results; fruit ripens over an extended period. Choosing Seedlings: Bigger is not better! Root-bound, leggy plants that have open flowers or fruit when planted out may remain stunted and produce poorly. Transplanting Outdoors: Transplant into medium-rich garden or field soil 12-24" apart for determinate varieties, 24-36" apart for indeterminate, unstaked varieties, and 14-20" for staking. Water seedlings with a high-phosphate fertilizer solution. For earliest crops, set plants out around the last frost date under floating row covers which will protect from frost to about 28°F (-2°C). If possible, avoid setting out unprotected plants until night temperatures are over 45°F (7°C). Frost will cause severe damage! Fertilizer: Abundant soil phosphorus is important for early high yields. Too much nitrogen causes rampant growth and soft fruits susceptible to rot. Diseases: Learn the common tomato diseases in your area. Select resistant varieties. For prevention, use young, healthy transplants, avoid overhead irrigation, plow in tomato plant refuse in the fall, rotate crops, and do not handle tobacco or smoke before handling plants. Fungicides can reduce certain diseases when properly selected and applied. Blossom End Rot: Prevent it by providing abundant soil calcium and an even supply of soil moisture. Information from Johnny's Selected Seeds. For even more information download Johnny's fact sheet: Common Tomato Pests, Diseases and Physiological Disorders. 
The Envelope Please... An explanation of awards:
Johnny's Easy Choice - Ideal for beginning gardeners. Johnny's Selected Seeds' field research team has selected no-fuss vegetable and herb varieties because they are easy to grow, widely adaptable, and taste great. AAS Winner - All-America Selections is an independent non-profit organization that tests new, never-before-sold varieties for the home gardener. After a full season of anonymous trialing by volunteer horticulture professionals, only the top garden performers are given the AAS Winner award designation for their superior performance. University of Minnesota Master Gardener Winner: Since 1982, hundreds of Master Gardener volunteers from across the state have devoted time and garden space to testing popular flower and vegetable varieties. Each year, the seed trial gardeners test six vegetables and two flower varieties (and one herb, when possible). They look for the best return on investment. They've tested heirlooms, seed saved from generation to generation, and varieties that promise high yield, ease of growing, space saving and simple beauty. |
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