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MINI-MARBLE SALAD MIX
Cherries to sprinkle over your summer salads.
Beam's Yellow Pear - YELLOW
This type was our select yellow pear as it has been a winner in many taste tests of yellow pear types. Endless supply of bright gold/yellow 1½ inch pear tomatoes with great taste. Ideal for salads. Indeterminate. 70-80 days
Black Cherry- BLACK
Perfectly round cherries on lush foliage. These are a dusty, pretty dark rose/purple, large cherry variety. Very nice contrast to any salad tomato, taste-wise and looks to boot! I thought they were a little fruity, or maybe it was their color that made me think of purple grapes? Indeterminate, 65 days.
Garden Peach - YELLOW
Light yellow opaque fruits that have a very slight fuzz texture to them resembling mini peaches. Some have a light pink blush when fully ripe. Plants are loaded with fruits that withstand cracking. I accidently put this one with the cherries again this year! Expect them to be the size of a golf ball!!! It is just one of those plants that you will want to put in a location for others to see. It is a snacking tomato….much like a cherry tomato. Sweet, fruity, and sort of peachy! Indeterminate.
Golden Pearl - YELLOW
Tiny golden pea size cherries grow in clusters and are so sweet and fruity. Super salad topper. Indeterminate. 60 days
Isis Candy - RED AND YELLOW
Gorgeous fruits are marbled with orange and red. Rich flavor is a complex blend of sweetness and fruitiness. Each fruit has a cat’s eye starburst on the blossom end. Plants are loaded with ¾” - 1½” fruits on short trusses in double rows of 6-8. Indet. 70-80 days.
Picture compliments of Hanna
Litchi Tomato aka Morelle De Balbis
After trying the Strawberry Husk Tomato, I am game to try this one for 2010! Description states that plants originated in South America, and grow to 5’ They are “covered with thorns, sweet red fruit, and large white flowers”. Hmmm….I like all those things! Fruit, red tomatoes, pretty white flowers, and thorns (prettiest part of a rose)…..makes me think of Valentine’s Day!!! Furthermore, they are supposed to taste like a “cherry crossed with a tomato”. (This plant costs 50 cents more due to a much more costly seed for whatever reason.)
Matt's Wild Cherry - RED - Tomato Girl's favorite
This is a small red mini-marble cherry that is so incredibly tasty. Everyone I know agrees that this tomato has “real tomato flavor”. You just have to try it to believe it. This is a sprawling type that grows extremely wide. If the soil is left undisturbed year to year, it will reseed its self, so quarantine this one for easy identification of volunteers. One plant can sprawl into a 8’ circle. Unless you are giving these as gifts or you are making an office order for several gardeners, I don’t suggest getting more than one of this type. These serve great in a mix-your-own oil and vinegar salad dressing as a side dish. Indeterminate. 65 days
Picture compliments of Hanna
Mirabell - ORANGE
Marble size orange cherries that are exceptionally fruity and sweet. Plants grow very tall and produce until frosts. Team up with Matt's Wild Cherry for a great salad topper. Indeterminate. 75 days
Mirabelle Blanche - PALE YELLOW, ALMOST WHITE
Lovely cream colored large salad size cherries with pale rose blushing. They are a type that many gardeners ask for by name. Sweet meat with tangy gel. Indet.80 days..
Picture compliments of Hanna
Strawberry Husk Tomato **AVAILABLE ONLY AFTER MAY 10th
We got to sample this one in 2009 as a left over from a custom order. These are pale yellow fruit growing inside a paper husk similar to a tomatillo’s husk. The plant is a low lying plant (10” tall) that creeped out and just got wider and wider. I understand the fruit can be used in pies, jams, and preserves. They have a sweet, fruity flavor with a little bit of a nutty taste. These were fun to grow and the vine required absolutely no care to speak of. I took them to work and found that nobody could eat just one….they are so unique that you have to eat a few just to figure out if you like them or not. I am interested to find some cooking uses. P.S. They are very seedy, so this may be a turn off for some! Indeterminate and prolific.
Sugar Snack - RED
Sweet red cherry hybrid tomatoes come on vigorous plants. Fruits form on long clusters with an incredible number of tomatoes. Higher yields than other varieties, and fruit can hold well on the vine. This tomato is sooooooo sweet, when left on the vine a little longer, it tastes like it was injected with sugar or rolled in sugar. Some love it and some hate it!!! This is an absolute must for babies and toddlers who have been known to absolutely love this variety! Indeterminate. 65 days.
Super Sweet 100 - RED
This is a hybrid, improved version of the original Sweet 100 with better sugar/acid balance, increased disease resistance, and less chance of cracking/splitting. High yield as fruits hang in long clusters of these 1”, 1 oz. bright red cherries. Staked/caged plants will hold 100 or more fruits in long strands. Ind. 65 days.
Sweet Baby Girl Hybrid - RED
Seed company calls this “The best variety in the world for home growing”, with incredible sets of luscious red fruits in long clusters on compact plants. Crack-resistant bright red fruits that weigh less than 1 oz. and keep well after harvest. Resists Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Indeterminate. 65 days.
Tomatoberry
These look like small strawberries in color and shape. Bright red, tapered fruits are just over one inch in lengh. These are very juicy fruit that are extremely sweet once mature. They hold well on the vine and resist cracking. These are really cute and new for 2010….I hope we like their flavor as much as their plate appeal! Indeterminate, 60-70 days. (This plant costs 50 cents more due to a much more costly seed for whatever reason.)
White Currant - WHITE
These are definitely comparable to Matt’s Wild Cherry, only they are of the palest yellow, almost white. They are another wild type with tiny shape and lots of tomato flavor that has a sweet, tangy flavor as its name suits it well. This is another heirloom that will re-seed itself if you plant it where you can identify its “volunteers” later. If you like Matt’s Wild Cherry, try this one as well! Indet. Picture compliments of
Hanna
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