Illustrated List: Cordon Tomatoes

Tomato : Ailsa Craig

Cordon (Indeterminate). Traditional favourite. Tomato Ailsa Craig produces medium sized green back fruit of perfect size and shape early in the season with excellent deep colour and noted for its vigour and the exceptional flavour of its fruit. A tomato suitable for indoor or outdoor cultivation.

Tomato : Alicante

Cordon (Indeterminate). Ideal variety for beginners. Tomato Alicante is a superior variety possessing all the things we look for in a tomato. Tomato Alicante produces a heavy crop of greenback free fruit early in the season and the flavour is excellent.

Tomato : Black Russian (Heritage)

Cordon (Indeterminate). These medium sized black tomatoes grow on compact plants bearing plenty of dark mahogany-brown fruits, with a delicious blend of sugar and acid. Tomato Black Russian has a distinctive, complex flavour that has to be tasted to be believed. (Lycopersicon esculentum).

Heritage tomatoes: Thompson and Morgan over the past 100 years have found several tomatoes from their own trials and through travelling around the world seeing and tasting varieties both old and new. We have put together a range of good old fashioned tomatoes from those forgotten years that we consider have stood the test of time. All are unusual in colour and shape having a wonderful flavour of how tomatoes used to be, making a welcome addition to any kitchen garden.

Tomato : Brandywine (Heritage)

Cordon (Indeterminate). This variety dates back to 1885 and is regarded as one of the world's finest flavoured 'beefsteak' tomatoes ever offered. Tomato Brandywine yields a heavy crop of firm, clear skinned, light rosy pink fruits on plants with potato like leaves. (Lycopersicon esculentum).

Heritage tomatoes: Thompson & Morgan over the past 100 years have found several tomatoes from their own trials and through travelling around the world seeing and tasting varieties both old and new. We have put together a range of good old fashioned tomatoes from those forgotten years that we consider have stood the test of time. All are unusual in colour and shape having a wonderful flavour of how tomatoes used to be, making a welcome addition to any kitchen garden.

Tomato : Gardener's Delight

Cordon (Indeterminate). The true tangy flavour of tomatoes of a century or more ago. If you are of the opinion tomatoes have lost their flavour then Tomato Gardener's Delight is a must for you. It is a greenhouse or outdoor type, packed with bite-size fruit, ideal for salads and sandwiches and full of vitamins. Highly commended RHS trials.

Tomato : Golden Cherry F1 Hybrid

(Cordon)

'The King of Golden Cherries'. Tomato Golden Cherry is a sister variety to the ever popular Tomato Sungold, producing a very heavy crop of delicious sweet cherry tomatoes. Fruits have thin skins and resist cracking, so they can remain on the vine for even longer. If you love Tomato Sungold this variety really is worth a try.

Tomato : Golden Sunrise

Cordon (Indeterminate). Medium sized, early, smooth, well shaped, golden yellow tomatoes, Tomato Golden Sunrise has a sweet fruity flavour.

Tomato : Ildi

Cordon (Indeterminate).

Mini, sweet yellow, pear shaped fruits with up to 80 fruits per truss. Plants of Tomato Ildi naturally stop growing at 150-180cm (5-6 feet) carrying 3-4 trusses per plant.

Trusses can be picked, hung in a cool garage, and kept for weeks without fruit dropping.

Harvest August to October. Suitable outdoors or under glass.

Tomato : Moneymaker

Cordon (Indeterminate). A well-known and much loved variety for the home gardener, equally good for the greenhouse or outdoor. Tomato Moneymaker produces smooth, medium-size fruit on heavy trusses with a fine agreeable flavour.

Tomato : Stupice

(Cordon)

An early ripening, cold tolerant, 'potato leaved' variety from Czech Republic, Tomato Stupice produces clusters of golf ball sized, red fruits of lovely flavour. Tomato Stupice is a heavy cropper, ideal for growing outdoors or under glass.

Tomato : Suncherry Premium F1 Hybrid

Vegetable of the Year 2008

The sweetest tasting, shiny, red-skinned, cherry tomato available making the perfect complement to our ever popular orange-skinned Sungold. Tomato Suncherry Premium ripens early and produces a huge crop of bite-sized red fruits throughout the summer.

Suncherry Premium is best for greenhouse, but will grow in a sunny spot outdoors.

If you don't agree this is the sweetest tasting tomato we will give you your money back guaranteed!
Please advise the Horticultural Manager in writing of which variety you believe to be better, together with the reasons. Full details available on request. No such claims will be accepted after 31st August 2009.

Tomato : Tigerella

Cordon (Indeterminate). The finest of the preferred supermarket size tomatoes we've grown. Completely greenback free, crops heavily and over THREE WEEKS earlier than Moneymaker. Tomato Tigerella grows well outdoors or in a greenhouse in all areas, has a rich, tangy flavour uniquely its own - and the eye appeal of those clearly defined red and yellow stripes!