{"title":"Tomato","description":"\u003cp\u003eVictorian era tomato, modern heirlooms, and new facinating hybrids with distinctive flavors, appealing qualities, and eye catching nuance!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beefsteak","title":"Beefsteak","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThick, meaty, bleeding, raw texture of \u003ci\u003eBeefsteak \u003c\/i\u003eresembles a slab section of a cow, or finely ground beef. \u003ci\u003eBeefsteak\u003c\/i\u003e counter is intuitively unusual for a typical red tomato. I became fascinated by its unique pairing with mayonnaise, or curious why I’d seen cut tomato slices on the grill. Taste and texture of this atypical smooth, glossy rippled, candy apple red skin gives\u003ci\u003e Beefsteak \u003c\/i\u003ea character set apart. Not full of gelatin sour goo, nor acidic as all get out; sweet, salty, and savory implores you to this curious flavor. \u003ci\u003eBeefsteak \u003c\/i\u003ecan be cut in slices that drain plenty of juice. Each slice has \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseeds\u003c\/span\u003e set apart with flesh, and other small \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseed\u003c\/span\u003e cavities nest along the ridge of the outer skin. Expressions occur in typical symmetrical round, for a burger, and my personal favorite, boat or triangle, and bridge shape, perfect for a baguette sandwich. Some speculate the history goes as far back as the Aztecs bloody reign; however, this Victorian tomato is an heirloom. Unlike most red tomatoes on the market, large fruit decorate branches on woody, tree-like growth. \u003ci\u003eHenderson’s Crimson Cushion, or Red Ponderosa \u003c\/i\u003eappear to predate the term ‘beef-steak’, from which this original strain derives its ideal form, from. Large fruits can weigh 1 to 2 pounds or more, and are excellent grilled and displayed on an old cutting board. Heritage fashioned taste, with a complex savor aroma! Indeterminate, regular dark green leaf foliage, large structure, so pruning and gentle support is required, paired with patience. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeefsteak \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a best of the best, tomato, by far with a unique flavor, texture, and red color. The beefsteak masterfully resembles a cartoonish archetypical tomato. History says this is a Victorian hold over with a name and look as far back as 1882. It’s a tough plant to grow, splitting into a giant dual-leader dominate tree like profile in the intensity of Summer. It needs a lot of room and nutrients to fill out. The fruits have a blood red interior, dappled lightly with seeds beneath a blood translucent compartmentalized gel cell network. The bite is a balanced flesh to juice ratio that makes it perfect for sandwiches, preparation, and grilling. Finding true beefsteak seeds became a priority after years of buying seeds or starts that were evidently crossed to acidic-water tasting tomatoes. Mislabeled seeds and hybrids are common amongst seed sellers, but not ours! So, after many thousands of ‘beefsteak’ types, selections began with finding boat shape, and round rippled examples that are historically accurate depictions of ‘beefsteak’. The distinctive ridges on the fruit shoulders set it apart from a smooth skin hybrid, so fruit are best set on their bottom for maximum shelf life. Seeds were selected specifically from intact fruits to minimize cracking tendencies. You can grill this tomato and it holds shape, slice in large slices but won’t soak your bread. The flavor is not just acidic, it has a resonating herbal, more salty than sweet flavor like that of savory, tomato soup.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCultivating Beefsteak is very similar to Kellogg Breakfast and Brandywine, as their growth rate, plant profile, size and shape are more like a dual leader tree, than a vigorous sprawling bush of vines. These are true beefsteak tomato seeds, presenting a perfect red triangular shape tomato that has a bulging rump on one end, and points to the other. Suckering early, rather than hard pruning later, is a preference I was taught to do. These tomatoes are novelty gargantuan in size, with a great firm skin and excellent shelf life. Little to no cracking, odd shapes, nor low yields. The vine and fruit clusters do need multiple stiff and tall supports. These plants need more than 18 square feet to branch out. Lean vines against wooden or bamboo stakes rather than crammed together twisted in twine, tangling and suffocating vines. Set this tomato on your windowsill to watch the many tints of red, scarlet, and crimson bleed out, just as the flavor does soon after cutting through to that wooden block, into a raw weeks-old, beefsteak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52832416465112,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52832416497880,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52832416530648,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52832416563416,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52832416596184,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_0336.heic?v=1793234474"},{"product_id":"brandywine","title":"Brandywine","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrandywines \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003etop tier for flavor spans across the country for all time. The pinnacle of aesthetic appeal, with tangy profiles, distinctive, sweet, large and juicy pink! True \u003ci\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/i\u003e offers a ripe glow, and intimate sherbet orange onto a red faded candy pink skin, in round, boat, bridge, and triangle shapes. Oh, and the fruits are large by the way. My \u003ci\u003eBrandywines\u003c\/i\u003e are selected from intense environmental conditions in open fields for years, rarely watered, barely supported, only getting fruit from survivors that are interplanted with \u003cem\u003eSudduth's\u003c\/em\u003e and various other \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseed\u003c\/span\u003e saver’s interpretations. The tree like, thick multi leader branching is what I have been selecting for. Imagine a productive tomato with minimal trellising. You will still need to stake and twine fruit laden branches, but the minimal work that goes into growing the most flavorful famous tomato in North America will be an additional treat for the home gardener. The results from thousands of plants over the years to produce this Victorian tomato are worth mentioning, and growing. Many tomatoes are judged against the \u003cem\u003eBrandywines\u003c\/em\u003e for all the right reasons. Generally, disease resistant, resist cracking, no ‘ugly’ bottoms, and plants grow tall with multiple leaders, and reduced foliage, making pruning optional. Supports are required, as vines laden with heavy fruit topple over when plump. Flavor exceeds expectations, shining in the peak of Summer. \u003ci\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/i\u003e is a pink winner, colorful, respectable, admirable; ideally a savory fruit of impeccable quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAcQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-reader-unique-id=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/em\u003e emerged sometime after 1876 as a Victorian-era tomato cultivar. Its large, one-pound fruits achieve peak ripeness between 80 and 100 days. While smooth, glossy pink skin is true to the Brandywine line, the types that blush with orange undertones on their shoulders near the stem and base are the real heritage keepers. Early starts and warm summer sun contribute to the resonant flavor, impressive size, noticeable disease resistance, and early fruit clusters that this cultivar is known for. Fruit shapes appear quickly, ranging from large, symmetrical, flat, and round to oblong and triangular shapes!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAAgACAcQAQ\" data-complete=\"true\" data-reader-unique-id=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMy \u003cem\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/em\u003e cultivar was selected out of 300 to 1,200 distinct plants from a variety of American seed stores over five years. Honing in on heritage and cultural memory, seed selections came only from fruits matching historical seed catalogue descriptions. First brought to market as early as 1876 as ‘Turner’s Hybrid’ or ‘Mikado’ because of its dominant, distinctive potato-shaped leaf, its history on the heirloom tomato spectrum is shared by Johnson \u0026amp; Stokes, W. Atlee Burpee, and a man named Peter Henderson. By 1889, the Brandywine tomato was sold as a ‘new’ variety by W. Atlee Burpee. This Victorian-era, pink-fruited, potato-leaved tomato was called Brandywine, weaving together potential historical connections to Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania, or the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brandywine. It came to market, disappeared for a time, and reappeared as variant strains in red, black, orange, and yellow, surviving to this day through various seed savers who have maintained its distinctive potato-shaped leaves and pinkish-orange, nearly seedless flesh for over a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30 seeds","offer_id":52832269861080,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 seeds","offer_id":52832269893848,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 seeds","offer_id":52832269926616,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250 seeds","offer_id":52832269959384,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52832269992152,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/A6771681-1FF0-4561-9C06-901B2F519F05.jpg?v=1793230146"},{"product_id":"vincent-watts-50-seeds","title":"Vinson Watts","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePink, symmetrical, and round, the perfect tomato, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVinson Watts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was kept alive by Mr. Watts for 52 years before the Berea, Kentucky famous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e saver family, Michael Best got ahold of them. Every summer he meticulously saved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of those special tomatoes that kept the highest flavor, most disease resistant, large and bulbous and exquisite quality. Berea natives renown his fruit from 1956 through 1967 and later in Morehead from 1968 through March of 2008 when he died at the age of 78. His tomato is now highly regarded in the cult of tomato cultivation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVinson Watts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a hefty heirloom tomato for early planting! Noticeable fungal resilience, with progressive growth in the doldrum rainy gray days. Also reliable under a frost blanket without heat for those early pink greenhouse harvest. Here you have a fruit that resembles the famous and renowned Brandywine. However, plant structure is not the same, it is a vigorous vine, similar to the way Cherokee grows. Leaves generally are fine texture, with very few potato leaf plants, assisting the plant in high humidity, low and extreme light situations. Reduced ridge stalks, capable of being woven and manipulated across a variety of trellis and support structures. Fruit is delicious, rather than having orange, pink, subtleties as \u003cem\u003eBrandywine does\u003c\/em\u003e, lime-green and yellow tinge the fringe of the shoulders. Unique heart shapes occur often! Perfectly round, symmetrically plump fruits dapple laden vines. Yields are heavy.  Growth is faster coming than \u003cem\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eVinson Watts' \u003c\/em\u003etomato is a work of art, or should I say heart. I find plenty of heart shaped tomato blossom’s amongst the plants year after year, something to remember him by, and not often found in \u003cem\u003eGerman Johnson\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eBrandywine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30 seeds","offer_id":52831343313112,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60 seeds","offer_id":52831343345880,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100 seeds","offer_id":52831343378648,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250 seeds","offer_id":52831343411416,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52831343444184,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_4159.heic?v=1793208355"},{"product_id":"mr-stripey-50-seeds","title":"Mr. Stripey","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMr. Stripey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e hails from Georgia, USA, in the early 1990s by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTotally Tomatoes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e guy, Wayne Hilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Like Gold Medal, \u003ci\u003eMr. Stripey\u003c\/i\u003e is well refined, and selections of expressions dominate over other German Bi-colors because of production, consistency, and logistical storage, and transport. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFlesh and tender skin are a golden-orange, and yellow marbled with a kaleidoscope swirled interior of red, pink, orange, blush the bottom of this,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bulbous, plump, sweet, mild, \"low-acid\" taste tomato, which has a whole lot more juice than the other German variants. Popular here in Tennessee, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMr. Stripey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a great late tomato, developing flavor in moderate late-summer shoulder season harvest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBRAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMr. Stripey\u003c\/strong\u003e or Mister Stripey is a huge, novelty-sized, low-yielding giant mid-Atlantic heirloom tomato discovered in Georgia in the 1990s by Wayne Hilton. It has a more golden-red than yellow, or light orange transparent skin that bursts with juicy caverns of succulently sweet red marbled spots. Fruits require a bit more than 110 days and resemble Pineapple, Big Rainbow, and Gold Medal. Mr. Stripey has unique, bulbous, out-of-control shapes; they are rarely round, but are ridged and oblong, with smooth, rumpled shoulders. Consider this tomato a red tomato with orange-golden stripes, rather like an inverted color pattern of the traditional bi-color yellow Germans. It can split in rain and crack because of the thin, smooth skin, is fragile, and doesn’t do well stacked or without a proper cushion, but it retains a very long shelf life as a late-season tomato. The base is round with no deformity, very little core, and many seeds suspended in a watery gel. Mr. Stripey is more fruit-like in flavor than tomato, and its texture is akin to plum or stone fruit. The flesh is golden honey-yellow with red marbling. Salads, canning, salsa, and juices are the perfect options for a culinary experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBhAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003ePlants are gargantuan with low yields of large, highly attractive fruits. Cultivate this tomato as you would any other type, but lean toward bamboo and tobacco sticks to allow the tree-like indeterminate structure to fill out and produce fruit. Managing the structure of the plant is similar to how Brandywine and Kellogg's Breakfast grow, supporting the heavy, burdening fruit clusters. This plant would do well to sucker heavily, support fruit clusters, and have multiple plantings to just reap the flush of large fruits in the lower rungs from subsequent planting intervals. This tomato tends to be one of the later-yielding tomatoes, surviving the torrential rains that precede hot July and August summers, and it produces wonderful Autumn tomatoes under the setting red spectrums of the later-day sun. Seeds were originally gathered by an old-timey local farmer who consistently brings these tomatoes to market no earlier than September. You could say this tomato is more refined in texture, appearance, and growth habit when compared to \u003cem\u003ePineapple\u003c\/em\u003e and Big Rainbow. The flavor and expressions are similar to \u003cem\u003eWillard Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePineapple\u003c\/em\u003e, but the fruit shape and textures are expressed as Big Rainbow. Big Rainbow is actually a hybrid, and is not offered by me because of the true collection of novel German bi-color offered here.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52841218080984,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52841218113752,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52841218146520,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_58492.heic?v=1793328297"},{"product_id":"cherokee-purple","title":"Cherokee Purple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCherokee Purple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the true Southern Appalachian heirloom tomato renown from Greenville, Tennessee. Pre-dating the Victorian period, but representative of the Indian nation. This classic variety started it all for me! Dark juices running down my mouth and hands, sweet, tangy, then smokey sweet again, the flavor running drips of sour character. Unmatched flavor profiles, with rich history combine and influence the cult phenomenon. Colorations are remarkable, with ripe green shoulders, design stitches etch the green edges telling a story with symbols referring to the weather. \u003ci\u003eCherokee Purple\u003c\/i\u003e is the barometer of the tomato story tellers. Thermal energy, radiant heat from the soil, and the warming June sun, ripen this tomato earlier than most! Generally, tomatoes are ready to eat by July 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e, and even the Summer Solstice, before fizzling out of production early without proper pruning and maintenance. I have success growing these vigorous vines as a bush, with heavy pruning, especially blossoms of unusual shapes. \u003ci\u003eCherokee Purple \u003c\/i\u003eis more resilient by giving extra attention to crop supports, maintaining a smaller plant profile reduces disease. But what also set’s my version apart is the selection process of only saving \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseed\u003c\/span\u003e from intact perfect fruits of various shapes and sizes. Ultraviolet coloration forms out of a brown mahogany hue, resulting in a crimson blush, ruby blood red undertone. Set against a modest edible green shoulder, purple colorations occur by reducing direct sun exposure, excessive heat, and managing vines so that leaves shade the fruit, by managing night time temperatures, and humidity. Credited with leading the heirloom renaissance, home grown, and challenging for market gardens, \u003ci\u003eCherokee Purple\u003c\/i\u003e is a tomato to behold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52832425836760,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52832425869528,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52832425902296,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52832425935064,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52832425967832,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_0318.heic?v=1793234716"},{"product_id":"jet-star","title":"Jet Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJet Star\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is red, bright crimson, dark scarlet. Neon red, large spherical and uniquely round, juicy, savory fruit off this vine sure taste like a tomato should. I compare the flavor to Sudduth’s Brandywine, and would make perfect ketchup. \u003ci\u003eJet Star\u003c\/i\u003e is tangy, sultry, sweet. Acidity is hidden beneath sugar, and complex flavor profiles that emerge from proper ripening on and off the vine. Plants are large vines, capable of being propped and pruned to resemble a bush that yields well on symmetrical flower sets. Minimal pruning and work are required for \u003ci\u003eJet Star\u003c\/i\u003e as it remains healthy, robust, and resist cracking in less-than-ideal conditions. I consider this tomato a new heirloom. A 1969 F1 hybrid has developed into a cultural icon for the savory tomato category. As an excellent red tomato on my market stand, \u003ci\u003eJet Star \u003c\/i\u003eexceeds flavor profiles that people are used to, as a better texture than 'Big Beef', and excellent flavor against celebrity, and doesn’t compare to various other red tomatoes that often come off the vine, bland and boring. Not so with \u003ci\u003eJet Star\u003c\/i\u003e! High yields of delicate slicer globe fruits red inside, and out. If \u003ci\u003eJetStar\u003c\/i\u003e were a Beef-steak, with a red 'Brandywine' type, a slicer body, it could be the bridge between the former two.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52832443433176,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52832443465944,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52832443498712,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52832443531480,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52832443564248,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_0048.heic?v=1793237444"},{"product_id":"mountain-fresh","title":"Mountain Fresh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWater’s Mountain Fresh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has a story sticking closer to home here in Tennessee. Randy Gardner’s local creation, meeting the late local farmer, Randy Dodson. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRandy Dodson of Water’s farm grew these tomatoes for several decades, mastering this determinate bush tomato, bringing early red tomatoes to market, faster in the field than a greenhouse. I acquired his last remaining \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eseed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stock of this variety soon after his death. Dr. Randy Gardner’s Mountain Fresh Tomato series came out between the 1971 through 1990’s from North Carolina. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater’s Mountain Fresh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a crimson red, flattened globe-shaped fruit, with smooth, and shiny symmetry. Determinate plant type, sticking to supports 3-5 feet tall. Flavor is sweet, tangy, and savory. I rank 'Jetstar' and 'Beefsteak' above all reds, but \u003cem\u003eMountain Fresh \u003c\/em\u003eis worth its weight for an honorable mention.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eOffering early, very large slicer fruit during the grill out season. Bred, grown, cultivated and eaten, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWater’s Mountain Fresh \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a mountain country tomato, selected under the heat and humidity, and cool shoulder season weather of our Southern Appalachia environment. Bred for smooth blossom scar, noticeable resistance to early blight, verticillium wilt, with tolerance to wet and cool conditions. The earliest possible red tomato for the south eastern region while retaining a harmonic flavor profile. These short and squat plants produce ample crops in spring on into autumn. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52837775671512,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52837775704280,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52837775737048,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52837775769816,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52837775802584,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_4373.heic?v=1793283201"},{"product_id":"willard-wynn","title":"Willard Wynn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWillard Wynn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are gargantuan tropical fruits, on robust, gigantic tree like plants. The late Willard Wynn in Rockcastle County, KY grew, and selected this Yellow German variant for decades under the spell of humidity and heat, and is well adapted to the Southern Appalachians. This could be the biggest tomato available, some nearing 3lbs with exquisite intact bottoms. Uncanny flavors of tropical fruit, mango banana, pineapple, guava, citrus not typical of any gourmet tomato. Sweet, juicy, fruity pulp inside the bright gold translucent red marble skin. Round, and discreet, full, and spherical, with fine shallow flat ripple shoulders, \u003ci\u003eWillard Wynn\u003c\/i\u003e is so old, it was selected in a garden for half a century or longer, further grown in a variety of climates. Brought back from near extinction by myself, from two lonely, tall plants delivered by the famous \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/heirlooms.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/heirlooms.org\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1791135246243000\u0026amp;usg=AOvVaw34vQFxXDYZ3x72ahJJnTgI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eheirlooms.org\u003c\/a\u003e family of Dr. Michael Best from the Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Center, of Berea, Kentucky. To call this variety rare, is indeed an understatement. Shapes occur as oval, round, large gem shapes, born on large woody tree-like frame vines that resist cracking, immune to disease, and thrive in intense heat, and humidity. \u003ci\u003eWillard Wynn\u003c\/i\u003e can often express a very smooth skin of golden honey orange, and subtle red marbling. You can tell his selections chose golden, ideally symmetrical round fruits for years on end. This perfect tomato offers a glimpse in genetic expressions focused on flavor because of favorites, rather than an emphasis on money with an ideal for production. Coincidentally, this type is vigorous, disease resistant, and full of true flavor! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52838999195864,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52838999228632,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52838999261400,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52838999294168,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52838999326936,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_4156.heic?v=1793294525"},{"product_id":"old-german-yellow","title":"Old German Yellow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOld German\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is a yellow and marble red savory tomato that has a more diverse set of color and shapes than the ‘Gold Medal’ German Bi-color tomato expression. Improvements in symmetry, cracking, consistent production all contribute to the beauty of \u003ci\u003eOld German\u003c\/i\u003e. Plants grow large, gigantic, and support larger fruit clusters, similar to Gold Medal. Continual open pollinated selection improves the symbolic gold and pink occurring in the skin and flesh of this fruit. Flavor is tangy, savory, juicy, and long lasting. Fruits have good storage potential, and come in bridge, round, triangle, and unusual shapes. Often fruits appear to fade orange on pink gradient, against a smoothie yellow backdrop. \u003ci\u003eOld German’s\u003c\/i\u003e streaks of red, and marble-pink are subtle, and flesh appears buttery gold, which sets it apart from the various German tomatoes it resembles. These tomato types are American heirlooms, and deceivingly hail from a heritage almost forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer ","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52839297351896,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52839297384664,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52839297417432,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52839297450200,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52839297482968,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/addgermanyellow.heic?v=1793321585"},{"product_id":"pineapple","title":"Pineapple","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePineapple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a fruity, tropical tomato predating the 1950’s, most likely derived from Amish and Mennonite communities in the Ohio and Kentucky territory. Unparalleled to Gold Medal, Mr. Stripey, Hill Billy, and Old German, \u003ci\u003ePineapple’s \u003c\/i\u003eflavor rivals the rare Willard Wynn. \u003ci\u003ePineapple\u003c\/i\u003e is a vigorous, dominate multi leader vine, that grows prolific in a regular leaf and indeterminate nature. Fruit is oval, bridge, round, generally crack, and ‘ugly’ free! \u003ci\u003ePineapple\u003c\/i\u003e tends to have more red underscoring a vibrant gold and yellow with pink marbling more than other German Bi-color tomato. Flavor is low in acid, and tropical, savory aroma that is completely distinctive from almost all tomato varieties available.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eA classic \"beefsteak\" type, though in a class of flavor all to itself. The fruit is large, ribbed, smooth and translucent. Compared with \u003cem\u003eWillard Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e, however, the vine structure is more limber, and less tree-like when pruned properly. I am of the right mind to say Willard Wynn and the famous \u003cem\u003ePineapple \u003c\/em\u003eare related and diverged sometime in the 1970's. \u003cem\u003ePineapple \u003c\/em\u003eis a prolific, and \u003c\/span\u003eprecocious adaptable heirloom tomato; but with many unusual shapes. Storage potential is the best, as it can keep for weeks while ripening.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52840109015256,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52840109048024,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52840109080792,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52840109113560,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52840109146328,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_4298.heic?v=1793318237"},{"product_id":"kellogg-s-breakfast","title":"Kellogg’s Breakfast","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKellogg’s Breakfast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an orange beefsteak that can be a bright yellow. It is a solid color tomato, with no variation in coloration, regardless of weather. Huge boat shaped fruit types, oblong, and round circular expressions dominate heavy laden fruit clusters. Tomato fruit transitions from a vibrant bright yellow, and ripen to an even more distinctive orange tone. Plants can grow massive, resembling large jungle growth of vines and trees. In moderately dry conditions, \u003ci\u003eKellogg’s Breakfast \u003c\/i\u003eexcels in the summer sun, but doesn’t fare well in the colder, prolonged wet summers we occasionally have here in Tennessee. Greenhouse production is excellent, and intense heat doesn’t bother this tomato. \u003ci\u003eKellogg’s Breakfast \u003c\/i\u003eflavor is papaya, sweet, and barely acidic. Meaty slices cook well without reducing. I grew quite a bit of this yellow type for many years because of the unique character it entails. This family heirloom was preserved by gardener Darrell Kellogg of Redford, Michigan, probably for the sake of joyful novelty. I have found writing concerning it with emergence in Georgie during the 1980's. Plants grow gargantuan! Woody, tree like single leaders dominate at eight feet high. Fruit sets on large clusters, resist cracking, and keep well, sometimes specimens ripen over a month without mold issues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52840205910232,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52840205943000,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52840205975768,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52840206008536,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52840206041304,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_4362.heic?v=1793321367"},{"product_id":"johnson-s-german-pink","title":"Johnson’s German Pink","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohnson’s German Pink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e excels in high humidity, excessive heat, low light, early planting, and robust and durable with modest size, indeterminate viny plants. Fruits crack free, offering balanced flavor of sweet and sour, noticeably fragrant, and enticing sliced texture with less acidic juice. Grown by Southern German Mennonites, from Ohio, Virginia, and the Carolina’s. Said to be eaten’ in public in 1820 by Robert Johnson, proving it wasn’t toxic. A famed parent of \"Radiator Charlie's Mortgage Lifter.\" \u003ci\u003eJohnson’s German Pink \u003c\/i\u003equality shines through a blemish and crack free, transparent, symmetrical pink rose, creamy magenta, and purple skin. Fruit tones of color uncommon with other pink types, and have a fuzzy eye-catching ripple exterior improves harvest and storage potential. Commercial pinks are just acidic, gelatin, watery flavored, bred for disease resistance. Johnson is a name with character. Ripples on shoulders shed water in open field, and make insect boring more difficult for the fruit eating worms. \u003ci\u003eJohnson’s German Pink \u003c\/i\u003eis described as a beefsteak, and compares with Brandywine, but contrary to these \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003edescriptions\u003c\/span\u003e, is completely unique, easy to grow, and compels a rich humorous history complimenting savory sweet taste.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52840812839128,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52840812871896,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52840812904664,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52840812937432,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000","offer_id":52840812970200,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_5573.heic?v=1793328549"},{"product_id":"gold-medal","title":"Gold Medal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGold Medal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a modern hybrid, advertised as an heirloom. The newest of the German bi-color hybrid varieties I offer, compared to \u003cem\u003eOld German\u003c\/em\u003e yellow, however, has much less flavor than the properly selected \u003cem\u003ePineapple\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWillard Wynn\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGold Medal\u003c\/i\u003e shows what happens when selected for growth, rather than flavor, respecting the group of German bi-color styled tomatoes. \u003ci\u003eGold Medal\u003c\/i\u003e, however, exceeds yield expectations, providing commercially consistent round fruits, rarely with ‘ugly’ bottom, or unusual shapes. With the symmetry, and focus on production, the flavor was directed toward a tomatoey flavor, and expresses less fruit tones. Colors on the mostly round or circular fruit are brighter lemon yellow, and less red streaking, whereas \u003cem\u003eOld German\u003c\/em\u003e, expresses orange lava tones, beneath a golden streaked flesh. \u003ci\u003eGold Medal\u003c\/i\u003e expresses pink marbling with a blush red bottom. A productive, viney plant, for a less patient bi-color tomato enthusiast. I guess this is considered an heirloom, or a modern day selected \u003c\/span\u003ehybrid of a tougher character.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Farmer","offers":[{"title":"30","offer_id":52840916091096,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60","offer_id":52840916123864,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"100","offer_id":52840916156632,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"250","offer_id":52840916189400,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"1000+","offer_id":52840916222168,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/6563\/1192\/files\/IMG_43582_ecf4aaa3-f037-4596-95e4-db0e73b2801e.heic?v=1793327651"}],"url":"https:\/\/gardenfarmer.store\/collections\/tomato.oembed","provider":"Garden Farmer ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}