Yes its very dark, with dark flesh, something a little different. Very large ‘Beef steak’ type tomatoes, sweet rich flavor, great for slicing for sandwiches and salads.Įarly to mature and relatively low growing.Ĭherry tomatoes on a low growing plant, great for growing in pots or containersĬherry tomatoes, sweet and a tall growing plant. (picture right)Īustralian bred large heavy cropping plant. Will reach 2mĮasy to grow, great for sauces, a very versatile tomato.Īnother of our favorites, tall growing and tasty, can be picked as soon as the base begins to color and left to ripen indoors.įrom Czechoslovakia, early to ripen, very tasty and prolific. Great for saladsįrom Germany, a ‘grape type’ tomato with strong flavor. One of our favorite tomatoes, a tall growing early fruiting variety. List of Heirloom Tomato plant varieties for the Australian Garden While the hybrid types are generally grown for ‘shelf life’ and ‘large crops’ and heirloom types are usually grown for taste only a few new hybrids do meet the taste test, we provide a guide to some of the best tomatoes available to grow from seed or seedlings in the home garden. However with the need to have tomatoes that will fruit prolifically and that will also last for weeks in a supermarket many tomatoes have been bred for this characteristic rather than taste. Tiny Tim and Tommy Toe are great smaller tomatoes.Ī plant that has been selectively hybridized for many years, original attempts were to develop more prolific fruiting varieties, better tasting fruit and disease resistant tomatoes. Heirloom types have survived because of characteristics of taste and seedlings types such as ‘Black Russian’, Roma, Stupice, Riesentraube (picture right) and Mortgage Lifter are becoming available at specialist plant sales. They provide fruit with taste, that are easily grown in the home garden.
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