Heirloom Tomatoes Collection

German Pink Tomato

One of the two original Bavarian heirlooms from Diane Ott Whealy’s family that started Seed Savers Exchange. Potato leaf plants produce large 1-2 pound beefsteak fruits. Meaty flesh with few seeds, very little cracking or blossom scars. Full sweet flavor. Excellent for canning, freezing, and slicing.

• Organic

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Sauce
• Roasting
• Canning
• Freezing

Igleheart Yellow Cherry Tomato

Winner of 2015 Seed Savers Exchange Tomato Tasting. When the parents of James Igleheart of Indiana lived in Connecticut around 1960 they received these seeds from their Italian gardener. James’ wife, Diane, serves the tomato to guests and encourages them to save the seed and plant it. Yellow cherry tomatoes with a sweet, rich flavor and moderate acidity.

• 70-80 days from transplant
• Organic
• Indeterminate - Fruit ripens throughout the season
• Winner of the 2015 SSE Tomato Tasting
• Yellow cherry tomatoes with a sweet, rich flavor and moderate acidity

This cocktail tomato is best eaten fresh. Serve with a dip or stuff with fresh cheese.

Moonglow Tomato

Winner of Seed Savers Exchange’s 2007 Tomato Tasting. Uniform bright orange globes with solid flesh, few seeds, and mild sweetness. Excellent keeper.

• 85 days from transplant
• Organic
• Winner of SSE’s 2007 Tomato Tasting
• Uniform, orange globe-shaped fruit
• Mild sweet flavor
• Solid flesh with few seeds
• Excellent keeper

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Sauce
• Roasting
• Canning
• Freezing

Riesentraube Tomato

Originally from Germany. Name translates as “giant bunches of grapes.” Introduced commercially in the U.S. in 1994 by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. High-yielding plants. Tasty 1" fruits are borne on large sprays and shaped like beaked plums.

• 80 days from transplant
• Organic
• Indeterminate - Fruit ripens throughout the season
• Tasty fruits grow to 1 inch
• Fruits are borne on large sprays and shaped like beaked plums
• Very productive

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Drying

Salvaterra's Select Tomato

Winner of our 2017 Tomato Tasting - Paste/ Sauce division. The great meaty texture is paired with tangy, sweet flavor that make it an ideal sauce tomato. Fruits measure 2½-3¾". At Seed Savers Exchange (zone 4B), it was a bit later maturing but had above average productivity. Grown by Charles Salvaterra since the early 1980s, this heirloom tomato has been shared within the Hazleton, Pennsylvania community since the 1950s.

• 70-80 days from transplant
• Organic
• From the Collection
  

Wisconsin Chief Tomato

Now you too can grow this champion tomato! Bred as a processing tomato, it took top honors in the slicing division at the 2018 Seed Savers Exchange Tomato Tasting event. The University of Wisconsin developed the variety and released it in 1957. While the fruits aren’t quite as red as those of the well-known ‘Wisconsin 55’ tomato, also developed by the University of Wisconsin, they average just a bit larger.

• Organic
• Semi-determinate
• All-purpose tomato is great for canning
• benefit from staking

This variety works for:

• Fresh eating
• Sauce
• Paste
• Roasting
• Canning
• Drying
• Freezing

These six heirloom tomatoes deliver unforgettable taste-and good stories, too. Several have also been named champs at our annual Tomato Tasting. Collection contains one packet of each variety:

• German Pink Tomato
• Igleheart Yellow Cherry Tomato
• Moonglow Tomato
• Riesentraube Tomato
• Salvaterra's Select Tomato
• Wisconsin Chief Tomato

Please note: In the event of a seed packet shortage, we will substitute a variety. Rest assured—you're still getting six great varieties!