• San Marzano
  • A great paste tomato with a bright red color and heavy walls…great for sauce and catsup. Originally from Italy, this plant is compact and great for small gardens.  Determinate, 75 days  Red
• Ventura (Chico III)
  • Determinate.  Produces excellent sauce tomatoes that are about 3-4 oz. plum-shaped fruits.
• Pompei
  • Plant produces heavy yields of flavorful red tomatoes. Tomatoes are very flavorful and grow in heavy clusters. Excellent for making Italian sauce and paste. A variety from Italy. Indeterminate.
• Costoluto Genovese
  • 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.  Indeterminate.
• Napoli
  • A small red tomato slightly larger than a big cherry. Vines are loaded with bright red fruit that have a tangy acidic flavor.  Indeterminate.
• Grape
  • The large, indeterminate plants have good leaf cover and produce big yields of grape-size fruit on multiple clusters. Red Grape’s shiny red fruit is consistent for size and shape, and has the firm texture and good sweetness.
• Black Krim
  • Fruits are a super dark red with greenish tops.  This has been one of our top sellers every year!  Sweet and tasty flavor. Indeterminate., 76 days Purple-Black

Reminders about growing tomatoes:

What’s the difference between “indeterminate” and “determinate” tomatoes?

Determinate tomatoes, or “bush” tomatoes, are varieties that grow to a compact height (generally 3 – 4′). Determinates stop growing when fruit sets on the top bud. All the tomatoes from the plant ripen at approximately the same time (usually over period of 1- 2 weeks). They require a limited amount of staking for support and are perfectly suited for container planting.

Indeterminate tomatoes will grow and produce fruit until killed by frost. They can reach heights of up to 12 feet although 6 feet is normal. Indeterminates will bloom, set new fruit and ripen fruit all at the same time throughout the season. They require substantial staking for support.

Should I prune or not prune tomato suckers?

Never prune a ‘determinate’ type tomato. You want all the fruit you can get from these shorter plants. Indeterminate varieties vary in their response to pruning, some reportedly have increased yields when the young plant is pruned back to three or four vines. I prefer to let the plant produce stems for better fruit production and better leaf canopy to protect the fruit from sunscald. However, for indeterminate varieties, I like to remove most of the suckers at the bottom 10″ of the plant to invite greater air flow at the base of the plants and reduce the risk that fruit will touch the ground where they insects and disease might be encouraged. Know that removing new flowers near the end of the growing season can help speed up the ripening of mature fruit.