Heirloom Tomato Seed Kit, 10 Heirloom Seed Varieties Included in This Grow Your Own Tomato Kit, The Little Trees Bees and Seeds Company

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Also known as ‘Black Crimea,’ this variety was first introduced in 1990 by the Seed Savers Exchange.

This rare, and outstanding tomato yields 3-4" slightly flattened dark-red (mahogany-colored) slightly maroon, beefsteak tomatoes with deep green shoulders. The thin skin that contributes to their fine eating quality can also predispose them to being damaged more easily than thicker-skinned varieties. Children, beginners, and even experienced gardeners will take joy in seeing their plant seeds come to life. lycopersicon lycopersicumBasic Sowing information: Sow from late winter to early spring, approx 8 weeks before last frosts in your area sow at 20C just covering seed.

Harvest your heirloom tomatoes when they are completely colored for the ripest tomatoes, or when they are halfway green to keep tomatoes for a few days longer.

Fantastic, intense, slightly salty taste (which is great for those not wanting to add salt to their tomatoes). Craig LeHoullier stabilized this rogue heirloom in 1995, originating from the popular old heirloom from Tennessee, Cherokee Purple. Turning yellow at about 90 days, this high-yielding variety is an excellent choice for the vegetable garden! Varieties bearing that mutation which have been favored by industry since the 1940s – that is, tomatoes which are not heirlooms – feature fruits with lower levels of carotenoids and a decreased ability to make sugar within the fruit. The six- to eight-ounce round fruits are delicious straight from the garden and sliced onto a plate.

The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Enjoy a taste of Chatsworth at home with our head gardener's choice of heirloom tomato seeds, including Golden Sunrise, Purple Cherokee and more.