THE TOMATO LIST.....and more!

Well, my 'Mater-addicted Garden Pals, the time has finally come to commit to the Tomato Choices for 09......... NOT an easy accomplishment when one has such a wealth of seed varieties to dream about for too long during the Great Cold Season.

Without much more ado, here are the choices - narrowed down to a mere 40-some types. This is just crazy, and i sure could use another 40 concrete remesh cages each year.


blacks
J.D.'s TX Special
Paul Robeson
Black Prince
Purple Calabash

bi-color
Pineapple
Striped Roman Oxheart
Marvel Stripe
Yellow 1884 Pink Heart
Elberta Peach

yellow/orange
Hawaiian Pineapple
Kellogg's Breakfast
KY Yellow Beefsteak

pinks
Henderson's Winsall
Winsall
Depp's Pink Firefly
Granny Cantrells German Pink
Tappy's Heritage
Hegi German Pink
Prudens Purple
Cleota

reds
Rutgers Select
J.D.'s TX Special
Break o' Day
Franks Large Red
Hazelfield Red
Large Red (Shaker variety)
Livingston's Maincrop ( late, for storage)
Sunset's Red Horizen
Dwarf Champion
Beefsteak

yellows
Banana Legs
Golden Jubilee

cherry
Jaune Coeur de Pigeon (Yell-Orange)
Haley's Purple Comet (Blk)
Orange Cherry
Winter Grape (Red)

greens
Cherokee Green
Aunt Ruby's German Green

paste
Roughwood Golden Plum
San Marzano
Roma

whites
Great White

.....and......
Tomatillos (green), Indian Raspberry (husk, yellow-orange), Husk Cherry, and lastly- Sunberry/Wonderberry (Solanum Burbankii) - a great and tiny pie 'Mater Cousin!