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Making solid choices Popular tomato varieties

Sharing knowledge and making new discoveries is all part of the joy of
gardening. It can be very tempting – and fun – to try out new plant varieties,
bring new elements into the vegetable garden or adopt new growing
techniques. However, to ensure success in your gardening projects and for a
harvest you can rely on, tried-and-true varieties is the way to go.

Tomatoes

There are so many varieties of tomato plants out there. Size, shape, colour and Bushsteak Ho Happy Day Baby Boomer
taste: all will factor into your choice. The space you have available and how you Determinate plant. Grow in a large pot. Indeterminate plant. Fruit ripens quickly, Determinate plant. Juicy, sweet
want to enjoy your home-grown tomatoes will help narrow the search. Exceptional taste and size. juicy beefsteak taste. cherry tomatoes bursting with flavour.
Compact, excellent container variety.

Determinate plants Indeterminate plants
are bred to stop continue to grow and
growing at 3-4 feet produce fruit up until the
when blossoms appear. first frost. Plants must
Fruit ripens all at once, be staked. Season long
good for preserving, harvesting equals plenty
and because plants are of tomatoes.
smaller, they are right
for the small-space
gardener.

Brandywine Pink (heirloom) Gold Medal (heirloom) Cherokee Purple (heirloom)
Indeterminate plant. Large, pink, Indeterminate plant. Fruit is golden Indeterminate plant. Large, full-
beefsteak-shaped fruit, 1 to 2 lb. Sweet. yellow and pinkish red on the outside flavoured fruit. Deep reddish purple, and
Ripens late. and inside. Firm flesh, sweet and low the flesh is a rich, brick-red.
acidity.
Locally grown ready-to-plant
for successful gardening.

Gladiator Manitoba (heirloom) Profi-Frutti (yellow and red)
Indeterminate plant. Vigorous with high Determinate plant. Compact and Indeterminate plant. Requires staking.
yields. Very large oval fruit, perfect for vigorous, ideal for Zones 3 and lower. Delicious, sweet cherry tomatoes.
sauces. Average size fruit, bright red. Early
harvest.

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