alisa's garden works

Alisa's Garden Works
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Tomato Plants

I grow and sale mostly heirloom plants at the Vernon Friday Farmers Market, starting the first friday of May. I am a backyard gardener that sales a few extra Pepper and Tomato plants along with some of my art works. I am a very small scale grower so if there is something that you would really like to try, please come early to the market to buy your plants.

As time goes by and more and more hybrid (and GMO) crops are taking over our store shelves I am feeling the need to preserve the heirloom varieties. So what I focus on in my garden and share with others are some of my favorites.

Tomatoes are not as high in nutrients as other vegetables but they are the leader where vitamin C is concerned. A medium tomato (120 g) contains about 23 mg of vitamin C. They are rich in water (more than 90 %), the tomato is a diuretic. Which will help eliminate toxins in our bodies. Tomatoes also contain lycopene. This is the one responsible for the red color of tomatoes. Lycopene is a phytochemicals on which many studies have been done. With their actual knowledge, researchers agree that this compound have powerful anti cancer properties, especially prostate cancer. Bio availability of lycopene is greater from heated or homogenized tomatoes (sauce, soup...) than from raw tomatoes.

Tomatoes are classified as either determinate or indeterminate. Indeterminate tomatoes means they grow continuously. Additionally, they continue to produce fruit until they are killed by cold weather or terminated by the gardener. Determinate or bush types bear a full crop all at once and top off at a specific height. They are a good choice for container growing or small gardens.

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Paste Tomatoes

6" pot $3.00 Amish Paste - ia a very productive heirloom from Wiscons in that produces 8 - 12 oz. deep-red fruit that can vary in shape from oxheart to rounded plum.. Indeterminate 85 days
6" pot $3.00 Mama Leone - is a large plum variety with few seeds that’s perfect for making sauce.. Indeterminate 70 days

Slicing Heirloom Tomatoes

Now these tomatoes are my favorites!! They grow to a good size, great taste and very meaty. A recommendation for those who are bothered by the acid of tomatoes try the orange varieties, they are so smooth and the texture is like velvet on your tongue.

4" pot $2.00 Aussie - Its flavor is as big as its size, 1 - 2 pound fruit bursting with a great blend of sugars and acids. A heirloom variety from Australia with a old-fashioned tomato taste. Indeterminate 85 days
6" pot $3.00 Brandy Wine - "Sudduth Strain" This is widely known as the original Pink Brandywine strain. Many gardeners consider this strain the best Brandywine with fruit that is superior in taste and smoothness. Its tomatoes are indeed special, 1 to 2 pound pink beefsteaks Indeterminate 85 day s
6" pot $3.00 German Giant - Has very large, 2 lb. beautiful, deep-pink tomatoes that are similar to the famed Brandywine but matures earlier. Full of rich, complex, sweet flavors. Indeterminate 77 days
6" pot $3.00 Mortgage Lifter - Well-shaped 1 - 3 pound large fruit that is very meaty with few seeds. Folklore says this variety is named by a man who sold this crop to pay off a farm he was about to lose in the 1930's. Indeterminate 85 days
4" pot $2.00 Kellog's Breakfast Special - Large 1 - 2 lb orange beefsteak fruit, with a fantastic flavor. Indeterminate 90 days
4" pot $2.00 Persimmon - This Russian heirloom tomato was first grown by Thomas Jefferson in 1781 and still is the most flavorful and reliable yellow tomato available. Fruits are large, juicy, and with few blemishes. Beautiful golden orange tomato's averaging 5 inch diameter and between 1 to 2 pounds, very meaty with very few seeds, like that of an ox-heart. Indeterminate 80 days
6" pot $3.00 Paul Robeson - bears medium sized deep maroon tomatoes. This is one of the most highly regarded black tomatoes that has the rich tomato flavor. Indeterminate 75 days
6" pot $3.00 Pineapple - Bicolored red and yellow fruit grows very large, up to 2 lbs., and is streaked with red both inside and out. The flavor is wonderful, rich, fruity and sweet. . Indeterminate 85 days
6" pot $3.00 Virgina Sweets - Golden yellow beefsteaks are colored with red stripes that turn into a ruby blush on top of the golden fruit. Flavor is sweet and rich, fruit average 1 pound. Indeterminate 80 days

Cherry Tomatoes

$8.00 Tumbling Tom - are sold in 10" hanging baskets, growing to about 12" - 18" in a sprawling habit. They will produce through out the season. Determinate. Determinate 70 days
4" pot $2.00 Sugary - is a 2005 ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS AWARD WINNER - Very sweet, cherry sized tomatoes are oval shaped with a pointed blossom end and a beautiful reddish-pink color. Fruit is produced in clusters on high yielding semi-indeterminate vines, which means that plants stay more compact but continue to produce over a long season. Indeterminate. 60 days.
4" pot $2.00 Sprite - are refreshingly sweet, with crisp, thin skins, miniature 'Sprite' Tomatoes are perfect bite-sized treats. This early heirloom is a great choice for smaller gardens, bearing clusters of luscious, red grape Tomatoes on compact, bushy 36" (3 feet) plants. Determinate. 60 days.
4" pot $2.00 Black Cherry - a perfectly round cherry with classic black tomato flavor, sweet yet rich and complex. Fruit picks clean from the stem and is produced in abundance on vigorous, tall plants.. Indeterminate 65 days

Thank you for dropping by Alisa's Garden Works!
For more information, please contact:

Alisa Weaver
Vernon, British Columbia
250-308-4570

	6" pot $3.00	Amish Paste - ia a very productive heirloom from Wiscons in that produces 8 - 12 oz. deep-red fruit that can vary in shape from oxheart to rounded plum.. Indeterminate 85 days
	6" pot $3.00	Mama Leone - is a large plum variety with few seeds that’s perfect for making sauce.. Indeterminate 70 days

	4" pot $2.00	Aussie - Its flavor is as big as its size, 1 - 2 pound fruit bursting with a great blend of sugars and acids. A heirloom variety from Australia with a old-fashioned tomato taste. Indeterminate 85 days
	6" pot $3.00	Brandy Wine - "Sudduth Strain" This is widely known as the original Pink Brandywine strain. Many gardeners consider this strain the best Brandywine with fruit that is superior in taste and smoothness. Its tomatoes are indeed special, 1 to 2 pound pink beefsteaks Indeterminate 85 day s
	6" pot $3.00	German Giant - Has very large, 2 lb. beautiful, deep-pink tomatoes that are similar to the famed Brandywine but matures earlier. Full of rich, complex, sweet flavors. Indeterminate 77 days
	6" pot $3.00	Mortgage Lifter - Well-shaped 1 - 3 pound large fruit that is very meaty with few seeds. Folklore says this variety is named by a man who sold this crop to pay off a farm he was about to lose in the 1930's. Indeterminate 85 days
	4" pot $2.00	Kellog's Breakfast Special - Large 1 - 2 lb orange beefsteak fruit, with a fantastic flavor. Indeterminate 90 days
	4" pot $2.00	Persimmon - This Russian heirloom tomato was first grown by Thomas Jefferson in 1781 and still is the most flavorful and reliable yellow tomato available. Fruits are large, juicy, and with few blemishes. Beautiful golden orange tomato's averaging 5 inch diameter and between 1 to 2 pounds, very meaty with very few seeds, like that of an ox-heart. Indeterminate 80 days
	6" pot $3.00	Paul Robeson - bears medium sized deep maroon tomatoes. This is one of the most highly regarded black tomatoes that has the rich tomato flavor. Indeterminate 75 days
	6" pot $3.00	Pineapple - Bicolored red and yellow fruit grows very large, up to 2 lbs., and is streaked with red both inside and out. The flavor is wonderful, rich, fruity and sweet. . Indeterminate 85 days
	6" pot $3.00	Virgina Sweets - Golden yellow beefsteaks are colored with red stripes that turn into a ruby blush on top of the golden fruit. Flavor is sweet and rich, fruit average 1 pound. Indeterminate 80 days

	$8.00	Tumbling Tom - are sold in 10" hanging baskets, growing to about 12" - 18" in a sprawling habit. They will produce through out the season. Determinate. Determinate 70 days
	4" pot $2.00	Sugary - is a 2005 ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS AWARD WINNER - Very sweet, cherry sized tomatoes are oval shaped with a pointed blossom end and a beautiful reddish-pink color. Fruit is produced in clusters on high yielding semi-indeterminate vines, which means that plants stay more compact but continue to produce over a long season. Indeterminate. 60 days.
	4" pot $2.00	Sprite - are refreshingly sweet, with crisp, thin skins, miniature 'Sprite' Tomatoes are perfect bite-sized treats. This early heirloom is a great choice for smaller gardens, bearing clusters of luscious, red grape Tomatoes on compact, bushy 36" (3 feet) plants. Determinate. 60 days.
	4" pot $2.00	Black Cherry - a perfectly round cherry with classic black tomato flavor, sweet yet rich and complex. Fruit picks clean from the stem and is produced in abundance on vigorous, tall plants.. Indeterminate 65 days