Heritage Tomato Seed
 

I'm happy to announce Heritage Tomato Seed is now offering all 9 of the new dwarfs introduced last year by the [I]Dwarf Tomato Project[/I]:
[URL]http://heritagetomatoseed.com/category/heirloom-and-op-tomato-seeds/dwarf-tomato-project/[/URL]
I am also in the process of listing our other tomato additions and hope to have them completed in early November.

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As an introduction, Heritage Tomato Seed is a joint venture between my sister Marla and myself. We are still (this our third year) a very small tomato seed company and we save all of our own heirloom/OP tomato seeds.

Marla has been an avid gardener all of her life and operates our Sacramento, CA trial garden - she also does most of the blossom bagging, tomato grafting and is the only one of us that can read, and understand, a scientific paper on plant genetics. She is the brains behind the business - I'm sure she would agree.

I (Steve) run the San Diego trial garden, fill the seed orders, and do the website stuff. I have raised dahlias commercially, as cut flowers, for 30 years, so I am much more of an expert on dahlias than on tomatoes, but I'm observant, and am learning fast.

Thanks to Mischka for creating Tomatoville and thanks to everyone here for sharing your tomato growing experiences. I find the information here invaluable.

Steve

[URL]http://heritagetomatoseed.com/[/URL]

Steve, a lovely catalogue, best wishes on your joint venture. Nice pictures and descriptions - I especially enjoyed the Gary'O Sena entry. Only one flaw, hope you will soon ship across the border!

[QUOTE=salix;236403]Steve, a lovely catalogue, best wishes on your joint venture. Nice pictures and descriptions - I especially enjoyed the Gary'O Sena entry. Only one flaw, hope you will soon ship across the border![/QUOTE]

Thanks, salix... I raised Gary'O Sena again this year just to take a photo - I'll get it up one of these days :D.
And, I'll be adding the UK and Canada as soon as I figure out how to do the backend at Paypal. Probably next year, though.

Hello,

I saw you seeds and I was considering to buy some (especially the dwarfs - that one that are not availeable at Tatianas) ; but i can´t because you don´t ship to Germany. Perhaps this will change some day...
That´s very sad! :?!?:

Simone

Simone,

Yes, when I figure out how to add other countries to Paypal I will add Germany. I think I will have to redo my present shopping cart to make it more flexible. Thank you for looking!

Steve

Steve, nice catalog.

Can I make a suggestion? Thanks, I will.:lol:

When I got a flyer fromn Joe Bratka, whom I know quite well and saw Purple Brandywine on it I called him ASAP b'c there was no such variety and he'd given it a fictitious history as well, as he has for all his Sara ones and most of the Marizol ones.

Anyway, he said there was demand for heirlooms, so he was going to breed them, and he did. I convinced him to change the name to Marizol Bratka, since Marizol Purple was one of the parents, and he agreed but had already sent out Purple Brandywine seeds.

My suggestion? Consider leaving it as Marizol Bratka, perhaps with an aka to PB so that the Purple Brandywine with the fictitious history is less well known and maybe will go away.;)

[QUOTE=Heritage;236410]Simone,

Yes, when I figure out how to add other countries to Paypal I will add Germany. I think I will have to redo my present shopping cart to make it more flexible. Thank you for looking!

Steve[/QUOTE]

Oh Steve that sounds great...

And when do you think - with a little glimpse in a crystal ball - will you manage this?
I know I am sometimes a little bit annoying...but that is how I am. ;)

Simone

Carolyn,

Thanks for the suggestion. :lol:

Done! [URL]http://heritagetomatoseed.com/heirloom-and-op-tomato-seeds/marizol-bratka/[/URL]

It is one of my favorites. I wish you had recommended to Joe an easier name to spell:)

Steve

Simone,

I will make a special effort to look into it ASAP... keep bugging me!

Steve

Ha! I just read my brother Steve's introduction to heritagetomatoseed and like usual he is far too kind and generous with his praise. I'm betting anyone that follows this thread knows Steve is extremely knowledgeable and what he doesn't know he figures out including the genetics. He does 90% of the work (including the thinking) and I do the fun stuff. Everyone should be so lucky to have a brother and "business partner" like Steve.

And, as Steve said, thanks to everyone here for sharing their tomato growing experiences. This is an invaluable site.

A very nice job indeed; if someone needs a good chuckle, go see the entry on Gary O'Sena. I'm still giggling about that one! Nice collection of Wild Boar varieties, too.

I give Heritage Tomato Seed two thumbs up (one for Steve, one for Marla;)) After ordering from them last year, I've been looking forward to their new updates. Great service, excellent varieties and the most beautiful darn tomato pictures you'll find anywhere!

[QUOTE=Heritage;236418]Carolyn,

Thanks for the suggestion. :lol:

Done! [URL]http://heritagetomatoseed.com/heirloom-and-op-tomato-seeds/marizol-bratka/[/URL]

It is one of my favorites. I wish you had recommended to Joe an easier name to spell:)

Steve[/QUOTE]

Well that was quick!;)

What's so difficult about Marizol Bratka, you tell me.:lol: When I was still teaching I asked one of my students who was from Germany if she knew a place called Marizol. And she ASAP said that it was a contraction of a village name called Maria's Zell, or town. I gave her an A for the course.:lol:

Steve,

Absolutely gorgeous online catalog! I enjoyed it so much.

Your tomatoes look like beauty contestants on those photographs ;)

Tania

[QUOTE=halleone;236445]A very nice job indeed; if someone needs a good chuckle, go see the entry on Gary O'Sena. I'm still giggling about that one! Nice collection of Wild Boar varieties, too.[/QUOTE]

halleone, thanks, and be sure to check out Brad's other varieties at:
[URL]http://www.wildboarfarms.com/[/URL]

Steve

[QUOTE=fortyonenorth;236450]I give Heritage Tomato Seed two thumbs up (one for Steve, one for Marla;)) After ordering from them last year, I've been looking forward to their new updates. Great service, excellent varieties and the most beautiful darn tomato pictures you'll find anywhere![/QUOTE]

41n,

Thanks... the check's in the mail... ;)

Steve

[QUOTE=carolyn137;236452]
What's so difficult about Marizol Bratka, you tell me.:lol: [/QUOTE]
Carolyn, not everyone has your gift of memory. Some of us have to take copious notes, and then try to remember where we left them:lol:

[QUOTE=Tania;236465]Steve,

Absolutely gorgeous online catalog! I enjoyed it so much.

Your tomatoes look like beauty contestants on those photographs ;)

Tania[/QUOTE]

Thank you Tania - that means a lot, coming from you.

Steve

Beautiful website. Is Zapotec really sweet? Looking into buying that one, and a few others. I love the layout and ease of the site.

[QUOTE=raindrops27;236531]Beautiful website. Is Zapotec really sweet? Looking into buying that one, and a few others. I love the layout and ease of the site.[/QUOTE]

raindrops27,

Thank you for the comments! I wouldn't say Zapotec is sweet, but it had a nice distinct flavor that I really can't describe - definitely not over-powering at any rate. I think it would be great for stuffing or, sliced, as a unique garnish.

Steve

[QUOTE=Heritage;236472]Thank you Tania - that means a lot, coming from you.

Steve[/QUOTE]

Steve,

I feel that your seed venture took a very nice sweet spot in the seed market. The reason being that the selection of varieties is small but very excellent, it feels that it was chosen very carefully by two very passionate tomato growers. Perfect for everybody who is just starting to get into the tomato addiction :).

It can be quite overwhelming for the beginners to go through a huge offerings (like Tomatofest, Sandhill, Mariseeds, and Tatiana's TOMATObase, as a few examples).

The descriptions in your catalog are very informative, and with no 'hype' typical for some seed businesses. It is also very clear that you know your tomatoes very well and personal.

When I was looking through your online catalog, I could help but thinking about why do we need downloadable PDF versions of the catalogs? What you have is surely enough (for me, as a customer).

I wish you great success in the coming years! You and Marla deserved it.

Tania

[QUOTE=Tania;236541]Steve,

It can be quite overwhelming for the beginners to go through a huge offerings (like Tomatofest, Sandhill, Mariseeds, and Tatiana's TOMATObase, as a few examples).

Tania[/QUOTE]

Thank you Tania. We have a few holes in our selection but little-by-little we will get a larger selection covering more interests. We would eventually like to carry about 100 of our personal favorites plus another 20-30 of the most popular and some of our own crosses. Right now we also list a few varieties I would never personally grow again, but we list them because everyone has different tastes. (plus I have a lot of seeds of them)

Anyway, if I were a beginning grower I would just send $50 to Tatiana's TOMATObase and ask Tania to choose my tomatoes for me.:) Not hard at all!

Steve

Steve, after having had a look at your wonderful catalog, I DO HOPE that you will soon add Germany to your PayPal list! Congrats to your beautiful site! clara

It is an absolutely fantastic catalog.
I regular feast for the eyes.

I do have one suggestion though.:roll:
I looked at some of the descriptions and you made comments as to how you didn't care for the taste or some odd thing.
Guernsey Island for example.

You might describe it as--- A fabulous climax for the taste buds.
When you first bite into this tomato it is reminiscent of the sweet yet tangy butter that the Guernsey dairy cattle are known for.
Get your seeds today while supplies last.:P

Worth

[QUOTE=clara;236553]Steve, after having had a look at your wonderful catalog, I DO HOPE that you will soon add Germany to your PayPal list! Congrats to your beautiful site! clara[/QUOTE]

Thank you, Clara! I 'think' I have added Germany but I'm not sure:D
Steve

[QUOTE=Worth1;236554]It is an absolutely fantastic catalog.
I regular feast for the eyes.

I do have one suggestion though.:roll:
I looked at some of the descriptions and you made comments as to how you didn't care for the taste or some odd thing.
Guernsey Island for example.

You might describe it as--- A fabulous climax for the taste buds.
When you first bite into this tomato it is reminiscent of the sweet yet tangy butter that the Guernsey dairy cattle are known for.
Get your seeds today while supplies last.:P

Worth[/QUOTE]

Thank you, Worth! Don't you have a dog bed to finish?:))

Worth, thanks, I'll send you a percent of my profit from GI: :lol:

[URL]http://heritagetomatoseed.com/heirloom-and-op-tomato-seeds/guernsey-island/[/URL]

Steve, Germany doesn't work!!!! clara

Sorry, it was my fault! It has worked! Now I'm looking forward to growing your little treasures next year! clara

Steve,

for me it works!!!

I paid via paypal a few seconds ago.

Just wanna thank you how fast you are. Didn´t imagine that at all. ;)

Simone