Plants
Tomatoes
We have a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes for sale. Tips on planting and caring for your tomato plants can be found here. We currently have the following tomato varieties available in limited quatities:
ALICANTE 75 days, indeterminate – This fine English heirloom variety is early and productive. Alicante are tall plants are perfect for the greenhouse. Keep them pruned and staked. Medium-sized fruit has wonderful flavour that balances acidity and sweetness.
AMISH PASTE 82 days, indeterminate – Originally from the Amish of Wisconsin, we acquired our seed from the Amish farms in Lancaster, PA. The deep red, 8 ounce fruit resembles an acorn, with thick flesh and few seeds. Makes an excellent canning tomato!
ARDWYNA POLISH PASTE 75 days, indeterminate – This mid-season tomato plant bears large, pear-shaped, meaty fruits, excellent for processing or in fresh salsa. With great flavour and firm texture these abundant tomatoes are just what you need to stock the pantry for winter.
BLACK KRIM 80 days, indeterminate — Brownish-purple to maroon colored fruit with green shoulders, sweet, mild, rich flavor. Fruits weigh approximately twelve ounces. Said to have originated near the Black Sea.
CRNKOVIC YUGOSLAVIAN 90 days, indeterminate – Brought into the U.S. by Yasha Crnkovic, a colleague of Seed Savers Exchange member Carolyn Male. Large beefsteak fruits have perfect shoulders and almost never crack. Great full tomato flavor. Heavy yields.
CZECH’S BUSH 70 days, determinate – A Czechoslovakian heirloom from the Ben Quisenberry collection. This stocky, rugose leafed plant delivers high yields of 6 ounce, juicy red fruits with great taste.
DRUZBA 90 days, indeterminate – This densely foliaged Bulgarian heirloom bears plenty of 12 ounce fruit throughout the season! The fruits measure 4 inches across, and are bright red with a high acid content – giving it that robust “real tomato” flavor! Resistant to most foliage diseases.
FERDERLE 90 days, indeterminate – Beautiful, blemish-free 6-7″ long paste tomato, rich full flavor unlike most other banana pepper-shaped tomatoes. Productive plants. Very few seeds, excellent for processing, especially good for salsa.
GOLD NUGGET 55 days, determinate — Bred by Dr. James R. Baggett of Oregon State University and perfectly suited for the Maritime Northwest. Golden colored, globular, one inch, cherry-type fruit, early, compact plant with a potential for a high percentage of seedless fruit.
GRAHAM’S GOOD KEEPER 75 days, indeterminate – This heavy yielding, extremely vigorous tomato pumps out loads of medium-sized bright red fruits that can by used as a paste tomato or an all-purpose tomato for slicing and eating out of hand.
ITALIAN HEIRLOOM 75 days, indeterminate – This very heavy yielding variety produces beautiful red, one-pounders. An Italian favorite due to its rich, tomato taste and abundance. Good choice for both fresh use and canning.
MORTGAGE LIFTER 85 days, indeterminate — This has been a popular variety since it was introduced in the 1930s. The legend of this tomato is that it was bred by M. C. Byles (a.k.a. Radiator Charlie) of Logan, West Virginia. It is said that he then sold plants for one dollar each and paid off his mortgage in six years. The fruits are large, pink, over a pound each and one of the best beefsteak flavors available.
NYAGOUS 90 days, indeterminate – A prolific, rare, Russian tomato variety. Beautiful, smooth, round, “black” tomatoes that are dark mohagany with dark grey-green shoulders. Nyagous is a wonderfully firm and blemish-free, 6 oz. tomato with lots of sweet, complex fruit flavors and a clean acidic finish. Up to 6 fruits to a cluster. Resistant to cracking.
ORANGE CHERRY 70-75 days, indeterminate - A juicy type of cherry tomato, ripening to a golden orange. Fruits are born in nice clusters and the plants bear fairly heavily. Has a nice sweet, classic cherry tomato flavor.
ORANGE FLAMME 70 days, indeterminate – Also know as Jaune Flamme, these beautiful orange salad tomatoes are very juicy and have a good, sweet flavor with fruity overtones. Tomatoes weigh 2 to 3 ozs. and are a lovely persimmon orange color both inside and out. Extremely productive heirloom from France.
OREGON SPRING 55-80 days, determinate – This very early variety is a great choice for short growing seasons or container growing. The flavorful, red, 3 oz. fruits are nearly seedless, and are uniform in size. Good choice for an early tomato crop.
PRINCIPE BORGHESE 75 days, determinate — Italian heirloom variety very popular in Italy and California for splitting in half and sun drying. They maintain color and flavor well. The plants produce heavy yields of small, red plum-shaped fruits. The plants will benefit from support such as caging.
SPECKLED ROMAN 90 days, indeterminate – Developed by SSE member John Swenson as a result of a stabilized cross of Antique Roman and Banana Legs. Gorgeous 3 inch wide by 5 inch long fruits with jagged orange and yellow stripes. Meaty, great tomato taste, ideal for processing. Very productive, few seeds.
STUPICE 50 days, indeterminate — Potato-leaf, four foot tall plants loaded with 2 inch diameter fruits borne in clusters. Extremely early, great flavor. Heavy yields all season. Introduced here in the U.S. from Czechoslovakia in about 1976. Pronounced “stu-peek-a.” Produces very well in northern climates.
WASHINGTON CHERRY 60 days, determinate – Plant produces high yields of 1 inch red cherry tomatoes. These tomatoes are very flavorful and meaty. Excellent shipping variety. Good storage tomato. Suitable for home garden and market growers. Developed by the Washington State University.
YELLOW PEAR 78 days, indeterminate. Documented as a pre-1800 variety. Yellow pear shape, firm skinned, nice flavor, 1-inch long fruit. Good in salads, sauces or by themselves. They have been fairly cold tolerant in our test garden and are typically the last ones living every year.
YELLOW TAXI 80 days, determinate – The best yellow tomato for short season gardeners. Taxi matures its bright yellow tomatoes in just 65 days. Grows to about 2 feet tall and 2 feet across. Expect heavy yields of mild, non-acid tomatoes for 3-4 weeks. Great for the lunch box and salsas.
Native Plants
Under the direction the Farm’s chief forester and patriarch, Jake Masselink, we grow and sell a few species of native plants each year. Most of our plants are grown from seed. Most of our seed sources are now from our own plants.
NATIVE PLANTS NOW AVAILABLE
Western Trillium Trillium ovatum
Once again (and just in time for Easter!) we have a number of mature native Western Trilliums in stock and available for sale.
Price: $12 each (1 gal.) – most our plants should flower this year.
Growing Requirements: Plant in shade to partial shade, organically rich and well-drained soil. Regularly water in the spring but provide little or no water in the summer when the plant has died back and gone dormant for the season.
Propagation Method: From seed.
Note: Depending on where you live, keep this plant protected from deer!