Assorted Heirloom Tomatoes

Heirloom tomatoes are much more interesting than hybridized tomatoes, in that they have more variety in coloring, shapes, and flavors. Frankly, some people will look at an heirloom tomato on their plate and ask you what went wrong. People get used to certain things. Heirlooms will definately get you out of your familiarity box and into adventure for the eyes and taste buds.

Some varieties you may want to try that are commonly available as seeds:

Yellow Pear Heirloom

Black Krim

Big Rainbow Heirloom Tomatoes

Cherokee Purple

Rutgers (Jersey) make sure it's an heirloom varietal

Mortgage Lifter Legendary

Giant Pink knarly shape, beautiful meat

Big Rainbow is like Giant Pink only yellow in color

Green Zebra Lovely to look at and a unique taste

Red Zebra

Brandywine red and yellow

Watermelon Beefsteak is great for hamburgers

Amish Paste

San Marzano Italy's favorite for paste

Green Zebra Heirloom Tomatoes

Persimmon was a taste test winner

Costoluto Genovese looks like a red bell pepper

Galapagos cherry bunches

Red Pears

Czech's Excellent Yellow nice ball shape and bright color

Plum Yellow good for sauces

Wonderberry a.k.a. Sunberry, looks like black cherries on a stem