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| Brandywine, Red, is known for its high yield, ease of growing and its starling burst of flavor with each bite! |
There are just so many excellent heirloom tomatoes available that it’s truly a tough task narrowing down all the choices! If you’ve had a hard time picking which ones to plant, take a look at this list of 10 delicious old-timers. I picked these tomatoes for a variety of colors, tastes and forms, as well as for relative ease of growing and prolific qualities. Pick up some seeds or starter plants today and get growing a bounty of the best tomatoes you’ve ever eaten from your garden!
Amish Paste. Some experts challenge whether Amish Paste is actually a paste tomato at all, but what they don’t challenge is its ability to yield a good crop. The medium-red, slightly longish fruits are a bit juicier than your standard paste tomato, and they’ve got more seeds than most of its kind. The fruit grows in clusters of 2-4, and the habit is indeterminate. This is a family heirloom, and as its name suggests, it originated in the US.
Black from Tula. Part of the fun of growing heirlooms is impressing your friends with the unusual colors these old varieties are known for. So what could be more of a conversation piece than a black tomato? Here’s one of the tastiest of the oddly colored varieties – not actually black, but close to chocolate. Of Ukrainian origin, this family heirloom tomato produces fruit that’s richly flavored with a tinge of sweetness. Indeterminate plants are moderate as far as yield and produce medium-size fruit in singles or groups of 2-3. Brandywine, Red. A high-yielding family heirloom, Brandywine may have originated in Pennsylvania. Fruits are bright red and round, and they have a rich flavor with a hint of sweetness. Tomatoes can be as large as a pound. Plants are indeterminate with heavy foliage, and fruit grows in clusters of 4-6. | Add Photo to Journal |  | | Photo Credit: Burpee Seed Co. | | Cherokee Purple is one good-looking tomato, both on the vine and sliced up for a tomato salad. |
Cherokee Purple. This tomato delivers wonderful taste, as well as the “wow” factor. The pink to purple tomatoes are 6-12 ounces and grow in clusters of 2-4. Tomatoes have a rich, full-bodied taste that heirloom lovers say is like no other tomato. Cherokee Purple is indeterminate, with a moderate to high yield. A family heirloom, it’s believed to have been grown by the Cherokee Indians.
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