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Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable for the home garden, and are divided into three main types: determinate (stop bearing once they reach full size--stems 12-18 inches long), semideterminate (cease production when stems become 18-24 inches long), and indeterminate (grow and bear indefinitely unless killed by frost or disease).
Plant tomato plants in the garden when night temperatures are expected to remain above 60 degrees F. Too much fertilizer will result in vigorous vine growth and decreased fruit production.

	'Park's Whopper', Highly productive, disease resistant vine produces great tasting extra large fruit. Vigorous, stocky plants produce big, red fruit and feature good disease resistance and uniform fruit over a long season. Popular big, tasty, beefsteak variety. (I) 65 days. VFFNT.
	'Supersteak', Strong, disease resistant vines yield large, smooth fruit until frost. Extra large fruits over two pounds on vigorous plants.( I). 80 days. VFN.
	'Better Boy Hybrid', Improved version of the Better Boy with slightly larger fruits, more resistance to sun scalding and better disease resistance. (I). 70 days. VFN.
	'German Johnson', An old time favorite heirloom from North Carolina and Virginia. Large, irregularly shaped pink-red beefsteak-type fruit average 1 lb. Meaty with excellent flavor and few seeds. (I). 85 days.
	'Celebrity'. Exceptionally flavorful, firm 7 to 8 ounce fruit on strong vines with good cover and outstanding disease resistance. Highly productive and widely adaptable. (D). 70 days.
	'Early Girl', Early slicing tomato. Dependable large harvests of flavorful solid 4 to 6 oz. fruit. Disease resistance is good, contributing to its excellent performance in almost any climate. A proven variety for delicious, early tomatoes. (I). 52 days.
	'Delicious', This tomato was given to me and I can't find any information about it. Will keep searching because it's a keeper.
	'Roma VF', One of the most popular varieties for paste, sauces and canning. Compact vines yield large harvests of 3 inch long, bright red fruit that may be pear-shaped or plum-shaped. Thick walled and solid with few seeds; slightly later than Roma with heavier foliage. (D). 78 days.
	'Sweet 100 Hybrid', Huge, multiple-branched clusters of 1 inch very sweet fruit with high vitamin C content. Mouth-watering flavor. Vigorous vines bear abundantly until frost and need staking for best results. (I). 65 days.

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