Novelty Tomato Seeds
Salt Spring Seeds is on a mission to get more of these heirlooms in circulation. Our varieties of Novelty Tomatoes include the certified organic and flavorful Yellow Tiger Stripe, the tangy Green Zebra, and the Principe Borghese, which is excellent for drying.
Seed packets contain 20 or more seeds.
We are currently offering 6 varieties of Novelty Tomato Seeds.
New, Michael Pollan ($3.50)
A very striking green and yellow/gold striped fruit, shaped like a pear or fig. The 3-inch tomatoes on 5-foot vines have an extremely refreshing, sweet, mild flavour. Named after the author/ activist/professor. (Selected from Green Zebra tomatoes by Wild Boar Farms).
Yellow Tiger Stripe ($3.50)
Similar to Tiger Stripe but with green and yellow stripes and larger in size. Juicy, tasty and rich flavour.
Tiger Stripe ($3.50)
A strong grower producing medium sized reddish-orange fruits with yellow streaks. Sweet, firm fruits with great rich and complex flavour.
Green Zebra ($3.50)
Green fruit with gold/green stripes. 3-4 oz. Very tangy, juicy and delicious. Great novelty plant. Introduced in 1985.
Purple Calabash ($3.50)
Primitive looking heirloom tomato variety with unusual crinkled/ ruffled looking purplish/ red fruits. Quite beautiful, complex taste, rich, sweet and delicious! Indeterminate.
Principe Borghese ($3.50)
Bushy 2- foot plants that produce huge amounts of smallish, meaty, oval fruits. Famous for sun-drying. Also make excellent paste for either canning or fresh use. Determinate.