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      • Salad and Leaf
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    • Cross Pollination
    • Hybrid vs Heirloom
    • Genetic Diversity
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TOMATOES 
​(Solanaceae Solanum lycopersicum)

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Amish Paste -indeterminate
From - Leila Macbeth
Harvested - 2022

Very productive, healthy, huge  plants. The pastes are bred for preserving, and while just ok fresh, they're great dried, sauced, bottled etc
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Andine Cornue - Indeterminate
​From - Jasmin Hill
​Harvested - 2023
Paste tomato, large & meaty fruit on long vines over 3 metres long

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Albenga Oxheart
From - 
Quynh Mcleay
Harvested - 2023

Alma
From - 
Quynh Mcleay
Harvested - 2023

Azoychka
From - Jasmin Hill

​Harvested - 2020
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Azoychka
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2022

Arkansas Marvel
​From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2024

Artisan Blush
From - Cath Henderson
Harvested - 2023

Artisan Blush​
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Artisan Blush 
From - Christina Knauf
​Harvested - 2025

Aunt Ruby's German Green
From - Hazel Vickers
Harvested - 2024
G.D 11 plants


Banana Legs
From - Anna Hawkins
Harvested - 2023
Fat Banana's :)


Beauty King
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2021
Beautiful medium to large fruit with a medium flavour, great producer on a compact robust plant. 
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Berkeley Tie Died
From - Emma Galloway
Harvested - 2023

Berkeley Tie Died
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2020

Big Rainbow
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Beautiful Large beefsteak tomato with lovely colours from yellow through to a red centre. Excellent producer! One of my favourites.
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Big Rainbow
From - 
Christina Knauf
​Harvested - 2025

Black Nyagous - Indeterminate
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2021
​Excellent flavour, medium size.

Black Cherry - Indeterminate
​From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2023
Grown outdoors, this is one of my favourite tasting cherry tomatoes but it is not ideal grown outside because the skins are thin and the slugs loved them. Prolific, large cherry's with lots of seeds and great taste.
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Black Strawberry
​From - Jasmin Hill

Harvested - 2025

Black from Tula
From - Troy Boyer
Harvested - 2021

Blue Beauty - Indeterminate
From -
Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2023
Stunning tomato to grow! big bunches of medium to large fruit, quite a show stopper!
Sweet mild flavour. 
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BMATO - Indeterminate
From - Jasmin Hill
​Harvested - 2024
High in bio-available lycopene, beautiful large sized tomato with very few seeds. Excellent for drying with loads of flavour!
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Brandywine Black - Indeterminate
From - Leila Macbeth
Harvested - 2022
Sturdy potato leaf plants. 
Very productive beefsteak with delicious complex smokey flavour 
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Bread & Salt
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2023

Black Plum
From - 
Quynh Mcleay
Harvested - 2023

Bulgarian Heart
From - Hazel Vickers
Harvested - 2024
G.D 15 plants
​Origin: Chris Lloyd


Chicken Egg
From - Anna Hawkins
Harvested - 2023


Citrina
From - Jasmin Hill
​Harvested - 2021
Incredibly prolific! Huge bunches of beautiful yellow tomatoes. Mild flavour
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Copia
From - 
Quynh Mcleay
Harvested - 2023


Cream Sausage
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2023


Dances with Smurfs
From - Dawn Ballagh
Harvested - 2023

Dances with Smurfs
​From - Emma Galloway
Harvested - 2023

Dargaville
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2022


Dino Eggs
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From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2021
My favourite medium yellow tomato, nice flavour and beautiful long dangly trusses.
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Dancing with Smurfs
From - Alison Macdonald
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

Gardeners Delight​
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2024

Gardeners Delight
From - Alison Macdonald
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

German Strawberry
From - Helena Boston
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

German Red Strawberry
From - Sarah Williams
​Harvested - 2023

Golden Cherry
From - Hazel Vickers
Harvested - 2024
G.D 5 plants


Golden Cherry - Indeterminate
From - Leila Macbeth

Harvested - 2022
Heritage Crops Research Trust; one of their high lycopene collection. Loads of small, sweet cherries-kids love them! Seedlings start off tiny, and plants are never huge but very productive, often right into autumn.
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Golden Grape - Indeterminate
​From - Jasmin Hill

Harvested - 2023
Heritage Food Crops Research Trust, high 
lycopene variety
very solid cherry with few seeds, lovely and sweet. Very pretty.

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Golden Light
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2022


Green Vernissage
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Green Zebra
From - Christina Knauf
​Harvested - 2025


Green Zebra
​From - Hester Jackson-Scott
Harvested - 2022
​Less vigorous and lower yielding than other varieties but outstanding zesty flavour. 


Guernsay Island
From - Karlene Herdman
Harvested - 2022

Indigo Blueberry
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2020
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Indigo Rose
From - Hester Jackson-Scott
Harvested - 2022
Vigorous and healthy cultivar, heavy producer. Very pretty Antho variety (black topped red tomato) Mild in flavour. Fruit softened quickly if left on the vine past ripening. Attractive plant with purple tinged leaves, especially in cooler weather. 

Isle de Capri
From - Alison Macdonald
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds


Isle of Capri
From - Karlene Herdman
Harvested - 2020
Large Ox-heart shape, great cooker

Jaune Flamme
From - Christina Knauf
​Harvested - 2025


Jaune Flamme
From - 
Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Jaune Flamme - Indeterminate
From - Leila Macbeth
Harvested - 2022
My longtime favourite tomato-vibrant flavour with a good hit of acidity. Quite early-usually my first to ripen. Plants often don't look that great but they are really productive.
Fleuro orange, large golf ball-sized
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Kings Gold
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2022


Lemon Ice 
From - Emma Galloway
Harvested - 2023


Lemon Ice - Dwarf
From - Jasmin Hill
​Harvested - 2021
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Margaret Curtain
From - 
Quynh Mcleay
Harvested - 2023

Mexican Midget - large cherry
​From - Jasmin Hill
​Harvested - 2023


Mexican Midget - Cherry
From - Jon Berczely
Harvested 2022
Rampant disease resistant

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Mini Olga
From - 
Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Mr Snow
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2020
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Moonbeam
From - 
Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Moonbeam
From - Helena Boston
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

Olga's Golden Chicken Egg
From -  Helena Boston
​Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

Orange Cherry
From - Tony Gyde
Harvested - 2023
GD - 6 plants
Certified Organic grower

Orange Roma
From - Troy Boyer
Harvested - 2021

Orange Valencia
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2021
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Orange Flesh Purple Smudge
From - Helena Boston
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

Pink Brandywine
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

My new favourite! :)


Purple Calabash - Dwarf
From - Emma Galloway
Harvested - 2023


Purple Calabash - Dwarf
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2021
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Purple Cherokee
From - Christina Knauf
​Harvested - 2025


Purple Cherokee
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2023
Beautiful tasty purple beefsteak, Minette Tonoli's favourite tomato!
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Purple Cherokee
From - Tony Gyde
Harvested - 2023
GD - 6 plants
Certified Organic grower

Prudens Purple
From - Alison Macdonald
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

San Marzano
From - Hazel Vickers
Harvested - 2024
G.D 16 plants
Origin; 3rd generation of my own seeds
original origin Egmont seeds


Scoresby - Dwarf
From - Leila Macbeth
Harvested - 2019

Small Sweet Orange - cherry
From - Emma Galloway
Harvested - 2023


Small Sweet Orange - cherry
From - Jasmin Hill

Harvested - 2020
Very prolific cherry sized tomatoes with a great sweet tomato flavour

Southern Star
​From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2024
Prolific medium deep yellow fruit with great flavour. High in Lycopene 


Stupice
From - Karlene Herdman
Harvested - 2021
Early producer
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Tangella
From - Jon Berczley
Harvested - 2022


Tangella
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2019/2020
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Tangerine 
From - Alice Le Brun
Harvested - 2019
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Thunder Mountain
From - 
Alison Macdonald
Harvested - 2023
Seed Guardian seeds

Turkish Stripe
From - 
Quynh Mcleay
Harvested - 2023

Vintage Wine
From - Sarah Williams
Harvested 2023


Vintage Wine - Indeterminate
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested 2020
​Beautiful beefsteak
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Voyage
From - Hazel Vickers
Harvested - 2024
G.D 12 plants
Origin; Jasmin Hill

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Wally's Spanish
From - Jasmin Hill
Harvested - 2025

Wherokowhai - Dwarf, Indeterminate
​From - Emma Galloway
Harvested - 2023
Very compact plant, small to medium sized fruit, great flavour and very few seeds. One of my favourite coloured tomatoes.  
​Potato leaf variety.

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White cherry - Indeterminate
From - Jasmin Hill
​Harvested - 2020
Sweet and juicy!
An excellent cherry :)
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White cherry - Indeterminate
From - 
Tony Gyde
​Harvested - 2023
GD - 2 plants
​Certified Organic grower

White Cherry
From - Anna Hawkins
Harvested - 2023