These are smallish, rich flavored, extra meaty tomatoes with little seed pulp. Depending on the variety they are perfect for pastes, purees, sauces, drying or fresh eating. Packet is 40 seeds.
VG269 PRINCIPE BORGHESE TOMATO SEEDS(OP) 70 days
An Italian favorite that is used to make very high quality sun-dried tomatoes. These small 1-2 inch meaty plums are produced with incredible freedom on small, sturdy determinate vines.
VG267 ROMA TOMATO SEEDS(OP) 65 days
Incredible yields of very richly flavored pear tomatoes that weigh about 2 ounces, and are 3 inches long. These paste-type fruits are meaty with few seeds and not much juice, perfectly suited to cooking, but delicious enough to eat fresh.
VG5512 OPALKA TOMATO SEEDS(OP) 80 days
Easily one of the very best paste tomatoes, these meaty pepper-shaped fruits deliver a rich, sweet flavor that makes exceptional sauces. They are also tasty fresh. Vigorous, productive, easy to grow indeterminate vines. Sorry, out of stock.
VG271 SAN MARZANO TOMATO SEEDS(OP) 80 days
A first-rate Italian paste tomato which is also excellent for canning, soups and sauces. The meaty textured, mild flavored, long and large fruits cook down into a delectable paste. Indeterminate.
NEW for 2010
VG109061 VIVA ITALIA TOMATO SEEDS
76 days
An outstanding, vigorous Roma-type hybrid, producing Italian pear tomatoes that are perfect for canning, peeling, sauce, salsa and because of their extra high sugar content they are also delicious eaten fresh off the vine. Compared to other tomatoes of this type, Viva Italia performs better in hot weather and the plants are more compact, taking up less space but producing much more fruit. The fruit is blocky and pear shaped, averaging 3-3.5 ounces on strong, disease resistant determinate vines. Sorry, out of stock.