Amish Paste Tomato

At a Seedy Saturday in 2016, a lady came up to me and told me that her mother-in-law had a tomato variety called Mon Plaisir that stopped being available in seed catalogues for ages, but that she keeps growing year after year. We chat a bit and exchange contact informations. I end up forgetting about it until, a few months later, I receive a letter in the mail. Inside, a beautiful card containing a paper on which a dozen seeds were attached. The seeds of the lost Mon Plaisir tomato. This is what Mrs. Frappier told me when I reached out to her, after receiving her letter: "We use to order our seeds through the WHPerron catalogue, and another company. I think it was called Norseco. We were growing tomatoes in greenhouses in Abitibi, in Matamic close to Lasarre. It was the Frappier greenhouses (serres Frappier) in 1976. We grow a couple seedlings to sell, but it was mostly for vegetable production. I really like those tomatoes, they would make nice long cherry tomato trusses. We stopped producing in the early 2000s, and I had already been saving my own seeds for about 20 to 25 years because we couldn't find the variety in catalogues anymore. I really couldn't find it anywhere. I think it was replaced by either Sweet 100 or Sweet mignonne. I did taste it, but I definitely prefer Mon Plaisir." (Free translation) It is now our turn to share this discovery with you. A huge thanks to the Frappier family for preserving this variety.   Package: 30 seeds

This dark pink tomato comes from the Lower Saint-Lawrence, more specifically from Rivière-du-Loup. The seeds come from Mrs. Francine Mailloux. She gifted some to René Paquet, who gave them to Michel Richard (Potager d'Antan), who then handed them to me. It is now our turn to share them with you! René describes this tomato as hefty and says that the indeterminate plant will have high yields of pink-fleshed red-skinned fruits. They will usually weight between 400 and 850 grams, but could be even heavier in some cases. To know more, please visit the Potager d'antan website (in French): https://potagersdantan.com/2018/10/17/la-tomate-rose-italienne/   Package: 30 seeds

This yellow tomato comes from a friend's uncle, named Tom (as you might have guessed), whose family had been growing it for several years already. Tom sadly passed away, and we decided to adopt the variety which would otherwise have disappeared. What a nice addition to our garden these gorgeous, sunny, juicy, and tasty tomatoes make! At its heyday between two slices of bread.   Package: 35 seeds    

Very ancient variety from the United States. Its skin is a creamy yellow with some pink undertone, and is very soft with a light down. This all makes this tomato look a bit like a little peach. The taste is exceptional, the skin is soft... makes you want to touch AND eat it.   Package: 30 seeds

Indeterminate.

Fruits weigh between 80 and 100 grams and have a diameter of 6 to 8 cm.

Natural cross between the Green Zebra and an unknown tomato. Red round fruits with yellow stripes grow in clusters. Very productive and uniform in quality, with sweet juicy flesh.

Indeterminate.

Fruits weigh between 35 and 40 grams and have a diameter of approximately 3 cm.

Very productive pale yellow cherry tomato. You will enjoy the feel of this hairy little one (if you have nothing better to do than to caress your tomatoes before putting them in your salad, obviously). Very very sweet!