What’s Growing – Tomato Varieties!
You can always find something wonderful and delicious on the UW Farm! This time of year marks the tomato growing season. At an earlier May work party a great mix of tomato varieties were planted at the Center for Urban Horticulture location. Come see what is growing!
What Varieties Did We Plant?
- Cherokee Purple
- Indigo Rose
- A very beautifully purple tomato
- Striped German
- A lovely heirloom tomato with ribbed shoulders
- Jaune Flamee
- Kellogg’s Breakfast
- Named one of the best heirlooms by Sunset Magazine
- Japanese Trifele
- Small, pear-shaped tomato
- Black Prince
- Green Zebra
- Black Krim
- Hungarian Heart
- Ananas Noire
- Green, purple, yellow, orange colors all in one tomato! Beautiful and colorful
- Chocolate Cherry
- Purple Bumble Bee Cherry
- A fun and stripey tomato! Small and round with zebra-like green stripes.
- Sun Gold Cherry
- Sweet Treats Cherry
- Lemon Drop Cherry
- Glacier
- One of the fastest to ripen and the first of the season
- Opalka
- Great for tomato pastes!
- Brandywine