Schaefer Greenhouses, Aurora IL Area Tomatoes and Heirloom Tomatoes
Tomatoes, Heirloom Tomatoes-Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Naperville, Sugar Grove and North Aurora
Nothing tastes better than delicious, fresh picked-from-the-garden tomatoes! Schaefer’s is excited to partner with Burpee – a name that you know and trust, for many of our selections. Whether you are looking to plant Heirloom Tomatoes or Hybrids, we have lots of choices for you! Beefsteak, Slicers, Paste, and small fruit varieties await your selection. We bring you a complete line of tried and true vegetables and herbs. You’ll find the best tasting veggies start right here at Schaefer’s.
**For canning and freezing, look for Determinate varieties. These slow, or stop growing when they begin producing, and the fruit ripens all at once. They are also bushy in form, making them good choices for growing in containers.
Tomatoes
Atlas
Big yield, extra-large 12 oz fruit
Maturity: 65 days
Determinent
Beefsteak
Meaty with fantastic flavor, 10-16 oz fruit
Maturity: 75-80 days
Better Boy
Popular, excellent flavor, 16 oz fruit
Maturity: 75 days
Big Beef
Extra large,
10-12 oz fruit
Maturity: 73 days
Big Mama
Small – good for soups & sauces
Maturity: 80 days
Burpee Big Boy
8-9 oz large
and sweet fruit
Maturity: 78 days
Bush Champion II
9-12 oz,
delicious flavor
Maturity: 65 days
Celebrity
Large, glossy,
8″ fruit
Maturity: 72 days
Determinent
Delicious
Huge, solid, 1lb
fruit, extra delicious
Maturity: 77 days
Early Girl
Early bearing
4-5 oz fruit
Maturity: 59 days
Fourth of July
4 oz small fruit – early producing
Maturity: 49 days
Fresh Salsa
4 oz meaty plum shaped fruit
Maturity: 65-75 days
Determinent
Indigo Fireball
1-1.5 oz pleasantly tart & slightly acidic fruit
Maturity: 75 days
Determinent
Indigo Kumquat
Tangerine-orange, grape shaped fruit – sweet & well balanced flavor
Maturity: 75 days
Determinent
Indigo Ruby
0.75-1 oz fruit in clusters of 4-6, sweet and flavorful
Maturity: 80 days
Determinent
Large Red Cherry
Flavorful
1-1.25″ fruit in clusters of 5
Maturity: 72 days
La Roma
Great for canning, sauce or salsa
Maturity: 75 days
Determinent
Lemon Boy
7-8 oz, sunny yellow fruit
Maturity: 72 days
Orange Wellington
Orange and nearly seedless
Maturity: 75 days
Red Grape
Baby grape, super sweet
Maturity: 75 days
Shimmer
Gorgeous green/gold/burgundy 1.5 oz fruit
Maturity: 70 days
Steak Sandwich Hybrid
10 oz large slicer fruit
Maturity: 70 days
SunSugar
Very sweet golden cherry
Maturity: 62 days
Sweet 100
Bears 100 plus small sweet tomatoes in long clusters
Maturity: 65 days
Heirloom Tomatoes
Big Rainbow
Big beefsteak shape, mild and sweet 16-32 oz
Maturity: 85 days
Cherokee Purple
A favorite colorful heirloom, 8-12 oz fruit
Maturity: 72 days
Brandywine Red
Best tasting heirloom, 10-16 oz fruit
Maturity: 75-80 days
Mortgage Lifter
Rich & meaty, 16-24 oz fruit, few seeds
Maturity: 80 days
Rutgers Select
Legendary 5 oz fruit for slicing and cooking
Maturity: 74 days
San Marzano
Best-known heirloom paste tomato
Maturity: 65-70 days
Yellow Pear
Bright yellow pear shaped and bite sized
Maturity: 75 days
