bonny best
The famous old canning tomato that was introduced in 1908 by Bonnie Plant Farm in Union Spring, Alabama. Medium-sized fruit are round, red, meaty and loaded with flavor. A good producer that makes a fine slicer too. Becoming hard to find.
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cougar red
This is a new red tomato that has been grown and tested for cool summer temps with a short growing season. This meaty, medium sized fruit is good for home processing. The flavor is a good mixture of sugar and low acid.
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earliana
Introduced in 1900, this old time early variety was very popular in the Eastern part of the U.S. The open spreading, vigorous vines produce clusters of red, 4-5 oz. Fruits with solid, firm flesh. Very productive.
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early choice black
A black variety with flattened, round, 5 to 6 oz eye-catching tomatoes that grow in clusters. Fruits have a combination of attractive maroon flesh and green gel. Flavor is delicious with the perfect acid to sugar balance
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early girl
This is the highly popular early tomato that most folks are familiar with. Bears heavy crops extremely early, continues longer than most varieties. Large clusters of 5 oz. fruits. Bright red and meaty with a lot of flavor and aroma.
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early pick
It has a rich old-fashioned tomato flavor. Perfect for sandwiches, salads, and slicing. This variety is able to set fruit in a wide range of temperatures. The plant produces well with low night temperatures and West Coast weather. Fine flavor, beautiful color, solid flesh! Bears fruits early, bumper crops all summer.
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early goliath
Continuous production. Luscious flavor and broad disease resistance all add up to an early tomato that will give Early Girl a run for her money. Extra large harvests of big, 8 oz. red sweet fruits. Do your own comparison test at home in your garden.
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fourth of july
The first tomato to ripen by Independence Day! Be the first on your block to have vine ripened red, luscious tomatoes by the Fourth of July. Enjoy the plentiful harvest about 49 days after setting plants in the garden. I have to admit that mine ripened on the 5th of July!
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glacier
Extremely early, cold-tolerant, it begins flowering when only 4″ high and bears tasty tomatoes only 45 days from flowering. Good for large containers. You can expect higher-than-average yields of 2 to3 oz. fruits with outstanding flavor for such an early tomato. Excellent in a large container.
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jetsetter
Short season gardeners are especially happy with this variety thatdoesn’t sacrifice size or flavor for early maturity as many earlyvarieties do. Tomatoes are at least 8 oz., sometimes larger. Yieldsare good and plants have good disease resistance. This is one of our most popular varieties for an early.
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manitoba
An extremely early variety developed by the Morden Experiment Farm in Manitoba. Particularly well suited for extreme northern areas. Fruits are bright red, slightly flattened, good-flavored, and weigh about 6 oz. each. Easily grown in a small area.
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mastkotka
It was the first to set and ripen fruits in my garden last year. A bushy variety, especially bred for growing in baskets and containers, where stems and fruits fall gently over the sides. Plants produce a heavy crop of sweet, red fruits. Yummy.
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moskvich
An wonderful, extra-early tomato. This heirloom yields an abundance of deep red, 4-6 oz., smooth, cold-tolerant, round and slightly flattened fruits with a luscious, rich taste.
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new girl
Fruits average 4-6 oz. and are better tasting and more disease resistant than Early Girl. Plus bigger yields. Good taste for an early tomato. Widely adapted.
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oregon spring
Consistently 10 days earlier than Early Girl, Oregon Spring is a compact plant bearing fine flavored, nearly seedless, tomatoes. This is one of our favorites. Great for cooler climates & container planting.
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siberia
This might be one of the earliest tomato ever – only 7 weeks from transplanting to table. Capable of setting fruits at 38 F on sturdy dark green plants. The fruits are bright red, 3 to 5 oz. and bunch in clusters.
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subarctic
This is a really sweet tomato. Allegedly developed in the 1940’s by the U.S. Military to provide fresh tomatoes to their troops in Greenland. If your weather turns cold after you set out plants, try this variety. Hardier than virtually any other variety. Great for a large pot.
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ultimate opener
This new tomato developed by the same breeder of Early Girl and Better Boy Hybrids. Strong, vigorous plants are capable of tremendous yields. According to some folks, they are better tasting and larger than the Early Girl. Strong disease resistance.
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williamette grand prize
Becoming a Northwest heirloom, Willamette was developed at Oregon State University by the late Dr. William “Tex” Frazier in the1950’s. This very dependable ripener is one of OSU’s first early determinate tomatoes. It’s medium in size with a mild, low acid ,sweet flavor. Tasty for a early tomato. This one does well in a large container.
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