Tomatoes M to R - Solana Seeds

Tomatoes - M to R


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Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum, and L. pimpinellifolium)

-All tomato varieties are open pollinated (no hybrids)
-All are indeterminate unless stated otherwise

"High seed purity" means:
- Flowers were isolated by hand using the bagging method.
- This method is used to prevent cross pollination of tomato varieties with exposed pistils (potato leafs, currants and some others).
- Requires extra work (thus the smaller packets and the higher prices).

No mention of purity = Average to good purity:
- Varieties spaced 3 to 4 m apart (9 to 12 feet), grown on an isolated lot separated by a 3 m-high hedge from flowers and ornamentals.
- The lot was checked for pollinators, and they were quite infrequent in this area.
- This is for the normal tomato types, with retracted pistils, that are not easily prone to cross pollination.

Manitoba
Extra early tomato adapted to zone 3 and less. For high altitudes, northern latitudes or if you simply want tomatoes early in the season. Bright red, slightly flattened, medium size. Compact plants. Bred in Manitoba, Canada. Determinate. 58 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Manyel
Very nice tasting yellow tomato with rich taste. Beautiful too. Native american origin. 70-78 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,49

Maremmano (Tondino Maremmano)     New for 2008

Clusters of small, egg shaped red fruits on small determinate plants (30-40 cm high). Can be grown in pots. Heirloom from the center of Italy. Early. Determinate. High seed purity.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

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Marianna's Peace

Magnificent, large dark pink-reddish fruit with shiny skin and slightly ribbed shoulders. Dense flesh, really smooth and with a subtle, well balanced, sweet flavor. Highly praised. Non cracking, nice looking fruits with long petioles (click photos). This is not a red nor a pink tomato, it sits kind of in between. Tall, potato-leaf plants that can reach more than 2 m in height. From ancient Czechoslovakia. Modest production. High seed purity. 80-90 days. Rare.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99

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Marizol Majic
Multi-colored fruits, cherry to salad size (3 to 5 cm). Fruity flavor. Rare. About 70 days. New seeds.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Mary Robinson German Bicolor

Bicolor with more prominent red markings. Large size. Rounded with sometimes a pointed end. Marbled flesh. Productive.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Marmande

Medium-large, round, red fruits with pronounced tomato taste. Well adapted to cool summers. From France. Packet is 25 seeds: $1,49

Martino's Roma
Determinate. Fleshy italian variety with high pectin content and low juice. Good for cooking and sauce making. Can also be eaten fresh. Bright red, smooth pear shaped fruits, 60 g, 8 cm long. Productive. Small plants (less than 1 m). Early: 65-75 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

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Marvel Striped    (Marvel Striped Zapotec)
Very large golden fruits weighing up to 1 kg, with very nice flesh marbled with yellow, orange and red. Looks a bit like the Hawaiian Pineapple except that the markings are much more pronounced. Light, sweet flavor. Old zapotec variety originating from Oaxaca, Mexico, and cultivated since 1850. Very late. First fruits are not ready until september 1st here in zone 5. 100 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Matina
Very uniform fruits without blemishes. Salad size. Very nice appearance. Potato leaf type. From Germany. High quality. High seed purity. Early. 65 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Matt's Wild Cherry

Wonderful small deep red, shiny tomatoes about 1,5 cm in diameter. Midway between a currant and a cherry tomato. Very concentrated fruity flavor. Great with other cherry tomatoes and in salads.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Mexico

Very large pink tomato that can weigh up to 1 kg. Round, ribbed and flattened fruits. Nice for juice or salsa. From Mexico. 80 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $0,99

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Micro Tom
Smallest variety in the world, with plants barely reaching 18 cm high. Can be grown along with other ornamentals in a flower box or a small pot. Small, 2-cm red fruits. Early: 55 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49

For other dwarf varieties, see also Tiny Tim, Tigerette Cherry and Ditmarsher.

Montreal Tasty

Heirloom from Quebec with bright red fruits revealing a nice, tangy old-fashioned flavor. Also high in sugars. Misshapen fruits, sometimes fused together. Very large size. Fleshy. Medium size plants (1,5 m). 85 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Moonglow

Smooth, bright orange fruits with firm, dense flesh. High pectin. Round, slightly angular. Medium size. 85 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Morden Yellow

Medium size round yellow tomato with sharp, tangy taste. High in pectin. Medium size plants: 0,8-1 m. Good production. Determinate. Heirloom from Canada. Early: 70 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $0,99

Moskvich     (Moskovich)
From Siberia, a cold tolerant variety with nice flavor. Red beefsteak, large size. Early: 60 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

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Nectarine
These fruits have a very glossy skin. They actually look like they have been waxed. They are also stripped with green and go through different color changes to end up salmon pink (right picture). Their flesh is very, very soft and very juicy. All in all, this strange tomato doesn't look much like the fruit it is named after (except maybe only for its color). Medium size. Round, slightly angular. Very unusual. Rare.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

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Nepal

Rich, intense, tangy old-fashioned tomato flavor! Remarkable. Furthermore, this variety can tolerate cool growing conditions. Ideal also for greenhouse conditions during winter growing. Medium-size, round, bright red uniform fruits. Wonderful flavor. Recommended. 80 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

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Nile River Egyptian
Scarlet red, large elongated fruits. Come in different shapes, generally with pointed ends. Nice flavor. Good production. Rare. 80 days. From Egypt.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

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Noire Charbonneuse
Black type with dark reddish skin and a peculiar dark blush, almost black. Large to very large fruits. Rich and aromatic black tomato flavor. Let the fruits ripen completely for optimal flavor. Plants are rather small (80 cm) for the size of the fruits they bear. The french "Noire Charbonneuse" can be translated as "Black like coal". 90 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Noire de Cosseboeuf                    New for 2008

French heirloom with deeply ribbed, flattened tomatoes with dark red, purplish skin. Medium size, 6 to 8 cm in diameter. Looks very much like Calabash Purple. Unusual flavor, reminiscent of grapes or wine (?). From France, uncommon. 75-80 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Northern Lights

Bicolor with a superb taste revealing fruity undertones reminiscent of peach. Delicious. Contrary to many other bicolor tomatoes, the taste of this one developed well here in Quebec. Marbled flesh. Medium size. Earlier than most bicolored: 75 days. Tastier than most. Uncommon. (See also Oaxacan Jewel for a great bicolor!)
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99

Nyagous

Very nice looking tomatoes with smooth, perfect skin showing very few defects. No cracking. Pleasant flavor, sweet and aromatic, not too strong like other black tomatoes. Delicious. Round to oval shaped, small to medium sized (average: 5,5 cm), dark red skin with green shoulders. Purple-red flesh. Click thumbnail for larger view. About 75 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99

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Oaxacan Jewel
This little gem from Oaxaca has a wonderfully intense, lingering fruity flavor. Exceptional! Bicolored, medium to large size fruits covered with very long petioles (left picture). Marbled flesh. Medium size, potato-leaf plant. High seed purity (hand bagged).. From the mountains of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico (zapotecs). One of the few bicolored that will develop its full taste even when grown in the north. Highly recommended. 75 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99

Old Flame

Bright yellow bicolor with red stripes. Marbled flesh. The red markings were not very prominent on the tomatoes harvested in 2004. 80 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Omar Lebanese

Huge fruits with very nice flavor. Can weigh up to 2 pounds (800g). Productive. From Lebanon. 80 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1.99

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Opal Essence

Round, uniform fruits with iridescent pink skin. Medium size. 90 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Orange Banana    (liane orange, liana orangewaja)
Long, cylindrical orange fruits with a more pronounced fruity flavor than the yellow banana. Color is orange combined with a unique subtle pinkish hue. Paste type, meaty, high in pectin. 80 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Tomato Orangeheart       New for 2008

Medium-size (6-7 cm), bright orange fruits with nice fruity flavor (especially when fully ripe). Round and slightly angular. Amazingly, in 2007 the cores of some Orangeheart tomatoes actually tasted like oranges! 87 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,99

Orange Russian 117    (Orange Russe117)

Wonderful yellow oxheart covered with red and orange markings. Marbled flesh. Mild, sweet flavor. Some variations in shape are possible. 85 days.
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,49

Orange Strawberry

Big orange oxheart fruits shaped like strawberries. Few seeds. Flesh is very soft. Low acidity. Big, tall plants. Packet of 15 seeds : $1,49

Palla di Fuoco      (Fireball, Balle de Feu)             New for 2008

Perfectly round tomato, nice and firm, and of great quality. Bright fire red color. Nice looking, regular, without defects. In short, a commercial type tomato! Excellent, like a hybrid. 7-8 cm in diameter, 350 to 400 grams. Keeps well. Stays firm, even when ripe. Nice flavor. Small determinate plant, vigorous, productive. Also known as Fireball. 75 days. Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Peach     (Garden Peach)
Like peaches, these fruits are covered with stunning fuzzy hairs. Yellow fruits with a pink blush. Some green stripes sometimes remain. Very nice looking fruit. Salad size. Thick skin. Very mild flavor.
Packet of 25 seeds: $0,99

For an improved peach variety, see also: Wapsipinicon Peach

. Persimmon
Indeterminate variety producing loads of large yellow-orange fruits. Sweet and juicy. 80 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $0.99

Petitbec    (Doucet's Petitbec)                    New for 2008

Quebec variety with bright red cherry tomatoes on small compact plants. Big clusters of 15 or more tomatoes. Cherry size, 3 to 3,5 cm in diameter, no cracking, stays for a long time on the plant. Keeps well. Tangy flavor with a tart aftertaste (similar to Rosabec, below). Early, 60-65 days. Determinate. Bred in Quebec by Roger Doucet.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,99

Piedmont
Bicolor plum tomato. Oval to pear shaped. Size: 4 cm by 5 cm. Very nice fruity flavor. Marbled flesh. Around 75 days. High seed purity. Hard to find variety. Rare!
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49

Pineapple Fog                    New for 2008

Round to angular, slightly flattened tomatoes with golden yellow skin showing some orange-red blushing. Small to medium size (4,5 to 6 cm). Came from a cross between Pineapple and San Francisco Fog. Large plants. 75-80 days. Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99

Pink Grapefruit                  New for 2008

Dark yellow to golden fruits showing a beautiful pink blush at their core. Fresh, zesty flavor. Lemony. Small size, round fruits (4-5 cm). Firm. Medium size plants (1 to 1,2 m). 75 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99

Pink Ice

Pink cocktail cherry with smooth skin. Firm. Nice quality. About 3,5 cm long. Large clusters with widely interspersed fruits. Tall plants. Looks like a pink version of Sweet Gold and Sweet Orange 2 (see below). About 80 days. Packet of 20 seeds : $1,49

Pink Pear

Pear shaped, pink tomato. Slightly larger than Yellow Pear and Red Pear, at about 5 cm. Firm and fleshy. Good for making pink tomato sauce or for salads. 90 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Plourde

Heirloom from Quebec with large red fruits revealing a soft, balanced tomato flavor. Slightly sweet and with low acidity. Taste a bit like the Marianna's Peace variety. Round, flattened shape. Pleated shoulders. 90 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Plum Lemon    (Wonder Lights, Citron)
Lemon shaped yellow plum tomatoes. Fleshy, with mild refreshing flavor. From Russia. 78 days. Aka "Plum lemon" or "Wonder lights".
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

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Polish Egg

6-cm, egg-shaped fruits growing in long clusters, with excellent and unique aromatic flavor. Nice looking, uniform fruits with long petioles. Under-rated. One of the best tomatoes tested in 2003. Rare.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Polish Pastel

This one will slowly ripen while taking a rainbow of pastel colors. Very beautiful. Click thumbnails. Paste type, more or less pear shaped, about 10 cm long. Orange-yellow flesh with pink blush. Mild flavor, low acidity, gets a little sweet when fully ripe. 80 days. Hard to find, rare variety!
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49

Powers    (Powers Heirloom)               New for 2008

Beautiful, large yellow paste type with sweet flesh. Good fresh or for making a delicious yellow tomato sauce. Looks like a yellow version of Amish Paste (size and shape). An old Virginia Heirloom dating back to more than 100 years. 80-85 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Principe Borghese
Small determinate variety bearing clusters of large cherry tomatoes with pointed bellies. This is the variety used in Italy for drying. Take clusters and let them dehydrate under the sun for some weeks to get dried tomatoes. Also good fresh. Good fresh. 70 days. Packet is 20 seeds: $0.99

Provenzano

A giant italian oxheart ! Huge. This was in fact one of the largest tomatoes grown to date. Very large: can reach 14 cm in diameter. Like other oxhearts, this one was all flesh. Smooth, tender and tasty. Make sure to feed your plants generously in order to get a bumper crop of those delicious oxhearts. Rare variety. About 85-90 days.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99

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Pruden's Purple

An earlier Brandywine type with large, dark pink fruits. Flavor is often considered superior than that of Brandywine. Better adapted for culture in Canada. One of the best tasting varieties in 2003. Slightly ribbed fruits, sometimes lobed. Long sepals. Large, vigorous potato-leaf plants that can reach 2 m. Pure seeds. Recommended. 80 days. Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Prue

Elongated oxheart type with sweet, intense flavor highly praised by those who tried it. Tall, 2-m plants with long drooping leaves. Red fruits are 7 to 10 cm de long with a pointed belly. 85-90 days. Rare.
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,49

Purple Pear Brandywine

Elongated, pleated pink fruits. Pear or plum shaped. Fleshy, low juice, sauce type. Standard leaf. Does not taste like Brandywine. 90 days. Rare.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Purple Price

Nice dark pink tomato with purplish hues and green shoulders. Rich flavor combining the characteristics of pink and black tomatoes. Marbled flesh. Looks like the Cherokee Purple. Potato leaf type. Medium to very large size. Some cracking. Early. 70 days. Rare!
Packet of 15 seeds: $2,99

Purple Prince
Brownish-purple, round fruits. From Russia. Greenish pulp around seeds. Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Purple Russian
Very rare. Elongated brownish fruits with very nice aromatic flavor. Highly praised. Packet of 20 seeds: $1.99

Qiyanai-Huang

Medium size orange fruits with pointed bellies. Compact plants (50 cm). From China. Very rare.
Packet is 10 seeds: $1,49

Red Cherry     (Cerise Rouge)
Indeterminate variety producing clusters of bright red, 3/4- 1" fruits with outstanding sweet and rich flavor. A delight when eaten right from the plant. 75-80 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $0.99

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Red Grape    (Red Grape, Grape tomato)

Open pollinated strain of grape tomato with excellent quality. Looks very much like the popular grape tomatoes sold in food markets. Nice smooth, shiny skin. Fruits are very firm. Excellent concentrated taste, very sweet and fruity. Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Red Pear    (Red Pear)

Beautiful pear-shaped red fruits. About the size of cherry tomatoes. Meaty texture. Packet is 20 seeds: $1,49

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Red Pear Franchi
Large tomato in the shape of a flattened, ribbed pear. Similar to Zapotec pleated (Tlacolula) but red colored. Large size. From Italy. Rare. 90-95 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Red Robin               New for 2008

Dwarf plants well suited to containers, producing tight clusters of 6 to 8 red cherry tomatoes on short, stocky plants, about 25 to 30 cm high. It is also said that the Red Robin could produce under poor light conditions, such as behind a window or under neon lights. Early, 55-60 days. Determinate.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Red Zebra

The latest twist on the Zebra tomatoes, this one has fiery red fruits covered with bright yellow bands. Round fruits, 6-7 cm, very uniform, and of a very nice quality. Good sweet flavor. Very productive. Nice commercial potential for producers. 75-80 days. High seed purity.
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Regina

Determinate type producing clusters of 5 to 8 fruits that will remain on the plant for a very long time. These did not however ripen well in 2005, they remained vary acidic, no sugars. Red, round fruits, 4-5 cm, with yellow shoulders. Determinate. 70 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $0,99

Reinhard's Goldkirsche

Translucent golden cherry tomatoes looking somewhat like gooseberries. Long clusters of over 12 fruits, each about 2,5 cm (1"). Nice fruity taste. The tomatoes grown under foliage will remain whitish and be even more translucent (click right thumbnail). From Germany (Reinhard Kraft). About 75 days.
Packet of 30 seeds: $1,99

Reisentraube
The first cluster will bear more than 50 tomatoes! It will be actually so large and heavy that it will practically outgrow the rest of the plant. Red cherry tomatoes with pointed ends. Small-medium plant. Indeterminate. From Germany. Packet is 20 seeds: $1,49

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Reisetomato (Reisetomaten, Reisetomate)
An oddity of nature, with cherry tomatoes that are partially fused together into one single fruit. You can easily separate the individual parts like garlic and get clove-like cherry tomatoes (right picture). Not an astounding flavor, but definitely a curiosity that will bring wonder and fun to the garden. From Guatemala.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Re Umberto

Old italian variety named after King Umberto. Paste type, like Roma and San Marzano, with oval shaped, 6 cm, deep red fruits. For sauces or fresh eating. This one will ripen very slowly on the plant. So make sure to wait until it is turns completely red. About 90 days. Rare! (This is not the "King Umberto" Tomato.)
Packet of 15 seeds: $1,99

Link: Re Umberto, a tomato in exile (in italian)

Richardson

Large pink type being reported to reach huge sizes. Those grown in 2005 reached 11 cm wide and weighed up to 450 g (1 pound). Flattened, lobed fruits like the Watermelon Beefsteak variety. Very nice sweet flavor, well balanced and not too acid, a bit like Marianna's Peace. Also known as The Richardson Tomato. Late type, about 90 days. From the U.S. Rare!
Packet of 10 seeds: $2,99

Roma
Determinate. Three improved Roma strains. Roma is the ultimate archetype of the italian tomato, with elongated red fruits. Compact plants with good coverage. Red, meaty fruits. For fresh eating or processing: sauce, ketchup, canning.

Roma Giant: Large fruits, 80g. Resistant to VFN. 75-85 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Roma Macero 2: Large elongated, cylindrical fruits. Quite firm. Perfect for peeled tomatoes. Large vigorous plants, good yields. Resistant to VF and ASC. A bit earlier: 68-76 days. Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Roma Napoli: Medium size, 55-60 g. Good tolerance to VF. 75-85 days. Compact plants with good leaf cover. Fruits are similar to the commercial Roma tomatoes sold in markets.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

See also San Marzano

Roman Candle (Chandelle Romaine)

Roma type with pale yellow waxy skin. Similar to Banana Legs except it is more meaty and less juicy. Flavor is also milder..
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

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Roma Striped         (Striped Roma, Speckled Roma)

Impressive new roma variety covered with squiggly lines reminiscent of flames (click on photos). Good flavor too. A conversation piece. Nice for sauce or fresh eating. Meaty fruits, low in juice. 7 cm by 12 cm. 85 days.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,49

Rosabec                  New for 2008

Quebec variety yielding nice, pink fruits with a tangy, fresh flavor and an unusual, though pleasant, tart-sour aftertaste. Clusters of 5 to 6 tomatoes, medium size (5 to 7 cm). Smooth skin, nice looking, no cracking. Shape is more or less round (some variations). Compact, determinate plants, around 85 cm high. Early, 65 days. Bred in Quebec by Roger Doucet.
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99

Rosabec tomatoes are very easy to pick. They also make great tomato juice!

Rosalita
One of the very few pink grape tomatoes out there. Smooth, shiny skin. Very beautiful, look like pink jelly beans. Dark pink hue. 3 cm. Good potential for commercial growers. 65-70 days
Packet of 20 seeds: $1,99

Rose de Berne (Berner Rosen)

Swiss variety with dark pink round fruits in clusters of 6 to 8. Medium size, uniform, thin-skinned. Juicy. Balanced flavor, both tangy and sweet. Popular heirloom. Switzerland. 75-80 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Rose Quartz
From Japan. Pink cherry tomato with beautiful iridescent skin. Produces well in cool conditions. New seeds. 65 days.
Packet of 25 seeds: $1,49

Royal Hillbilly                          New for 2008

Big tomatoes ripening from pale yellow to coral pink. Plants are amazingly short compared to the size of the fruits they yield (only 60-65 cm high). Large to huge tomatoes (8 to 12 cm), more or less round, flattened and ribbed. Pink-red juicy flesh, with nice sharp, tangy and zesty flavor. Semi determinate. Productive. 75-80 days.
Packet de 15 seeds: $2,49

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