Heritage and Heirloom Organic Seed Catalog : Salt Spring Seeds

Medium-Size, Early-To-Midseason Tomato Seed Varieties

Seed packets contain 20 or more seeds.

We are currently offering 15 varieties of Medium-Size, Early-To-Midseason Tomato Seed Varieties.

New, Nigeria ($3.50)

Prolific plants produce multi-lobed 2-3" squat tomatoes. Tasty, juicy and highly resistant to late blight. Indeterminate.

New, Ruth's Perfect ($3.50)

Not perfect, but close! Tall, strong, vigorous plants produce beautifully spherical, deep-red, half-pound salad tomatoes with a distinctive, delicious fruity flavour. Keeps well after picking. Bred by biodynamic farmer Ruth Zinniker of Wisconsin USA.

Black Prince » certified organic ($3.50)

Popular heirloom from Irkutsk, Siberia with great cold tolerance. Reliable producer of dark purple, 2-3" rich, delicious, fruity tomatoes. Pick when shoulders are still green. Seeds are in a thick gel.

Clear Pink ($3.50)

Russian heirloom. Deep pink, picture-perfect fruit with a rich sweet flavour. Could be considered a small beefsteak. Tomato cage works well. Impressive and dependable.

Indian Moon ($3.50)

Mid season production of 5-7 oz globes that ripen from green through yellow to bright orange. Sweet, delicious, meaty and juicy for fresh eating, sauces and drying. Medium production. Blemish free.

Jaune Flamme » certified organic ($3.50)

French heirloom. Produces heavy yields of apricot shaped gold/red fruits. Tomatoes are very sweet. Excellent for salads and gourmet dishes. 80 days. Huge producer. Indeterminate.

Manyel ($3.50)

Plants produce great yields of 10 oz golden yellow tomatoes. Mildly sweet with a citrus tang, and juicy, considered to be one of the best tasting yellow tomatoes available. Adds great flavour and colour to any salad. (Manyel means "many moons" - relating to the look of the fruits hanging from the plant.)

Santa Cruz Kada ($3.50)

Famous for blight and wilt resistance and growing in cooler coastal conditions. Medium sized oval, slightly hollow fruit with great "fruity" flavour. Indeterminate. Regular-leafed plant.

Yellow Wonder Light » certified organic ($3.50)

Bright, clear-yellow heirloom from Moscow. Mild, sweet flavour. Great for salads, sauce and catsup. Mid-season.

Buckflats Wonder ($3.50)

From Andy Pollock of Houston, BC. Same great flavour, earliness and productivity of Pollock Tomato but selected over many years for frost resistance.

Manitoba Tomato ($3.50)

A Canadian heirloom that grows well in all conditions. Red, meaty and juicy fruit with a delicious rich tomato flavour. Prolific bush type, vigorous determinate. Extremely popular variety.

Elizabeth ($3.50)

One of our top greenhouse performers. Grows to over 10 feet and keeps producing huge numbers of delicious, 2 ounce red fruits per plant. (A family heirloom from Mike Stefancsik.)

Pollock ($3.50)

Selection from Bonny Best for earliness, productivity and good cores by Andy Pollock of northern BC. Huge early production of rich-flavoured 4-10 oz tomatoes that keep coming and coming. Plants need a short strong stake. Outstanding every year. Good blight resistance.

Taxi ($3.50)

Determinate. Very productive yellow slicer about the size of a large lemon. The flavour is mild and lemon-like. Early and very dependable.

Salt Spring Sunrise ($3.50)

This famous local heirloom was developed on Salt Spring Island by the James Seed Company. It thrives in coastal conditions and hot dry summers. Fruit is red, with a slightly flattened shape, flavour is rich and balanced, and production is excellent, on medium-sized bushes.