Main Season Tomatoes

A main season tomato is the one you get in the dead of summer, somewhere around 70 - 84 days or more. Some can be heirlooms and some are hybrids. Perfect for salads and hamburgers. rMountain Fresh Plus (can be grown in a large pot) and Delicious are fabulous tomatoes with good flavor and lovely juicy flesh. Mister E is a tomato we saved out of a Big Zac which is a hybrid. Because of this, we knew we wouldn’t get a Big Zac, instead we developed a really nice, large pink tomato, one slice per sandwich. Yummm. Last year we had a Jetstar, it was wonderful and sweet, consistnt size and I wondered why we waited so long to try it..

Remember that ripening times are from the time of transplanting into the garden.

BEEFMASTER

This tomato has great disease resistance, high yields, and a long growing season. Big, juicy, meaty sandwich-sized tomatoes appear early on vines that continue until frost. These vines are vigorous, so be sure to stake or cage well. Indeterminate,main season

BIG BEEF

Large beefsteak-type tomato with very firm flavorful fruits. Strong vines produce an abundance of 1-2 lb fruits. These are perfect for sandwiches and hamburgers. Very reliable. Indeterminate, main season

BIG BOY

When Big Boy hybrid tomato debuted in 1949, its incredible productivity and perfect, large red fruit made it an instant hit. What's kept Big Boy tomato a best-selling tomato all these years is the wonderful aroma and rich flavor. The fruits weigh in 10 ounces with many reaching 1 pound or more. Indeterminate, main season

BETTER BOY

Plump, juicy, deep red tomatoes that often weigh more than one pound. Fruits are extremely flavorful, with flesh that's juicy, yet firm. Heavy foliage protects fruits from sun-scald. Indeterminate, mid-season

BIG ZAC

This prize winner was bred by Minnie Zaccaria, a New Jersey gardener who sought the perfect cross-pollination of two heirlooms, finally creating this enormous tomato with fruits that repeatedly tip the scales at an amazing 4 to 6 lbs. They are sweet and delicious. Indeterminate, mian sesaon

CHAMPION II

The perfect slicer for sandwiches. An improvement on the popular Champion, with much better disease resistance, while maintaining its distinctive sweet taste, earliness and large, 6 to 8-oz. fruits that are smooth and meaty. Indeterminate, mid-season

CHEF'S CHOICE BLACK

This is a beefsteak type tomato with a dark green/brown/black hue. Vigorous, healthy plants were early to set and have a meaty interior with great flavor. This hybrid boasts prolific yields. indeterminate, mian season

CELEBRITY

This AAS Award Winner is a main-crop hybrid with multiple disease resistance. Medium sized, 7 oz., red, globe-shaped fruits are crack-resistant, with nice flavor. Determinate, mid-season

CHEF'S CHOICE ORANGE

Rich, heirloom flavor, these bright orange 9-12 oz. fruits are perfect fresh or cooked. This hybrid-heirloom, adapted from the tasty but late 'Amana Orange' will quickly become a favorite. Very prolific. Disease-resistant plants resist cracking. Indeterminate, main season

CHEF'S CHOICE PURPLE

Fans of Cherokee Purple will fall in love with this exceptionally flavored heirloom hybrid. Attractive, flattened globe shaped, 9 to 10 oz. fruits are firm, smooth and truly purple inside and out. Indeterminate, main season

CHEF'S CHOICE RED

This lovely globe shaped beefsteak type tomato is firm and fleshy with a beautiful red color and dark green leaves A heavy producer. Expect nearly 2 dozen fruits from every plant. It offers great foliage protection against the summer sun. Superior disease resistance.

indeterminate, main season

CHEF'S CHOICE PINK

Large, 12–14 ounce pink beefsteaks are very prolific. With a fine balance of sweet to acid flavor, they are great for soups, stewing, or sauces. Indeterminate, main season

CHEF'S CHOICE STRIPED

A unique addition to the series, with 6 to 7 oz. beautiful globed-shaped fruits. Stunning yellow skin is covered with pink/red stripes that resemble brush strokes. Flesh is not only delicious, but is an eye-catching bright yellow with a slight red blush on the blossoms end. Indeterminate. main season

CHEROKEE CARBON

Purple, 10 to 12 oz, beefsteakhave terrific flavor. A cross of Cherokee Purple and Carbon. the provide hybrid vigor while maintaining the integrity of their old-fashioned parents. They were bred for improved yield, earlier maturity, and fewer blemishes while maintaining old-time flavor. Indeterminate, mid-season

CHEF'S CHOICE YELLOW

2017 AAS Winner! Gorgeous, 10 ounce beefsteak, fruits have a sweet, citrus-like flavor with just the right amount of acid and the perfect tomato texture. Plants produce loads of 6" to 7", golden yellow fruits. Indeterminate. main season

FANTASTIC

Tasty, globe-shaped, scarlet red, 3 to 5", these medium to large sized fruits are almost crack-free. Meaty and rich in beefsteak flavor. Heavy yields and an excellent variety for canning. Indeterminate, mid-season

GOLIATH

Beautiful, smooth, bright-red fruits average 10 to 15 oz., with a sweet flavor. Goliath is one of the most uniform tomatoes I've seen. Nice if like your tomatoes to be consistent. Tall, plants produce a lot of perfect tomatoes. Indeterminate, mid-season

COUNTRY TASTE

A really meaty, beefsteak tomato - perfect in sandwiches, with a burger, or simply drizzled with olive oil in a salad. The fruits have a full, rich flavor and can each weigh up to a pound. These plants are notably disease resistant. Indeterminate, main season

JET STAR

The sturdy Jet Star tomato plants produce bright red globe-shaped fruit quite free of cracks and scars with big yields from your garden. The fruits are lower acid than other tomatoes and have good flavor. Indeterminate, mid-season

LONGKEEPER

Long-Keeper is a must for winter storage. Staying fresh for 6-12 weeks or more, it provides fruits for fresh use during the fall and into the winter. Use blemished or cracked fruits right away. Store fruits at 65-68 F, making sure that none touch each other. Indeterminate, main season

MOUNTAIN MAGIC COMPARI

This tomato produces sweet campari type fruits, similar to what we buy in the store. Larger than cherry tomatoes, they're perfect for fresh salad. Fire engine red, round, crack resistant fruits on early maturing plants. Indeterminate, mid season

LEGEND

Legend has shown a strong tolerance to blight strains. Round, shiny red fruits average 4" - 5", sweet and just a little acid for a touch of zing. Green shoulders, few seeds and good uniformity in an early maturing slicing tomato. Determinate, mid-season

MISTER E

This is a seed we saved from our Big Zacs. Our seed reverted back to one of it's parent which must have been a large open pollinated pink tomato. It is very sweet and lovely and I have grown some really large tomatoes in my garden from this variety. Indeterminate, main season

MOUNTAIN FRESH PLUS

Great taste and larger 8 to 16 ounce fruits. We loved their uniformity and their flavor. Beautiful, red color. Very firm and flavorful. These grow really well in a big pot. Determinate.mid-season

MOUNTAIN GLORY

This plant produces heavy yields of 10 to 12 oz red tomatoes. Perfect for salads, slicing, and sandwiches. This variety has increased firmness that will hold up during shipping. Excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. Developed by NC State University at the Mountain Research and Extension Center. Determinate, mid-season

MOMOTARO

This is the most popular tomato in Japan. We like it also. Known as "Tough Boy" in the U.S. Deep pink, with green shoulders, these 6 - 7 oz. tomatoes are flavorful and sweet. Crack resistant. The original name, refers to a hero in Japanese folklore. Indeterminate, main season

MOUNTAIN GOLD

A yellow-fruited tomato superior in disease resistance, plant habit and certain fruit characteristics to standard cultivars. This open-pollinated variety was released in 1993. Bred by Dr. Randolph G. Gardner at the North Carolina State Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station. Determinate, mid-season

THESSALONIKI

Uniform, baseball-sized fruits are the trademark of this variety developed in sunny Greece. Resistant to sunburn, cracks and spots. Fruits have a pleasant, mild flavor and virtually refuse to rot, even when completely red and ripe. Indeterminate, mid-season

WHOPPER, PARK'S

MOUNTAIN MAJESTY

High yields of 8 to 14 oz deep red tomatoes.The tomatoes stay firm when ripe. Perfect for slicing, salads, or canning. Crack-resistant. The plant has good foliage protecting tomatoes from sun-scald. An excellent choice for home gardens and market growers. Very vigorous vines, it is a large determinate, mid-season

CHEF'S CHOICE BICOLOR

Producing large 10 -12 ounce flattened beefsteak fruits with beautiful pinkish-red stripes inside. Sweet with great flavor and texture. Each plant can produce about 30 fruits per season. Indeterminate, main season

PORTER

These large plants produce an abundance of tomatoes! The fruits are deep red in color, weigh about 4 ozs. each, and are sunburn and crack resistant. An excellent canning tomato that does well in hot weather! Indeterminate, main season

PORTERHOUSE

These beefsteak tomatoes are some of the largest grown, weighing from 2 to 4 lb. each. The fruit is deep red all the way through, bursting with sweet, delicious flavors. The smooth texture and rich, old-fashioned flavor this tomato great for any garden. Indeterminate, main season

BLUE RIBBON

Large size, deeply oblate, dark red fruits from vigorous vines producing extraordinary yields! Uniform, crack-resistant fruits average 11 - 13 oz. Great taste. We were impressed with how big they got. Widely adapted. Indeterminate, mid-season

DELICIOUS

An excellent slicer, with most fruits over 1 pound - many 2 to 3 pounds - and still holds the world record of 7+ pounds for a single fruit! Produces smooth and solid fruits that seldom crack, with small cavities, nearly solid meat, and excellent flavor. Indeterminate, main season