It is expected that in every vegetable garden you should be growing some tomatoes. Once you have mastered the ordinary varieties, you can then move on to growing yellow pear tomatoes or even growing cherry tomatoes. When you get bored of those, then it is probably time to start growing these delicious heirloom tomatoes, in your garden.
What exactly are heirloom tomatoes? These are varieties whose seeds tend to be passed on from generation to generation or gardener to gardener. You can not expect to walk into any garden center and find seeds for most of the heirloom varieties. Your best bet is to find some place online or even a family member or friend to share some of their seeds with you. Let us look at some of the varieties, that I have successfully grown in my garden.
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Heirloom Tomato #1: Speckled Roman Tomato
This one is from the plum side of the tomato family. You will find that the fruit itself has a long shape and has stripes that resemble those of a tiger. The plant itself has a high production rate.
Heirloom Tomato #2: Mortgage Lifter Tomato
The story goes that this variety originates from Logan, West Virginia and was created by a Mortgage Lifter who goes by the name M. C. Byles. The seedlings from this variety helped him pay off is mortgage. Don’t be surprised if end up with the largest tomatoes you’ve ever grown.
Heirloom Tomato #3: Mexico Midget Tomato
From the name, you can assume that the fruit will be tiny and your assumption would be spot on when you see the tomato. Although tiny, it is undoubtedly very flavorful.
Heirloom Tomato #4: Rosella Purple
The plant grows to just about 4 feet tall, which is the perfect height for container gardening. Find a container or a plastic bucket and you can plant a few seedlings of this purple variety.
Heirloom Tomato #5: Azoychka Tomato
This yellow variety, has its origins traced back to Russia. I is unique in that the skin on the outside has a golden color, yet the flesh inside is a pale yellow, almost white color. You can expect an early bumper harvest when you plant this variety.
These are just 5 of my favorite varieties, as you can probably imagine there is many others available out there. The best thing to do is as an avid gardener, is to try growing as many of these as possible, and then you can choose your faves as you go along.
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