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To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves.

— Gandhi

Tomatoes

[1 gallon tomatoes on trailer] So many tomatoes and so little garden space. It's a classic challenge to try to figure out how to grow just one more tomato plant! I like to think of tomatoes in categories: Early, Cherry-types, Sauce, Salad, Mid season and Late season/Heirlooms.

[Tomato potting on party]
Read about the "Potting on Party" in Scott Swenson's blog.

I encourage customers to be the first on their block to have a red tomato by the Fourth of July with an Early type variety; then to pad out the rest of the season with a decent Mid-season slicer and finish with a whopper of an heirloom. At the greenhouse the tomatoes are displayed with an information sign to help you learn more about them.

The following list notes the heirloom varieties with an *.

Early Tomatoes, (1 gal.)

  Cosmonaut Volkov *
  Crimson Sprintor
  Gregori's Altai *
  Landis
  Legend
  Siberia *
  Stupice *

Cherry-type Tomatoes

  Black Cherry                 Sungold
  Green Grape                  Super Sweet 100 *
  Juliet Red Grape             Yellow Pear *
  Pink Brandywine Cherry *     
  Principe Borghese *
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Sauce Tomatoes

  Orange Banana Paste
  Pomodorini al Piennolo *
  Ropreco *
  San Marzano *

Salad Tomatoes

  Black Prince *               Jaune Flammee * 
  Fourth of July               Nyagous Black Cluster * 
  Garden Peach *               Oregon Spring Bush *
  Green Zebra *                Plum Lemon *

Mid-season Slicing Tomatoes

  Beefsteak                    Heatwave II
  Bella Rosa                   Jet Star
  Big Beef                     Redhouse Freestanding
  Burbank *                    Rose de Berne    
  Bush Celebrity               Russian Rose *
  Carmello *                   Rutgers *
  Caspian Pink *               Sun Master
  Celebrity                    Super Fantastic
  Dona                         Super Sioux *
  Heartland                    Yellow Perfection

Late Season/Heirloom Tomatoes

  Black from Tula *            Marvel Striped *
  Black Krim *                 Park's Whopper
  Brandywine *                 Persimmon *
  Cherokee Purple *            Pruden's Purple *
  Delicious                    Striped German * 
  German Red Strawberry        White Beauty *
  Jubilee *
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Canyon Bounty Farm is in its 12th year selling organic nursery starts.
Located in west Nampa, we're at 13376 Orchard Ave., between Lake and Florida Aves.