Veterans Healing Farm greenhouse - view from the side

On May 5, 115 tomato plants were settled into six rows in the greenhouse of the Veterans Healing Farm in Horse Shoe, NC. Each plant is unique - either by variety, or seed lot used to create them.

The varieties growing in the greenhouse are split between released Dwarf Tomato Project varieties and indeterminate heirlooms. The two outer rows are exclusively dwarfs. the inner four rows contain a few dwarfs at each end with the rest of the rows indeterminate types.

Unless otherwise noted, the dwarf plants are all from Victory Seeds - this is a great opportunity to compare the varieties as offered by Victory with the original intent of the project.

Following is a list of the dwarf varieties:

Sweet Sue
Irma’s Highland (yet to be released)
Firebird Sweet
Elsie’s Fancy
Purple Heart (from Fruition seeds)
Choemato
Eagle Smiley
Snakebite
Parfait
Russian Swirl
Lucky Swirl (Fruition seeds)
Idaho Gem (affected with Collar Rot - replaced mid June)
Mahogany (affected with Collar Rot - replaced mid June)
Langston (replaced Tanager, which had collar rot)
Shimmering Beauty (replaced Orange Cream, which had collar rot)
Maralinga (affected with Collar Rot - replaced mid June)
BrandyFred
Banksia Queen
Coorong Pink
Sarah’s Red
Chocolate Lightning
Hannah’s Prize
Pink Livija
Adelaide Festival
Goldfinch
Beauty King
Golden Tipsy
Black Angus
Loxton Lass
Purple Heart (Victory)
Lucky Swirl (Victory)
TastyWine
Wilpena
Summer Sunrise
Summertime Green
Rosella Purple
Blazing Beauty
Grinch
Saucy Mary
Wild Spudleaf
Perfect Harmony
Rosella Crimson (my 2020 saved seed)
Suz’s Beauty
Rosella Crimson (Victory)
Kodiak King
Sweet Scarlet Dwarf
Willa’s Cariboo Rose
Walter’s Fancy
Zoe’s Sweet
Loxton Lad
Wild Fred

Several of the tomatoes are from Kleverhof, a European Seed Company - all from their Fairy series. Some of these are determinate

Fairy Fee
Fairy Elf
Fairy Snack
Fairy Garnet
Fairy Fruit

Now, the indeterminate heirloom varieties

Lillian Rose (the replacement plant for Fairy Monster - this is an F3 selection from Cherokee Purple X Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom)
Big Sandy - 2022 saved seed
Monticello Mystery Tomato from saved seed
Polish - 2023 saved seed
Cancelmo Family Heirloom - 2020 saved seed
Giant Syrian - 2021 saved seed
Monticello Mystery sample 5125
Andrew Rahart’s Jumbo Red - 2019 saved seed
Fritsche Family Favorite
Cherokee Green X Caitlin’s Lucky Stripe F2 regular leaf selection
Hugh’s - saved in 2013
Giant Syrian - 2013 saved seed
Stocky’s Italian
Marlowe Charleston
TBT
Kosovo
Hugh’s - 2021 saved seed
Nepal
Abraham Lincoln - sample from the USDA
Cherokee Purple - Peregrine Farms strain
Eva Purple Ball
Yellow Brandywine
Ferris Wheel
Aker’s West Virginia
Andrew Rahart Jumbo Red - 2021 saved seed
Casey’s Pure Yellow
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom
Lucky Cross
Stump of the World
Large Lucky Red
Anna Russian
JD Special C Tex - 2019 saved seed
Cherokee Chocolate - 2022 saved seed
Estler’s Mortgage Lifter
Indian Stripe - from 2019 saved seed
Brandywine
Cherokee Purple - 2022 saved seed
Blue’s Bling X Polish F3 selection
Hege’s German Pink
Don’s Double Delight X Cancelmo Family Heirloom F2 regular leaf selection
Captain Lucky
Cancelmo Family Heirloom - 2017 saved seed
Lucky Cross - from seed T11-8
Lucky Cross - from seed T11-50
Dester - from 2012 saved seed
Hugh’s - from 2014 saved seed
Big Sandy - from 2013 saved seed
Giant Syrian - from 2012 saved seed
Lillian’s Yellow Heirloom - from 2012 saved seed
Indian Stripe - from 2011 saved seed
Cherokee Chocolate - from 2012 saved seed
McCutcheon
Lucky Cross - from T11-14
Gallo Plum
Dester
Cancelmo Family Heirloom - from 2013 saved seed
JD Special C Tex - from 2012 saved seed
Little Lucky (replaced the Kleverhof variety Fairy Angel, which had collar rot)

The above represents a lot of seed collection management and gardening research and development. Reporting results will be really fun - we are about a month or so away from that, though.