Sweet and Hot Peppers, 2016

So, you are looking for pepper seedlings for your garden for the upcoming season (which it seems may actually be coming?)
Here is the listing of what you will find available on my small farm when I open for seedling sale on May 21st. Remember all are limited quantity, although I did plant many more than last year, when I sold out on the first day.
There are lots of interesting hot varieties this year, different heat levels, colours and tastes.
What do I recommend? Everything of course! I grow it all.

Hot Peppers

Diente de Perro

Aleppo

Aleppo 37

Corazon de Palmona

Sola Arunachai

Pepperoncini

Datil

Biquinho Yellow

Biquinho

Anaheim

Cumari do Para

Brown Egg

Alma Paprika

Fish

Bhut Jolokia Orange

Bhut Jolokia

Aji Limon

Inca Lost Pepper

Matchbox

Fatali

Red Mushroom

Chinese 5 Color

White Habanero

Pasillo Bajia

Lemon Drop

Serrano

Georgia Flame

Wenks Yellow Hots

McMahons Texas Bird

Bellingratt Gardens

Tri Variegated

Peach Habanero

7 Pod Brain Strain

Black Scorpion Tongue

Orange Thai

Cyklon

Hot Portugal

Santa Fe Grande

Czech Black

Romanian Hot

Sweet Peppers

Doe Hill

Nikita

Mama Mia Giallo

Amish Pimento

Sweet Salad

Orange Bell

Marconi Purple

Patio Red Marconi

Napoleon Sweet

Sweet Chocolate

Chinese Giant

Red Belgian

Ruby King

Garden Sunshine

Chervena Chushka

Golden Treasure

Round Tomato Shaped Pimento

Diamond

Antoni Romanian

King of the North

Bull Nose Bell

Jimmy Nardello

Mini Yellow

Mini Red

Mini Choc.

Purple Beauty

Pinot Noir

Giant Aconcagua

Giant Szedgi

Canary Ball

Lipstick

Marconi Red

Trinidad Perfume

Jaluv Attitude

Eggplants, 2016

Eggplants. 

People either seem to love them or they don't. There is no middle ground. Admittedly, they are a bit like tofu and seem to take on the taste of what you cook them with. But the texture they can add to a dish is pretty great.

I always start way too many eggplants for my seedling sale. It is one thing I always have an abundance of, so I have cut down on the number of varieties I will be selling this year. If you like eggplant, I think it is still a pretty good selection. Some are indeed exceptional.

One on the list, Nipple Fruit, is a non-edible curiosity. It does look like a nipple and turns bright yellow later in the season. It is just a fun thing to behold, and looks pretty great and colourful in an ornamental garden. So why not?

My sale begins May 21, and people always get here early to get their first choice. I remain open for seedling sales well into June. I bet there will still be lots of eggplants!

Here is the selection you can choose from:

Ping Tung Long

Casper

Finger Fruit White

Kamo

Du Burkina Faso

Thai White Ribbed

Aswad

Ma Zu Purple Chinese

Kermit

Bianca Sfumata

Tsakonika

Rosa Bianca

Nipple Fruit

Prosperosa

Thai Round Purple

Cambodian Green Giant

Syrian Stuffing

Green Beauty Long

Linda

Slim Jim

Black Beauty

Heirloom Tomato Varieties for Advance-Orders

I'm going to be growing hundreds and hundreds of tomato varieties this year.  Some are seeded already in hopes of super early tomatoes here.

But as always, if you want to order some seedlings in advance, you can do that. My listing of 100 varieties that can be ordered in advance follows. Please check out my website here for ordering details. 

Looking forward to seeing you in May!

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

	Bicolour
1	Beauty King	A newer variety, a cross between Green Zebra and Big Rainbow. Delicious, sweet and huge bicolour, yellow with red striping. Beautiful tomato. 75 days, indet, reg leaf.
2	Bicolor Cherry	Yellow orange bicolor fruit, very sweet with distinctive flavour. 60 days, early. Indet, reg leaf.
3	Big Rainbow	Wonderful large yellow beefsteak with red mottling. Delicious fruity sweet taste. Indeterminate reg leaf. 80-90 days.
4	Black Zebra	Stunning fruit, small dark fruit, green stripes. Great taste and production. 80 days, reg leaf. indet.
5	Blush	This is the first ”artisan” tomato I ever grew and it is still one of my favourites. Pale yellow, pink blushing, an elongated cherry with a tip on the end. Super sweet. Indeed, reg leaf. 75 days.
6	Green Tiger	A lovely “artisan” tomato, elongated cherry, green with yellow striping. The flavour! Oh my. Delicious, don’t let green scare you. Good production. Reg leaf, indet. 75 days.
7	Gold Medal	Very large flavourful yellow red, superb well balanced flavour. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 80 days.
8	Green Zebra	A phenomenal small 2 oz tomato, green with yellow stripes. Great tangy taste, stunning appearance. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 80 days
9	Isis Candy Cherry	Cherry, outstanding sweet flavour, pale yellow red mottling. Huge indeterminate plant, reg leaf, 75 days.
10	Old German	Very large bicolour, yellow and red streaking. Very sweet and delicious. 85 days. Reg leaf, indet.

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

11	Purple Bumblebee	A new tomato, slightly elongated round cherry, dark purple with green mottling. Stunning appearance, delicious. Reg leaf, indeterminate. 80 days.
12	Pineapple	This tomato always sells out-large yellow and red bicolour, fabulous flavour and appearance. Indeterminate plant, reg leaf, 80-90 days
13	Turkish Monastery	Small red tomato, gold striping. Very pretty, good flavour and a prolific producer. 75 days, indet, reg leaf.
14	Vintage Wine	Beefsteak type fruit, weighing up to 1.5 lbs. A newer tomato, brilliant coloured fruit, red base with orange and yellow stripes. Limited quantity, order early. Indet plant, reg leaf. 80 days.
15	Velue Striee	A rare tomato, small elongated shape, with a peach fuzz skin. Red and gold striping, very sweet. An interesting determinate angora leaf plant, reg leaf. 75 days.
16	Yellow Brimmer	Very large yellow beefsteak, red streaks and marbling. Luscious sweet flavour. Reg leaf, indeed. 85 days.
	Black-Brown- Blue
17	Black Apple	Classic apple shape, 4-6 oz rich smoky flavoured tomato from Russia. Juicy and meaty fruit, prolifically produced. Reg leaf, 80 days. Indet.
18	Black Cherry	Cherry. Purple black fruit, with a very sweet distinctive taste. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 75 days. Great tomato.
19	Black Magic	4 oz fruit, red black with excellent rich tomato flavour. Good producer. Indet, reg leaf. 80 days.

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

20	Black from Tula	Great 6-10 oz fruit, maroon with green shoulders. One of the finest blacks, a Ukrainian heirloom. Delicious rich taste. 80 days, net. Reg leaf.
21	Black Prince	An early black, deep garnet coloured with green, 4 oz. Delicious rich flavour. A favourite in Russia, where it is from. Indeterminate,reg leaf 70-75 days
22	Blue Berries	A stunning cherry tomato-near black with a red bottom, great anthacyanin presentation.Superb in salads, snacking, sweet. Indeterminate. 75 days. Brad Gates creation.
23	Blue Beauty	4-8 ounce beefsteak, red with a stunning blue blush. Delicious slicer, stunning presentation. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 85 days.
24	Blue Green Zebra	Pretty wild looking tomato, green and yellow striped small 4 oz tomato, topped with blue. Tom Wagner tomato. Indet, reg leaf. 80 days.
25	Indigo Rose	Beautiful small red tomato with blue shoulders. One of the darkest and very rich in anthocyanins which are powerful antioxidants. This is an excellent tasting strain. Compact Indet. up to 5 feet. 75 days, reg leaf.
26	Bedouin	3-6 oz pear shaped fruit, reddish brown. Nice flavoured sweet tomato. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 80 days.
27	Cherokee Chocolate	A frequently requested tomato. Fruits weigh up to 1 lb and are a gorgeous chocolate brown with rich wonderful flavour. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 80 days.
28	Brown Berry	I’ve always loved this brown cherry tomato. Exceptional sweet flavour, juicy and good producer. 70 days, indet. Reg leaf.
	Green Tomatoes
29	Aunt Ruby’s German Green	A great tomato with a great story, a Tennessee family heirloom. Large 1lb green when ripe beefsteak. Soft to touch when ripe with some yellow mottling. An absolutely delicious taste experience. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 80-90 days

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

30	Green Brandy	Good yielding green 6 oz fruit, good flavour. Indet reg leaf. 80 days.
31	Green Doctors	Cherry. This is here because I know certain people want it! Such a great little tomato, green cherry, amber colouring when ripe. Absolutely delicious, sweet and yes, you will know when it is ripe. 75 days. Indet, reg leaf.
32	Green Doctor’s Frosted	Cherry, excellent flavour on this mutation of the wonderful Green Doctors tomato. Looks like frosted grapes. Huge indeterminate plant, reg leaf, 75 days.
33	Gold and Green	A medium sized round tomato, green with an amber blush. Reg leaf, indeterminate. 85 days.
34	Green Giant	Ho,ho ho! No-not really, but it’s a giant. 1-2 lb fruit, complex flavour, no amber blush. Fruits are very uniform shape. Indeterminate, potato leaf, 80-90 days.
35	Green Pear	Pear shaped cherry, green with amber colouring when ripe. Delicious, sweet taste. 75 days, indet, reg leaf.
36	Malachite Box	aka Malakhitovaya Shkatulka. Perfect 10-16 oz flattened fruit, sweet melony flavour,very good yield. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 80 days.
37	Thompson Classic Seedless	An amazing larger cherry type tomato. Tom Wagner, the tomato’s creator, handed me this seed at an SSE convention many years back. Unique and unparalleled flavour, green, amber blush. If you don’t like tomatoes, you may like this one.Smaller indeterminate plant, reg leaf, 75 days.
	Pink-Purple Tomatoes
38	Bear Claw	Huge beefsteak type tomatoes, up to 2 lbs. Excellent sweet flavour. Indet, reg leaf. 80 days.
39	Grightmire’s Pride	Brought from Yugoslavia to Dundas by Fred Grightmire. Wispy leaf plant bears large, meaty heart shaped fruit with small seed cavity. Delicious. Indet, 80 days.

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

40	Brandywine- OTV	Classic wonderful misshapen pink beefsteak-10-16 oz. This is one of the best strains of the fruit. Indeterminate, potato leaf, 80-90 days.
41	Cherokee Purple	Always a popular fruit, beautiful dusty pink-purple with green shoulders, 10 oz fruit. Delicious Tennessee heirloom with great production. Large indeterminate, reg leaf. 85 days.
42	Eva Purple Ball	Always a perfect pink, small-med globe, blemish free. Excellent flavour-no core. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 80 days.
43	German Pink	10-16 oz fruit, meaty mild and juicy pink beefsteak. The original SSE tomato. Indeterminate potato leaf. 80-90 days.
44	Hungarian Heart	Huge pink oxheart, 1 lb, few seeds, little cracking. Delicious for fresh eating or canning. Reg leaf, 85 days.
45	Pink Princess Gene Pool	Superb large pink cherry...as sweet as Sungold, that famed hybrid. Seems to have some late blight resistance. Can be some off types. 80 days, rampant indet. Reg leaf.
46	Pruden’s Purple	Large dark pink fruit with great production, flavour on par with Brandywine. Indeterminate, potato leaf. 70-80 days.
47	Rosalita	Very delicious and sweet pink grape tomato. Indeed, reg leaf. 75 days.
48	Turks Muts	This has become a favourite of some of my customers. Very fluted purple black fruit, 5 oz fruit. Excellent sweet smoky flavour. Reg leaf, indet. 80 days
49	Ukrainian Purple	Delicious 6 oz purple egg shaped fruit. Smooth and blemish free. Good for fresh rain and salsa too. 75 days, indet. Reg leaf.
	Red Tomatoes
50	Amish Paste	A well loved paste and canning heirloom-meaty, small seed cavity and great taste. 8-12 oz plum to heart shaped fruit. On Slow Food’s Ark of Taste. Reg leaf, indeterminate. 85 days
51	Druzba	Bulgarian heirloom, 6 oz round smooth globes with very good taste. 80 days, indeed. Reg leaf

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

52	Bonny Best	Many people ask for this old timer by name. Smooth red round fruit is excellent for canning or fresh eating. 80 days, reg leaf, indet.
53	Sugar Beefsteak	Classic original beefsteak. large sprawling plant, old time classic tomato flavour. 6-12 oz. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 80 days.
54	Blue Beech Paste	Excellent flavour, long sausage type, meaty with few seeds. Great for paste or to toss in the freezer if you are busy at harvest time. Ripens late. Reg leaf, indeterminate. 90 days.
55	Brandywine red- Landis Strain	8-12 oz tomato, red and round, shape unlike typical Brandywines. Delicious flavour. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 80 days.
56	Cosmonaut Volkov	4-9 oz tomatoes growing in clusters of 4-6. Red, some irregular shapes. Productive, good flavour. Indet, reg leaf. 80 days
57	Costoluto Genovese	Always a favourite. Rich classic taste, irregular shape. Great for fresh eating or cooking. Indeterminate plant, reg leaf. 80-90 days
58	Federle	Paste or fresh eating. One of my favourites-long sausage type, meaty, rich flesh. Indeterminate plant, reg wispy leaf foliage. 90 days.
59	Geranium Kiss	Good for pots, small dwarf determinate plant produces trusses of small 1 oz fruits with pointed blossom end. 70 days. Reg rugosa leaf foliage.
55	Grappoli d’inverno	Small red fruits, thick skinned. A good keeper. Ideally, pull the plants out of the garden in the fall, hang and harvest fruits for a long period. Excellent roasted too. 75 days, indet, reg leaf.
60	House	Huge production on a dwarf plant. Small, delicious tasting sweet cherries. Plants grow no more than 1 ft. Bring plants in over the winter for a taste in the winter. 65 days, det. Reg leaf.
61	Greek Asimina	Huge production of med sized fruit, born in clusters. Blemish free, good taste. 80 days, indet. Reg leaf.

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

62	Gardener’s Delight	Cherry. A very nice flavoured red cherry, sweet and productive. Indeterminate, reg leaf, 75 days.
63	German Red Strawberry	Very large meaty heart shaped fruit, can grow up to 1 lb. Outstanding flavour. Wispy leaved plant, indeed. 85 days.
64	Red Pear Large	Large meaty red pear shaped tomato, rich taste. Old northern Italian variety. Up to 1 1/2 lb fruit. Excellent for sauce and fresh eating. Indeed, 75 days. Reg leaf.
65	Matt’s Wild Cherry	Small wild tomatoes-super sweet and some blight resistance. Indet, reg leaf. 75 days.
66	John Baer	4-8 oz fruit, red round and uniform. Juicy, excellent flavour. 75 days, reg leaf, indeterminate.
67	Oxheart	A tomato deserving of love. Beautiful large heart shaped fruit, rich meaty flesh, great taste. Good for processing or fresh eating. Indeterminate, reg wispy leaf. 85 days.
68	Principe Borghese	Superb tomato for drying, dry tasty flesh. Small red fruit on semi determinate plant,heavy production, reg leaf. 75 days.
69	Reisentraube	Cherry, pointed blossom end, outstanding sweet flavour, growing in bunches on large indeterminate plant . Reg leaf, 75 days.
70	Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifter	Mid to large sized fruit, delicious taste and certainly a tomato with a story. If you don’t know it, ask me and I will tell you! 80 days, reg leaf, indet.
71	Stupice	My tomato sweetheart, a great super early tomato, 50-60 days. Small 3 oz tomato, Potato leaf, indet.
72	San Marzano	Classic Italian heirloom for paste/processing. Meaty rich flavour. Good production. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 85 days.
73	Sugar Cherry	Large currant type, super sweet and heavy production, fruit borne in clusters. Very large indet plant, reg leaf. 75 days.
74	Sub Arctic Plenty	Small very early fruit on a cold hardy plant, 45-55 days. Bred to feed soldiers stationed in Greenland. Determinate plants, reg leaf.

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

75	Sicilian Saucer	Irregular huge beefsteak, very good taste. Excellent for sauce or fresh eating. 85 days, reg leaf, Indet.
	White Tomatoes
76	Ivory Pear	Cherry. Small, fat pale white pear shaped fruit, some yellow marbling. Delicious and sweet. Good production on indet plants. 75 days
77	White Currant	In my opinion, this is the best currant tomato. Unique taste, super sweet and a prolific producer of hundreds of teeny, tiny pale white-yellow fruit. Huge indet. small reg leaf, 75 days.
78	Snow White	Cherry, outstanding sweet flavour, pale yellow-white. Indet reg leaf, 75 days.
79	Great White	Very large white-yellow beefsteak up to 1 lb. Super sweet mild flavour. Indet plant, reg leaf. 85 days.
80	White Wonder	Large cream coloured beefsteak, delicious mild flavour. Indet, reg leaf. 90 days.
	Yellow and Orange
81	Amy’s Apricot	Apricot coloured, super sweet cherry. Taste rivals Sungold. Reg leaf, indet. 75 ays
82	Aladdin’s Lamp	Stunning fruit, very unique squat pear shaped, bright orange. Sweet fruit, excellent for canning. Indet, reg leaf. 75 days
83	Cuban Yellow Grape	I grow this because it was one of my mom Donna’s favourites, mine too. Hugely productive reg leaf plant, producing tiny grape shaped yellow fruit which is piercingly sweet. Indet. 75 days
84	Earl of Edgecomb	Pretty bright orange 8 oz fruit with wonderful taste. Great for fresh or processing, thick walls. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 85 days

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

85	Garden Peach	A small fuzzy wuzzy fragile pale yellow fruit. Softer than most tomatoes, delight mild sweet flavour. Indeed reg leaf. 70 days.
86	Fargo Yellow Pear	Larger pear shaped cherry, bright yellow. Hugely prolific and sweet. Large indeterminate plant, 75-85 days.
87	Golden Grape	Huge production, huge plant. Delicious, sweet yellow grape tomatoes, point on end. Indet, reg leaf. 80 days.
88	Jubilee	Large beefsteak type vibrant orange skinned tomato. Sweet and low acid taste, delicious. Indeed, reg leaf. 75 days.
89	Honeydrop Cherry	Super sweet complex taste, from a selection of the superb hybrid Sun Sugar. It is open pollinated. Rampant indet. 62 days. Reg leaf.
90	Hawaiian Pineapple	Huge bright orange beefsteak type, really delicious orange fruity flavour. Maybe oranges are my favourite. Apparently a favourite of my Wainfleet customers. 90 days, indet, reg leaf.
91	Jaune Flamme	Cherry,large. outstanding sweet zingy flavour, apricot coloured, great production. Huge indeterminate plant, reg leaf, 75 days.
92	La Carotina	A French heirloom, 3” round orange tomato, apparently high in Vit A. Very good flavour. 85 days, Indet. reg leaf.
93	Lemon Drop	Superb tasting yellow green cherry tomato, tart-sweet flavour. Will produce in cold wet conditions. Indet, reg leaf. 85 days.
94	Nebraska Wedding	Late and great. 6 -10 oz orange fruit with very good taste. Indeed. reg leaf. 85-90 days.
95	Orange Santa	Small egg shaped fruit, sweet and tasty. By request! 70 days, indeed. Reg leaf.
96	Persimmon	Very large delicious meaty and sweet orange beefsteak. This tomato says summer to me. Indeterminate, reg leaf. 85 days.
97	Orange Banana	Beautiful pale orange paste fruit, great for canning, sweeter and fruitier than most paste types. Indeed, reg leaf, 80 days.

2016 Heirloom and Open Pollinated Tomato Seedling Advance Order Listing

98	Rumii Banjaan	Small fluted yellow tomato, may be some red blushing. Mild sweet flavour. 75 days, indet. Reg leaf.
99	Yellow Brandywine	Large mild and sweet tasting yellow tomato. This is a potato leaf, indet. 85 days.
100	Yellow Oxheart	Large meaty heart shaped tomato, small seed cavity. Complex sweet taste. 80 days, wispy leaf, indet.