Thursday 22 December 2022

New Tomatoes for 2023

Tomato Buffalosun F1 - Suttons - 6 seeds - £4.99 - Cordon - Item Code 100303

Tomato ‘Buffalosun’ has heirloom looks and aroma combined with the benefits of hybrid vigour. This meaty, beefsteak tomato has the typical ribbed shape but is an unusual amber colour with a red blush and an attractive marbled interior which makes for a colourful salad tomato. 
The 4-inch fruit has sweet, tender flesh. A productive tomato with good resistance to late blight. Height: 1.8m (6’). Spread: 50cm (20").


Bite Size - Suttons - 6 Seeds -  £2.99 - Cordon - Item Code 100304

Awarded an RHS AGM for its excellent garden performance, Tomato ‘Bite Size’ is super-sweet and delicious! In fact, it has a higher sugar to acidity ratio than most other cherry varieties. The small cherry tomatoes, each weighing 8-12g, are borne in long trusses. 

This vigorous variety will produce up to 6kg of fruit with regular side-shooting, giving you more than enough tasty tomatoes for your family’s salads, snacks and lunch boxes.

This cordon variety is perfect for containers or planters in the greenhouse or on the patio, but can also be planted in a sunny spot in the garden. Height: 200cm (79"). Spread: 50cm (20").


Tomato Red Pear
 - Organic Gardening Catalogue - 48 seeds - £3.99 Item Code 780615 - Cordon.

Producing large trusses of sweet, unusual pear-shaped cherry tomatoes, Tomato 'Red Pear' is high-yielding and vigorous variety ideal for either greenhouse or outdoor growing. You won't be able to resist eating the fleshy fruits straight off the plant! Height: 180cm (6ft). Spread: 50cm (20in).
Producing large trusses of sweet, unusual pear-shaped cherry tomatoes, Tomato 'Red Pear' is high-yielding and vigorous variety ideal for either greenhouse or outdoor growing.


Merrygold F1 - Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £2.80 - item Code 32585

The world’s first blight resistant orange fruited variety. Plants are high yielding, producing a mass of brightly, rich orange toms.

Taste is sweet with a slight tangy flavour, making them perfect for summer salads. Indeterminate.



Red Bodyguard F1 - Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £3.35 - Item Code 25462 
Large crops of tasty, fleshy fruit, shows some resistance to blight. Indeterminate (needs support), outdoors or greenhouse. Excellent source of vitamin C and antioxidants.
This tomato gets its name from a book! "The Red Bodyguard: The Amazing Health-promoting Properties of the Tomato" by Ron Levin. Ron's daughter-in-law Sarah Levin contacted us to see if a new tomato might be named in honour of her father-in-law's 90th birthday. It is an indeterminate, early cropping, high yielding, new strain, with some resistance to late blight, which produces medium-sized, juicy fruits.  


(Standard) Paoline F1 - 
Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £ 4.45 - item Code 39185

Always scoring highly in taste tests, the plants are highly productive and show good resistance to blight. Indeterminate, (needs support) grow outdoors or in a greenhouse.






Rubylicious F1 - Dobies - Cordon - 20 seeds - £2.99  item code 411053 Cordon

This incredible new cherry tomato is the perfect blend of modern disease resistance and good, old fashioned flavour! Tomato 'Rubylicious' boasts superb blight resistance, so your plants won’t be struck down in their prime. What makes this variety so special is its incredible sweetness and rich, tangy flavour. Each truss produces up to 12 orangey-red, cherry tomatoes weighing around 15g per fruit. This indeterminate variety is sure to become a favourite for salads, snacks and lunchboxes!

This cordon variety is perfect for containers or planters in the greenhouse or on the patio, but can also be planted in a sunny spot in the garden. Height: 200cm (79"). Spread: 50cm (20").


Rapunzel F1 - Suttons - Cordon - 6 Seeds - £3.99 Item Code 100305

Best grown in the greenhouse, tomato ‘Rapunzel’ is a new indeterminate variety producing incredibly long, cascading trusses, each loaded with up to 40 glossy red cherry tomatoes! The irresistibly sweet fruits are perfect for snacking straight off the plant. An impressive variety producing huge yields of tomatoes over a long period. Height: 180-200cm (71-79in). Spread: 50cm (20in)


Brandywine Red Beefsteak - Seeds To Suit - 5 Seeds - 59p

An American heirloom beefsteak variety. the large vines produce heavy crops of deep red fruit weighing 200-400g. Sow seeds 2mm deep. 

keep the seeds moist and use a propagator or a warm windowsill. 

Minimum temperature 18 - 20C. 

Days to Germination 6 - 14 days. 

Transplant when seedlings are large enough to handle. 

Plant out when 200mm Acclimatise to cooler conditions if planting outside.

Keep moist and feed with a liquid fertilizer fortnightly when the first fruits appear. 
 


A lovely sweet and mild flavoured pear shaped yellow tomatoes. 

A vigorous plant that gives a great crop. Needs pinching out.

Sow seeds 2mm deep. keep the seed compost moist and use a propagator or a warm windowsill.

Minimum temperature 18 - 20C. 

Days to Germination 6 - 14 days. 

Transplant when seedlings are large enough to handle. 

Plant out when 200mm Acclimatise to cooler conditions if planting outside.

Keep moist and feed with a liquid fertilizer fortnightly when the first fruits appear. 


(Plum) Alfresco - Mr Fothergill's - 10 seeds - £ FREE SEED - Item Code 39211

No Photographs as Free Seed and not on their web site yet! A compact bush type, tolerant of variable temperatures and resistant to verticillium and fusarium, ideal for cooler climates. Determinate, (bushy habit) best grown outdoors. 



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