So many awesome NEW (to me) varieties grown in 2017!! A number of extremely productive varieties, several that were especially beautiful, over 80 varieties that grew to 1 lb. or more (minimum size for sandwiches…), and at least 35 that were super tasty (to my taste buds, anyhow). Reading over the list, it will become apparent that there was a strong emphasis on growing varieties from Russia and Eastern Europe this year.
Listed below are 274 (this number subject to revision) varieties of tomatoes from which seeds (nearly 400,000 seeds in total) were saved in 2017. Among these, 196 are herein listed by Delectation of Tomatoes for the first time, while the other 78 varieties were listed in a prior year.
There were an additional 66 varieties from which I was unable to save or offer seeds for any of several reasons:
– No germination
– Tag lost or mixed up
– Seedling died from cold or Curly Top Virus or goats
– Not enough seeds to offer
– Fruits were off-type
– Need further research or to name variety
There are dozens of varieties of beans, peppers, melons, squash, corn etc. that are still in the works – perhaps by early December I’ll be ready to list those as well.
Valuable information that “ought” to be included are: Fruit Size, Flavor Class, Function, Plant Vigor, Yield, Consistency, Fruit Color, Fruit Shape, Days to Maturity, etc. – as well as detailed descriptions and pictures. But it will take weeks or months to get all of this information together and published on the website, www.delectationoftomatoes.com.
For now, only fruit size is included with these tables. The first table is a subset of the full list, including 86 varieties which grew to one lb. or larger. Variety names are followed by the weight, in pounds, then in grams. Arbitrarily and by convention, “Large” tomatoes are those that grow to at least 1 lb., “BIG” tomatoes grow to at least 2 lbs., and “GIANT” tomatoes reach at least 3 lbs. Domingo and Big Zac include seeds from several documented GIANT lineages, including descendants from Big Zac (8.41 MacCoy 2014) and very close relatives of Domingo (8.22 Marley 2017).
* Indicates varieties that are original crosses made for Delectation of Tomatoes, selected for at least four years for largest size, and named in 2017 after giant stars. Delectation of Tomatoes subscribes to the Open Seed Source Initiative:
“You have the freedom to use these OSSI-Pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, you pledge not to restrict others’ use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this Pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives.”
Table 1. 86 tomato varieties by heaviest weight; over 60 specimens grew to 2 lbs. or more.
| Weight (lb.), Weight (g), Variety |
| 3.420, 1551, Domingo |
| 3.376, 1531, RW Cephei* |
| 2.830, 1284, KY Cygni* |
| 2.730, 1238, Big Zac |
| 2.600, 1179, AH Scorpii* |
| 2.452, 1112, Bigzarro |
| 2.438, 1106, Bill Bean Select |
| 2.400, 1089, EV Carinae* |
| 2.378, 1079, MegaMarv |
| 2.264, 1027, Yaponiya |
| 2.150, 975, Sainte-Lucie |
| 2.118, 961, Donskoi |
| 2.054, 932, Pink Oxheart |
| 2.040, 925, Westerlund 1-26* |
| 1.980, 898, Bezrazmernyi |
| 1.964, 891, Tamara |
| 1.912, 867, RS Persei* |
| 1.902, 863, Budonovka Starinnaya |
| 1.894, 859, Nesravnennyi |
| 1.878, 852, Russian Oxheart |
| 1.860, 844, Chilo della Garfagnana |
| 1.854, 841, Smith’s Southern Giant |
| 1.828, 829, Megazac |
| 1.728, 784, Tadzhikskyie |
| 1.696, 769, Slankards |
| 1.622, 736, Astana 6 |
| 1.612, 731, CW Leonis* |
| 1.610, 730, Gigantamo |
| 1.610, 730, Zaczilla |
| 1.608, 729, U Lacertae* |
| 1.582, 718, Mexico |
| 1.530, 694, Dyvo |
| 1.500, 680, Vinnyi Bolgarskiy Velikan |
| 1.486, 674, Japanese Oxheart |
| 1.472, 668, Chudo Sada |
| 1.470, 667, Michael’s Portuguese Monster |
| 1.440, 653, Nochnaya Svecha |
| 1.438, 652, Smuggler’s |
| 1.436, 651, Mont Athos |
| 1.388, 630, Elfie |
| 1.386, 629, Gom Bal |
| 1.374, 623, Dark Queen |
| 1.360, 617, Kosovo |
| 1.330, 603, Pineapple |
| 1.324, 601, West Virginia Sweetmeat (3.312 DT 2014) |
| 1.324, 601, Abkhaziya Rozovaya |
| 1.316, 597, Mule Team |
| 1.306, 592, Yusupovskyi S Fergany |
| 1.306, 592, Vishnovyi |
| 1.302, 591, Volov’ye Serdtse Pobeditel’ |
| 1.278, 580, Work Release Paste |
| 1.262, 572, Delicious |
| 1.258, 571, Bordovyy |
| 1.252, 568, Berkeley Tie-dye Heart |
| 1.252, 568, Radishchevskyie |
| 1.234, 560, Chervonnyi Gigant |
| 1.230, 558, Summer Sunrise |
| 1.224, 555, Kukla’s Portuguese Beefsteak |
| 1.216, 552, Yellow Beefsteak |
| 1.212, 550, Absinthe |
| 1.210, 549, Regina’s Yellow |
| 1.208, 548, Daniel Burson |
| 1.202, 545, Casey’s Pure Yellow |
| 1.184, 537, R Leporis* |
| 1.184, 537, Aker’s Oxheart |
| 1.166, 529, Minusinskyi Ploskyi |
| 1.160, 526, Brandy Boy |
| 1.160, 526, Rufus Carrigan’s Mexican Pink |
| 1.156, 524, Huge Giant Yellow |
| 1.108, 503, Joe’s Pink Oxheart |
| 1.104, 501, Kuum |
| 1.092, 495, Flathead Monster Pink |
| 1.090, 494, Anzhela Gigant Ukrainskaya |
| 1.082, 491, Chernyi Okshart |
| 1.080, 490, Biyskiy Rozan |
| 1.078, 489, Aker’s West Virginia |
| 1.072, 486, Bozhyi Dar |
| 1.058, 480, Bukharskoye Bych’ye Serdtse |
| 1.056, 479, Giant |
| 1.050, 476, Altayskiy Belyy |
| 1.042, 473, Suzdal’Skyie |
| 1.032, 468, Chernigovskyi |
| 1.032, 468, Russkiy Razmer Rozovyy |
| 1.016, 461, Bugay Rozovyi |
| 1.012, 459, Super Nova |
| 1.008, 457, Brandywine from Croatia, PL |
| 1.000, 454, Hazel Mae |
Table 2. 273 tomato varieties listed alphabetically. Many of these are Russian varieties.
| Variety, Weight (lb.), Weight (g) |
| Abakanets, 0.690, 313 |
| Abkhaziya Rozovaya, 1.324, 601 |
| Absinthe, 1.212, 550 |
| Adamovo Yabloko, 0.488, 221 |
| Agatha, 0.860, 390 |
| AH Scorpii*, 2.600, 1179 |
| Aker’s Oxheart, 1.184, 537 |
| Aker’s West Virginia, 1.078, 489 |
| Altayskiy Belyy, 1.050, 476 |
| Alyi Mustang, 0.402, 182 |
| Andrew Rahart’s Jumbo Red, 0.130, 59 |
| Andy Buckflats Wonder, 0.508, 230 |
| Anzhela Gigant Ukrainskaya, 1.090, 494 |
| Arabskyi Gigant, 0.304, 138 |
| Argentinskaya Slivka, 0.296, 134 |
| Astana 6, 1.622, 736 |
| Aunt Gertie’s Gold, 0.586, 266 |
| Auria, 0.170, 77 |
| Aussie Drops, 0.151, 68 |
| Babushka Byka, 0.756, 343 |
| Babushkina Radost’, 0.584, 265 |
| Babushkino Bych’ye Serdtse, 0.946, 429 |
| Basrawya, 0.200, 91 |
| Bear Creek, 0.468, 212 |
| Berkeley Tie-dye Heart, 1.252, 568 |
| Berkshire Polish Beefsteak, 0.766, 347 |
| Bezrazmernyi, 1.980, 898 |
| Bezymyannyie Semonovny, 0.584, 265 |
| Big Cheef, 0.912, 414 |
| Big Zac, 2.730, 1238 |
| Bigzarro, 2.452, 1112 |
| Bill Bean Select, 2.438, 1106 |
| Biyskiy Rozan, 1.080, 490 |
| Black Beauty, 0.492, 223 |
| Black Cherry, 0.026, 12 |
| Bloody Butcher, 0.590, 268 |
| Bodryi Ptichyi Krik, 0.430, 195 |
| Bolgarskyi Delikates, 0.336, 152 |
| Bordovyy, 1.258, 571 |
| Boroda Printsa, 0.714, 324 |
| Bozhyi Dar, 1.072, 486 |
| Brandy Boy, 1.160, 526 |
| Brandywine from Croatia, PL, 1.008, 457 |
| Budonovka Starinnaya, 1.902, 863 |
| Buffalo, 0.041, 19 |
| Bugay Rozovyi, 1.016, 461 |
| Bukharskoye Bych’ye Serdtse, 1.058, 480 |
| Bŭlgarska Khala, 0.888, 403 |
| Buzkove Ozero, 0.280, 127 |
| Bychiy Myod, 0.820, 372 |
| Bych’ye Serdtse Abakanskoye, 0.688, 312 |
| Bych’ye Serdtse Kazakhstanskoye, 0.496, 225 |
| Bych’ye Serdtse Minusinskoye Kistevoye, 0.364, 165 |
| Bychyi Myod, 0.820, 372 |
| Cascade Village Blue, 0.520, 236 |
| Casey’s Pure Yellow, 1.202, 545 |
| Chernigovskyi, 1.032, 468 |
| Chernyi Okshart, 1.082, 491 |
| Chervonnyi Gigant, 1.234, 560 |
| Chilo della Garfagnana, 1.860, 844 |
| Chudo Gollandii, 0.200, 91 |
| Chudo Sada, 1.472, 668 |
| Corazon De Bue, 0.728, 330 |
| Cosmonaut Volkov, 0.638, 289 |
| Couer de Bob, 0.400, 181 |
| Cuostralée, 0.804, 365 |
| CW Leonis*, 1.612, 731 |
| Dactyla Mynoa, 0.028, 13 |
| Daniel Burson, 1.208, 548 |
| Dark Queen, 1.374, 623 |
| Delicious, 1.262, 572 |
| Domingo, 3.420, 1551 |
| Donskoi, 2.118, 961 |
| Druzba, 0.942, 427 |
| Dwarf Russian Swirl, 0.656, 298 |
| Dwarf Stone, 0.286, 130 |
| Dwarf Sweet Sue, 0.432, 196 |
| Dyvo, 1.530, 694 |
| Early Salad (F2), 0.224, 102 |
| Elfie, 1.388, 630 |
| EV Carinae*, 2.400, 1089 |
| Fakel, 0.444, 201 |
| Federiko, 0.178, 81 |
| Fishlake Oxheart, 0.638, 289 |
| Flashentomate, 0.039, 18 |
| Flathead Monster Pink, 1.092, 495 |
| Fleur de Reagir, 0.668, 303 |
| G. G.’s Yellow Belgian, 0.484, 220 |
| General Kornilov, 0.390, 177 |
| Giant, 1.056, 479 |
| Gigant Napy, 0.552, 250 |
| Gigant Zenta Semi, 0.584, 265 |
| Gigantamo, 1.610, 730 |
| Gladiator (F2), 0.310, 141 |
| Goluboy Les, 0.070, 32 |
| Gom Bal, 1.386, 629 |
| Goose Creek Black, 0.562, 255 |
| Gospozha Udacha, 0.668, 303 |
| Grandpa’s Cock’s Plume, 0.944, 428 |
| Granonnyie, 0.468, 212 |
| Green Doctors Frosted, 0.029, 13 |
| Gregori’s Altai, 0.412, 187 |
| Gruzinskyie, 0.772, 350 |
| Hagan Little Yellow, 0.017, 8 |
| Hazel Mae, 1.000, 454 |
| Herman’s Yellow, 0.760, 345 |
| Hippie Heart, 0.652, 296 |
| Honey Giant, 0.970, 440 |
| Huge Giant Yellow, 1.156, 524 |
| Indigo Black Shadow, 0.310, 141 |
| Iosi- San, 0.468, 212 |
| Irish Stripes, 0.376, 171 |
| Japanese Oxheart, 1.486, 674 |
| Jaune Flammee, 0.178, 81 |
| Joe’s Pink Oxheart, 1.108, 503 |
| Jutland, 0.274, 124 |
| Kadyshevskyie, 0.400, 181 |
| Kameliya, 0.692, 314 |
| Kanary, 0.538, 244 |
| Kavkazskaya Liana, 0.152, 69 |
| Kazakhskaya Sliva, 0.504, 229 |
| King Kong, 0.806, 366 |
| Kitayskyi Obsypnoy Malysh, 0.166, 75 |
| Komandor Fortuna, 0.626, 284 |
| Kommercheskyi Rozovyi, 0.942, 427 |
| Koralic, 0.016, 7 |
| Korenovskyie, 0.726, 329 |
| Kosovo, 1.360, 617 |
| Krasochnaya Sliva, 0.364, 165 |
| Kubanskaya Sliva, 0.542, 246 |
| Kukla’s Portuguese Beefsteak, 1.224, 555 |
| Kuum, 1.104, 501 |
| KY Cygni*, 2.830, 1284 |
| Ladoshka, 0.400, 181 |
| Lapot’ Iz Sadovki, 0.838, 380 |
| Lattanzio Pendulous, 0.668, 303 |
| Legend, 0.250, 113 |
| Leningradskyi Serdtsevidnyi, 0.756, 343 |
| Lenny & Gracie’s Kentucky Heirloom, 0.544, 247 |
| Lidiya, 0.986, 447 |
| Liguria, 0.358, 162 |
| Lithium Sunset X Indigo Rose (F3), 0.400, 181 |
| Lithuanian, 0.992, 450 |
| Livingston’s Gold Ball, 0.100, 45 |
| Lucinda, 0.350, 159 |
| Lyudmilka, 0.998, 453 |
| Maddeline’s Vine Candy, 0.024, 11 |
| Makedonskoye Rozovoye Chudo, 0.804, 365 |
| Malina Treston, 0.071, 32 |
| Malinovyi Rassvet, 0.822, 373 |
| Marizol Gold, 0.994, 451 |
| Marshal Pobeda, 0.600, 272 |
| Matador, 0.686, 311 |
| Matina, 0.098, 44 |
| Medvezh’ye Serdtse, 0.878, 398 |
| MegaMarv, 2.378, 1079 |
| Megazac, 1.828, 829 |
| Mexico, 1.582, 718 |
| Michael’s Portuguese Monster, 1.470, 667 |
| Minusinskiy Yablochnyy Rozovyy, 0.794, 360 |
| Minusinskyi Nizkoroslyi, 0.930, 422 |
| Minusinskyi Pertsevidnyi, 0.472, 214 |
| Minusinskyi Ploskyi, 1.166, 529 |
| Minusinskyi Starinnyi, 0.698, 317 |
| Minusinskyi Urozhaynyi, 0.928, 421 |
| Model’, 0.516, 234 |
| Moldavskyie Rozovyie, 0.974, 442 |
| Mont Athos , 1.436, 651 |
| Mr. Bruno, 0.388, 176 |
| Mule Team, 1.316, 597 |
| Nesravnennyi, 1.894, 859 |
| Nizkoroslyi Sverkhrannyi, 0.572, 259 |
| Nochnaya Svecha, 1.440, 653 |
| Northern Delight, 0.652, 296 |
| Odessa, 0.180, 82 |
| Old Brooks, 0.496, 225 |
| Omskyi Velikan, 0.924, 419 |
| Orange Bourgoin, 0.142, 64 |
| Parikmakher, 0.562, 255 |
| Pearl’s Yellow Pink, 0.396, 180 |
| Petrovich, 0.968, 439 |
| Phoenix, 0.516, 234 |
| Pineapple, 1.330, 603 |
| Pink Oxheart, 2.054, 932 |
| Pobeda Kosmonavtiki, 0.898, 407 |
| Pobeda, 0.402, 182 |
| Poma Amoris Minora Lutea, 0.106, 48 |
| Purple Cherry, 0.179, 81 |
| Purple Elgin GWR, 0.175, 79 |
| Purple Reign, 0.336, 152 |
| Quiynai Huang, 0.292, 132 |
| R Leporis*, 1.184, 537 |
| Radishchevskyie, 1.252, 568 |
| Rannyaya Lyubov, 0.702, 318 |
| Red Groppi, 0.690, 313 |
| Red Robin, 0.021, 10 |
| Regina’s Yellow, 1.210, 549 |
| Rozovyi Gigant, 0.646, 293 |
| RS Persei*, 1.912, 867 |
| Rufus Carrigan’s Mexican Pink, 1.160, 526 |
| Russian Oxheart, 1.878, 852 |
| Russian Rose, 0.652, 296 |
| Russkiy Razmer Malinovyy, 0.964, 437 |
| Russkiy Razmer Rozovyy, 1.032, 468 |
| Russo Sicilian Togetta, 0.080, 36 |
| RW Cephei*, 3.376, 1531 |
| Sainte-Lucie, 2.150, 975 |
| San Marzano, 0.364, 165 |
| Sasha’s Altai, 0.240, 109 |
| Serdtse Italii, 0.844, 383 |
| Serebryanyi Klyuch, 0.874, 396 |
| Siberian, 0.276, 125 |
| Sibirskiy Skorospelyi, 0.606, 275 |
| Skubi, 0.134, 61 |
| Slankards, 1.696, 769 |
| Slava Moldovy (Orange), 0.166, 75 |
| Smith’s Southern Giant, 1.854, 841 |
| Smuggler’s, 1.438, 652 |
| Soldatovo, 0.476, 216 |
| Solntse Moyo, 0.564, 256 |
| Sosedi Otdykhayut, 0.118, 54 |
| Sosulka Zheltaya, 0.154, 70 |
| Spasskyie Iz Ryazani, 0.904, 410 |
| Spyashchyi Gigant, 0.860, 390 |
| Stal’, 0.594, 269 |
| Staroobryadcheskyi, 0.978, 444 |
| Striped Sweetheart Dark, 0.526, 239 |
| Sub Arctic 2, 0.174, 79 |
| Sugar Plum Fairy, 0.430, 195 |
| Summer Sunrise, 1.230, 558 |
| Super Nova, 1.012, 459 |
| Suzdal’Skyie, 1.042, 473 |
| Sweet Appertif, 0.013, 6 |
| Syzranka, 0.702, 318 |
| Tadzhikskyie, 1.728, 784 |
| Tamara, 1.964, 891 |
| Taterkin, 0.646, 293 |
| Teschchin Yazyk, 0.620, 281 |
| Tollison’s German, 0.472, 214 |
| Tomatoberry, 0.018, 8 |
| Tondio Liscio, 0.946, 429 |
| Tsar’, 0.456, 207 |
| U Lacertae*, 1.608, 729 |
| Ukh, Visit!, 0.654, 297 |
| Ukrainian Pear, 0.252, 114 |
| Van’ka, 0.922, 418 |
| Variegated, 0.167, 76 |
| Verkiny, 0.794, 360 |
| Vikulya, 0.950, 431 |
| Vinnyi Bolgarskiy Velikan, 1.500, 680 |
| Vishnovyi, 1.306, 592 |
| Volov’ye Serdtse Pobeditel’, 1.302, 591 |
| Wessel’s Purple Pride, 0.296, 134 |
| West Virginia Sweetmeat (3.312 DT 2014), 1.324, 601 |
| Westerlund 1-26*, 2.040, 925 |
| Wild Thyme Purple, 0.952, 432 |
| Work Release Paste, 1.278, 580 |
| Yablochnyy Lipetskiy, 0.986, 447 |
| Ya-Gigant, 0.400, 181 |
| Yaponiya, 2.264, 1027 |
| Yegipetskaya Lad’ya, 0.804, 365 |
| Yellow Beefsteak, 1.216, 552 |
| Yusupovskyi S Fergany, 1.306, 592 |
| Zaczilla, 1.610, 730 |
| Zagadka Doliny Roz Sertsevidnaya, 0.400, 181 |
| Zalais Pipertomats, 0.388, 176 |
| Zamok Shartr, 0.844, 383 |
| Zapotec Red, 0.642, 291 |
| Zarevo, 0.602, 273 |
| Zeke Dishman, 0.730, 331 |
| Zheltij Delikates, 0.300, 136 |
| Zhenskaya Grud’, 0.400, 181 |
| Zluta Kytice, 0.224, 102 |
| Zogola, 0.830, 376 |
If you would like to try any of these varieties, please see:
https://www.delectationoftomatoes.com/store/c2/Tomatoes.html
For those not yet listed, a “generic” option is available here:
https://www.delectationoftomatoes.com/store/p2/Generic_-_not_yet_profiled.html
And just send me an email with your selections, dale@gianttomatoseeds.com
THANK YOU for your support for the preservation and propagation of heirloom seeds from around the world!
Here are 34 batches of tomatoes now fermenting for seed extraction, with only 66 more batches to go (then on to peppers, beans, corn, etc…)
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