Isn’t this an interesting tomato? What a dramatic presentation! It’s an open-polinated heirloom tomato of Russian origin called Black Sea Man. These are medium sized fruit on short potato-leaf plants. I think I might try growing these because they’re so pretty. That’s the beauty of starting your own seeds – you can grow whatever you want.
This year I’m going for different colored tomatoes, like this gorgeous Burpee beauty, Tye Dye. 
I just like the name, but they’ll make for beautiful salads.
I’ve grown the heirloom Cherokee Purple before and it was so prolific I couldn’t use all of them. The problem was that to me they had a faint odor of old gym sox. I was probably just sniffing my upper lip, but they turned me off. Rick ate a few of them, however and loved them.
Of course, I always grow my favorite tasting and best producing tomato, Burpee’s Brandy Boy. It’s like the heirloom Brandywine, but is more disease resistant and higher yielding. They make the best tomato sandwiches! 
These little Chocolate Cherry tomatoes are always well received on the salad platter. They’re another open-polinated heirloom tomato that bears sweet juicy little fruits all season long. 
Whatever type you choose, shop around first. There are practically an infinite number of web sites through which you can order lots of seeds, seed starting kits, and grow light systems. Try Gardener’s Supply for your seed starting supplies, and Wayside Gardens for your seeds. Both links are available on this page.
Happy gardening!
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