Another year of a huge selection of heirloom tomatoes and peppers at Thienemans. We know many of you have been waiting for a list of varieties for this year. Below is a list of the over 100 tomato varieties, many of them from our very own Gary Millwood’s personal collection. We will be posting descriptions of the tomatoes just as soon as we can.

Along with tomatoes we will have peppers (of course), tomatillos, eggplant, cucumber, squash, zucchini, pumpkin, and spinach. We’ve got a great new eggplant called Hanzel, it has deep purple fruit that you can harvest at small tasty 2 inches or anytime up till a large plump 10 inches. And this year we also have a white pumpkin. Let’s not forget about all those great herbs we offer as well, nothing goes better with a fresh tomato than some fresh basil.

All of these wonderful fruits and veggies will be available Friday April 25th at 9am. So come and come early for the best selection. Gary Millwood, our resident tomato expert will be with us on Friday the 25th and Saturday the 26th to guide you through your tomato choices. Tomato and pepper plants will be $1.99 each.

While you are waiting these next few weeks for the arrival of our tomatoes check out these sites:

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, www.rareseeds.com
Seeds of Change, www.seedsofchange.com
Tomato Growers, www.tomatogrowers.com
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, www.southernexposure.com

Alright here it is, 2008 Heirloom Tomato List:

Ace 55

American Beauty

Amish Paste

Arkansas Traveler

Atkinson

Aunt Ruby’s German Green

Australian Heart

Beauty King

Beefsteak

Black Cherry

Black Krim

Black Prince

Box Car Willie

Brad’s Black Heart

Brandywine Pink

Bulgarian Triumph

Burbank Slicing

Caspin Pink

Cherokee Chocolate

Cherokee Green

Cherokee Purple

Chris Ukranian

Clustermato

Dagma’s Perfection

Delicious

Dr. Wyches Yellow

Dwarf Champion

Golden Grap Cherry

Granny Cantrell German

Green Grape

Grub’s Mystery Green

Haley’s Purple Comet Cherry

Hastings Midglobe

Heart Of Compassion

Indiana Red

J.D.’s Special C-Tex

Julia Child

Kanner Hoell

Khaborovsky 308

Kimberly

Kosovo

Lady Lucy

Large Red Cherry

Limbaugh Potato Leaf

Lime Green Salad

Livingston Globe

Livingston’s Main Crop

Lumpy Red KY

Maremmano

Marglobe

Marglobe

Marianna’s Peace

Marvel Stripe

Mikado Ecarlote

Milka’s Red Bulgarian

Mortgage Lifter

Mr. Bruno

Mrs. Houseworth

Mule Team

New Jersey Champion Weigh In

Pale Perfect Purple

Pan American

Peacevine Cherry

Persimmon

Pink Climber

Pink Ice

Pink Ruffled

Pink Russian

Polish C

Pritchard’s Scarlet Topper

Red Calabash

Red Fig

Red House Free Standing

Red Robin Cherry

Red Russian

Risentraube Cherry

Rose

Russian #11`7

Russian Silvery Fir Tree

Rutgers

Sabre

San Marazano

Santorini Salad

Shaker Large Red

Sheyenne

Sioux

Sophies Choice

St. Piere

Sungold Cherry

Sunset’s Red Horizon

Sweetie

Tigerella

Triple Crop Pink

True Black Brandywine

Tumbler

Valiant

Wayahead

White Wonder

Winter Grape Italian

Wisall

Wolford Wonder

Yellow Brandywine, Platfoot Strain

Yellow Marble

Yellow Plum

Yoder’s German Yellow