New Gippsland Seeds & Bulbs - TOMATOES 300-400 s/g

TOMATOES 300-400 s/g

Tasmanian Customers: Please note that all tomato seed to Tasmania is treated to comply with Tasmanian Quarantine Regulations.

(Lycopersicon lycopersicum). Tomatoes need warm conditions to germinate, ideally 18 to 23 deg. C. soil temperature. Use of a heat tray is recommended in cool areas. Sow seed August to November (cold): August to December (temp): AYR in tropics.

Plant outdoors when all danger of frost is past (cold and temp), spacing plants about 60 cm apart with 1 to 1.5 metres between rows. Keep soil moist but avoid either too much or too little water.

COCKTAIL TYPES: Great used whole in salads.

1968: Baby Red Pear

Small red pear shaped fruit with incredible flavour. Tall plants, very productive. (approx 800 s/g.).

1934: Patio Roma Hybrid VFN

A new concept for container growing. Small compact plants with true Baby Roma style fruit. Productive and tasty. Resists Nematodes and Bacterial Leaf Spot, Verticillium and Fusarium Wilts. Packets Only.

1957: Sweet 100 Hybrid

Tall growing, prolific plants producing massive branched fruit clusters with up to 100 individual fruit each around 2cm across. The very sweet fruit are high in vitamin C.

1954: Tiny Tim

Miniature bush with 2 to 3 cm. fruit. Excellent for pots, baskets or garden. Very ornamental with excellent taste. Packets only.

1935: Tommy Toe

Very vigorous and productive cultivar with excellent tasting apricot size fruit.

1956: Yellow Baby

Tiny pear-shaped yellow fruit that are ideal as cocktail tomatoes. Incredibly prolific. (approx 800 s/g.).

COLOURED TALL VARIETIES

1933: Black Krim

Medium to large flattened "black" fruit leave other black varieties far behind. Full of flavour, good yields and remarkably hardy.

1972: Black Russian

A “black” tomato with sweet medium size round fruit with purple skin and flesh. Delicious. Packets only.

1950: Jubilee

Tall growing plant with solid golden fruit. Like a gold Grosse Lisse. This fine tomato has very few seeds.

1958: Yellow Boy

Vigorous staking plants producing heavy crops of attractive yellow egg shaped Tomatoes. Good taste. Packets only.

OTHER "TOMATOES"

1975: Tomatillo

Not a tomato at all, this excellent cultivar is an essential ingredient in Salsa. Grow as for tomatoes, picking when the papery husk loosens and fruit turns to pale yellow. Packets only.

1976: Tomatillo - Michoacan. (new!)

As for Tomatillo - Toma Verde but with purple fruit. Packets only.

RED FRUITED BUSH TYPES

1961: Aussie Red

Sturdy bushes that don’t require staking. Fruit flattened, quite large and ribbed. Excellent taste. Early maturing, it performs well under cool conditions.

1943: Earliest of All

Small plants to 35 cm with heavy crops of small to medium sized fruit. Extremely early maturing. Suits areas where most fail to ripen.

1952: Roma VF

Prolific pear-shaped fruit ideal for bottling or general use. Resistant to Fusarium and Verticillium Wilt.

1928: Siberian

Capable of producing fruit in short season situations. Bush vigorous. Fruit medium, round and red. Packets only.

TALL RED VARIETIES

1971: Amish Paste

Very old cultivar with solid slightly elongated fruit and a high solids content. Ideal for sauces, drying, pastes etc. Excellent taste. Packets only.

1962: Apollo Improved Hybrid

Medium to large round fruit from reliable, vigorous high yielding plants. Suits cooler districts. Resists Verticillium and Fusarium wilts and Root Knot Nematodes. Packets only.

1967: Better Boy Hybrid

Again available after a long absence. Plants are vigorous, and heavy foliage helps prevent sunburn. Fruit is large, well flavoured and produced over a long period.

1960: Brandywine Pink

This old American cultivar has long been regarded as having superior taste. It is a very vigorous "Potato Leaf' type with large pink/red flattened fruit of superb flavour. Can be an inconsistent cropper in some seasons. Late maturing. Packets only.

1941: Carmello Hybrid

Large slightly flattened fruit on vigorous vine. A prolific cropper with resistance to Nematodes, Verticillium wlit, Fusarium wilt, Grey Mould and Tobacco Mosaic Virus. Packets only.

1945: College Challenger

Best described as an early Grosse Lisse,(2 weeks earlier), but more prolific and superior cultivar.

1948: Druzba

Large vigorous plants with heavy crops of good tasting large perfect fruit. Excellent leaf cover prevents sunburn. Very reliable heritage variety. Packets only.

1949: Grosse Lisse

One of the older and most reliable tomatoes with large solid fruit. Mid season to late maturity. Requires staking but very little pruning. Probably Australia’s favourite tomato.

1936: Homestead Improved

Prolific crops of tasty round 8 cm fruit can be expected from the medium sized plants. Good foliage cover and resistance to Fusarium wilt.

1959: Kelstar

Keeps on producing beautiful fruit even after weather cools down. Fruit still on bushes when growth finally ceases can be picked and will ripen to perfection in a warm room. Usually staked and pruned to 2 leaders.

1951: KYI

An old favourite with vigorious non climbing bushes The flattened fruit are borne in profusion. Early maturing with excellent flavour. Packets Only.

1926: Long Tom

Medium height plants producing very large solid Roma style fruit. Colour an attractive red/pink. Excellent for bottling and sauces. Introduced many years ago by Italian migrants. Packets only.

1930: Moneymaker

Vigorous plants loaded with smooth attractive fruit. Performs well in glasshouses and tolerates high humidity well. Good in cool areas too. Packets only.

1955: Mortgage Lifter

An old cultivar with large solid flattened fruit of good flavour. Plants are vigorous, maturity is midseason to late.

1947: Oxheart

This heritage cultivar has large heart shaped solid fruit. Has been a home garden favourite for years. Fruit have a pink/red skin and often exceed 1 kg. Performs best in warm districts. Packets only.

1942: Pedersens Beefsteak

Reliable solid red Beefsteak type. Selected for over 40 years for its earliness. Produces solid round fruit with excellent yields and taste. Requires staking.

1946: Ponderosa Red

Red fruited form of the more common Pink Ponderosa. Fruit large and delicious. Excellent slicing cultivar. Late maturity. Packets only.

1932: Principe Borghese

Superb for use as a sun dried tomato and for sauces. Fruit are typically 3 cm in diameter and are produced in great numbers. Requires staking.

1953: Rouge de Marmande

Will set fruit in cooler weather than most others. Fruit is flattish, sometimes a little rough but has good flavour.

1931: San Marzano

Vigorous plants produce excellent crops of cylindrical fruit typically 9 cm long. The best sauce cultivar. We feel this is a much better cultivar than Roma for the home gardener.

TOMATO GRAFTING

TRUSS TYPE

1963: Clermon Hybrid

Produces a large truss with 4 to 6 fruit typically 140 to 160 grams each. Resistant to Tomato Mosaic virus, Verticillium & Fusarium Wilts, Fusarium Crown rot anfd Leaf Mould. Packets only.

New Gippsland Seeds and Bulbs - TOMATOES 300-400 s/g