Updated!!! May 26, 2011

I have been busy seeding tomatoes and we currently have the following tomatoes up and coming. Keep checking in as I will be adding more as time goes on. We are shooting to offer 70 different varieties at Gwynne’s this year. I will also be adding our pepper/eggplant availability list soon!

All the tomatoes started at Gwynne’s are started in *Organic* soil and NEVER exposed to herbicides or pesticides. (We use bugs to treat for bugs. See this article for more information.)

 

 

 

 

 

Name Type/Color Classification Days to Maturity Description
Amana Orange Orange Indeterminate 80 Heirloom. One of the tastiest and earliest of the heirloom beefsteaks. Deep orange color and big beefsteak flavor make this a favorite.
Amish Paste Red/Paste Indeterminate 74 Heirloom. Produces up to 12 oz, deep-red Oxheart shaped, meaty fruits. Probably one of the largest paste tomatoes which dates back to the turn of the century and is the best for sauces and canning. Not overly acidic.
Arkansas Traveler Pink Indeterminate 80 Heirloom. A heavy yielding variety that will produce 6-8oz pink fruits through stressful hot weather. Outstanding flavor.
Beefmaster Red Indeterminate 80 This Beefmaster Hybrid produces  mouth-watering giant red tomatoes that routinely win size awards at county fairs and contests. It is also heavy-bearing all season long. These 1-1.5 lb tomatoes are savory and delcious. Resists Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt, and Root Knot Nematodes.
Beefsteak Red Indeterminate Old-fashioned favorite bears big, meaty 2-lb. fruits with rich, full flavor. The Beefsteak Tomato is ideal for slicing. Heavy-yielding indeterminate vines.
Better Boy Red Indeterminate 70 A trusted favorite for many years, Better Boy is a great performer with big hybrid-quality yields of succulent, juicy yet meaty tomatoes.
Bicolor Cherry Striped Indeterminate 80 Heirloom. A very interesting and still rare variety of cherry tomato bearing standard cherry-sized fruits with a wonderful sweet flavor that has overtones of honey. Fruits easily rate up with popular hybrid types such as Sun Gold and Sun Sugar in flavor. What also sets them apart is their peculiar coloring, faintly translucent orange, with rosy-pink hues. Plants bear heavily.
Big Rainbow Striped Indeterminate 80 Heirloom. Huge 2 lb rib-shouldered golden fruits with streaks of red russing through the flesh. Fully ripened fruits are gold on stem end, red on blossom end. Fruity sweet flavor. Subject to cracks and catfacing.
Bison Red Determinate 65-77 Orignially offered by Oscar Will in 1937. Dwarf determinate plants require no staking or pruning. 3″ deep red fruits are produced even in cold, damp weather. Has produced as much as 40 pounds of fruit from a single plant!!
Black Cherry Black Indeterminate 64 Heirloom. The incredibly sweet, fruity flavor is as appealing as the fruit is genuinely beautiful. Dark, chocolatey colored fruits are perfectly round, 3/4-inch diameter. Irresistible right off the vine. A unique addition to the color spectrum of cherry tomatoes that are now available. Delicious eaten fresh from the vine, on salads, or added to sauces and casseroles.
Black Krim Black Indeterminate 70 Heirloom. A “novelty” that does not sacrifice taste. Rich, earthy, almost smoky flavor. Good sized beefsteak-size tomato (10-12 oz). Fruit sets well in heat, but this variety is also reported to have done well in the ’93 “summer without a summer”; it will produce under adverse conditions. Most reliable of black tomatoes.
Box Car Willie Red Indeterminate 80 Heirloom. A heavy yielding variety producing 8-10 oz smooth red fruits of excellent, sweet-tasting flavor. An excellent variety for eating fresh. Disease tolerance.
Brandywine Pink Indeterminate Heirloom. You simply cannot believe the flavor of this tomato. An old Amish heirloom tomato dated back to 1885 and passed down from generation to generation, Brandywine is a pink beefsteak type tomato, with thin skinned, rich flavored, 3/4 lb-1 lb tomatoes.
Brandywine Black Black Indeterminate 80-90 Heirloom. Potato-leaf foliage. Maroon-red in color with outstanding tasting flesh. Each oval shaped fruit can weigh up to 2 lbs. Derived from a cross of a Brandywine and either Black Prince or Cherokee Purple.
Brandywine Yellow Golden Indeterminate 90 Heirloom. Very large, 16-24 oz yellow fruits of exceptional quality and gourmet flavor. Soft, creamy texture is delicious in sandwiches; meaty flesh is excellent for sauces. This quality heirloom variety produces tasty treats until frost.
Celebrity Red Determinate 70 No other variety does so well under as many different growing conditions as Celebrity; combine with superb flavor, adaptability to almost any climate (from cold to hot), and disease resitence, and you have an almost perfect tomato. 1984 All America Winner.
Champion Red Determinate 70 A productive plant producing good yields of 12 oz red, meaty tomatoes that are very flavorful. Plant produces good yields of 12 oz red tomatoes. Disease Resistant: VFFA.
Cherokee Purple Purple Indeterminate 72 Heirloom. An unusual tomato with medium-large, flattened globe fruits that are dusky pink with darker pink/purple shoulders. The multicolor interior is purplish/pinkish. Abundant, fruits are very sweet and juicy with a smoky flavor. Thick, rosy brown skin resists cracking. Good foliage cover prevents sunburn. Relatively short, indeterminate vines.
Chianti Rose Pink Indeterminate 80 Heirloom. The big, beautiful beefsteak tomato with fabulous flavor is a cross between the famous pink Brandywine and a treasured family variety from Italy. Juicy, flavorful and heavy in the hand, Chianti Rose tomatoes are thin skinned with smooth, creamy flesh and glowing rosy-red color. The strong vigorous vines with potato leaf foliage tolerate cooler summers and are more crack-resistant and uniform than other large fruited heirlooms. Huge harvests of these scrumptious tomatoes are a highlight of summers!
Costaluto Genovese Red Indeterminate 80-90 Heirloom. The fluted, old Italian favorite that has been around since the early 19th century. Fruit are rather flattened and quite attractive with their deep ribbing. This variety is a standard in Italy for both fresh eating and preserving, known for its intensely flavorful, deep red flesh. This variety has also became very popular with chefs in this country.
Crimson Carmello Red Indeterminate 70 Bred in France especially for fresh eating, plump Crimson Carmellos will satisfy all your tomato fantasies. The round red juicy fruits have the perfect sweet to acid balance that translates to exquisite taste. Big 4-5” Carmellos are borne in abundance on vigorous disease resistant and widely adapted vines.
Crimson Cushion Red Indeterminate 90 Heirloom. Fruits are large, 12-14 oz bright scarlet, solid and somewhat flattened and ribbed. Very prolific, meaty, and juicy with a hint of acid. Just the right size for slicing fresh for sandwiches. A large wilt resistant variety.
Early Girl Red Indeterminate 52 Comes in first as an early slicing tomato. Dependable large harvests of flavorful, solid 4 to 6 oz. fruit. Disease resistance is good, contributing to its excellent performance in almost any climate. A proven variety for delicious, early tomatoes.
First Lady Red Indeterminate 66 F1 Hybrid. Plant produces good yields of 5 oz red tomatoes. Tomatoes are very flavorful and turn red when mture. Excellent for salads and sandwiches. Crack Resistant. Disease Resistant: VFNTASt.
Gardener’s Delight Red Indeterminate 65 A delightful red ripening cherry tomato with a strongly sweet flavor that matches up with some of the popular sweet orange types such as Sun Gold and Sun Sugar. Fruits are standard cherry tomato size and are born in clusters of 6-14. Plants bear quite heavily.
German Johnson Pink Indeterminate 85 Heirloom. Large, pink skin with yellow shoulders, very mild, low acid, very meaty with few seeds. Size averaging 18-24 ozs. Tall plants with potato-leaf foliage. The Tomato – Johnson was named after Robert Gibbon Johnson. He was declared a hero in 1820 by eating a tomato in public in New Jersey. He attempted to greatly encourage the public acceptance of the Fruit as not being toxic or poisonous.
Great White White Indeterminate 80-85 Large, 1-lb giant, creamy white fruit, this tomato is superbly wonderful. The flesh is so good and deliciously fruity, it reminds one of a mixture of fresh-cut pineapple, melon and guava. A favorite fresh-eating tomato! Fruit are smother than most large beefsteak types, and yields can be very high.
Green Grape Green/Cherry Indeterminate 70-80 Sister to “Green Zebra”, this tomato was also bred by Tom Wagner and has become the rage with specialty markets, home gardeners, and chefs. The flavor may be even better…rich, sweet, and zingy. The fruit are lime-green inside and have chartreuse-yellow skins. They are about the size of a large grape, perfect fro salads and snacking. Makes most red cherries taste bland in comparison.
Green Zebra Green Indeterminate 75 Heirloom. Green Zebra has excellent flavor and a very unique color – rich, golden green with forest green stripes. Very smooth skin essentially free of cracks. Tennis ball sized – 3”, 3 oz.
Gypsy Purple Indeterminate Named for the Gypsies who live in Russia, this is a fabulous deep, purple, maroon tomato. It has a gorgeous color and good taste. Perfect, medium-sized globe fruit make this one of the nicest dark varieties. A lovely and colorful intorduction from the great Soviet plant breeders.
Homestead Red Determinate 80 8 oz red fruits that are consistently uniform.
Husky Cherry Red Red/Cherry Dwarf Indeterminate 65 A super sweet cherry tomato known for its flavor, productivity, and good looks. A stout, pretty plant that is a dwarf indeterminate, usually only growing between 3 and 4 feet, while yielding continuous clusters of tasty little cherry tomatoes in a small space all summer long. Perfect for pots! Resists verticillium wilt (V) and fusarium wilt (F).
Kellogg’s Breakfast Orange Indeterminate 80-85 Lovely, pale-orange fruits that are solid and meaty throughout, packed with mild, superb tasting flesh. A long season producer of large, beefsteak type fruits, up to 1 lb with solid centers that have just a few seeds at the edges. Very desirable.
La Roma II Red Determinate 76 This larger, healthy hybrid was created to replace the weak but classic Italian-type variety. A high-yielding plant that produces 5 to 8 oz. deep red, oblong-shaped fruits that are very resistant to disease. Perfect for sauces, canning and pastes, it is a must have for anyone who loves to cook Italian!  F-1.
Marvel Striped Orange Indeterminate 90-110 Large, up to one pound, pleated orange and yellow fruites have red, splashy stripes. Sweet and juicy, with very few seeds. Originally from the Zapotec peoples of Mexico.
Maskotka Red Determinate 90 A dwarf bushy variety especially bred for growing in baskets and containers where the stems and fruits will tumble over the sides. A heavy cropper of sweet 1-1.25 oz cherry fruits, with a good resistance to cracking on ripening.
Mountain Princess Red Determinate 45-50 This determinate, early tomato is well-suited to short, mountain climates. It is a heavy producer of small to medium-sized, red fruit that has a nice mild flavor. This tomato comes from the mountainous regions of West Virginia and has been grown by generations of rugged farmers for its earliness and production.
New Girl Red Indeterminate 62 Better tasting and more disease resistant than Early Girl, well worth trying. Fruits are 4-7 oz and hold their ripeness and flavor on the vine well.
North Dakota Earliana Red 60 Brilliant red, 6-9 oz slicing type fruits are prodcued even in the face of cold wet springs, or hot, dry summers. Reselected from the original Earliana in the early part of the 20th century by famed breeder Albert F Yeager, working at North Dakota State Univ.
Old German Striped Indeterminate 75-80 Heirloom. Dating back to the mid-1800′s. It was a favorite of Mennonite families from the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. Produces beautiful, flavorful, beefsteak tomates weighing up to 2 lbs and a golden yellow with reddish stripes.
Oregon Spring Red Determinate 58 A cold tolerant variety for cool, short season growing. Will produce 6-8 oz medium sized flavorful red fruits that are almost seedless, but outstanding in flavor. Compact plants.
Pineapple Striped Indeterminate 75-95 Very large, up to 2 lbs each. The yellow fruit has red marbling through the flesh and is one of the most beautiful tomatoes we sell. The flavor is very sweet and fruity; good yields!
Polish Linguisa Red Indeterminate 72 Heirloom. Fruits are large, sort of pie-shaped (flattened pear) and average 7-10 oz each. Delicious flavor, high yielding.
Ponderosa Pink Purple Indeterminate 88 Heirloom. Large, purplish-pink fruit, mild flavor.
Pruden’s Purple Pink Indeterminate 70 Lovely deep-pink fruits weigh up to 1 lb. They are early for such large fruit. Similar to Brandywine in taste, size and having the same sweet, rich taste. Potato-leaved plants.
Red Cherry Red/Cherry Indeterminate 75 Heirloom. Cherry shaped red fruits. Vigorours plants yield a bountiful crop of delicious, uniformly sized, chrry tomatoes. The bright red, sweet-tasting fruit is delicious for snacking, salads and vegetable trays. Good disease resistance.
Red House Freestanding Red Semi-determinate 75-80 Bushy, semi-determinate plants require no staking! Broad, crinkled leaves protect the luscious fruits from sunscald. Abundant yields of firm, juicy, red fruits, produced in clusters, weigh 4-6 oz and occasionally larger. Reputed to set fruit in cold weater. Has some tolerance to fusarium and verticillium wilts, resists cracking. A wonderful container variety!
Red Robin Red Determinate 55 A dwarf variety of cherry tomato for container growing, hanging baskets, windowsill or patio growing. Plants remain 8-12 in tall and bear masses of 1-1/4 in fruit with a mild, sweet flavor. Very tender skin and good taste even when the fruit is grown indoors.
Red Stuffer Red Indeterminate 90 The fruit is red-orange with three to four cells. The center seed cluster, similar to that of a bell pepper, is easily removed which makes this ideal for serving as a edible container for your favorite cold or hot salads.
Rei Dos Tempores Red Semi-determinate 70 The name means “King of the Earlies,” and this is indeed an early type for its size and quality. A Portuguese market variety. Well-flavored fruits grow to one-half pound, perfect for slicing and sandwiches. Uniform, flattened globes are blemish-free and very resistant to cracking.
Roma VF Red Determinate 75 Heirloom. Pear shaped 2 oz fruit, ideal for paste or puree. Fusarium and verticillium resistant.
Siberia Red Determinate 50 Supposedly this variety was smuggled out of the Soviet Union in 1975. It is cold-tolerant (though not frost hardy), setting fruit early at temperatures as low as 38°F. Produces bright red tomatoes weighin up to five ounce.
Southern Night Purple Indeterminate An attractive “Black” tomato developed in the old Soviet Union. Great tasting fruit are dark and intesely colored, being a deep maroon. Very sweet and luscious, these are hard to not eat right in the garden. A classic that is well worth growing if you like real flavor.
Striped German Striped Indeterminate 78-90 Heirloom. A flat, medium to large, variably ribbed-shoulder fruits are yellow with red stripes. The marbled interior looks beautiful sliced. Complex, fruity flavor with a smooth texture.
Stupice Red Indeterminate 60-70 Bred in Czechoslovakia, this is an early, prolifice variety with exceptionally sweet and juicy, glossy red fruits. Dense, potato-like foliage protects the fruit from sun scald. ***Employee Favorite***
Sub Arctic Plenty Red Determinate 49-59 One of the very earliest tomatoes, the compact plants produce lots of 2-oz red fruit. One of the best for cool conditions and will set fruit in lower temperatures than most. It has even been grown in the Souther Yukon. Developed by Dr Harris, Beaverlodge Research Station, Alberta, Canada.
Sundrop Orange Indeterminate Small, orange fruits with a beautiful color and a tangy, sweet flavor.
Sungella Gold/Cherry Indeterminate 70 A new larger fruited Sungold! Heavy producer of 2 oz sweet, low-acid, orange fruit.
Sunsugar TMV Gold/Cherry Indeterminate 62 Voted the best tasting small fruited variety. Each plant will produce many clusters of 1/2 inch or smaller, sweet golden cherry-sized, gorgeous fruit. A blue ribbon winner at one Fair declared it one of the sweetest and best flavored cherry varieties.
Super Snow White White Indeterminate Small, ivory-colored cherry tomato that has a delicious taste. One of the few white cherries! Wonderful when mixed with red and orange varieties in a salad.
Sweet 100 Red Indeterminate A splendid variety, yielding an abundance of bite-size fruits with are deliciously sweet and juicy. It matures early producing long trusses of tomatoes.
Tess’s Land Race Currant Red Indeterminate 55-68 Deliciously flavored currant tomato that originated from Maryland’s southern shore. The tiny fruit of this variety vary in color; most are deep red but some are also rose, gold and yellow. The flavorful fruit are popular with chefs and home gardeners. The sprawling vines produce clusters of these intense tasting miniatures.
Tigerella Striped Indeterminate 55-75 Tasty, 2″ round fruit are bright red with orange stripes. A quite beautiful and popular variety from England that is good for greenhouse production. The yields are high even in cool summers, and it starts producinng very early. A connoisseur’s tomato!
Tiny Tim Red Indeterminate 45 Heirloom. Grows only 10-12 in tall and about 14 in across. A heavy yielder with clusters of 1 in red, fine-flavored fruit. Can be grown as a pot plant anytime of the year.
Violet Jasper Purple Indeterminate When these little Oriental jewels ripen, your eyes will be stunned with color. They have pretty violet-purple fruit with iridescent green streaks! Fruit weigh 1-3 ozs, are smooth and have good tasting, dark purplish-red flesh. This variety will also amaze you with its yield: it’s not only high, but incredibly high, being one of the most productive tomatoes we have grwon. A great variety for marketing. Introduced to you from China.
White Wonder White Indeterminate 80 Fruits medium-sized with white flesh on the interior and white exterior skin. Mild, sweet flavor. Non-acid.
Wisconsin 55 Red Indeterminate 78 Back by popular demand. Bred by the University of Wisconsin in the 1940s, this is an excellent and versatile tomato with great flavor and lots of sweetness. Smooth, large tomatoes are about 8 oz and as pretty as can be. Extremely productive and thrive in a wide-range of growing conditions. This old-time favorite is sure to become a new favorite once you give it a try.
Yellow Pear Yellow Indeterminate 75 Small pear-shaped, yellow fruit is produced all summer. Refreshing mild flavor adds zest and color to salads, vegetable trays and pasta dishes.
Yellow Plum Yellow Indeterminate 75 Heirloom. Attractive plum-shaped 1-1/2 in yellow fruit have a sweet, mild flavor. Bears a bumper crop, producing clusters of 8-10 tomatoes. Eat fresh, or use in sauces or pastes, for canning or freezing.
Yellow Stuffer Yellow Indeterminate 76 Heirloom. Large yellow tomatoes, shaped like bell peppers which are perfect for stuffing. Vigorous vines produce loads of 3-4 lobed fruits.