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I -  Indeterminate, once the plant starts to bloom it will set fruit and continue to bloom and set for the full season.

D – Determinate, the plant will bloom and set fruit once, usually over about a three week period.

Name Description Type Image
Camp Joy

This large 2” sweet cherry has incredible production for a low spreading plant. Developed by Alan Chadwick, the originator of bio-intensive gardening, it is a good choice for small gardens or the edges of your garden.

I

Early

Red

Camp Joy Tomato
Christmas Grapes

Bunches of 1” fruits in clusters of 10-20 have a wonderfully sweet tomato flavour and are very productive.

I

Mid

Red

Xmas Grapes
Gardener's Delight

This European variety is also known as “Sugar Lump” for its nice rich, extra-sweet tangy flavour.  Clusters of 6-12  1” tomatoes are borne grape style on vigorous vines which will produce for weeks until first frost. Seems to be drought resistant.  Good for containers or small spaces.

I

Early/Mid

red

Gardener's Delight
Peacevine

This fruit has a very high vitamin C content with a very sweet taste. The vines produce very large crops and are disease resistant.

I

Early

Red

Peacevine Tomatoes
Red Pear

With long 6’ vines this old variety that has been around since the early 1800’s. The flavourful pear shaped fruit is sweet, low acid and a very good producer. This variety is popular for gourmet salads. Mulch and keep moist to avoid cracked skins.

I

Early

Red

Red Pear Tomatoes
Riesentraube

A rare and wonderful German heirloom translates as “giant bunches of grapes” bears clusters of 6-10 1” 1oz fruits with a little point on the bottom. Cluster can grow to 20-40 on this large and bushy plant producing hundreds of sweet/tart fruits. It was grown by the Pennsylvania Dutch as early as 1856. Easy to care for.

I

Mid

Red

Riesentraube Tomatoes
White Current 

Huge yield, clusters of tiny creamy white fruits are very sweet on this small compact plant. Not only great flavour but very eye catching in a salad.

D

Early

White

White Current Tomatoes
Spanish Winter

This is a Rare variety, an old Spanish heirloom that produces loads of tasty tomatoes, good for snacking or salads. It was originally used for winter storage by uprooting the entire plant and hanging up so the fruit could be picked for an extended time over winter.

D

Mid

Red

Spanish Winter Tomatoes
Gold Nugget

This is usually the earliest tomato in gardens. The 3ft bush is covered with good yields of flavourful, rich, sweet, 1” round yellow tomatoes.

I

Early

Yellow

Gold Nugget Tomatoes
Coyote

This is reported to be a wild variety from Vera Cruz Mexico, very prolific with small yellow fruits.

I

Mid

Yellow

Coyote Tomatoes
Mennonite Heirloom Cherry

A dark orange cherry tomato with a great flavour. Very reliable.

I

Mid

Orange

Mennonite Cherry Tomatoes
Yellow Grape

Grape sized yellow tomatoes with an excellent taste.

I

Mid

Yellow

Yellow Grape Tomatoes
Yellow Currant

With intense sweet, tart flavour this popular fruit with gourmet chefs grows in grape like clusters of ½’ yellow fruits and is considered to be a wild tomato.  The delicate 3-6’ attractive plant is an abundant producer.

I

Mid

Yellow

Yellow Currant Tomato
Red Currant

First recorded in 1843, clusters of current like red fruits have an intense flavour on a very attractive  3-6’ plant. This mid season plant is prolific and very hardy being able to withstand a light frost.

I

Mid

Red

Red Currant Tomatoes
Isis Candy

A delightful plant of multi coloured tiny ¾” fruits. This German heirloom is marbled with red & pink and has a wonderful golden cat’s eye starburst on the blossom end. A prolific grower Isis Candy starts early developing groups of double rows of 6-8 sweet fruity tasting tomatoes.

I

Early

Bicoloured

 

Isis Candy Tomatoes
Yellow Perfection

This is a rare variety, an old fashioned British heirloom producing large amounts of yellow/orange 2-3” fruits. The heavy yields of large cherry tomatoes are on 4-6ft vines producing all season. A good flavour with low acid and thin skin.

I

Yellow

RARE

Yellow Perfection Tomatoes
Whippersnapper

This 1ft plant of sweet red/pink cherry tomato is a good candidate for containers and may trail over. A very easy plant to care for with no staking required. A good plant for the border of your garden, will produce up to 100 fruits.

D

Early

Pink/Red

Whippersnapper Tomatoes
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What is companion planting?

Every plant lives in a community and, like you and I, a plant has neighbours it likes and those it does not.


Plants also have pest issues. While a bug may love to munch on one plant there are others that repel the bug through smell, taste, or the chemicals it exudes. Planting the repelling plant by the plant that the bug is targeting provides it with protection from these pests without the use of harsh chemicals or pesticides.

To avoid spraying pesticides and herbicides on the food we serve ourselves and our family we can plant herbs to deter the problem from the very beginning. This is known as companion planting.

To repel tomato worms plant Borage.
Tomatoes protect asparagus from asparagus beetle and gooseberries from insects.

Stinging nettle grown close by improves the tomatoes keeping quality.

Tomatoes are compatible with chives, onions, parsley, marigold, nasturtium, and carrots.

Do not plant Tomatoes near corn, potatoes, kohlrabi, fennel or any brassica (cabbage family: including  broccoli, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, rutabaga, turnip…)

For more information on companion planting, please follow the link below.

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