TOMATOES   TOMATOES AND MORE TOMATOES

At Country Road Greenhouses we specialize in naturally grown tomato plants of every shape, size, colour and flavour. Our customers love to come in May 1 (opening day ) and talk to Carol, owner and plant expert, about our in house  seeded tomato plant varieties.     

Country Road Greenhouses for  2013  has 40 varieties of  Tomatoes  

Early Season    70 days or less

Beef master            maturity red

Black Prince            maturity  dark purple, black

Bush Beefsteak     maturity red

Conestoga               maturity red

Glacier                       maturity red

Juliet                           maturity red,  grape cluster tomato

Sophie's Choice      maturity red,  plant height  45cm

Starfire                        maturity  red

Sugary                        maturity red   cherry type tomato

Sungold                     maturity golden yellow, very sweet,  cherry type tomato

Sweet 100                  maturity  red, very sweet,     cherry type tomato

Sweet Million               maturity red,  resists cracking under wet weather conditions,   cherry type tomato

Tigerella                        maturity light green bicolor with rosey red stripes, (AKA  Mr. Stripey)

Tumbler                        maturity red,  4cm oval shaped,  for hanging baskets,

Mid Season    70-80 days

Better Boy                  maturity red,   

Big Beef                     maturity red

Burpee  Big Boy      maturity red

Celebrity                     maturity red

Early Girl                     maturty red

First Lady                     maturtiy red

Green Zebra               maturity green with lighter green-yellow stripes

Helath Kick                  maturity  red   roma paste tomato   contains 50% more cancer fighting lycopene

Lemon Boy                  maturity yellow, low acid, beefsteak type tomato

Pruden's Purple         maturity deep red,  potato shaped leaves on plant

Vendor                        maturity   red,    handles the heat of a hothouse and great outdoors

Late Season   80 days

Aunt Ruby's German Green       maturity green with lighter green shoulders  low acid

Brandywine                                    maturity  red

Green Grape                                 maturity green,  grape tomato, on trusses

Kellogg's Breakfast                     maturity   orange,    low acid very sweet

Longkeeper                                 pick when green and use as a storage tomato  will keep up to 6 months

Ox heart Red                                 maturity red,  shaped to look like an Oxheart not the valentine heart

Plum Lemon                              maturity yellow, sturdy flesh, has nipples like a lemon, tastes like an apple

Principe Borghese                     maturity red,  grape shaped, great for drying

Yellow Pear                                 maturity yellow,  pear shaped